AMISH DESAI
** ********* ******, ***** ***, Buffalo, NY 14214 716-***-**** ********@*******.***
PROFILE SUMMARY:
Result driven, motivated Industrial Engineer with more than 1 year of experience in Quality
Engineering.
Proven track record in increasing productivity while keeping a check on scrap rate through Lean and
Six Sigma Methodologies, 5S and Continuous Improvements.
Effective in implementing problem solving skills, utilizing critical thinking skills and exercising
effective communication.
Knowledgeable in documenting the Standard Operation Procedure (SOP) and Work Instruction
sheet.
Proven ability in Team Leadership and Quality Management Tools by initiating and implementing
the changes after careful study and the brainstorming meetings.
Demonstrated successful project management skills by multi tasking and balancing 3 industrial
projects simultaneously.
EDUCATION:
University of Buffalo The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY
Master of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering, May 2014
GPA - 3.6/4.0
INDUS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, India
Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering, March 2011
First Class (Top 15% percent).
Certification:
Certified Black Belt Six Sigma.
Industrial Engineering Experience:
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Buffalo, New York
Black Belt Six Sigma Intern, September 2013 – May 2014
Limiting the excess tire weight while reducing the returns from the process.
Working as the Quality Engineer for the manufacturing line for the Innerliner Department.
Working across the different teams as well as the different departments within the company for
continuous improvements.
Established and audited the PFMEA for the process.
Regularly attending the Pre PM and the OEE meeting for the department and present areas for
possible improvements from the maintenance as well as quality point of view.
Carry out the internal audit (like machine audit, PPQ audit and Layered Process audit) for the
department once a week.
This project is nominated for the best Q4 Continuous Improvement project from the buffalo plant
to the Goodyear Headquarter (Ohio, Akron).
Created the capability improvements / process variation A3, which was presented to the Regional
Qtech Manager Commercial Plants and also to the Regional Qtech Manager Consumer Plants.
The project reduced the scraps by 65%, i.e., a saving of $3240 per week for the departments.
The project is in its control phase, documented and implemented the control plan.
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Buffalo, New York
Lean and continuous Improvement Intern, January 2014 – May 2014
Based on the mentioned project outcomes, requested to work on 3 different projects with 3
different departments, namely Tire Building dept., Green stick dept. and Extrusion dept producing
side walls.
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The project mainly for the tire building dept. is to decrease lead time of the process.
The project with the green stick dept. is to study the yield and as a result to de cide on whether to
install a reject marker for decreasing the amount of non conforming material.
The project with extrusion dept. is to give a new guideline for specifications of the material.
Mayank Cattle Food PVT. LTD., Gujarat, India
Quality Engineer Summer Intern, May 2013 – July 2013
Plotted a Value Stream Map for the actual movements for the operator and the material.
Predicted the savings in the loss of stored materials by 15% if all the changes related to the changes
for the storage facility are adopted.
Rolex Rings PVT. LTD., Gujarat, India
Quality Assurance Engineer Intern, August 2011 – April 2012
Conducted extensive market and competitive research on Bearing Rings.
Managed and developed the guidelines for the Quality check of New Product Development
prototypes.
Coordinated in customer conferences as a representative of the company at the time of customer
audit in the facility.
Prepared Control plan, PFMEA and Process Flow for the processes like Forging, Machining,
Inspection and packing.
Attended to customer complaints and documented them in the 8D Forms for the customer
companies like GM, FORD, RBC, SNR, TIMKEN, FAG, TATA and MARUTI.
Coordinated in the implementing of new projects within the company like Mini Factory and Zero
Defects to reduce the number of non conforming parts going to the immediate internal customer.
Implemented concepts like Process capability and Machine capability for increasing the capabilities
of the process as well as the machine.
Provided a checklist of all the Audits Findings in the company from the Directors to the Process
owners to save time and point the major areas f or the improvement.
Conducted Internal Audits in the shop floor in the Departments of Forging, Cold Rolling, Annealing,
Machining, Final Inspection, GP 12 and Packing.
Kitabghar Printing and Publishing House, Gujarat, India
Intern, June 2010 – August 2010
Reduced the scheduling time by 12 -15% using the Gantt chart by identifying the activities,
determining the sequence for machining and allocating relevant human resources to the processes.
Forge & Blowers PVT. LTD, Gujarat, India
Intern, June 2009 – August 2009
Initiated vendor performance program under the supervision of a senior QA analyst to in crease the
number of good incoming material by conducting vendor qualifications and feedbacks.
SKILLS:
LANGUAGES: English (Fluent), Hindi(Native), Gujarati(Native)
COMPUTER: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), AutoCAD (2-D Modeling), Web research,
Minitab, Lotus Notes.
PROJECTS:
Flight time improvement of Auto Gyro: For improving the flight time, we had done some design
changes and determined their process capability. We had used the Minitab software extensively for
the use of Gauge R&R study.
Six Sigma Project: Worked with AGEN USA on improving the Internal Communic ation Process using
Lean and Six Sigma tools. This helped the organization to carry out the drives or the desired tasks
more effectively.