Manager Quality Assurance
Resume:
Thomas Ricketts
**** ******* ***, *** ******, California . Cell: 760-***-****
. ***************@*******.***
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/tom-ricketts/4/67/835 . Residence: (760)
BUSINESS ANALYSIS
Chemical Engineering /Quality Assurance / Mfg. Operations
Plant Management / Facilities Management / Project Management
. Led Product Transfer Engineering Department defining requirements for
equipment, utilities, facilities, pilot runs and IOPQ
. Holds Certificates in Data Mining, Biotech Manufacturing Fundamentals;
Quality Assurance and Control in Biotech, and a 6 Sigma Black Belt from
University of California, San Diego with BS Chemical Engineering from Cal
Poly.
. As Plant Services Director at International Rectifier, directed design,
construction and operations for multi-functional plant management.
. Coordinated projects across the U.S. as well as Asia and Europe.
. Senior manager with 15+ years experience in all areas of manufacturing
management including plant/facilities management, engineering, quality
assurance, quality control and office administration.
. Managed continuous improvement resulting in receipt of the Environmental
Responsibilities Award in 2006 and the Suppliers Quality Award in 2003.
. Engineering Management experience in a FDA regulated industries including
equipment installation, validation, SOP's, calibration, PM, equipment
history, manuals and documentation.
ADDITIONAL KEY AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Production Management Plant Layout/Engineering Plant
Maintenance/Security
Machinery Maintenance TQM Six Sigma/Lean
Manufacturing
Financial Facilities/Leases Site Selection
Analysis/Planning
Staff Work Schedule Control Process Development
Evaluation/Selection
Product Re-engineering Process Engineering Contract Administration
Technical Supervision Laboratory Management Technology Evaluation
EDUCATION
BS, Chemical Engineering, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
BA, Economics, San Diego State University, San Diego
MBA Candidate, All courses taken but thesis, San Diego State University,
San Diego
CONTINUING EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Certificate, 6 Sigma Black Belt, UCSD, San Diego 2003
Certificate, Biotech Manufacturing Fundamentals, UCSD, San Diego 2005
Certificate, Quality Assurance and Control in Biotech, UCSD, San Diego,
2007
Lean Training including: Mistake Proofing, 5S, Process Observation, Kaizen,
Workplace Organization and Visual Controls, Process Mapping, Flow
Manufacturing, K-T Root Cause Analysis. TQM Facilitator and Leader
Training, FMEA, HAZOP
Certificate in Data Mining, UCSD, San Diego, 2010
COMPUTER PROFICIENCY
Software: Microsoft Windows Office, Microsoft Project and Visio, Filemaker,
Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, PageMaker, GoLive, Acrobat, InDesign,
Framemaker, Hardware: PCs, Allen Bradley PLC Operating Systems: Apple,
Windows Databases: Filemaker, Access Programming Languages: Fortran,
Basic, Apple Script
COMMENDATIONS
Received the 2006 Industrial Environmental Association and California
Manufactures and Technology Association Environmental Responsibilities
Award and the Suppliers Quality Award in 2003
Thomas Ricketts
1122 Coyotes Way, San Marcos, California . Cell: 760-***-****
. ***************@*******.***
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/tom-ricketts/4/67/835 . Residence: (760)
471-5411 . Fax: 760-***-****
WORK EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS
BECKMAN COULTER: Advanced Manufacturing Engineering - Fullerton,
California 2008 - 2009
Represented Fullerton Site for Validation Council setting standards for
Master Validation Plan (MVP), Equipment History Files, Installation,
Operation and Process Qualification (IQ, OQ PQ), Maintenance and
Calibration program, and SOP's.
Resourced Project Engineering personnel to execute the completion of
consolidation projects, transfer equipment manufacturing from Fullerton,
CA to Indianapolis, Indiana
New Product Transfer Responsibilities from R&D to Manufacturing:
. Identified DFX business requirements for product release.
. Coordinated Supplier designs, reviews and recommends enhancements to
improve manufacturability.
. Reviewed new components to determine "make or buy" status.
.Developed routing, standard costs, and methods files from which
Business Unit product selling prices are established.
.Conducted Manufacturing reviews to ensure that products are designed
for manufacturability, serviceability, LEAN process, and Six Sigma
control goals.
.Reviewed Engineering documentation to ensure that the product is
efficiently built in a production environment.
.Developed procedures and processes that will ensure that the product
meets all specifications.
.Participated in vendor selection early in the product delivery
process.
.Prepared/authorized all tool requests to purchase or fabricate tooling
covered by the AFE.
.Planed, developed, and controlled prototype builds, the Manufacturing
Pilot run, early production and maintains a schedule of events.
PRIOR CAREER HISTORY
AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS (Schumacher Division) - Carlsbad, California
1997 - 2007
Facility Manager
Responsible for support of the facility including construction of equipment
used at offsite facilities. 15 direct reports.
. Led cross-functional team to redesign and 'mistake proof' a manufacturing
process that had developed a $1M failure. Used lean manufacturing
techniques to remove unessential processes, reduce risk and cycle time
from 5 days to 2 days and reduce defects from 25% to 5%.
. Coordinated effort to ramp up an offsite production facility resulting in
a 400% expansion in capacity and sales for a major product line.
. Received the 2006 Industrial Environmental Association and California
Manufactures and Technology Association Environmental Responsibilities
Award.
Chemical Engineering Manager
Held supervisory responsibility of 8 engineers including Chemical,
Facilities, Mechanical Design, Project, Electrical and Document Control
Supervisor, as well as Electrician and Electronic Tech. Managed capital
budget of $2M annually.
INTERNATIONAL RECTIFIER - Temecula, California
1984 - 1996
Plant Services Director
Responsible for developing and managing the departmental budget, performing
investment appraisals, managing and improving base facilities cost of
ownership programs for the site and managing all site services (HVAC, DI
water, Chemical operation, etc.) as well as EH&S activities, security and
space planning, Purchasing, Receiving, Warehousing, Logistics,. Key
responsibilities included: developing and managing critical facilities
systems by utilizing continuous improvement methodology such as SPC, FMEA
and WOVC. Managed complex projects to ensure technical and business goals
were met.
Facility Manager
Primarily responsible for construction of a $100M high tech 50,000 wafer
start per month wafer fabrication and assembly operation; a 250,000 square
foot with 50,000 square foot class 100 clean room, 100,000 square foot
class 100,000 assembly area and 20,000 square foot class 1000 lab areas.
The facility had high purity stainless and Teflon piping, of over 1,300,000
CFM of HVAC, bulk high purity chemical systems, ultra high purity DI/RO
water system and analytical lab supporting the operation. Staff of 50
people.
Thomas Ricketts
1122 Coyotes Way, San Marcos, California . Cell: 760-***-****
. ***************@*******.***
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/tom-ricketts/4/67/835 . Residence: (760)
471-5411 . Fax: 760-***-****
WORK EXPERIENCE AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Beckman Coulter: Advanced Manufacturing Engineering 2008 - 2009
Natural Alternatives: Engineering Manager 2007 - 2008
Schumacher / Air Products: Chemical Engineering Mgr, Facilities Mgr, 1997
- 2007
International Rectifier: New Fab Facilities Engineering Director, Plant
Services Director, 1984 - 1996
Accomplishments
Driving for Results: High Tech Facility: From Greenfield to Fully
Functional Facility (International Rectifier, Facility Manager)
Accomplishment Statement: A $100 million high tech. wafer fabrication
plant was built within budget meeting the schedule. The facility started up
without any problems and supported record yields for the product.
Business Knowledge: Building an Enterprise from an Organization
(International Rectifier, Plant Services Director)
Accomplishment Statement: Built an enterprise system for the department to
aid in the smooth operation of the organization and control the expenses,
forecasting, cost control and budgeting on a proactive basis by controlling
commitments and not past expenditures. The system had less financial and
accounting variance than the company accounting system and in today's world
would be very helpful from a SOX requirement. The accounting department
utilized the data to accrue expenses each month. The DMAIC technique from 6
Sigma was used in a team effort to establish accountability for each of 5
separate departments.
Collaboration and Teamwork: Cutting the Waste (Air Products and Chemicals
(Schumacher), Facility Manager)
Accomplishment Statement: As a team member I improved the environment by
improving the yield from 85% to 99% reducing the waste from the major
product line. These actions were recognized and resulted in receipt of the
Environmental Responsibilities Award for 2006.
Leading Innovation and Change: Efficiency, Efficiency, Efficiency
(International Rectifier, Plant Services Director)
Accomplishment Statement: Improved the operation of the water purification
system reducing the costs by $200K per year and improving manufacturing
yield adding to $500K per year to the bottom line.
Process Management: Control it or Risk Loosing It (International Rectifier,
Plant Services Director)
Accomplishment Statement: Utilized Six Sigma techniques to implement SPC
and FMEA's on all process system. These techniques reduced the risk of an
unplanned shutdown significantly. I ran the facility for over 10 years
without one unplanned shutdown.
Building and Leading Teams: Mistake Proofing the Process (Air Products and
Chemicals (Schumacher), Facility Manager)
Accomplishment Statement: Re-engineered the process as a result of a $1
million product loss totally eliminating the root cause of the problem.
Mistake proofing techniques from Lean Manufacturing were used to remove
unessential processes reducing the risk and reducing cycle time from 5 days
to 2 days.
Applying Technical Expertise: Tracking down an invisible cause (Air
Products/Schumacher), Chemical Engineering Manager)
Accomplishment Statement: A major manufacturing problem invisible in the
manufacturing process was solved and eliminated utilizing Six Sigma
techniques. Close work with the number one customer and a resulting
solution resulted in winning the Suppliers Quality Award.
Decision Making: If you build it will they come? (International Rectifier,
New Fab Facilities Engineering Director)
Accomplishment Statement: Identified choices to top management for site
selection for new manufacturing facility. Met with European officials
surveying the availability of government grants.
Communication: Project coordination across the USA (Air Products and
Chemicals (Schumacher), Facility Manager)
Accomplishment Statement: Despite the fact that the team players were
spread out across the US I coordinated a 400% expansion in capacity and
sales for a major product line.
Developing Yourself and Others: How do we staff it? (International
Rectifier, Plant Services Director)
Accomplishment Statement: Set up a training program with a local community
college to train people in an unskilled area. Secured a grant from the
State of California for $300K to support the program.
Strategic Ability: Overcoming Cultural Differences (Air Products and
Chemicals (Schumacher), Chemical Engineering Manager)
Accomplishment Statement: Successfully transferred a legacy process
overseas despite cultural differences and reluctance on the part of the
staff. I transformed reluctance on the part of the staff to excitement and
pride about the project.
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