Engineer Development

Andrew M. Reitter

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Poughkeepsie, NY 12601

www.linkedin.com/in/andrewreitter/

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SUMMARY

Accomplished Process/Product Development Engineer with extensive experience

in end-to-end development and manufacturing engineering. Strong project

management skills with demonstrated success meeting or exceeding program or

project goals. Notable success driving product development efforts for new

and existing products, producing significant cost reductions. Proven

leadership of cross-functional teams with excellent interpersonal

communication skills and positive attitude.

Skills

Program / Project Management

Process Engineering

Product Development

Technical Team Lead

Materials Development

Engineering Documentation

Professional Experience

IBM Corporation, East Fishkill, NY

Advisory Engineer, Product Development 2009 - 2013

Project management of new products for customer ASICs, server programs and

development test sites. Delivered early user hardware, test vehicles,

designs and qualification hardware to customer program schedules.

Completed and released all product documentation to meet ISO9001 quality

standards. Budgeted and tracked all financial recoveries for development

expenses and vendor procurement.

. Led and managed technical team in development of $1.6M server memory

module, delivering successful feasibility qualification, meeting all

packaging commitments and maintaining overall system product availability

schedule.

. Enabled $307M revenue over 18 customer ASIC modules by achieving design

and on schedule delivery commits of all early customer hardware.

. Integrated improved vendor offload process between procurement and

development, expanding program volumes 27% beyond end-of-life.

. Developed order-build-ship process for programs with ITAR government

regulations, providing early customer hardware on schedule for 4

government regulated customer programs and generating $26M in revenue.

. Headed cross-functional team in evaluation and development of improved

thermal performance of customer module, producing $44K in revenue on

approved module solution.

. Published mid-range and high end server development product documentation

specifications and drawings, delivering documentation on schedule for

product qualification corporate milestones.

Staff Engineer, Process Engineering 2000 - 2009

Introduced new products and technologies into manufacturing. Managed yield

and quality through diagnostics, planning and scheduling to meet customer

serviceability requirements. Integrated improvement and cost saving

processes in support of cost objectives and organizational budgets.

. Evaluated, qualified and implemented Pb-free interconnect plating for CPI

task force effort while maintaining uninterrupted customer module supply,

integrating strategy to support future business direction and enabling

increased revenue opportunities.

. Led mid-range server new product introductions, captured engineering

costs, process flow, yield and schedule, meeting 100% manufacturing

readiness and managing yield through volume ramp.

. Implemented $755K in recurring savings toward overall factory goal by

documenting savings in materials cost, process improvements, chemical

usage, energy costs, mask recoveries and headcount costs.

. Negotiated vendor mold requirements and new build quantities, resulting

in $55K quarterly savings.

. Led major MCM package redesign from defect analysis to customer approval

and implementation, delivering 20% test yield improvement

. Managed new product development, introducing 22 new programs on time

while meeting quality and volume ramp demands.

. Process engineering lead for AlN joint development, introducing multiple

new products and processes to manufacturing and delivering production to

business partner.

. Implemented LEAN VSM, 8-step and GEMBA, reducing 300mm wafer bump hold

time by 79% and reducing wafer bump hold quantity by 65%.

. Pioneered new electrical paste, improving quarterly test yield by 40% on

high volume program.

. Co-led qualification / implementation of 215mm glass-ceramic production

across all manufacturing process sectors and tooling, reducing glass-

ceramic product cost by 50% for p690 servers.

. Introduced new glass-ceramic vendor material by delivering quality

control process ahead of schedule and providing complete S390 program

serviceability.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

Alfred University, Alfred, NY

Research Assistant Teaching Assistant

GTE Products Corporation, Hillsboro, NH

Process Engineer

IBM Corporation, Research Center, Yorktown, NY

Summer Research Assistant

Education

MS, Ceramic Engineering, NYS College of Ceramics at Alfred University,

Alfred, NY;

Thesis: Enhancement of Mid-IR Transparency of Chalcogenide Glasses

for Laser-Assisted Microsurgery

BS, Ceramic Engineering, NYS College of Ceramics at Alfred University,

Alfred, NY;

Thesis: The Effect of Stoichiometry on Semiconducting SrTiO3

Awards

7 patents issued, published 1 internal paper

IBM General Manager's Teamwork Award

President, Keramos, Professional Ceramic Fraternity

Member, Tau Beta Pi, National Engineering Honor Society

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