ADAM KARAPANDZICH

**** ******* **** **., *********, OH; H: 330-***-****, Email:

abogj4@r.postjobfree.com

CAREER OBJECTIVE:

Corporate Quality/Process/Product/Manufacturing Engineer or Software

Application Support.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

LORAL CORP. (former GOODYEAR AEROSPACE) - DEFENSE SYSTEMS DIVISION, Jun.

1987-May 1990

Akron, OH; Senior Electrical Mfg. Engineer - Memplex and Electronic

Assembly & Test areas. Directed & maintained Statistical Process Control

(SPC) reporting system for variety of processes. Included training (2)

Electrical Manufacturing Engineers and (2) Engineering Co-ops in the

operation & maintenance of these SPC systems. Developed and maintained

numerous processes for state of the art defense industry printed circuit

board manufacture and assembly.

GOODYEAR AEROSPACE CORP.-DEFENSE SYSTEMS DIVISION, Jan. 1986-June 1987,

Akron, OH; Quality Assurance Engineer - Special Processes, Quality Systems

& Planning Group.

GOODYEAR AEROSPACE CORP.-DEFENSE SYSTEMS DIVISION, Jan. 1984-Jan.1986,

Akron, OH; Program Product Assurance Engineer-Pershing II Nuclear Missile,

Terminal Guidance, Digital Correlator System (DCS).

MORRISON PRODUCTS INC., May 1990-Mar.1993, Cleveland, OH; Corporate Quality

Assurance Manager.

Supervised (1) Quality Technician and provided Quality system support for

(4) facility, $20M+ manufacturer of metal squirrel cage blowers. Eliminated

nagging monthly return (~$1-2K) for undersized hub bores by third year, and

helped develop premier hub supplier leading to annual savings of $26K+.

Developed methods for in die SPC; suggested tooling improvements resulting

in thousands of dollars in product quality improvements and increasing

tooling longevity. Gained certifications from at least top (3) customers

for each of the (4) plants.

LUCERNE PRODUCTS INC., Mar. 1993-Mar. 1994, Hudson, OH; Quality

Assurance/Industrial Engineering Manager. Responsible for Corporate Quality

Assurance System of a $20M+/year OEM electronic switch manufacturer

specializing in supplying the power tool industry. Quality Improvement

Training of production personnel using Technicomp Problem Solving & Intro.

to SPC. Headed departments of (1) Quality/Reliability Engineer, (1)

Industrial/Automation Engineer, (1) Industrial Engineer, (1) Quality

Technician and (6) hourly Inspectors monitoring processes of plastic

injection & compression molding, microelectronics manufacturing and test,

and electrical/ electronic assembly of AC/DC, on/off and variable speed

control switches. Project Leader (Quality focus) for Black and Decker

Compact Power Program (DeWalt Cordless Drills & other DeWalt power tools),

doubling company annual sales of $18M+. Department responsible for numerous

process improvements by automation design and construction; justified

development of state of the art in process test Equipment; spearheaded

efforts to implement true ESD compliance; helped develop number of process

improvements through data collection and analysis; helped develop a number

of suppliers through trouble- shooting their processes. Developed numerous

quality plans (including SPC implementation) for manufacturing & inspection

of components, assemblies and processes for switch manufacturing.

CHRYSLER CORP.-TWINSBURG STAMPING PLANT, July 1994-April1996, Twinsburg,

OH; "NS" (New Mini Van) Assembly/Press Room Process Leader (Contact

Engineer)/Inspection Supervisor (Press Room-NS & PL [Neon], NS & AB

[Commercial Van] Assembly). Responsible for implementing Process Control

systems for a $500M+/year automotive stamping (world's largest under one

roof) and assembly facility. Included: Implementing in-process measurement

systems from Surface Quality (Visual) Inspection/tracking/reporting to

automated data collection (DataMyte, Perceptron). Trained Inspection

personnel (transitioning toward "Process Auditors") in basic Statistical

Process Control (SPC) techniques (including floor implementation, Surface

Inspection by "Hi-Light" and Weld Inspection (destructive). Supervised (25)

UAW Inspectors/Clerks, NS & AB assembly areas (6/95 to 4/96) - dimensional,

surface & weld. Supervised (25) UAW Inspectors/Clerks, Large Stamping area

(2/95 to 6/95) - dim. & surface. Co-developed and implemented the first

official standard (in plant's history) for Standard Operating Procedures

(SOP's) for majority of NS Assembly area operations.

CLEVELAND RANGE INC., Mar. 1997- June 2000, Cleveland, OH; Quality

Assurance Manager. Supervised (1) Quality/Reliability Engineer and up to

(6) hourly UAW Inspectors. Products - stainless steel commercial steam

cooking and skillet equipment. Processes - QC of metal fabrication,

certified ASME Boiler Code welding, polishing, assembly & testing and

working to National Sanitary Foundation (NSF) requirements. Through team

effort, Quality Engineering helped drive monthly warranty cost down by 50%

(from ~$200-300K to ~$100-150K) including training of new Assembly

employees.

ESTERLE MOLD & MACHINE CO., INC., Aug. 2000-April, 2001, Stow, OH; QA

Manager/Corporate Director of Quality. Plastic Injection Molding

environment - Supervised (1) Quality Coordinator and (3) hourly Inspectors

in Quality requirements for products from healthcare to defense industry.

Proposed variety of Quality improvement projects.

GOVERNMENT CONTRACT SERVICES, INC., July 2001- Oct. 2002, Garfield Heights,

OH; Independent

Contractor/Consultant. Phone/Internet sales of government contracting

consulting services (contracting with GSA - General Service Administration

for Schedule system or BPA - Bid-Award-Proposal method). Contract

application submission, office support & training.

UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, Nov. 2002- Apr. 2004, Remote Encoding Center

(REC), Akron, OH; Temporary Employee (TE), 3rd shift Data Conversion

Operator (DCO). Interpreted video images of mail from Postal facilities

(Toledo, OH to Greensboro, NC) and entered information to allow coding and

forwarding.

MAJORS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC., Aug. 2004-Nov. 2005, Parma Heights Oh, Part

time employee (in order to provide daycare for my four children). State

licensed Mortgage Broker handling residential and commercial loans for

customers in Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Florida.

FILING SCALE (through Hunter Temporary Services), Feb. 2006 to May 2006,

Twinsburg, OH. 4' Radial Drill Press Operator - drilled & tapped variety of

metal components used in the manufacture of various size tow motor scales.

Also operated overhead cranes and propane powered tow motor (for metal

scrap removal).

ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, Jan 2007 to present, (May 2006 to Jan 2007- temp.

through Manpower),Twinsburg, OH. 3rd/2nd shift Manufacturing Associate,

currently SMT/PCB Prep operator. From Dec. 2010 to present, certified to

operate Universal MU2000 Solder Screen Printer, Universal Adhesive

Dispensing Machine, Universal 4796 High Speed Placement (HSP) machine,

Electrovert Atmos 1000 Electric Reflow Oven, MVP Automated Optical

Inspection (AOI) machine and Level I Solder Certification (best commercial

practice). Also trained in the operation of Asymtek Axiom X1010 Adhesive

Dispensing Machine and Jet Equipment Corp. BMS98 Board Marking System. From

Dec. 2006 to Dec. 2010 - Final Assembly performing board level test,

electronic assembly (including clean air bench assembly) and pack/final

inspection in the PanelView 600/1000, 300/550 and ICP Final Assembly

including Certifications in all these product lines; familiar with Raptor

and Mozart Final Assembly areas including test equipment operation, bench

assembly and clean air bench assembly; also former 6S Auditor, former

member of PanelView and ICP Continuous Improvement group. Also Certified in

Six Sigma White Belt Training, SpeedyPacker Instapak, IPB (Integrated

Platform Business) and ICP (Integrated Control Products) General and Fire

Extinguisher Safety areas. Also received Train the Trainer classroom

training. From May 2006 to Dec. 2006 - trained in Electronic Assembly (EA)

Kitting area including various electronic components kitting for SMT

(Surface Mount Technology) production area and included coordinating

kitting assignments for entire area; ATE (Automated Test Equipment) and CNC

router operator.

CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY, Fall 1981, Cleveland, OH; Research Assistant.

Helped develop coal based fuel pellet from reclaimed coal & paper waste

products.

SPECIAL SKILLS

Extremely good at application of standard software packages in a

manufacturing environment, especially data collection, analysis, reporting

and process improvement. Read, write & speak Spanish. Speak a little

Serbian.

EDUCATION, TRAINING & SKILLS

June 1983-Jan. 1984 CLEVE. STATE UNIV.-James J. Nance Business College,

Cleve., OH; MBA (inc.)

Sept. 1976-June 1982 CLEVE. STATE UNIV.-Fenn College of Eng., Cleve., OH;

BaChE-Chem. Eng.

Sept. 1974-Aug. 1976 WEST TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL (now closed), Cleve., OH;

College Preparatory curriculum, skipped 11th grade, upper

quarter of class.

Sept. 1971-June 1974 WEST JR. HIGH SCHOOL (now Joseph M. Gallagher Jr.

HS), Cleve., OH; College Preparatory curriculum, Student of

the Year 1974.

1988-1994 CQE (Certified Quality Engineer) AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR

QUALITY (ASQ;

former Amer. Soc. for Qual. Cont.), Milwaukee, WI.

1992-no exp. CQT (Certified Quality Technician) AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR

QUALITY (ASQ;

former Amer. Soc. for Qual. Cont.), Milwaukee, WI.

1991 AIR-COND. & REFRIG. INSTITUTE

(ARI), Arlington, VA; Certificate - Intro to

ISO9000

Complete listing (including extensive Personal Computer skills) & List of

Accomplishments available upon request.

SECURITY CLEARANCES Secret ("B") & Confidential ("C") - Department of

Defense, both inactive.

PERSONAL INTERESTS Family activities (hiking, traveling), home

improvement, computers, auto repair, etc.

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