Product Compliance Project Engineer

Aerotek @ Crane Merchandising Systems, Williston, SC March 2017 to Present

Responsible for obtaining NSF 25 and NSF 372 compliance for 50 products.

Update TUV and UL safety reports for company products as needed.

Product Compliance Engineer

Volt Workforce Solutions @ Qorvo, Hillsboro, OR August 2015 to April 2016

Semi-conductor Product Compliance with Restricted Substance regulations; Monitor regulations that impact products; Maintain product compliance database and reporting tools, Create Material Declarations, provide requested customer specific data.

Utilized internal tools: BOM Builder, Greensoft, Custom tools, SAP

Product Environmental Compliance Program Manager

Trimble Navigation Limited, Dayton, OH September 2007 to June 2015

Part of Corporate Quality responsible for successful integration of the Agile PG&C module into the Company's Agile Product Lifecycle Management system tracking Compliance with worldwide Substance regulations such as: EU RoHS, Reach, and WEEE directives; and other substance and recycling regulations. Trained Company Employees and Suppliers to provide accurate data; Maintained related ISO9001 procedures and substance compliance language for Ts & Cs; provided company guidance for Battery & Energy Efficiencies requirements. Mentored interns in aspects of Product Environmental compliance.

Skills: Agile, Agile PG&C, C2P, Custom Tools, GEMS, XRF Analyzer, (HTS) codes.

RoHS Project Manager & Component Engineer

Paxar Americas, Inc, Miamisburg, OH November 2004 to September 2007

Lead Corporate team to successfully meet July, 2006 EU RoHS Directive compliance for all company products. Helped suppliers understand the new EU regulations and to work as partners in meeting product compliance. As part of Corporate Procurement, performed cost reduction and cost avoidance reviews. Developed RFQs for initiative to change EMS providers which involved approximately $5 million of product. Identified alternative component to provide $1 million in savings per year.

Bachelor of Science -- Industrial Supervision and Management-Manufacturing

Central Michigan University - Mount Pleasant, MI

Associate of Science -- Industrial Electronics

Grand Rapids Community College - Grand Rapids, M

Sole-Proprietor DJ Engineering Support Services

PCB & Electro-Mechanical Design; Product review for DFM & DFT. Provide training and guidance for Product substance regulatory compliance and solutions enabling suppliers to organize material substance composition for input to customers' databases.

Quote Coordinator C-Mac of America (bought by Solectron)

Contract Manufacturing Services--Coordinated functional areas for customer RFQs for local and corporate Program Managers. Performed labor, material, and capital equipment costing. Reduced quote turn times 60%. Identified corporate divisions to supply value added services and products. Largest Project: $700 million.

New Product Introduction--C-Mac of America (bought by Solectron)

Successfully transitioned customer braille product lines through NPI to full production, coordinated the orderly movement of material from Florida to North Carolina assembly facility, and provided training to manufacturing personnel.

Department Manager-- Domain Systems Inc

Staffed, equipped, and developed policies & procedures for a Design/Documentation department for multiple locations. Performed Costing and Manpower forecasting. Created ECR/ECO and Product Design Review process. Increased Production and Quality Control efficiency 30% through improved documentation, policies, and procedures. Managed team of 9 at two locations

Sr. PCB Layout Designer-- Scientific Instruments Inc; Sensormatic Electronics Inc

Redesigned Mechanical and PCB Layouts for Cryogenic Fuel Storage Tank Gauge for LNG and LPG, to EECS and ATEX/Basefa IIC standards and Intrinsic Safety. PCB design for EMI/EMC Control. Provided savings of $250K per year in PCB fabrication cost through redesign. Standardized board panel geometries to reduce fabrication costs and Assembly setup leading to savings of 25% per design. Specified and supervised installation of in-house automated PCB assembly that resulted in a three-fold increase in manufacturing throughput.

Team member which successfully moved $3 million of PCB assembly and associated updated documentation to new EMS provider. On Team that provided early completion of military contract enabling company to receive a $1.5M early completion bonus.

ISO Internal Quality Auditor Secondary Responsibility

Documented and maintained ISO 9001 Quality Management System procedures for several companies.

Member of IPC committee that developed initial IPC1752 Industry Standard for RoHS material composition declaration, AEA/TechAmerica Europe committees for EPS Energy Efficiency & RoHS Directives

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