Christopher A. Shannon

*** *. ****** ****

Georgetown, TX 78628

512-***-**** (mobile)

512-***-**** (home)

Email: abv0ja@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE

To obtain a senior production management position in the manufacturing

industry where there are opportunities for career advancement through high

performance.

EDUCATION

B.S., Chemical Engineering, June 1982, Florida Institute of Technology,

Melbourne, Florida.

B.S., Chemistry, June 1980, Florida Institute of Technology.

EXPERIENCE/ACCOMPLISHMENTS

ATMI, Burnet, TX 07/08 - 09/12

Production Manager Blended Chemistries and CVD Materials

Provide production team leadership for a multiple shift specialty chemical

manufacturing plant to meet and exceed company goals for safety, quality,

delivery, and cost.

. Successfully managed a $10M operational budget and developed capital

budget requirements.

. Directed $500K capital expansion project for HCDS new product

introduction. Project and product qualification completed under

budget and ahead of schedule.

. Directed multi-disciplined team to resolve key customer quality

complaint with a multi-million dollar liability claim. Utilized FMEA

and 8D problem solving tools and clearly demonstrated to customer

that product was not the root cause problem. Customer removed

liability claim and thanked team.

. Directed TDMAT capacity improvement team, identifying and resolving

area constraints to improve capacity by 40%.

. Led FPY (First Pass Yield) and OTD (On Time Delivery) continuous

improvement teams to achieve 95% metrics and exceed company goals.

. Led Customer Complaint Tiger Team utilizing KBM, FMEA, and 8D

methodologies to eliminate canister build defect escapes and reducing

overall customer complaints by 50%.

. Led MRB team reducing discrepant material inventory from $1.2M to

under $50K in under six months.

. Participated and prepared site for successful ISO 9001/14001 and

customer audits.

Production Manager, CVD Materials

Led a multiple shift production team of supervisors, engineers,

technicians, and operators to meet and exceed company goals for safety,

quality, delivery, and cost.

. Champion safety first team attitude and implemented best practices to

enhance plant safety. Plant awarded SHARP certification (Safety and

Health Achievement Recognition Program) by OSHA on initial

inspection.

. Successfully managed $4.5M operational budget and prepared annual

capital budget needs.

. Implemented continuous improvement and cost savings projects to

achieve $721K in cost savings.

. Implemented raw green initiative for CVD manufacturing area,

resulting in $500K of annual savings. Program included rework of

expired finished good return material, recycling of distillation

process waste streams and process yield improvements for CVD

distillation processes.

. Led TiCl4 capacity improvement team, implementing continuous

improvement initiatives to improve capacity by 50%.

. Directed $750K TiCl4 capacity expansion project and qualification.

Led team through capex submission, contractor bid, design, equipment

selection, installation, and qualification.

. Implemented work instruction consolidation and cross training

program.

. Resolved TEPO arsenic contamination problem historically responsible

for frequent product supply constraints and high rework costs.

Module Shift Manager, Spansion, Austin, TX 09/06 - 07/08 (Company filed

for bankruptcy)

Led a production staff of engineers, maintenance technicians, and process

technicians to exceed operational metrics. Guided cross-training,

preventative maintenance, repairs, installations, and the qualification of

new tools and processes.

Process Engineering Manager, Cypress Semiconductor, Round Rock, TX 09/05 -

09/06 (Plant Closure)

Directed process engineering activities, sponsored continuous improvement

teams, mentored engineers, and established goals to exceed site metrics.

Improved availability on constraints tools by 20% in less than one quarter.

Implemented Control Plan and achieved best annual scrap rate.

Director of Operations, SemiSouth, Starkville, MS 01/05 - 9/05

Led manufacturing operation for a silicon carbide startup. Coordinated

production scheduling, developed operational and capital equipment budgets,

managed facility construction, tool selection, installation, and

qualification.

Production Manager, Intersil Corporation, Palm Bay, FL 07/03 - 12/04

Managed production team of 85 supervisors, production operators, and

maintenance technicians across two wafer fab facilities. Guided continuous

improvement initiatives, cross training and preventative maintenance

activities to exceed company metrics. Improved critical tool capacity by

33% and reduced process cycle time by 23%. Led Continuous Improvement Teams

achieving a 42% reduction in misprocess.

Staff Engineer, Sony Semiconductor, San Antonio, TX 07/02 - 07/03 (Plant

Closure)

Responsible for design, development, and transfer of new products to

production.

Module Shift Manager, Advanced Micro Devices, Austin, TX 09/93 - 07/002

(Plant Closure)

Responsible for optimizing the capability of people, processes, and

equipment to achieve fab goals.

. One of two Module Shift Managers at AMD to have both production

management and process engineering responsibilities.

. Design of Experiments and Response Surface Methods were utilized to

develop a new metal etch process which improved operating parameters,

reduced scrap by over 90% and cycle time by 55%.

. Led TPM Team in consolidation of metal etch processes between two fabs

and implementing best practices that resulted in annual cost savings

of over $250,000.

. Etch representative on Technology Team and Process Development Team

implementing process changes that resulted in a 14% decrease in cycle,

annual cost savings of over $120,000 and 50% reduction in test wafers.

Harris Semiconductor, Palm Bay, FL 05/88 - 09/93

Lead Process Engineer

Provided engineering support for the Fab 54 photo/etch area.

. Developed Disposition Guidelines for all etch levels, reducing lots

held for engineering to < 1/day.

. Cosponsored a SDWT (Self-Directed Work Team) of multi-disciplined

members, from assembly and wafer fab areas, to resolve issues

affecting die visual yields. Team achieved a 50% reduction in

passivation scratches and 36% reduction in metal voids.

. Utilized Design of Experiments and Response Surface Methods in

optimization of existing etch process and characterization and

qualification of the new tools for production. Process enhancements

improved wafer throughput by 58% and increased line yield to 98%.

. Developed Aperture Metal Upgrade and supported the transfer of the

process enhancement into production. Process improvement eliminated

major process defect reducing rework rates by more than 90% and

improving die visual yields by over 20%. Enhancements reduced wafer

fab and assembly cycle times and eliminated delinquent shipments to

the customer.

Senior Process Engineer

Provided engineering support for assembly and plating area

. Developed new-hire training program, providing Manufacturing and QC

with qualified die visual inspectors. Baseline customers requested

their source inspectors be certified through the same two-week

training program. Program used to train new supervisors and

engineers.

. Developed and qualified matte-tin plating process for production.

Process improvements eliminated process constraint and reduced scrap

and rework rates by 90%. QC Plating Inspection gate eliminated after

one year without a single lot failure.

SPECIAL SKILLS/CONTINUING EDUCATION

Global Supply Chain Management: Clarkson University.

Building Personal Leadership Skills, Managing Without Authority, Counseling

and Coaching for Improved Performance, Dealing with Difficult People:

University of Texas.

Advanced Micro Devices Training Programs: Front-line Leadership, Managers

and Employment Law, EHS for Managers, Managing Compensation, The Complete

AMD Manager, Managing the QGA Process, Advanced Labor Relations, Theory of

Constraints, Coaching to Empowerment, Sponsoring High Performance Teams,

Total Productivity Management, Leading Through Internal Communications,

Financial Planning at AMD, Expense Tracking at AMD, Cost of Ownership,

Continuous Process Improvement Tools, Descriptive Statistics, Making

Decisions Using Statistics, Design of Experiments, Intermediate DOE,

Response Surface Experiments, Measurement Capabilities, Process

Capabilities, Regression and Correlation, Control Charts, Intro to JMP

Software.

Harris Semiconductor Training Programs: Statistical Management,

Statistical Process Control, Design of Experiments I and II, Response

Surface Methods, Team Dynamics, Roadmap to Problem Solving, Leading

Productive Meetings, Total Quality Management.

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