MILLER HARRISON, CCM
Midlothian, VA ***** ( (***) 240 - 8481 ( ***************@*****.***
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Results-driven engineer with thirteen years of leadership experience within
a manufacturing environment in strategic planning, project management,
coaching and performance management with emphasis on problem solving,
leading challenging initiatives, continuous improvement, engineering theory
principles and concepts, risk assessments, and quality assurance.
Recognized leader with the capacity to identify and measure appropriate
areas for opportunity within the business while remaining strategically
focused to ensure organizational goals are aligned with business
objectives. Natural ability to effectively communicate technical terms to
non-technical management and team members on best practices and process
changes.
CORE SKILL AREAS
Strategic Operational Planning & Execution ( Statistical Process Control (
Project Development ( Evaluation & Troubleshooting ( Coaching & Feedback (
Customer Focus ( SAP ( Statistics ( DMAIC ( Six Sigma Manufacturing
Methodologies ( 5s ( Changeover Reduction ( Value Stream Mapping ( Line
Balancing ( Kaizen Events ( Root Cause Analysis ( Quality Control (QC) (
Quality & Safety Assurance (QA/SA) ( Process Analysis ( Quality Systems (
Demand Fulfillment ( Waste Elimination
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS
Weathers Engineering Services, Richmond, VA
2009 - Present
SR. PROJECT MANAGER
Responsibilities
Facilitate client meetings and update the organization on the progress of
various projects.
. Manage $35 million dollar construction project and conduct operational
excellence tests throughout project execution designed to monitor
construction costs, reduce expenditures and enhance customer
experiences.
. Supervise a team of 10 consultants and more than 50 tenured employees
at diverse worksites.
. Evaluate and solve complex problems with city officials, sub-
contractors, and team members (Clients: City of Richmond Department
of Public Utilities & Department of Public Works, URS, Wilbur-Smith,
Private-Sector).
. Analyze historical/forecasted statistics and identified industry
trends to make appropriate business recommendations.
. Monitor and record progress of construction sites through site
inspections, progress reports and meetings with general contractor(s).
. Provide coaching and feedback that improved working relationships
among team members through recognition and created an environment
committed to achieving goals and objectives.
Achievements
. Enhance business operations, decreased turnaround times, and
streamlined work processes.
Qimonda, Sandston, VA (Formerly, Infineon Technologies)
2003 - 2009
YIELD ENHANCEMENT/ QUALITY ENGINEER
Responsibilities
Accountable for improving yield, cycle time, and quality of products in
production and sustaining new products from development to conception for 3
product lines, in a manufacturing environment.
. Ensured the individual development needs were established to support
the modeling results by providing successful challenge and independent
supervision and review.
. Applied knowledge of data and quantitative modeling, and other
optimization methods to supervise and validate quantitative and
qualitative data analysis projects.
. Developed and monitored key initiatives with team members to establish
performance, strategies and deadlines.
. Worked together with parts providers/producers to resolve parts
quality issues.
Infineon Technologies, Sandston, VA (Formerly, White Oak Semiconductor)
2001 - 2003
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS ENGINEER
Responsibilities
Established methods and concepts to assess and improve the yield of
semiconductors and learning processes that strengthened and expanded the
company's technological leadership.
. Monitored program cost activity to achieve budget results.
. Created bill of material, detailed instructions for manufacturing
process of new parts, and specifications for delivery.
. Determined root cause for failure in manufacturing processes.
Analyzed processes to ascertain the probability of detection and
resulting affects on customer products. Proposed preventative measures
for corrections.
. Analyzed historical and forecasted results to identify industry trends
and made appropriate business recommendations.
. Resolved complex matters utilizing various engineering software
applications.
Achievements
. Analyzed critical key cost savings experiments that saved the company
$2 million dollars in the first two quarters.
. Reduced analysis time by 50% on key experiments.
White Oak Semiconductor, Sandston, VA
2000 - 2001
ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN
Responsibilities
Liable for the oversight of performance testing and maintenance of
equipment within the engineering department.
. Developed ACCESS database to track, scrap, and non-conforming
material.
. Manufactured wafer level test strategies and test programs.
. Complied and presented failure analysis reporting to management.
. Monitored device yields, failure rates, and repair rates.
. Interacted with various engineering and product groups to optimize
device yields and minimize costs.
EDUCATION / CERTIFICATION
Transportation Construction Management Institute (TCMI)
2012
Virginia Tech - Blacksburg, va
Project Management Professional Certification Program
2010
St. Joseph's University - Philadelphia, pa
Crisis Management Certification
2010
St. Joseph's University - Philadelphia, pa
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification (BMGI)
2008
Qimonda (On-site Training) - sandston, va
Bachelor of Science Electronic Engineering
2000
Virginia State University: Petersburg, va
SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS
Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Project, Visio, Lotus Notes, JMP, Mat
lab
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Virginia Minority Supplier Development Council ( Virginia State University
Industrial Advisory Committee