Neetal Timble

Email: acck7m@r.postjobfree.com

Phone No: 704-***-****

Education

Master of Science in Materials Sci and Engg. Aug. 2001

Clemson University, SC GPA = 3.65

Bachelor of Science in Polymer Engg. July 1998

M.I.T, Poona University, India GPA = 3.80

Professional Experience:

AZ Electronic Materials Charlotte, NC Quality Lab. Manager Nov. 02

to Present

. Responsible for managing quality and process control laboratory used

for testing of in-process, raw materials and finished colloidal

silica Nano composites using the latest analytical techniques such

as lan DRC-e ICP-MS, DLS, PSS Accusizer for particle sizing,

Malvern ZSP Zeta Potential sizer and Auto titrations.

. Managed the yearly quality CAPEX budget and is responsible for

purchasing and installation of new advanced instrumentation in

Quality and Process Control Labs.

. Worked with vendor and Purchasing group to improve the streamlining

of the ordering system for supplies and negotiated price reductions

resulting in savings of over $1 Mil//year for the company.

. Responsible for preparing Supplier (SCAR) and Internal corrective

actions (ICAR) reports using 8D format to conduct root cause

analysis and worked on cross-functional team to reduce product

complaints and improve process efficiency.

. Responsible for maintaining SQC and SPC databases for products,

insure data integrity and generate and verify Certificate of

Analysis (CoA) in SAP for all of the existing and new products as

per Customer requirements.

. Worked on cost saving projects using six sigma methodologies that

resulted in over $10 Mil of cost saving in the manufacturing

process.

. Develop and documents quality plans of new and modified products and

processes and responsible for implementing its verification

procedures.

. Develop and improve process capability index CpK for existing and

new products and work on improving them through process stability

projects as per customer requests and product improvement projects.

. Responsible for analysis and disposition of non-conforming materials

according to Management Review Board (MRB) practices.

. Responsible for maintaining the Safety Database system (SDS) and GHS

system on the existing and new colloidal silica products.

. Worked with R & D and process engineering teams to develop new

products, trial formulations and new testing methods in accordance

with new customer specifications and technologies.

. Conduct internal audits as part of the ISO-9001 TS 16949

requirements of the quality system to verify conformance to

documented quality policies, procedures, standards and record

keeping and is the controlling authority of these quality systems.

Alcatel Optical Fiber Division, Claremont, NC

Characterization Engineer January 2001 to May

2002

. Responsible for analysis of polymers and raw materials using GC/MS,

AES, Fourier Transform Infra-red (FTIR) Spectroscopy, ICP, and UV

Spectroscopy.

. Responsible for analysis of Polymers, calibration and troubleshooting

of Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Energy Dispersive X-ray (EDX),

Micro FTIR, and Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM).

. Worked with process Engineering teams to improve the Extrusion and

Injection molding process parameters to reduce defects and customer

complaints.

. Use of statistical techniques such as Design of Experiments, Gauge R &

R and SPC control charts to improve product quality and quality

testing practices.

. Responsible for physical testing of products using ASTM standards and

managing and updating of Work Instructions as per the Quality

requirements.

. Documentation of all the laboratory equipment procedures, Work

Instructions and maintenance using Standard Operating procedures

(SOP's).

. Participated in a successful effort to get the ISO-9000 certification

as part of the Quality group and worked on closure of the gaps and

audit findings.

. Led a project in reducing the number of customer complaints by

developing effective solutions in collaboration with the Quality

Associates and manufacturing teams.

. Interaction with vendors and suppliers for purchasing supplies and

laboratory equipment according to Capital budget requirements.

. Preparing technical summary reports on the analysis performed to give

feedback on Customer complaints and support Customers requests within

USA.

Projects:

. Worked with R &D and process teams on developing new Colloidal silica

products that resulted in over 900 MT of new business for the company.

. Worked on cost savings projects using Six Sigma tools that saved the

company $10 Million in the steam heating costs by improving the

reactor design and PLC software in the manufacturing process.

. Worked on the development of very efficient customer corrective action

system using 8D and 5 why methodologies to find root cause and reduced

the overall number of customer complaints by about 60 percent.

. Worked on Installation and relocation of new equipment's such as

Perkin Elmer lan e-DRC ICP-MS, Malvern Zetasizer ZSP, DLS, Auto

titrators, particle sizers with minimal downtime.

. Have worked as part of the Quality team lead to successfully have the

company get the ISO 9001-TS16949 certification and participate in the

Internal ISO recertification audits.

. Worked on developing new analytical testing methods for in process and

final product testing in conjunction with Process engineering and R &

D groups.

. Worked on studying the characteristics of wide range of Polymers at

the interfaces such as Ionomers, which are used in fuel cells with the

help of Atomic Force Microscopy (A.F.M), Optical microscopy, X-ray

diffraction, DSC, F.T.I.R and HPLC.

Computer skills:

Applications: Microsoft Office, SAP, MS Project, QI Analyst,

Lotus Notes, QI Analyst and

LIMS.

RDBMS: Oracle 8.0, MS Access

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