Manager Engineer

Gerald M. Fine

*** ****** *****, ********* *****, FL 32937 Phone, 321-***-****

****.*****@*****.***

Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering with diverse experience in advanced

manufacturing with direct involvement in value-adding automation

applications.

Production & Program SMT Process Engineer Continuous Process

Management Improvement

NPI Team Leadership Industrial Engineering LEAN Techniques

Team Leadership & Production Line Design Robotics and Automation

Facilitation

Tooling Design Design For Manufacture ISO 9000

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

V Served as an Industrial Engineer, creating time standards, line

balancing and material flow.

V SMT Process Engineering and process control

V Program Cost Estimation and time standard development and management

V Integrated capital equipment to increase capacity by 50%, for sales

increase from $32 to $55 million.

V Integrated conveyors to accommodate increase in deliveries and saved

$750,000/month.

V Justified, purchased and managed capital projects.

V Increased assembly capability, increased first piece yields and

improved quality

V Possess current Secret Clearance

Manufacturing Engineering Manager Lighting Science, Satellite Beach, FL

Jan 2012 to Aug 2012

ME Manager with a start-up company who designs and builds LED lighting.

Responsible for the ME team in Satellite Beach and for supporting our

facility in Monterrey, MX and a contract manufacturer in Chihuahua, MX.

I work with the engineering team on new product development and the

implementation of these products in all of these facilities. I work to

design and build the various pieces of machines and equipment for these

new items as well as the assuring the timely design and delivery of

tooling.

Product Engineer, Honeywell Corp, Clearwater, FL

Mar 2010-Jan 2012

Supporting CCA production, serve as a Process/Quality Engineering.

Responsibilities include the disposition of CCA's in a complete Computer

Aided Manufacturing (CAM, shop floor controlled) environment, SMT Process

Engineer, support bar coding processes. Served on several failure

investigation teams (FIT), Chartered to improve test yields through process

improvement. Work with supplier quality assurance (SQE) to address material

related issues.

Production Manager, Lockheed Martin, Port Canaveral, FL

Nov 2006 - Nov 2009

Led the production team, in the producing a military surveillance product

with applications of force protection. Implement programs to track work,

material and final products through the assembly and test process and

finally the field. I developed metrics to measure production cycle times,

quality, material deliveries and test yields. Work with the team to

rewrite organizations operating procedures working towards and receiving

ISO certification.

. Implement work flow management tools.

. Create work/time measurement and create time standards.

. Work extensively with Material Planning to establish and achieve material

schedules.

Senior Engineer, MC Assembly, Palm Bay, FL

Dec 05 - June 06

I was the senior member of the New SMT Products Integration (NPI),

responsible for the integration of new customer products into the

production process. Working with the customer's design team, to design

their PCB's to create more manufacturable products. I was charged with the

development of continuous flow manufacturing process to implement fast and

more streamlined assembly processes.

. Tasked with the implementation of Continuous Flow manufacturing

techniques.

. Member NPI Team charged with the integration of new products into the

manufacturing process.

. Responsible for the DFM (Design for Manufacturing) on all new customers'

circuit boards.

Manufacturing Management Consultant, HETRA Secure Solutions, Palm Bay, FL

Sept 05 - Dec 05

Worked with manufacturing team to improve the assembly process, build a

production schedule and implement a Quality process. Implement new process

equipment and re-laying out the facility.

Program Manager, GSMA Robotics Systems, Palm Bay, FL

Feb 05 - Aug 05

Program Manager, for large scale packaging systems, that utilize robotics.

Lead in the specification, procurement, assembly and test of machinery

whose automation systems erects cartons, places products in cartons, place

cartons in cases and palletize the resulting goods for shipment. These

process machines use bar coding, laser measuring, sensors and vision to

locate and track products.

Manufacturing Manager, Mnemonics Inc, Melbourne, FL

1999 - 2003

I managed every aspects of electronic and electro-mechanical production, in

a contracts manufacturing environment. Reduced labor by 15% and increased

output by 30%, improving quality and delivery. Integrate SMT process

equipment and build lines. Developed new manufacturing documentation

format to streamlined work instructions and involve each operator in the

total quality process. I worked with sales, in support of sales efforts

and to help close key customer accounts.

. Managed a staff of 30 associates in a 12 million dollar Contract

Manufacturing environment.

. Operated as many as 18 discrete programs concurrently.

. Responsible for Production, Material Control and scheduling all programs.

. Turned 5Y of losses into a profitable business unit in 6 months by re-

engineering the processes.

. Budget, cost control, man loading and ETC responsibility on multiple

programs.

. Create methods and work instructions that increased quality and reduced

time.

. Part of the Team that realized a growth in sales from $2.6 to $12M in 4

years.

. Plant layout and new equipment integration.

. Member of ISO 9001-2000 certification process team.

EDUCATION

Bachelors of Business Administration, Columbia College of Missouri,

Patrick Air Force Base, FL

Total Quality Training, Re-engineering Processes and Team Leadership,

Problem Solving, The Crosby Quality

Lean Techniques and Managing Resources, Lean Leadership

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