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Manufacturing Technician

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United States
Posted:
May 11, 2012

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Jim Liptak

*** **** *** ** 678-***-****

Winder, Georgia 30680 kdgvpw@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

A committed, highly motivated, results-oriented manufacturing professional with over thirty years of experience in electronics assembly. Strengths include development of manufacturing processes, new product introduction, and design for manufacturability. Accomplished in specifying and negotiating the purchase of capital equipment. Cost conscious individual continuously looking for ways to save money.

• New Product Introductions

• Process Development/Improvements

• Design for Manufacturability

• Process Development & Integration • High Mix Low-Medium Volume Manufacturing

• Process Budgetary Planning

• Performance Metrics

• Plant Layout • Lean Manufacturing

• Supplier Qualification

• Performance Appraisals

• Staffing

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SPECTRAL RESPONSE, LLC, Lawrenceville, Georgia 7/00 - Present

Manager of SMT Production and Process Engineering

• Manage the daily operation of the SMT printed circuit board assembly processes including all machine operators and the engineering support staff

• Selected and procured capital equipment and made process improvements to grow the business from 750,000 parts placed per month to 11,000,000 parts placed per month

• Developed processes and maintenance schedules for all SMT equipment

• Qualified and implemented a no-clean soldering process resulting in a $65,000 per year cost savings

• Qualified and implemented RoHS soldering processes (Lead Free Manufacturing)

• Procured new manufacturing/engineering software from Valor Incorporated to improve NPI,DFM, machine programming and documentation processes

• Completed facility drawing and coordinated the move from a 35,000 square foot facility to a 70,000 square foot facility

• Frequently participate in Kaizen Events and Six Sigma Quality Projects to improve efficiency and quality

• Designed and installed a new storage system in the SMT stockroom to accommodate SMT reels and tray parts

• Specified and successfully installed Solder Paste Inspection (SPI) and Automated Optical Inspection (AOI) systems in SMT to improve quality and reduce labor requirements

NCR CORPORATION-SOLECTRON CORPORATION, Duluth and Suwanee, Georgia 10/89 – 7/00

Senior SMT Technician

• Created assembly documentation, SMT programs, and work instructions to support the manufacturing process. Provided technical support to the manufacturing staff

• Optimized, and balanced placement programs for high-speed equipment in a high volume environment resulting in a one second or less differential between work cells.

• Designed land patterns and stencil apertures to improve solderability and reduce solder defects on SMT assemblies

• Designed pcb panelizations to lower cost, improve throughput and product quality

• Performed preventative maintenance and repairs on all SMT equipment

• Supported production across three shifts

• Executed the assembly of proto-type builds as well as collected, analyzed, and processed information to provide feedback to the design team

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NCR CORPORATION, Cambridge, Ohio 4/83 – 10/89

Senior SMT Technician

• Responsible for generating placement machine programs for the SMT equipment

• Team leader in the SMT department responsible for daily production and manufacturing processes

• Maintained and supported the SMT equipment

HUGHES AIRCRAFT COMPANY, El Segundo, California 6/82 – 4/83

Electronics Techncian

• Test and repair of the Laser Range Finder and Thermal Imaging System for the M1 Abrams Army Tank

NCR CORPORATION, Cambridge, Ohio 6/80 – 4/82

Electronics Technician

• Test and repair of various cash register systems

EDUCATION

The Ohio Institute of Technology, Columbus, Ohio, 1978-1980

Electronics Technician Diploma

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 2008

Lean Boot Camp;Training a Lean Champion

Gwinnett Technical College, Lawrenceville, Georgia, 2011

Leadership Academy Program

Six Sigma Green Belt

ADDITIONAL SKILLS

Manufacturing Equipment

Siemens, Panasonic, Fuji, Dynapert and Universal SMT equipment

MPM and Dek screen printers

SPI, AOI and X-ray machines

BTU and Heller reflow ovens

Software

Panasonic PanaPro, Siemens SiPlace Off-line Programming, Universal, Fuji CAM, Valor Trilogy 5000 and vPlan assembly engineering and manufacturing software, Minitab 15, ECD M.O.L.E. profiling software

AutoCAD, Microsoft Office, CAMtastic, MP2 Maintenance software, Photoshop, Dreamweaver

AFFILIATIONS

SMTA Member

IEEE Member



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