Engineer Mechanical

Donald Brown ******.******@*****.***

**** ****** ****** ****, ****** Valley, CA 94552 Cell: 510-***-****

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. Accomplished Manufacturing Engineer with 8 years experience in managing

full product life cycles, from concept through production, with emphasis

on DFM/DFA principles and cost reduction.

. Skilled Mechanical Engineer with 10 years of experience designing and

building custom pick-and-place machinery and web processing equipment.

More than 20 years of hands-on fabrication experience.

. Expertise in Stampings-Complex Forming, Injection Molding, Die Casting,

Weldments and Machined Parts and other high technology manufacturing

processes. Thorough understanding of processes, methods, and equipment

used in high technology manufacturing with the ability to target key

areas for design, process, yield, quality and cost improvement.

. 16 years of CAD including 10 years of Solidworks coupled with a strong

background in mechanical drawing.

. Comprehensive understanding of GD&T and how it translates into inspection

procedures.

. Strong analytical, planning, communication, problem-solving, and

organizational capabilities.

COMPUTER SKILLS

. Solidworks , PDM Works, MS Office, Generic CADD , SPC-Light , Data Page

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

GREENVOLTS INC., Fremont, CA

Start-up solar equipment manufacturer developing utility-scale HCPV

products for the energy market

May 2010 - Present

NPI Engineer

. Led NPI plan implementation for Optoelectronic High Concentration

Photovoltaic (HCPV) systems.

. Simultaneously brought up two different overseas contract manufacturers

from a stalled prototype stage to full production; increased production

by 1200% in a two month period.

. Worked closely with overseas manufacturing partner to implement Kaizen

events that led to a 24% improvement in yield.

. As a Vendor Audit Team Member, audited current/potential manufacturing

partners with respect to systems packaging of modules and power

systems. Architected, wrote, and executed relevant audit plan

segments.

. Drove lean production initiatives; Overcame high failure rates of a

major CMs primer dispense methods by implementing an automated process

that resulted in 100% yield.

. Designed, fabricated, and deployed complex test hardware systems in

support of product validation.

POWIS PARKER INC., Berkeley, CA

Manufacturer of document binding machines and specialized printers for on-

demand publishing

May 1990 - May 2010

Manufacturing Engineer (6/06 - 5/10)

. Wrote specifications, designed and troubleshot all process equipment for

consumable products business.

. Recognized for taking Image Strip product from a net loss to a net gain;

developed and implemented control scheme and process changes that

increased yield from less than 20% to exceeding 3 Sigma (99.7%).

. As Mechanical Lead on the Main Strip Process Line, converted 3-stage

batch process to a true one-piece flow, reducing cycle time from 3 days

to less than 1 day.

. Reduced Signature Process Line costs by $83,000 annually by designing and

building extrusion heads that allowed for a 33% thinner layer of

adhesives to be deposited onto the substrate.

Senior Product Engineer (6/00 - 5/06)

. Responsible Engineer for the FB15sx, FB11, FB8x and FB9 Binding Machines.

. Led mechanical group in the complete redesign of the FB8 (new product

became FB8x). Efforts improved failure rate from 50+% to better than 3

Sigma (99.7% yield), reduced assembly time by 600% and achieved an annual

cost savings of over $65,000.

. Created FB9 product; Reduced production costs over predecessor product

(FB8x) by 4% and incorporated advanced functionality that allowed for a

30% increase in retail price.

Donald Brown Resume, Page 2

Additional positions held at Powis Parker:

Mechanical Designer/Toolmaker/Shop Manager (6/95 - 6/00)

Mechanical Designer/Toolmaker (6/93 - 6/95)

Toolmaker (5/90 - 6/93)

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

Toolmaker, MISSION TOOL, Hayward, CA 3/90 - 5/90

Toolmaker, APPLIED PROCESS EQUIPMENT, Redwood City, CA 3/89 - 3/90

CNC Programmer, SANDR INC., Hayward, CA 7/88 - 2/89

Apprentice Tool & Die Maker SCHLAGE-LOCK, San Francisco, CA 6/84 - 7/88

PATENTS

. Patent #7677855

Method for splitting the edges of sheets prior to binding so adhesive

used during bookbinding process will penetrate into inner fiber core

of paper sheets and significantly enhance bonding achieved between

adhesive and sheets.

EDUCATION

Associate of Science Degree (Graduated with Honors) 1984

Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, CA

Certifications:

Journeyman Papers, Tool and Die Maker, State of California 1988

Certified CNC Machinist, County of San Mateo County, San Mateo, CA 1985

Specialized Training:

Tutor for Windows (Advanced CMM), Brown & Sharp, Sunnyvale, CA 1996

Micro Measure III, Brown & Sharp, Sunnyvale, CA 1995

Datapage SPC, Brown & Sharp, Sunnyvale, CA 1995

Solidworks(, Hawkridge, Oakland, CA 1998/Ongoing

Coursework includes: PDM Works, Advanced Part Modeling, Cosmos Works,

Design Tables, etc.

Statistics, Chabot College, Hayward, CA 1988

Machine Tool Technology, Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, CA 1984

Excellent References and Additional Information Available Upon Request

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