John Bragansa
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Excellent range of engineering experience in design, process improvements
and support of consumer, industrial products and commodities.
EDUCATION
Masters in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Systems, Georgia Tech, 1993
Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering, University of Florida, 1991
PROCESS & QUALITY ENGINEER, DAYTON GRANGER INC., JAN.,2008-DEC.,2008
OEM manufacturer of plastics and composites
Track out-of-spec material to processes and/or vendor-related issues.
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Study alternate processes for plastics, metal and composite parts
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fabrication.
Employ solid modeling application (ProE) to design improved tooling.
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Implement and qualified new processes based on value-added studies.
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ISO9001 qualification of processes and system for Quality Engineering
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Apply LEAN and Six-Sigma techniques to factory processes.
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DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT, MOTOROLA, 1993-2007
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Product Support Engineer 7/2000-12/2007
Design engineering of housings, buttons, connectors and displays.
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Performed tolerance stacks and dimensional analysis.
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Qualified mold tools, dies, and sheet metal parts.
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Evaluated design reviews on parts/assemblies for Design for
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Manufacturing.
Design Performance Engineer 9/1996 – 6/2000
Performed functional tests, stress tests, impact test, and button/key
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cycling.
Operated lab equipment to qualify performance including force,
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temperature chambers, and automated dimensional analysis.
Certified consumer devices per government regulations.
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Prepared failure analysis and root-cause reports.
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Examples of Testing:
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o Benchmarked display integrity for performance in the field.
o Studied impact test on competitions’ devices and proved that Motorola
equipment has the best impact integrity.
- Key Mechanical Developer for Ruggedized Module. Won “Best Think Tank” award
and product was commercially released.
Manufacturing Process Engineer 7/1993 – 9/1996
Coordinated product launches including certification.
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Oversaw entire development of packaging, documentation and
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accessories.
Devised manufacturing process changes for new products.
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Generated and managed Microsoft Project schedules.
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Prepare training guides and present process changes to staff.
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PATENT INNOVATOR
• " Mobile Communication Device Order Fulfillment", U.S. PATENT 10410421.
• "Hand-Held Object Selector", U.S. PATENT 6795768
COMPUTER SKILLS
• Advanced level at Microsoft Word, Excel, Project and Powerpoint. ProEngineer
Wildfire 4.0/Mechanica.
Personal Interests: Website development, biking, triathlons. Fluent in Portuguese.
References Available Upon Request