Engineering & Operations Management

Ady Vyas

*** ********* **, ******, ** - N*K *X*

519-***-**** . **********@*****.***

Engineering & Operations Management for solar and semiconductor

manufacturing companies. Black Belt and advanced education coupled with

proven record of managing cycle time, cost reduction, automation, quality,

yield, and business process improvement projects.

Professional Experience:

CANADIAN SOLAR, Guelph, ON, Canada

07/2011 - Present

Director of Manufacturing, Engineering & Operations

Responsible for two factories - Solar Module Manufacturing and Medium

Voltage stations assembly - Head of Engineering, Quality, Maintenance,

Facilities, Planning, and Purchasing functions leading 5 front line

managers and a total team of 70 professionals.

. Responsible for operations, ramp up, KPI, budgets ($100 million+),

product certification, hiring ~200 team members and building teams.

Completed capital purchase specifications, equipment moves, facilities

set up and installation.

. Set up new product pilot and volume manufacturing leading facility

selection, infrastructure, and successful startup in record time ~ 2

months. Provided leadership for product design for new product and

managed from concept to full scale production.

. Supported various residential, commercial & project sites in Ontario

(200 MW+) for quality, install and EPC activities.

. Managed overseas China Operations for 4 weeks to own, identify and

implement continuous improvement opportunities to achieve 10% cost

reduction.

. Developed planning tool to enable accurate forecasting and aid in

production planning ensuring on time deliveries, minimizing WIP and

reduce raw material and FG inventory by setting a cross functional

forecasting team to work with production, warehouse, sales and

projects team.

Engineering Manager/ Black Belt

Managing the 450MW module factory to own process & equipment engineering

and maintenance leading a group of 25+ engineers, supervisors and

technicians.

. In charge for factory sustaining support 24/7, and continuous

improvement programs for conversion efficiency, factory yield, output,

and cost reduction.

. Led teams to help achieve 5.5% increase in yield, 44% increase in

output and implement cost reduction to achieve 60 million CAD/year

savings.

. Completed capital purchase specifications, oversaw supplier equipment

design and installation. Project managed start up and ramp up to

achieve operational excellence.

. Transferred manufacturing process from R&D and qualified in high

volume on multiple production lines. Set up sustaining systems

including SPC, MES and daily production meetings.

EVERGREEN SOLAR, Devens, MA, USA 12/2007 -

05/2011

Yield Manager/ Black Belt

Worked with 160MW cell and panel/module engineering and operations as a Sr.

Member of technical staff to own factory yield and quality and drive

continuous improvement using lean/six sigma.

. Identified key issues with vision criterion across process areas.

Spear headed changes in the process resulting in 10% increase in

factory yield ($16 million/year) by robot handling optimization,

vision spec alignment, pick and place enhancement, training, real time

excursion monitors and feedback control systems.

. Led %A-grade cell and module improvement from 84% to 95% managing

daily sustaining activities, addressing quality issues and refining

inspection process.

. Spear headed factory debottlenecking team to gain 15% additional

output ($20 million/year) by speed ups, delay times, PM optimization

and process control.

Diffusion Process Engineering Supervisor

Worked with process engineering as a Member of technical staff to own and

support diffusion process & equipment and supervising 8 diffusion/etch

technicians supporting 24/7 operation.

. Developed the LPCVD deposition recipe further to reduce cycle time by

15%, reduce POCl3 consumption by 25% and increase cell efficiency by

0.3 %.

. Involved in green field manufacturing site startup including new tool

installation coordination, scheduling, and project management. Worked

with vendors and contractors to help with safety redesign and software

and system upgrades. Ownership of tool PM specifications,

troubleshooting activities, DOEs, and cell process analysis.

MICRON TECHNOLOGY, Boise, ID, USA 09/2006 -

07/2007

Process Engineer

Worked with diffusion & CVD team supporting RTP, ISSG, gate-ox & poly

processes.

. Developed RTP product measurement concept to reduce costs by measuring

product wafers for thickness and move away from test wafers and

reducing cost by $125K/quarter.

. Designed & implemented an interlock for the DPN chamber to avoid

accidental slit valve opening, resulting in savings of $100K+ in

equipment costs and downtime.

APPLIED MATERIALS, Austin, TX, USA

02/2003 - 09/2006

Manufacturing Engineer

Worked with the RTP, LPCVD, DPN, EPI, & CMP tools in volume manufacturing.

. Established module final test strategy and managed its execution

resulting in a 45% reduction in manufacturing cycle time.

. Managed worldwide ATEs reducing spending by $150K/quarter. Worked with

NPI, conducted PFMEAs, established FRDs, performed ISO audits and

coordinated with vendors for design, development, upgrades, PM,

calibration, and shipping of fixtures.

. Pioneered the usage of eDiagnostics data into SPC. Implemented tool

monitoring and notification to gauge tool quality by finger printing.

LARSEN & TOUBRO LTD, Baroda, GJ, India

07/1998 - 06/2000

Quality Engineer

Worked with the QAC Team of EPC-Power group, involved in setting up power

plants.

. Prepared & approved quality plans, reviewed test certificates and

performed quality inspections of various components at vendor site per

the quality plans and conferred material dispatch clearances.

. Supervised site work and assisted in power plant build over extended

period. Administered the build activity including scheduling, meeting

commit dates and achieving quality and cost objectives.

Education:

. Black Belt - Lean / Six Sigma, UMASS Donahue Institute, MA, USA

2010

. M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX,

USA 2002

(Minor/ Concentration - Management in Information Systems and

Marketing)

. B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Sardar Patel University, GJ, India

1998

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