Michael R. Yonan

***** ********** **., ***** *****, MI. 49417, 616-***-****

email: abl5bl@r.postjobfree.com

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Educational Background:

Master of Science May 1993. Western Illinois University

Major: Manufacturing Engineering.

Bachelor of Science May 1990. Western Illinois University

Major: Manufacturing Engineering. Minor: Psychology.

Tools Used in My Career (years experience):

Autocad(20), Pro/Engineer(1), Unigraphics(2), ME10(1), Computer-Aided

Manufacturing(12), Architectural Drafting(6), Computer-Integrated

Manufacturing(12), OSHA(20), Technical Writing(18), Automated

Industrial Production(12), Statistical Quality Control(13), Microsoft

Office Suite(20), QOS(5), Kaizen(9), QS and ISO Quality audits(10), 8-

D(8), 5-S(9), FMEA(8), QFD(5), Control plans(6), SMED(9), KanBan(5),

Greenbelt training(2), Ergonomics(4), and environmental auditing(4).

Employment History:

Shape Corporation, 9-06 to 12-09, Manufacturing Engineer.

Duties include: Working with the manufacturing team to continuously

improve the flow, functionality, and efficiency of the plant.

. Modernized the layout of the facility so that material flows

more efficiently from raw steel to finished product.

. Increased inventory accuracy by 80%.

. Right-sized the raw, WIP, and finished goods inventories.

. Manager of the corporate lean initiative for my location.

Disher Design assigned to Steelcase, 5-06 to 9-06, Process Engineer

(contract).

Duties included: Working with the Steelcase engineering staff to

incorporate (2) assembly plants into (1) plant. This task included:

. Improved the layout design for improved flow, de-automation,

and operator reduction.

. Technology incorporation of departments to improve product

timing and flow.

. Project management of corporate consolidation project ensuring

uninterrupted product flow.

Johnson Controls Automotive Group, 7-04 to 4-06, Process/Manufacturing

Engineer.

Duties Included: Worked in a cross-functional role as both process

engineer and manufacturing engineer to improve the process capability

of an automotive interior production line.

. Leader of a technical and production team that reduced process

and finished product scrap by 150%.

. Project manager for an automated production line that reduced

part handling scrap by 80%.

. Process engineer for the launch of a headliner production line

that implemented operator safety and ergonomic devices and

reduced operator injuries by 100%.

. Supervised implementation of a electronic assembly cell for

Toyota headliners.

Deloitte & Touche Tax Technologies, 9-02 to 2-04, Process Improvement

Manager assigned to Forms Editing. Duties Included: Worked to

streamline a crucial production stage supporting over 5000 tax

professionals.

. Lead the effort to improve the functionality and efficiency of

the forms editing group. The results of my efforts reduced the

department's annual project of editing corporate tax forms by

29% to a five-month project from its original seven-month

duration.

. Identified existing and potential issues within the department

and its processes, rectifying them through aggressive quality

control techniques.

. Interviewed, hired, and supervised a seasonal staff of twenty

three people and a permanent

staff of six employees.

Systems Research Inc., Assigned to Electric Vehicle Technologies -

Contract, 6-02 to 9-02

Manufacturing Engineering Manager. Duties Included: Worked to prepare

company prototypes and first-run parts during pre-production assembly.

. Supervised shop floor personnel in the construction of electric

vehicles from electric motors to the finished prototypes.

. Negotiated with Taiwanese companies including international

travel for the procurement of parts and supplies.

. Interviewed and hired additional contract personnel as

production began to ramp up.

. Oversaw the writing and approval of all shop floor

documentation.

Molex Fiber Optics, 11-00 to 11-01, Manufacturing Engineer. Duties

Included: Worked to improve the company's assembly lines.

. Improved adhesive usage on the production floor which recovered

$2.4 million in lost revenue per year.

. Improved product flow on the assembly floor using pictorial work

instructions and extensive cross training.

. Worked with a team to successfully transfer programs to our

Mexico facility.

. Project manager of a project to increase ergonomic efficiency of

the manual

assembly process.

. Project manager of a project to introduce a new automated fiber

optic striping process to the production floor.

. Daily support addressing employee issues and concerns in a

timely manner with no impact on production.

Hendrickson Stamping, 5-99 to 11-00, Manufacturing Engineer. Duties

Included: Worked as a

leader with the company's lean manufacturing principals to improve

production.

. Project team leader for Kaizen, lean, and day to day activities

for the main press line.

. Worked with a design engineering team to design new Tier-1 truck

bumpers capable of being compression-formed with no visible

defects.

. Project manager for a capital project to replace the existing

compressed-air distribution system.

GNB Technologies, 7-94 to 3-99, Applications Engineer. Worked with an

applications team to help agents and customers engineer the best-

suited battery system for their application.

. Developed technical documents and spreadsheets that enabled our

salespeople and their customers understand the technical aspects

and correct application of our products.

. Worked with product development team on the re-design and

updating of battery designs.

. Designed plastic and sheet metal parts for mechanical and

electric vehicle projects.

. Project manager for CAD hardware and software update project.

References available upon request

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