Experience

Over ** years experience in electronic industry includes: Electronic Test

Technician, Quality Engineering Tech, Supplier Quality Engineer & Failure

Analysis Lab. Communicated both orally and thru email with vendors on

issues relating to quality. Provided work instructions to inspectors and

disposition of defective material. The last 5 and half years worked on

diagnostic imaging medical equipment as a field engineer.

Leadership - by example.

Problem Solver - focused, logical, practical, thoughtful, and innovative.

Organized - thinking and taking action.

Creative - using experience and knowledge.

Effective communicator - listening and feedback when appropriate.

Analytical - obtaining complete and relevant information used to identify

probable cause.

Adaptable - demonstrated effectiveness in different situations and

changing responsibilities.

Life Long Learner - enjoy learning new information.

National Career Readiness Certificate (Gold) # KP32HNQHFBVS

Profile

Began employment at Control Data Corporation in Rapid City, working as an

Electronic Test Technician for approximately 11 years. Control Data Rapid

City facility and business was sold to SCI (an electronics contract

manufacturer). Continued working as an Electronic Test Technician for

approximately 10 more years, then had an opportunity to fill a position

(for 1 year) in return goods which evolved the disposition of returned

product and creating rework instructions. Moved on to fill a position, for

3 years, as a Quality Engineer Tech. Then pursued a position in supplier

quality as a Supplier Quality Engineer, in that position took on the

responsibility of the failure analysis lab. At that time SCI merged with

Sanmina (another electronics contract manufacturer) and the company named

changed to Sanmina-SCI. After six years as a Supplier Quality Engineer,

business started to decline and a lay-off of 104 employees (most with 24

to 36 years of service) occurred on August 24, 2007, ending my nearly 31

years of service with this organization. From there until present, moved on

to a position with GE medical as a field engineer working on diagnostic

imaging equipment

Experience

Diagnostic imaging field ENGINEER:

Primary responsibilities included networking, calibrating, repairing and

preventive maintenance of GE x-ray, CT, MR and ultrasound diagnostic

imaging equipment.

supplier Quality engineer/ FA lab TECHNICIAN :

Primarily responsible for working with suppliers on all quality issues

related to assigned commodities. My primary commodities were PWB (board

blanks), purchased assemblies and power supplies. Also track PWB revisions

and supply qualified vendors with the most recent Gerber data. The

appropriate disposition of defective commodities, to ensure proper

corrective action and reimbursement if needed. FA lab responsibly consist

of cross section, dye testing and push/pull data analysis. CCD camera

mounted on a microscope linked to a video capture board was used to

document visually the defects.

qualitiy Engineering Tech:

Primarily responsible for providing manufacturing support on quality

issues, generating customer required reports and being a customer contact

point for any quality related concerns.

RMA disposition & process technical WRITER:

Using customer engineering drawings and related ECO data (engineering

change order) to create detailed written rework & repair instructions for

returned product. Also was responsible for the disposition of return

product to appropriate areas for repair and upgrade.

test technician / group leader :

Began employment with Control Data Corporation as a Grade 3 Test

Technician. Responsible for test and repair of assigned products and

meeting schedule requirements. Promoted to Grade 7 Test Technician Group

Leader in 1983 on 3rd shift (graveyard shift). As a group leader I was

responsible for shift start up work assignments and meeting product

schedule numbers needed each day. Also responsible for new hire training

and assisting other Test Technicians assigned in troubleshooting and

repairing of the more difficult or troublesome product test failures in

order to meet product build schedule requirements. After about 12 months in

this position all areas of operation on the graveyard shift were eliminated

and I returned to first shift as a senior technician.

Education

Smith Systems Advanced driving Checklist Rapid City

Completed driver evaluation

GE Medical Waukesha,WI

Diagnostic imaging training, US Con-

nectivity & Trouble shooting technical

service & Essentials OF Healthcare IT

S.D. School of Mines & Technology Rapid City, SD

Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing

Sanmina-SCI Rapid City,

SD Six Sigma Green Belt Training

Federal Communications Commission

General Radiotelephone Operator License

Western Dakota Technical Institute Rapid City, SD

Electronic Technology, Diploma

Stevens High School Rapid City, SD

Diploma

Les Slayton

511 Westberry Dr.

Rapid City, SD 57702

H-605-***-****

C-605-***-****

acedzq@r.postjobfree.com

Les Slayton

Les Slayton

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