QUALITY ENGINEER with over ** years experience including but not limited to customer applications, process development, and new products release and qualifications

PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

•Error proofing of non-tread compounds in production of over 12 million pounds per month

•Performed root cause analysis to determine reason for off-batches to prevent re-occurrence

•Applied SPC and process capability statistics to guide the need for process or formulation improvements

•Quality control lab technicians supervision to run experiments and tests to determine if improvements statistically improved process

•Applied hypothesis testing using Minitab software to determine quality improvement effectivenes

•Extensive experience applying 5 why, 8D root cause analysis

•Excellent MS Office, Minitab, customer presentation, specification development, 6 Sigma, Lean MFG, and DOE skills

EDUCATION

Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania

Masters of Science, Major in Material Science-Polymer

University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts

Bachelor of Science, Major in Biology, 26 credit hours in Chemistry, Cum Laude

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Milsco Manufacturing, a division of Jason – Manufacturing Engineer, Production Supervisor via People Link

Thompson, GA January 2016 – March 2017

•Found root cause to John Deere mold issue and developed methods and cleaning procedure to mitigate the problem.. Cleaning process was rolled out to JD sales locations worldwide

•20 % improvement in productivity applying Lean Manufacturing

•Performed Gemba walks 3 days per week then followed up on corrective actions directed to 5S and process/work flow.

•Performed DOE directed to reducing voids in larger form factor projects, Demonstrated iso/polyol pressure fluctuations responsible

•Assessd raw material quality with new Karl Fisher Titrater. Improved yield at least 5% over 1 year

•Developed and demonstrated quantitative method to determine isocyanate concentration as dispensed using FTIR

Bridgestone Firestone Corporation – Internal Technical Service, Senior Process Engineer for Formulation, Quality Assurance and Mixing

Graniteville, SC June 2012 – November 2015

Compounding and high Volume Mixing of Rubber

•Formulation of rubber compounds for over 10 different tire components

•Performed aging studies via Rheological measurements

•Created formulas to optimize cost by replacing carbon black in 3 compounds/qualified 3 carbon black and 1 sulfur supplier

•Wrote reports documenting power curves and mixing parameters for over 20 trials

•Systematically determined reclaim chlorobutyl was causing elongation to break and modulus out of tolerance conditions

oManaged material supplier to tighten specs for TC90.

oReturned to cost savings associated with the reclaimed rubber.

•Reduced reclaim material due to lumps by over 80%. Qualified and optimized mixing process parameters for Halobutyl rubber formulations for inner liner applications to reduce cured lump defects in finished goods. Used C13 solid state NMR to determine the exact polymer character of the lumps

•Created formulas and mixing process parameters to optimize downstream processing performance for thin sidewall low rolling resistance applications. Reduced die cut defects in extruded sidewall by over 60% by formulating with increased natural rubber

•Applied rheological test for Scorch, Mooney Viscosity, Tensile Tests, TC50 and TC 90 tests for lot acceptance-Specified FTIR, TGA-MS, solid state C13 NMR and SEM elemental analysis to solve recipe/formulation issues

•Qualified mixer tooling and 2 materials directed to cost savings of $150K to date

•Seasonally optimized tire carcass compounds for summer and winter factory conditions

•Responsible for daily Rubber Formulation and Rheology analysis using Alpha instruments

•Ensure Mixing Process Optimization to improve coverage of rubber to body ply fabric by optimizing Mooney viscosity and green strength. Increased natural rubber to improve green tensile strength

•Review and manage all materials testing and specification. Devised blending procedure to use off batches caused by low specific gravity; applied rule of mixtures to find final in tolerance specific gravity

•Material Qualification-Transfer to Manufacturing form Akron Research-worked with various chemical and carbon black supply vendors to qualify their materials for cost reduction and second source

Henninges Automotive – Quality Contract

Rockford, TN August 2011 – December 2011

Mechanical testing and Environmental testing of co-extruded/molded EPDM Rubber seals

•Compression, hardness, tensile, environment, chemical resistance testing of EPDM automotive seals subjected to reliability stress conditions

•Data collection, sampling, and associated statistical analysis

•Interpretation of GD&T drawings, ISO, ASTM, Ford, GM, BMW, Nissan specifications and test procedures

•Test improvement and development to reduce time, cost and to make more realistic of the field

Roane State Community College – Adjunct Instructor

Oak Ridge, TN February 2011 – December 2011

•Adjunct Instructor, AMTEC, Polymer Chemistry & Carbon Fiber Technology

•Developed Microsoft Power Point instructional material for delivery of basic polymer chemistry

Dutchess Community College – Adjunct Instructor

Poughkeepsie, NY August 2008 – September 2010

•Chemistry instruction for majors and for allied health majors

•Remedial Chemistry tutoring

CORPORATE EXPERIENCE

IBM Corporation – Product, Applications, Process Development, and Patent Engineer

March 2006 – August 2008

Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY

•Reviewed over 20 patent disclosures per month (over 200) to determine further action

•Drafted 10 research patent applications

Microelectronics, Hopewell Junction, NY

•Received site quality award for qualifying polymer solution re-use for flip chip 121 chip MCM ceramic chip carrier vacuum impregnation process. Saved over $7 M in material cost

•Developed product specifications for second source flip chip single chip ceramic ball grid

•Identified solvent induced cracking of dielectric coating, suggested and qualified alternative material

•Identified conditions leading to solder squirting through coating, developed coating cure to 100% yield by optimizing imidization

•Determined root of mouse bites in CMOS lines etched with HCl performing a Sputter Auger Study

•Awarded 6 US and 1 Japanese patents

CONTINUING EDUCATION

Project Management, Coursera from University of California at Irvine, 6 Sigma Green Belt Prep. - 2011, Online Piedmont Community, Metallurgy for Non Metallurgists - 2010, ASM, ORAU, Oak Ridge, TN

SKILLS

Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Minitab, Laboratory management software, Delphion, Lotus Notes, Deconvolution software, GD&T, Design of Experiments, SPC and DOE on Minitab 17, 6 Sigma Principles and statistics, Polarizing optical microscopy, Optical Microscope Image Enhancement Software, MTS and Intron instrumentation and associated software, FTIR, DSC, DMTA, TGA, various Alpha Technologies Rheometers, Mettler Toledo Karl Fisher titration

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