Quality Engineer

ROMAN NERI abnjvl@r.postjobfree.com

*** ******* ***, *******, ** 95336 209-***-****

DIRECTOR / MANAGER – QUALITY ASSURANCE

Six Sigma / Lean Manufacturing / Reliability / ISO 9001 / Cost Controls / TQM / Testing /

Change Management / Operations / Project Management / Continuous Process Improvements

Established world-class quality management systems and environments for entire production cycle at Fortune 500

Western Digital, Applied Materials and Japanese subsidiary Nikon Precision Inc. Rapidly improved production

cycle time, yields, on-time delivery and profit margins in the semiconductor, aerospace, defense, computer, electronics,

disk storage and telecommunications industries. Implemented policies to comply with ISO requirements. Combined

effective quality systems with cost containment to achieve corporate goals.

• Eliminated 90% of product problems after implementing quality review for division of Applied Materials.

• Reduced factory and customer nonconformance rates by 50% in first 30 days of implementation, and

received a quality recognition award. Developed a sustainable system to eliminate remaining 50%.

• Raised quality bar by implementing an internal audit program, achieving highest rating in division.

• Developed and implemented a quality management system, achieving ISO 9001 registration.

MBA, Technology Management, BS, Business Management, University of Phoenix.

Six Sigma Green Belt Certificate, Villanova University. Six Sigma Black Belt Certificate, Villanova University.

Certified lead auditor for ISO 9001 & ISO 14001.

Career Accomplishments

Eliminated 90% of product problems after implementing quality review process for division of Applied Materials.

The TCG division had a product development process (PDP) that had no QA involvement. Formed a design assurance

group to participate at all reviews, focusing on design quality. Group provided monthly status reports and alerted

management when issues jeopardized the release dates. Resulted in TCG division having successful product releases

with the least amount of factory and installation problems.

Reduced factory and customer nonconformance rates by 50%, and received a quality recognition award at

Applied Materials. Company built semiconductor capital equipment for customers, Intel and AMD, and international

foundries. Manufacturing and customer site nonconformance rates were at unacceptable levels. Assembled cross-

functional initiative team to implement preventive action corporate–wide. Eliminated errors by identifying and

implementing a unified process and system to which all workers adhered. Identified and resolved issues with suppliers.

Developed and implemented a proactive quality management system, achieving ISO 9001 registration throughout

the TCG Division with 700 personnel. Hired by Applied Materials to develop and implement a quality management

system. Developed a deployment plan and gained buy in from TCG executives. Developed the TCG quality system

manual and associated procedures and work instructions to document critical processes. Conducted training sessions and

internal audits. Developed a quality management system that added value and increased productivity.

Raised quality bar by implementing an internal audit program, achieving highest rating in division for Western

Digital. Performed gap analysis against ISO 9002 requirements and found several deficiencies. Identified areas needing

improvement. Recruited and trained new auditors to be more thorough. Efforts resulted in new training for employees

and development of clearly defined work procedures. Internal audit process became a tool to continuously improve

business.

Cut production time in half and doubled production capacity by implementing new assembly process at Cougar.

Company had no sequential assembly line. Introduced flow manufacturing assembly line. Collaboratively worked with

manufacturing engineers to deliver a new self verified work system. Reduced production time from 28 to 14 days.

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Career History

Consulting assignment through Robert Half Technology Inc. at Nikon Precision Inc., 2005 to 2007. Personally

hired by Nikon Precision CEO/President (Geoff Wild) to develop, educate and implement a practical Quality

Management System (QMS) that is a customized hybrid system consisting of elements from ISO 9000, Six Sigma and

Philip Crosby’s Quality Philosophy.

• Developed a robust Quality Management System consisting of the following components:

o A world-class Nonconformance Control System and associated procedures, forms and database

o Document Control System and associated procedures and forms

o Internal Audit Program and associated procedures and forms

o Continuous Improvement Program and associated procedures and forms

o Restructured Quality Department and redefined rolls and responsibilities

o Designed training modules for new quality systems and conducted training

o To date have identified and resolved $3,402,117 Price of Nonconformance (PoNC) issues and have

saved $9,829,830 of Potential PoNC issues

New Business Startups and Consulting Assignments – Registered with Robert Half Technology Inc., 2002-Present.

Genesis Green Energy Services Inc. (Consultant assignment, required travel to Taipei, Taiwan March 2008)

Nikon Precision Inc.

Pilates Zen Inc.

Perception Films Inc.

Ten Plus Entertainment Inc.

Michael Q Enterprises

Genesis Global High Point Technology Inc. (Traveled to Taipei, Taiwan)

Intelli-Labs LLC

L & B Environmental, Inc.

Director of Quality, Applied Materials, 2000-2002. Recruited to company. Established and built quality department to

nine people. Developed a strategic plan to implement ISO 9001 throughout the Transistor Capacitor Gate (TCG)

organization. Successfully achieved ISO 9001 certification. Developed the Quality System Manual, Document Control

System and department. Developed and implemented a design assurance team, holding design reviews with product

teams (Santa Clara, CA) and manufacturing teams (Austin, TX) to assure conformance to product development process.

Liaison between domestic and international customers and TCG to resolve RMA issues.

Sr. Quality Systems Analyst, Vantis Corp., 1999-2000. Developed and managed internal audit and supplier

management systems for a fabless semiconductor manufacturer of programmable logic devices. Managed product

quality at national sites (Sunnyvale CA, Austin TX, Colorado Springs CO.) Conducted reliability stress and life tests in

accordance with MIL-STD-883 and JEDEC standards. Company was acquired by Lattice Semiconductor.

Principal Product Assurance Engineer, Western Digital, 1997-1999. Developed and lead ISO 9001 and ISO 14001

certification efforts. Trained and managed 20 internal auditors for $5B computer disk storage supplier in product

assurance engineering department. Coordinated and managed continuous process improvement teams. Developed

comprehensive quality procedures including environmental, health and safety requirements. Redesigned and

implemented a new calibration system for inspection and test measuring equipment prior to acquisition by Komag Inc.

Quality Manager, Cougar Components, 1994-1997. Managed company wide quality system for manufacturer of RF

Hybrid Microcircuit Components used in aerospace, defense and telecommunication industries. Chairman of the

Technology Review Board. Developed and updated procedures to comply with ISO 9001, MIL-PRF-38534, MIL-

STD-883 and MIL-I-45208 requirements. Performed periodic supplier audits. Conducted reliability stress and life test

in accordance with MIL-STD-883 requirements. Evaluated and performed Failure Analysis on RMAs. Reported

findings and provided solutions to domestic and international customers. Managed four QA inspectors and one Quality

Engineer.

Previous experience as a Quality Engineer in the Aerospace and Defense Industries.

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