Brian P. Kipp

*** ********** *** ***. *****, Greenville SC, 29607 ▪ 910-***-**** ▪ hulki1@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION

University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL

B.S Mechanical Engineering - GPA: 3.52, 12/2008

EXPERIENCE

AmeriCorps -The United Way of Anderson County / Youth Volunteer Corps (YVC), Anderson, SC

Youth Service Coordinator, 10/09 – (present)

• Serving one year term in AmeriCorps

• Coordinated with various non-profits in Anderson SC to organize 23 service projects for YVC youth members

• Recruited youth to join YVC resulting in: 90% increase in new youth members, 130% increase in project participation, and male to female member ratio of 1:2 down from 1:7 over previous period

General Electric - Energy, Greenville, SC

OMLP Process Quality Engineer for Rotor Machining Cell, 1/09 – 9/09

• Led cell implementation of plant wide LEAN initiative for material presentation of workstation tooling

• Reduced excess active cycle gauges in Rotor Machining cell by 8.9 %

• Ensured cell compliance to ISO 9001 and Greenville site quality procedures by driving 45 corrective actions to closure, and closing 1 Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance audit finding related to corrective action tracking

General Electric - Instrument Transformers Incorporated, Clearwater, FL

Manufacturing Intern, 05/08– 08/08

• Liquidated excess steel resulting in $342 K in inventory reduction and $55 K in revenue

• Established new pricing scheme for Fed Ex ground charges resulting in $27K annual cost saving

• Led LEAN action workout for Shipping Department resulting in $100 K cost avoidance, $20 K VCP

• Led inventory count of main stock room resulting in 99% inventory accuracy, and established cycle counts for sustainability to maintain and control inventory accuracy

Florida Power and Light Group, Juno Beach, FL

Engineering Intern, 05/07 – 08/07

• Helped pump engineer create computer health models for circulating water pumps in operation for plant fleet

• Helped wind turbine gearbox engineer create and maintain a master repair log for entire fleet of operating turbines and drove root cause analysis on gearbox failures

• Assisted rotors engineer in hooking up rotor vibration analysis equipment in 3 power plants

Other:

• Taking classes with ToolingU (www.toolingu.com, about manufacturing technology and operations)

• Attended 3 years of High School in Budapest, Hungary, and elected student body president in a school consisting of only 7% American students.

• Welding Basics – Greenville Technical College Continuing Education

• National Center for Construction Education and Research (N.C.C.E.R) – Core Curriculum Certification

• Six Sigma trained

• Working knowledge of AutoCAD & Pro/ENGINEER

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