Robert D. Reiffen
P.O. Box **
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South Tamworth, NH 03883 ***.*******@*****.***
Qualifications
Exceptional engineering and technical background experience with modern progression of
Manufacturing SCADA and Process monitoring control and tracking systems.
Networking and Program Interfacing skills for production to supply chain management.
Effectively balances simultaneous tasks with varying priorities.
Results-driven team player with a focus on lean in time manufacturing.
Professional Accomplishments
Verizon Wireless, Hooksett, NH 9/2010- 11/2017
Engineer III Spec-Network Field Assurance
Cell project management and repair and upgrade of 50 LTE nodes inclusive of Two DAS systems and all cell sites from Concord to Tamworth New Hampshire.
Verizon Wireless, Annapolis Junction, MD 10/00 – 9/2010
Field Engineer Cells, Washington, D.C. And Baltimore Md.
Member of Verizon Pentagon disaster recovery team.
Member of Verizon Hurricane Katrina recovery team.
Ensured reliable operation of cell sites.
Solectron Global Services, Edgewood, MD 11/99 - 9/00
Senior Production Engineering Supervisor
Solectron Corporation is the world’s leading provider of electronics manufacturing and supply chain management services.
Developed new processes, custom test plans, and procedures for the remanufacture of cellular telephone handsets. Resulting defect-free product levels reached 98%. This substantially increased corporate profits.
Balanced production line and revised processes. This resulted in productivity increases of up to 70% per shift.
Implemented corporate ISO 9001 quality system on shop floor.
Acted as single point of customer contact for technical and quality issues.
Consolidated Vacuum Corporation, Alexandria, VA 5/98 - 11/99
System Integration Engineer
Consolidated Vacuum is a major manufacturer of semiconductor process equipment utilizing high & ultra high vacuum technologies for ion beam deposition systems. Systems incorporated RF generators, and ion beam sources.
Designed custom semiconductor cluster tool process control systems.
Utilizing the first and second Generation of supervisory and control data acquisition systems.
Reengineered legacy subsystems using Allen Bradley and GE Fanuc PLC controllers and Remote Terminal Units. Process and man-machine interface improvements increased efficiency by 25%.
Technical expert for production floor troubleshooting problems.
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Advanced Surface Engineering Inc., Eldersburg, MD 9/96 - 5/98
Vice President of Operations
Advanced Surface Engineering, Inc. (ASE) offers precision PVD and Sputtered Thin Film coatings; Titanium Nitride (TiN), Titanium Carbonitride (TiCN), TiAlN, PTFE (Teflon Type), and metallizing, Coatings.
Designed production flows for state-of-the-art thin film manufacturing facility.
Developed ultra-high vacuum coating manufacturing processes.
Created Class 100 clean room to apply state-of-the-art thin film coatings.
Designed and installed bulk liquid Nitrogen distribution system.
Championed in-plant OSHA health and safety program.
Managed plant operations including demand and operating plan, capacity plans, resource plans, workload forecasts, and vendor and contractor performance.
Teledyne Brown Engineering, Hunt Valley, MD 1/94 - 9/96
Project Manager, Thermoelectric Laboratory (Energy Systems Division)
Teledyne Brown Engineering is a leading provider of systems engineering and technology solutions to defense, space, environmental, and information efforts.
Ensured efficient manpower, schedule, and resource planning
Developed manufacturing plans, operating plans, and workload forecasts.
Supervised shop floor and research lab personnel.
Principal liaison between project engineering and lab management team.
Managed research and production equipment, thermoelectric materials, and supplies.
Provided technical support for high temperature ovens, RF induction heaters, high-vacuum equipment, data acquisition systems, and flame spray metalization units.
Magnetic Tape Rehabilitation Contract, Fort Meade, MD 1987 - 1994
Site Manager (Integra Technologies Corporation, Waltham, MA)
The Magnetic Tape Rehabilitation Contract provided manpower and equipment to rejuvenate magnetic tape media for reuse. On-site contract manager and government liaison. Contracted included 24-hour equipment maintenance and repair.
Supervised of 24 employees at three-shift production operation.
Expert resource for production equipment maintenance and repair problems.
Developed data collection systems to provide weekly inventory and production reports.
Thermo Electron Corporation. Waltham, MA 7/86 - 2/87
Thermoelectric Research Technician
Prototyped custom gas flow systems for semiconductor test equipment.
Performed system maintenance and troubleshooting and reported data to engineering staff.
Education and Training
Control Data Institute, Burlington, MA
Cum Laude, Computer Technology
Westinghouse, Inc., Sykesville, MD
RF Induction Heater class
New York University, New York, NY
Manager supervision
Cisco Systems Inc.
CCNA 640-801 Bootcamp V2.2
BCN Building Cisco Networks
Systemation
Fast Start project Management
Northeastern University, Boston, MA
Electrical Engineering
Verizon Wireless, Annapolis Junction, MD
RF Grounding of Electronic Equipment
Microwave telecommunications link
Cell Site Administration
HP8924C Spectrum Analyzer
Metawave smart antenna