FROILAN L FERRER

San Marcos, CA ***** (M) 760-***-****

pcdrsr@r.postjobfree.com

Summary

Multi-disciplinary product experience in a technical manufacturing environment, with emphasis on lean

manufacturing. Extensive experience in Manufacturing Engineering and Quality Engineering, trained/certified in

Lean Six Sigma methodologies, and continuous quality improvement. Expertise in production engineering support,

assembly line setup, new product development, optimization of manufacturing processes, and quality systems.

Highlights

• Production Engineering Support, Process Optimization, Tool and Fixture Design

• Production floor/Equipment lay-out, Line Balancing, Work flow optimization

• SMT and Thru-hole Technology, PCB and Cable Assembly

• New Product Development/Design For Manufacturability/ERP/MRP

• Read/Interpret engineering drawings, schematics, ANSI GD&T, IPC-A-610, AutoCAD

• Lean Manufacturing/Lean Six Sigma/Statistical tools

• Design of Experiment, Root Cause Analysis, 5S’s, Kaizen Events, Error Proofing, Flow Chart

Experience and Accomplishments

Consultant, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt

Inova Diagnostics, Inc., Scripps Ranch – San Diego, CA 01/2012 – 06/2012

o Completed Lean Six Sigma project at Inova Diagnostics Inc. The project involved the optimization of

Tissue Sectioning process using DOE method. Reduced operator and machine variance by 30-40%.

o Project generated an annual cost savings of $450k for the company.

Prototype Design

Rolfe Technologies – Baguio City, Philippines 10/2001 – 05/2010

Design/prototype of agricultural expeller machine used in coconut processing. Other ventures include PC

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rentals and sales, marketing of electronic consumer gadgets.

Sr. Manufacturing Engineer (Offshore)

Pacific Microwave Corporation Inc. - Laguna, Philippines 08/2000 – 12/2000

Managed team of three Production engineers in resolving process problems in the component, PCB,

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wirebond, hybrid assemblies, and testing of RF/microwave devices. Debugged, designed, and documented

the assembly processes in accordance with customer specifications and requirements.

Contract, Manufacturing Engineer

Teledyne Controls, Inc. – West Los Angeles, CA 03/1999 – 07/1999

Revised Assembly Instructions and BOM. Corrected discrepancies to conform to engineering parts list in

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coordination with design engineering and documents control. Project completed ahead of schedule.

Manufacturing Engineer

Datron World Communications, Inc. – Escondido, CA 01/1997 – 02/1999

Reduced backlog by 30% in the PCA and Final assembly. Simplified work instructions and drawings,

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reducing paperwork in the documentation process, and non-value added process steps.

Designed tools/fixtures to facilitate ease of assembly in the PCA and Battery Pack assembly. Instituted

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more systematic method in the component assembly improving process flow, reducing cycle time 20%.

Tool and Production Planner

Boeing Co., Everett, Washington - July 1991 to July 1993

o Completed three months "Boeing Manufacturing Engineering Planning" certification course.

o Member of the team that reduced control file workload by 25% in the "AOG" spares planning,

keeping delinquencies to the minimum.

Education

Certification, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, University of California, San Diego, CA 06/2012

Certification, AutoCAD, Data Canter College, Baguio City, Philippines, 10/2003

Graduate, B.S. Electronics Engineering, University of the East, Manila, Philippines

Affiliations

Past member, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, 2003

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