Six Sigma Engineer

Prasad V Mushti ? *******@*****.***

805-***-**** ? 3917 Eagle Flight Drive - Simi Valley, CA 93065

Quality Assurance Engineer leveraging expertise in company-wide Six Sigma

and Lean application roll out. Excels in identifying and implementing Lean

Six Sigma projects.

Six Sigma Black Belt and Quality Engineer Certifications from ASQ and Lean

trained. Accomplished numerous Lean Six Sigma Projects and mentored Green

Belts. Degree in Mechanical Engineering.

Accomplished savings of over $300K over a period of 2 years through Lean

and Six Sigma projects.

BS, Mechanical Engineering

ASQ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt ASQ Certified Quality Engineer

Professional Overview

Feb 2007 - Present: Quality Assurance Engineer, FTG Circuits, Chatsworth,

CA

Initiated and executed Lean Six Sigma projects.(estimated savings of

300K/annum)

Mentored Green belts.

. Training shop floor personnel in Lean and Six Sigma tools.

. Continuous Process improvement for MLB and Rigid Flex Printed

circuits.

. Leader of Continuous Improvement team.

. Lead CAPA efforts

. Initiate and establish Cause Analysis and Mistake Proofing(CAMP)

. Wet Process Laboratory Manager

Jun1996-Oct2006: Production Manager, Foxlink World Circuit Technology, Simi

Valley CA.

1. Responsible for Manufacturing and Engineering functions involving

manufacture of single sided, double sided, multi layer flex and rigid-

flex circuits.

2. Lead continuous process improvement in all process areas of flex

circuit manufacture.

3. Lead cost and cycle time reduction efforts.

4. Responsible for installation, commissioning for all new process

equipment.

5. Evaluated new raw materials for advanced applications in flex circuits

for fine lines, high operating temperatures and high flexibility.

6. Evaluated materials for high performance and cost reduction in areas of

lamination, drilling and wet process.

7. Improved processes in lamination, wet process and assembly areas.

8. Established and improved Hot Bar Soldering processes and Z-axis adhesive

bonding techniques.

9. Developed vendor base for outside processes (for surface finishing,

plating, plasma etching and laser processing.)

10. Responsible for Waste management, including maintenance of records of

recycling waste and lab analysis .

11. Responsible for maintaining UL records and evaluation of materials for

UL recognition.

12. Responsible for Safety.

13. Interacted with customers for application study and design

improvements.

14. Interacted with the design team to develop processes for DFM.

15. Worked on developing process instructions and flow charts.

16. Troubleshooting of process problems in all areas of flexible circuit

manufacturing.

17. Developed new processes for flex circuit assemblies.

18. Developed PPAP (Production part approval process) procedures for

automotive customers. (Including, PFMEA and

Control Plans).

1989-1995: Prior experience: Worked in various industries in India

involving Project Engineering,

Manufacturing and R&D.

Technical Expertise

LSS Specialties:

FMEA

C&E Analysis

Root Cause Analysis

Gage R&R

DMAIC Structure

Process Mapping

5S

Value Stream Mapping

Other:

MS Office

MS Project

Visio

Minitab

Design Ease

TrueChem

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