Mark L. Eckersley

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Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania 18411

570-***-**** (cell)

570-***-**** (home)

ac2bul@r.postjobfree.com

Objective

To obtain a challenging position and grow with an organization that will fully utilize my professional engineering and management skillset.

Qualifications

• Over 20 years of Engineering and Management Leadership positions

• ISO 9001 + AS9100C Lead Auditor

• Led and participated in Lean Six Sigma events

• Led and participated in continuous improvement initiatives

• Led cross-functional teams transitioning products from design to manufacturing

• Led equipment/tooling implementation, validation and qualification

• Training: Champion Lean Six Sigma (BGMI), Leadership Development (NEPIRC) Experience

September 2008 - Design Services Manager

April 2017 Gentex Corporation Carbondale, Pennsylvania

• Managed departmental functions including new product development, configuration management, and document control.

• Supplied technical, budgetary, administrative, and training support for all CAD and associated software packages used throughout the company.

• Managed and maintained an electronic configuration management/document control system for Gentex.

• Led and participated in continuous improvement initiatives.

• Developed and managed departmental employees that included Designers, Draftsmen, Technical Writers, and a Document Coordinator.

• Provided proposal writing and costing support.

• ISO 9001:2008 + AS9100C Lead Auditor.

August 2005 - Program Manager

September 2008 Gentex Corporation, Performance Materials Group, Carbondale, Pennsylvania

• Planned, monitored, and guided engineering, manufacturing, quality, and administrative tasks on multiple programs.

• Identified program risks, and developed risk mitigation plans.

• Communicated program requirements, budgets, and objectives to program team members.

• Established controls and continuously audited program status, conducted program reviews, and reported accordingly.

• Led teams preparing proposals

• Conducted program meetings with team members, upper management, and customers.

• ISO 9001:2000 Lead Auditor.

Experience (continued)

May 1993 - Manufacturing Engineer

August 2005 Gentex Corporation, Helmet Systems, Carbondale, Pennsylvania

• Transitioned products from design to manufacturing.

Reviewed designs for producibility.

Obtained, qualified, and implemented tooling/equipment, and validated processes required to manufacture products to specifications, and capacity requirements.

Created Labor Operations, Bills of Material, Manufacturing Control Procedures, and SOW’s.

Interacted extensively with vendors, customers, marketing, design engineering, product assurance, quality control, manufacturing, and purchasing.

• Managed programs and projects for manufacturing.

• Supported proposal writing and costing support.

• ISO 9001:2000 Lead Auditor.

August 1992 - Design Engineer

May 1993 Gentex Corporation, Helmet Systems, Carbondale, Pennsylvania

• Designed products to comply with required specifications.

• Assisted in hardware acquisition, fabrication and testing of prototype units. May 1989 - HVAC Designer

August 1992 HSA Associates, Scranton, Pennsylvania

• Coordinated, proposed, and designed HVAC systems working with architects and contractors.

• Drafted and specified HVAC systems onto drawings. November 1987 - Q.C. Engineering Technician

May 1989 Bic Corporation, Milford, Connecticut

• Responsible for ASTM testing of lighters.

• Inspected incoming and in-process components.

• Wrote daily analysis reports for the “fixed flame” lighter.

• Extensive contact with manufacturing.

Software Knowledge

• Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, Visio and Project)

• SolidWorks and AutoCAD

• Infor XA

Education

September 1985 - Bachelor of Science- Mechanical Engineering Technology August 1987 Penn State University, Middletown, Pennsylvania March 1983 - Associate - Mechanical Engineering Technology August 1985 Penn State University, Dunmore, Pennsylvania September 1982 - Concentration: Mechanical Engineering Technology December 1982 Roger Williams College, Bristol, Rhode Island

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