Manager Quality Assurance

Mechanical / System Engineering ... R & D ... Project Management ...

Quality Engineering ... Quality Assurance ... Systems & Procedures ...

Operations

My diversified background motivates me to look at the "big picture" and to

drive solutions benefiting the whole company.

QUALIFICATIONS

Technical Leader - Operations-oriented engineering professional with 25

years background spanning machinery, electromechanical consumer products,

automation and PCB, including small and large volume series. Large

experience in medical device and semiconductor mfg. equipment. Full

familiarity with modern engineering and manufacturing techniques as well as

ISO 9001 and ISO 13485 implementation.

Diversified management: development, operations, process, quality and

project management at Manager and Director level. Effectively managed 70-

member departments and budgets up to $15 MM. Managed concurrently up to

fifteen projects, each ranging from US$ 100,000 to US$ 1,000,000.

Extensive customer contact and travel throughout Europe, Asia and the

United States. Fluent in English, French and Italian; basic in German (need

some practice).

This extended experience allows me to understand the needs and

contributions of different departments and functions and to borrow the

techniques of various industries for the benefit of the whole company.

KEY STRENGTHS

Working Manager, leading and Broad experience driving

participating in team production multidisciplinary and multi-site projects

from concept through implementation

Design innovative solutions to Integrate new technologies in products to

resolve engineering problems improve performance, cost and

marketability

Result driven, cost and deadline Outstanding organizational skills

conscious

Foster teamwork & cooperation Interactive leader willing to take inputs

from all sources

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

J.R. Schenk Consulting - Consulting / Contracting work.

Principal - 2006 to current (part time)

. Provides customers with services in engineering, technical sales,

operations and quality.

NOVO Engineering Inc., Vista, CA, USA - Engineering Firm

Senior Engineer and Quality Manager - 2009 to 2012

. Participated in several customer projects and studies ranging from

printer development to airport personal scanners and failure

analysis on medical devices.

. Proposed and implemented a NPI process based on 6 Sigma methodology

for a high volume revolutionary inkjet printer.

. Prepared the implementation of ISO 13485-2003 in the company.

Interface Associates Inc., Laguna Niguel, CA, USA - Leader in angioplasty

catheter mfg. equipment

. Director of Engineering (Working Manager) - 2006 to 2009 -

Responsible for all new and sustaining equipment design (system and

mechanical). Managed equipment development team as well as catheter

development engineers (until catheter manufacturing became a

separate division).

. Led the redesign of the product line, implementing multiple

improvements and enabling CE marking.

. Designed and led the development of multiple new equipments,

including the first automated angioplasty balloon folding and

wrapping machine which increased throughput by 2.5 to 3 times.

. Led the transition from 2D to 3D CAD for the development group.

. Formalized the development process and established a standard for

the output of design engineering. Led the transition from ISO 9001

to ISO 13485 for the M.D. engineering department.

SMAC Corp., Carlsbad, CA, USA - Manufacturer of high precision moving-coil

actuators

Process Engineering Manager and QC Manager - 2004 to 2005 - Responsible

for Manufacturing and Process Engineering.

. Designed, built, tested and validated a new assembly floor plan,

based on assembly cells.

. Led the clean-up of BOMs to allow a better control of inventory and

improve on-time deliveries.

. Served as customer contact for production and quality issues for our

main customer, Assembleon.

Newport-Kensington, Inc., Richmond, CA, USA - Manufacturer of atmospheric

robots for the front-end semiconductor industry

Quality Assurance Manager - 2002 to 2003 - Responsible for setting up

the base of a quality system compliant with ISO 9001-2000, and for

establishing customer required quality assurance processes.

. Implemented a Process Control Plan allowing the qualification of our

equipment by Applied Material.

. Presented QA plans to customers such as Variant and KLA during sales

presentations.

Ism ca Group - 1993 to 2001 - Manufacturer of semiconductor and automation

capital equipment

Various functions as follows:

Ismeca USA, Inc., Vista, CA, USA

Engineering Manager - 2000 to 2001 - Responsible for reorganizing and

managing the 25 members engineering department in the semiconductor

automation field.

Business Area Manager - 1998 to 2000 - Responsible for the "New

Products and Special Machines" Business Area, and thus responsible for

all new developments in the semiconductor automation field.

Ismecam, Inc., Carlsbad, CA, USA

Quality Manager & Management Representative - 1995 to 1998 -

Responsible for all activities related to quality, including quality

assurance, quality engineering and quality control.

Ism ca S.A., La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland

Project Manager - 1993 to 1995 - Responsible for managing and

coordinating multiple projects in the semiconductor automation field,

more precisely handlers with testing, vision inspection and final

packaging capabilities.

. Led the development of the very successful MP400 "Tray scanner", the

MP100 taping machine and several semi-custom machines.

. Designed new concepts for integrated finishing handlers (including

electrical test, laser marking, vision inspection and final

packaging), calculated and presented the quotations to the

customers, negotiated the specifications and managed directly

several projects.

. Managed concurrently up to fifteen projects ranging from US$ 100,000

to US$ 1,000,000 (including P&L responsibility) through the delivery

and acceptance at the customer's site.

. Traveled frequently to customers such as Motorola, Siemens and

Samsung, in the USA, Europe and Asia, in order to understand their

needs and to negotiate with them.

. Coordinated activities with headquarters, sought corporate funds for

new developments, and traveled frequently to Europe to report on

progress.

. Introduced an industrialization team with the goal of implementing

design for manufacturability, reducing cost and lead-time. Gain from

the work of the team after 3 months of activity: 25% of the assembly

and cabling time for a standard machine.

. Mapped, documented and optimized the processes of the entire U.S.

operation.

. Built and implemented a quality management system, which allowed the

ISO 9001 certification of the U.S. operation (passed on 1st attempt

without non-conformance).

Cicorel S.A., Crissier, Switzerland - Specialty Printed Circuit Board

manufacturer

Technical Director - 1991 to 1993 - Responsible for the operations, I

managed a staff of about 70 people, for daily activities as well as

medium and long term organization and planning.

. Successfully coordinated the replacement of all the processes using

solvents with aqueous ones. This project was vital for the company

and involved simultaneous replacement and qualification of equipment

across the company, within a very tight floor plan, and without

delaying production.

EDUCATION

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne (EPFL), Engineering diploma

in Microtechnology (Equivalent to an MS degree in the U.S.) EPFL was listed

in the World top 10 Engineering Schools by "Manager magazine"

CERTIFICATIONS

. Certified Quality Engineer by the American Society for Quality (ASQ),

1996 to 2005

. Certified Quality Auditor by the American Society for Quality (ASQ),

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