Resume of:

Gary F. Horrell

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Hollidaysburg PA 16648

503-***-****

q3u6nx@r.postjobfree.com

CAREER SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE

Total Quality Management

New product development/marketing/pricing

Expansion/market share growth

Client development

Productivity improvements

Operations/Engineering

Manufacturing/QC/Materials

R&D/Systems Engineering

UL and CE experienced with manufacturing equipment and electronic products

Design of Experiments: Taguchi Methods, Hadamard, Yuzuriha

Jmp (statistical software program)

Special projects for key clients:

Train safety developments sensors for pre derailment occurrences built protos (1997 at Maxtek Components Corporation)

Manufactured as a sub contract for Harris corp. (transmitters and receivers for Cruise missile F22 program).

CERTIFICATIONS

Green Belt Six Sigma (2007)

Lean Manufacturing (2007- present)

Kaizen and 5S training (2007-present)

Value Stream Mapping (2007- present)

Dale Carnegie graduate with two break-through awards (2006)

Supervisory Development (2007)

NASA Standards, Electronics (2007)

ESD (2010)

ANSI/IPC A-610 Rev D, Inspector/Trainer (2007)

IPCJ-STD 001 D (2007)

2010-2011 Standards of Conduct (Danaher)

Careful Communication (Danaher Legal compliance and Ethics Center )

Preventing Workplace Harassment (Danaher Legal Compliance and Ethics Center)

Understanding the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (Danaher Legal Compliance and Ethics Center)

Hazardous Materials Education OSHA Awareness & Safety (clean venture cyclechem) 2010

MACHINE KNOWLEDGE/TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

Siemens, Universal, Phillips, Quad, Panasert, Zevatech, Fuji, Mydata: pick and place machines

Heller, Vitronics, Concept Tronics, Electrovert, Universal: reflow ovens

MPM, DEK, PRESCO: screen printers

Electrovert, Vitronics, Hollis: water wash systems

Electrovert, Nu-vu, Universal, Technical Devices, Solectron: wave solder systems

Mechel, Hughes, Wedge Bonding, K&S: wedge bonders

Hughes 2500: die pick and place

Asymtech: dispensing machine and DataMax label printing stations

Most major brands of prep, pinning, lead-forming, die-tech pinning machines, solder pots, selective solder (ACE) etc.

WORK HISTORY

Veeder-Root Company (Danaher Corporation)

Senior Manufacturing Engineer Feb 1, 2010 – Dec 31 2010

Company background:

Veeder-Root supplies and integrates the broadest range of new and proven technologies to reduce cost of ownership,

enhance environmental integrity, and improve performance and profitability for petroleum marketers and commercial

fueling enterprises worldwide. Veeder-Root is the world's leading supplier of automatic tank gauging and fuel management systems and one of the few companies in the industry to design, manufacture and service its own products. Veeder-Root presently has tank monitoring systems in more than 500,000 underground storage tanks around the globe. Veeder-Root products and services are being used to meet the regulatory compliance and business management requirements of major oil companies, large truck fleets, car rental companies, airports, package delivery companies, federal, state and local governments, public utilities, industrial companies, and thousands of small underground and above ground storage tank owners.

Technical consultant for design engineering introducing new products

Introduced new assembly technology to the company. (BGA, micro BGA, selective soldering)

Responsible for data collection reporting and improving overall yields for manufacturing. (15% improvement since hiring date)

Qualified and trained operators for automatic and manual machines.

Initiated training programs and quality programs for manufacturing floor.

Developed cell manuals using DBS tools for smt and selective solder processes.

Passed all Danaher certifications for current date. (Refer to certifications)

Managed, instructed and trained manufacturing engineering personnel.

Responsible for meeting milestones for projects introducing new products.

Held and participated in Kaizens involving manufacturing improvements in assembly production.

Developed Value Stream mapping for high dollar products to enhanced product flow.

Responsible for initializing, tracking, and overseeing all pilot builds through manufacturing.

Consulted design engineers on DFM.

Reason for leaving : Contract ended 12-31-2010

Sure Power Industries (Cooper Transportation Division)

Manufacturing Engineer, November 2007-January 2009

For over 45 years Sure Power has been manufacturing for off-highway, bus, truck, marine and automotive markets and provides products and Engineering Services designed to aid in the management of DC electrical systems. Reported to Manufacturing Engineer Manager.

Introduced new products to assembly manufacturing from design feasibility through release to production.

Supported PCB design engineers with DFM.

Sustained Wave Solder Lines and Final Assembly Lines through statistical process controls.

Knowledge of various Potting compounds such as Bi Wax, Cops, Silicone, conformal coating processes.

Created and updated all assembly documentation, drawings and all control docs associated with new product introduction.

Reviewed costs associated with materials and production.

Set up production line as a lean manufacturing work cell to improve process flow.

Trained operators on safety and operation of new equipment.

Chemical and mechanical safety requirements met.

Reduced cost target goal and time to market all new product introduction builds.

Reason for Leaving: Laid off, lack of work

Silicon Forest Electronics, Inc.

Production Supervisor, May 2005-September 2007

An electronics contract manufacturer, founded in 1999, and is located in the Pacific Northwest (Vancouver, Washington State, USA), providing prototype and production services to customers in the medical, defense, aerospace, industrial and instrumentation sectors; privately held company with 135 employees.

Production Supervisor for SMT Manufacturing Line.

Coordinated work flow and schedule priorities for three production shifts.

Hit bonus targets 26 out of 28 months.

Set company goals and guidelines for future growth.

Reason for Leaving: Laid off, lack of work

Biamp Systems

Consultant, June 2003-July 2004

Founded in 1979, Bi amp specializes in audio electronics, products found in airports, arenas, courtrooms, Houses of Worship, theaters, universities, corporations, and conference centers around the world.

Purchased SMT and Wave Solder equipment (1/2 million dollar investment) for a complete automated SMT line.

Set up a quality and incoming AQL program for circuit board manufacturers. Added vendor selection process for circuit board manufacturing and new equipment.

Certified trainer in DFT (Design Flow Technology)

Reason for Leaving: Contract ended July 2004

Innovacomm Technologies

Sr. Process Engineer , June 2000-August 2002

Contacted, negotiated pricing quotes, and acted as technical liaison for PCB and ceramic manufacturing houses located in both US and offshore.

Set up fiber and SMT manufacturing lines.

Reason for Leaving: Company bankruptcy

EFTC Northwest Operations (Suntron)

Senior Customer Engineer, March 1999-June 2000

Founded in 1981, Suntron Corporation manufactures products for the aerospace, defense, industrial, medical, network and telecommunications, semiconductor capital equipment market segments; based out of Phoenix, Arizona, with 1,100 employees.

Technical consultant for customers at EFTC NW manufacturing plant.

Set up box build manufacturing line, including hardware, torque specs, tooling.

Cable manufacturing, assembly documentation, and circuit board assembly processes.

Provided customer with 100% quality defect-free product from initial start of project to the present. (Data presented by the customer as part of a supplier performance.)

As a trainer, taught classes in box build assembly processes to manufacturing floor personnel, leads, supervisors, inspectors, stock handlers, and trainers.

Twice received GM Award for Quality Excellence and Customer Support for Phillips Digital Broadcasting Services.

Managed the Philips account and maintained quality and delivery goals (program manager).

Reason for Leaving: Better opportunity

Cascade Systems Technology

General Manager, 40 employees; February 1998-February 1999

A Hillsboro, Oregon based contract electronic manufacturing company, founded in 1989, providing electronics manufacturing and engineering, specializing in the design and manufacturing of electronic assemblies for applications that include industrial controls, food processing equipment, and military electronics.

Hired key contributors.

Managed the P&L and balance sheet.

As product/team leader, introduced new products to mainstream production.

As program manager, developed key customer accounts.

Hands-on experience with running a production floor and product flow.

Assisted customers in designs and layouts.

Reason for Leaving: Company reorganization due to economic conditions

LMC West

Engineering Manager, March 1997-February 1998

Departments directly reported to engineering manager: Facilities, Documentation, Prototype Engineering, Process Engineering, Circuit Board Layout and Design Engineering.

Assisted customers in sales, quotes and re-engineering products for manufacture. (cont.)

Facilitated quick turns on prototypes by coordinating all departments into a team environment.

Initiated a design and layout facility as an independent profit-loss center.

Reason for Leaving: Better opportunity

Tektronix (Maxtek Components)

Manufacturing Engineer, September 1977-March 1997

Hands-on experience with hybrid fabrication, flex attach processes, and PCB assembly processes.

Introduced new products from design, prototypes to production for a microelectronics technology line.

Reason for Leaving: Career advancement

EDUCATION/DEGREE PROGRAMS

Bachelor of Science in Business Management (University of Portland)

Management Supervisory Development (Portland Community College)

Manufacturing Engineering Technologist (Portland Community College)

SEMINAR TECHNICAL CLASSES

Served on the IPC/SMTA BGA National Symposium Technical Committee

MRP Production/Planning/Statistics (Portland State University)

SMT Training School Universal Instruments (Binghampton, New York)

Hughes 2500 Pick and Place Training (Carlsbad, California)

Unisys Statistical Course (Tektronix Corp. ED)

Juran Training Course in Quality (Tektronix Corp. ED)

Total Quality Management Program (Portland Community College)

SMART Conference IV (New Orleans, Louisiana)

SMART Conference V (Orlando, Florida)

SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS

RS1 Statistical Program

Power Point

Solid Works

Visio

Microsoft Project

Adobe

Winproj

Acrobat pro

GC Placement

Outlook

Unicam

Microsoft Word

NW Analysis

Word for Windows

Navision

PDMLink

Microsoft Excel

Aribia

MRP SYSTEMS

ProMan

Oracle

QAD

Max

SAP

References upon request

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