Engineer Manager

Katherine Seebeck-Naraghi

Katherine H: 970-***-**** C: 970-***-****

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QUALITY MANAGEMENT

Process Control Systems ~ Product Qualification Analysis ~ Statistical Techniques ~ Yield

Enhancement ~ ISO 9000/ TS 16949 ~ Project Management ~ Technical Writing ~

Compliance ~ Systems Planning ~ Quality Assurance ~ Methods and Standards ~ Cost

Control ~ Team Building ~ Training ~ Needs Assessment

Innovative, detailed-oriented and award-winning Manager with strong skills and expertise in

statistical techniques and quality systems. Stellar performance in setting new, profitable

direction with more effective systems in business environments.

Dedicated focus on achievements of determining and reaching goals that add value to

corporate objectives. Builds and manages teams that take ownership of projects and use

collaboration as a communication tool to be successful.

Masterful in examining and analyzing processes to fix a system, saving considerable dollars

in rejected/wasted product, materials and time.

Key Achievements

• Because of major customer return issues, electrical parameters were analyzed which helped to

identify the root cause at the foundry. Set up new monitoring controls at the foundry,

resulting in scrapping $6.3 million worth of material which, if not identified, would have cost

more in customer goodwill and returns.

• Designed and implemented a new process control system with foundry including disposition

flow, resulting in no customer returns for any parameter where system was used.

• Streamlined a system for quick information to customers from Product Engineering that

included a methodology to eliminate non-valued steps for initial reports, a 24-hour report sent

to customers with accountability from engineers and corrective action. This system resulted

in value-added corrective actions and no report rejections by customers.

• Maintained and coordinated ISO QS 9000 certification audits, resulting in reducing audits

from bi-yearly to yearly.

• Performed needs assessment and designed 4 technical courses for organization based on

analyzed results of needs and resources. Assessment system was adopted by HR and other

departments.

• Company had made no plans for addressing a critical customer audit to take place in a month.

Took initiative to lead a team to develop the audit program, receiving the highest initial audit

score from customer.

• Created a system to analyze multiple customer ratings, producing quarterly reports showing

progress and listing areas of opportunity. Overall customer ratings improved 5-10% per

quarter.

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• Finding that improper statistical analysis and techniques were being utilized chose software

that best met the business needs. Usage of the selected software went from 25 to 125 users in

2 years, and is the recognized statistical software in the company.

• Developed a communication strategy for operators to address issues with Management that

had been resulting in a 10% yield loss. Coached operators on presentation, resulting in

Management supporting solution, totally eliminating yield loss.

• Created and completely implemented within 10 months an online engineer change control

system that handled 2-3 critical changes per month. System obtains and manages approvals

from managers of critical job functions that have a vested interested in the impact of the

change.

• After one line was shut down due to yield loss, facilitated meeting with cross-functional

engineers to determine the issue. Managed the conflict within the team so that within one

hour the root cause was identified and the line was up and running within one day.

Career History

Xilinx, Inc.

Consulting Statistician

Staff Statistician/Manager

Customer Quality Engineer

Vishay/Siliconix

Senior Statistician/Quality Systems Engineer

MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc.

Statistician

Trilogy Consulting Corp., SmithKline Beecham

Consulting Statistician

Affiliation/Awards

Senior Member, ASQ

Patent for “2-Dimensional Maverick Control” – June 2008

White Paper on Maverick Control Implementation presented at IRPS, 2007

Award for coordinating Siliconix audit, obtaining highest score from Motorola’s QSA

1994 Missouri Quality Award in “America’s Best Plants” by Industry Week Magazine

Education

MS, Statistics, Oklahoma State University

BS, Forest Management, Oklahoma State University

Certification, Lead ISO 9000 and 14000 Auditor

Certification, Quality Engineer, ASQ

Malcolm Balridge Assessor Missouri State

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