Supply Chain Manager
Resume:
Michael Hopple
Seasoned GE senior professional with technology and supply chain individual contributor and leadership experience.
State College, PA
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To find a rewarding position with a technically progressive company leveraging my unique supply chain/engineering experience and leadership
Willing to relocate: Anywhere
Authorized to work in the US for any employer
Work Experience
Product Line Transfer Leader
Baker Hughes, a GE Company, Inspection Technologies - Shannon, IE January 2017 to Present
(relocating back to the US on June 20)
• Responsible for all aspects of the successful transition of manufacturing from the GE Lewistown plant to 6 other GE factories globally, executing the transfer faster than plan and under budget where possible.
• Forward deployed as the subject matter expert to the Shannon, Ireland facility to coach, mentor, and train new personnel in all aspects of supply chain regarding the Inspection Technologies products. Site Leader/Plant Manager
GE Oil & Gas, Inspection Technologies - Lewistown, PA May 2013 to January 2017
• Serve as the site supply chain leader responsible for over 130 hourly and salaried supply chain personnel and all areas of manufacturing and global customer fulfillment for x-ray, ultrasonic, and eddy current product lines including flow and projects with annual sales > $100M. Responsible for supply chain KPIs including on time delivery, VCP/DMP, Lean/Six Sigma initiatives, in and out sourcing, CM, financial results, and annual CAPEX budget.
• Site leader responsibilities include facilities and grounds maintenance, office locations for over 250 employees, coordinating efforts among all functions, personnel relations to include site-wide communications plan and employee meetings, safety, and quality.
• Responsible for the day to day operation of the facility. Manufacturing Shop Operations Manager/Manufacturing Engineering Leader GE Oil & Gas, Inspection Technologies - Lewistown, PA July 2005 to May 2013
• Responsible for the manufacture of GE Inspection Technologies products in the following areas: ultrasonic and eddy current instruments to include cables and circuit boards, ultrasonic transducers to include phased array, conventional, and laminated probes, eddy current probes, and composite ceramic manufacturing.
• Direct supervisory responsibility for 1 exempt manufacturing supervisor, 5 exempt manufacturing engineers, and 8 non-exempt employees. One- over-one responsibility for approximately 55 other non- exempt workers including leased workers.
• Interface with all business functions (product management, quality, engineering, finance, etc.) to ensure smooth transition of NPIs into the supply chain.
• Drive activities with the quality, engineering, and product management teams to improve product yield. Drive down Variable Costs though identifying/supervising/tracking VCO projects. Support Lean initiatives. Manage ceramic manufacturing center of excellence. Support and improve all supply chain metrics to delight customers.
• Direct and supervise manufacturing engineers focused on process/product improvements, quality, cost out, and efficiency projects using Lean and Six Sigma principles. Systems Engineer
GE Global Research Center - Niskayuna, NY
February 1996 to July 2005
• Co-developed industrial digital x-ray inspection system leveraging previous technology where applicable and integrating all GE Healthcare digital x-ray detectors. This system was the basis and launch product-line for GE Inspection Technologies (GEIT) as a business.
• Led the system development, integration, and training for the High Resolution Computed Tomography data acquisition host; delivering a system that exceeded customer expectations. Continued to develop technology and manage multimillion dollar projects for this government customer.
• Served as Business Technology Leader for GEIT to GE Aviation Business Program Manager - staffing projects and managing resources, organizing annual Technology Session activities and reviews.
• Consulted and advised on system level issues for all Non-Destructive Evaluation modalities.
• Validated vendor software and hardware for the Mayo Clinic cardiac prototype system at both the system and functional level; developed, designed, and implemented real-time software applications, standalone utilities, and real-time disk storage, retrieval and image processing algorithms to enable data acquisition throughput necessary for crucial data integrity. Platoon Leader/Executive Officer
US Army Signal Corps - various
February 1992 to February 1996
Responsible for operational readiness, maintenance and logistics support of all communication and vehicle systems in the unit. Responsible for deploying personnel and equipment world-wide in support of Army missions. Developed training program designed to improve radio operator proficiency. Education
Masters of Engineering in Electrical Engineering
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - Troy, NY
2000
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
Pennsylvania State University - University Park, PA 1991
Skills
MANUFACTURING, X-RAY, SIX SIGMA, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT Links
https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-hopple-45293227 Military Service
Branch: Army
Service Country: United States
Rank: First Lieutenant
February 1992 to February 1996
Signal Officer for the US Army on Active Duty for 4 years. Awards
R&D 100 Award & Editor's Choice Award
2003
For the development of the GE Revolution Real-Time Radiographic Detector System. Selected by R&D Magazine as one of the 100 Most Technologically Significant New Products of the year. Patents
Method, system and apparatus for processing radiographic images of scanned objects (#7,522,756)
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A method, system and apparatus for processing a radiographic image of a scanned object is disclosed. A pixel offset correction is performed in integer format on the radiographic image using saturation arithmetic to produce an image in integer format with any negative corrected values clipped to a value of zero. The resulting pixels are converted to floating point format and the converted pixels are multiplied by a gain factor. Optionally the resulting pixels are recursively averaged with previous results. The resulting pixels are converted to integer format and the converted pixel values are clamped to a maximum value using saturation arithmetic. Non-functional pixel correction is performed in integer format and the resulting pixel values are clamped to a maximum value using saturation arithmetic. An optional processing path replaces the recursive average by a linear average. The resulting pixel values are optionally filtered to enhance features of interest. The resulting pixel value is mapped in integer format to a palette index to establish an output pixel intensity having one of many intensity levels. The optional processing is controlled through the hardware interface of a real-time image controller as images are acquired.
Converting a digital radiograph to an absolute thickness map (#7,480,363) http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO
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A digital radiography imaging system for acquiring digital images of an object, and a method for transforming digital images into an absolute thickness map characterizing the object under inspection. The system includes a radiation source for directing radiation through a desired region of the object, and a radiation detector having a plurality of sensing elements for detecting radiation passing through the object. Numerical data generated from each sensing element is calibrated, for example by correcting for variations in radiation paths between the source and detector, by correcting for variations in the spatial frequency response (MTF) of the detector, by correcting for variations in the geometric profile of the object under inspection, and by correcting for material contained in and/ or around the object. The calibrated data is processed in order to generate and display an absolute thickness map of the object. The calibration procedures are adapted for extracting a thickness map from both isotope sources and X-ray tube sources.
Method, system and apparatus for processing radiographic images of scanned objects (#7,215,801)
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A method, system and apparatus for processing a radiographic image of a scanned object is disclosed. A pixel offset correction is performed in integer format on the radiographic image using saturation arithmetic to produce an image in integer format with any negative corrected values clipped to a value of zero. The resulting pixels are converted to floating point format and the converted pixels are multiplied by a gain factor. Optionally the resulting pixels are recursively averaged with previous results. The resulting pixels are converted to integer format and the converted pixel values are clamped to a maximum value using saturation arithmetic. Non-functional pixel correction is performed in integer format and the resulting pixel values are clamped to a maximum value using saturation arithmetic. An optional processing path replaces the recursive average by a linear average. The resulting pixel values are optionally filtered to enhance features of interest. The resulting pixel value is mapped in integer format to a palette index to establish an output pixel intensity having one of many intensity levels. The optional processing is controlled through the hardware interface of a real-time image controller as images are acquired.
Method and apparatus for performing a contrast based dynamic range management algorithm (#6,766,064)
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A method and apparatus are provided for performing a contrast-based dynamic range management
(C-DRM) algorithm. The apparatus comprises an C-DRM processor that performs the C-DRM algorithm of the invention in order to compress an image input to the C-DRM processor down to a desired gray scale range for observation on a display. The C-DRM processor decouples adjustment of image mean values (low frequency) and image contrast values (high frequency), and manages mean and contrast separately. The use of separate mean and contrast modification functions improve on other known compression techniques by providing a more deterministic behavior and reduced complexity, allowing, for example, independent management of negative and positive contrasts. The C-DRM processor can also automatically adapt to the dynamic range of an input image so that the input image thereby applying the minimal compression needed to display the image. Dual energy x-ray imaging system and method for radiography and mammography (#6,683,934)
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A digital x-ray imaging system employs a pixelated flat panel digital x-ray detector separated by a space from a source of x-rays which is selectively switchable between first and second, different x-ray energy levels, the space accommodating a body to be subjected to x-ray irradiation and imaging. A computer controls the x-ray source to irradiate the body with the first and second energy level x-rays and produce corresponding first and second x-ray images respectively of the first and second energy levels on the detector, the computer processing the respective digital signal outputs of the detector for the first and second digital images respectively of the first and second energy levels for each pixel, in individual succession for all pixels, and selectively produces and displays a soft tissue image or a bone/ calcification image.
Methods and systems for inspecting aircraft fuselage frames (#6,662,088) http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO
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A method for inspecting an aircraft fuselage using an inspection system including a movable detector, wherein the method includes coupling a collision avoidance system to the inspection system detector, monitoring the collision avoidance system during operation of the inspection system, and controlling operation of the inspection system with the collision avoidance system. System and method for image identification and quality indication for radiographic inspection (#6,658,089)
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An image identification and quality indication system for radiographic inspection includes a flexible substrate, for positioning on a surface of an object to be inspected, and a number of locators and image quality indicators arranged on the flexible substrate. Each locator is configured for indicating a position on the object's surface in a respective radiographic image (image). Each image quality indicator is configured to indicate an image quality of the respective image. An image identification and quality indication method for radiographic inspection includes positioning the flexible substrate on the object's surface, including aligning the locators with a number of visible features on object's surface. The method further includes forming at least one reference mark and image quality mark in each of a number of images of the object, using a locator and image quality indicator, respectively. Each reference mark correlates the respective image with a position on the object. Method and apparatus for performing an adaptive extended dynamic range algorithm (#6,546,124)
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A method and apparatus are provided for performing an extended dynamic range (EDR) algorithm. The apparatus comprises an EDR processing component which performs the EDR algorithm of the invention in order to compress an image input to the EDR processing component down to a desired gray scale range. The EDR processing component automatically adapts to the dynamic range of an input image so that the input image is compressed down to a desired gray scale range while preserving high frequency contrast information contained in the input image. In addition to automatically adjusting to the dynamic range of the image, the EDR processing component compresses the input image in such a manner that the difference between the input image intensity and the local mean intensity value is taken into account, which prevents artifacts associated with enhanced negative contrast from appearing in the compressed image.
Audience measurement system employing local time coincidence coding
(#6,519,769)
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The present invention provides a system for recording a viewer's television viewership habits. Sensors monitor the audio signal, synchronization signal, and video signal emanating from the television. A time coincidence channel tag is mixed with the transmitted television audio or video signal at a dwelling by a master unit. Then by matching the channel tag of the viewed channel with the channel tag, an accurate identification of the viewed channel can be made. Television viewership monitoring system employing audio channel and synchronization information (#6,112,053)
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The present invention provides an system, apparatus, and method of recording a viewer's television viewership habits. Sensors passively monitor the audio signal and video signal emanating from the television. By matching the audio signal in the source and emanating from the television and by matching television frame synchronization signal and the television source synchronization signal an unambiguous identification of the viewed channel is made. Publications
Options for Industrial Radiography
Spring ASNT Conference
COTS-Based Real-Time Inspection System
International Signal Processing Conference
High Sensitivity Real-Time Digital Radiography
ASNT Fall Conference - Presenter
Performance Evaluation of a GE Amorphous Silicon-Based Real-Time X-Ray Detector
Additional Information
Computer Skills: Linux administration, Java/C/C++/VB/Matlab/IDL Programming, Microsoft Office Additional Six Sigma Green Belt certified; Black Belt trained Lean manufacturing trained
Granted 10 US patents for research
Publications include:
Options for Industrial Radiography - Spring ASNT 2005 - Bueno C., Mohr G., Gordon, T., Hopple M., Boiy, L., Deprins, E., and Cuffe, J. COTS-Based Real-Time Inspection System - International Signal Processing Conference accepted for Spring 2003 - Dixon W., Dixon E., Hopple M., Mohr, G., Hopkins F., Bueno C.
High Sensitivity Real-Time Digital Radiography - ASNT Fall Conference 2002 - Hopple M. (presenter), Dixon W., Dixon E., Lasiuk B., Mohr, G., Hopkins F., Bueno C., Fitzgerald P.
Performance Evaluation of a GE Amorphous Silicon-Based Real-Time X-Ray Detector - with Bueno C., Mohr G., Dixon E., Hopple M., Matula A., Hopkins F., and Dixon W., May 2002
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