Service Field
Resume:
Stephen Garcia
Visalia, CA. 93292
*****************@*****.***
Education
AA Degree – Criminal Justice Golden West College Huntington Beach, CA.
Professional Experience
04/12 to 08/14 Beckman Coulter Inc. – Porterville, CA. (Medical Instrument Manufacturer)
Manufacturing Engineering Supervisor (Life Sciences and Diagnostics)
• Manage a team of 23 direct report personnel in the manufacturing and testing of circuit board
assemblies for Life Sciences and Diagnostics medical instruments
• Responsible for personnel activities and staffing decisions
• Identify, and focus on critical deliverables and high priority assignments
• Aid in the professional development of personnel
• Identify and implement Lean manufacturing activities and Continuous Process Improvement projects
• Create and approve department work instructions and work procedures
• Prepare and present reports on group performance and project status
• Monitor expenditures and their impact on business results
• Ensure compliance with GMP, ISO, QMS, and facility specific policies, standards, and procedures
06/07 to 04/12 Beckman Coulter Inc. – Porterville, CA. (Medical Instrument Manufacturer)
Advanced Manufacturing Quality Technician – Shift Lead
• Assist in the supervision of 17 test personnel
• Interface with product line planners to identify and expedite daily critical test items
• Assign test priorities, monitor their progress, and report daily shift performance to management
and planning staff
• Ensure compliance with company policies and quality standards
• Perform all aspects of circuits, components, assemblies, instrument or product line assessment testing
by following detailed test procedures, with emphasis on Flow Cytometry and Hematology instruments
• Perform calibrations, inspections, and equipment servicing on test fixtures and instruments
• Evaluate test results for compliance to specification and communicate deviations or non-conformance
• Use initiative and technical skill to diagnose, troubleshoot and repair electronic circuit board assemblies
• Initiate changes to current SOPs
• Provide training, support, and direction to lower level technicians and associates
• Identify and communicate conditions that may effect the quality or integrity of the product
• Identify Lean manufacturing opportunities for Continuous Process Improvement and suggest
alternatives and solutions to problems
• Ensure compliance with GMP, ISO, QMS, and facility specific policies, standards, and procedures
04/06 to 08/06 Porterville Police Department – Porterville, CA. (Law Enforcement)
Police Officer - Patrol
• Patrol a designated area of the city in a marked patrol vehicle to preserve law and order to prevent and
discover the commission of a crime, and to enforce traffic and parking regulations.
• Respond to calls and complaints involving fire, automobile accidents, robberies and other
misdemeanours and felonies
• Administer first aid at the scene of the crime, conduct preliminary investigations, gather evidence,
interview witnesses, make arrests, and testify as a witness in court
11/04 to 04/06 Monterey County Sheriff’s Office – Salinas, CA. (Law Enforcement)
Deputy Sheriff - Corrections
• Responsible for custody, care, security, supervision, and transport of inmates, classification, court
security
• Receive and process arrested persons, conduct inmate counts, search for contraband, and conduct cell
searches.
• Prepare written reports, maintain various agency records and testify in court
09/99 to 10/04 Skyworks Solutions Inc. – Irvine, CA. (IC Manufacturer – Wireless Telecommunications)
Engineering Technician – Wireless Telecommunications
• Provide support to Engineering in the design, modification, test, troubleshooting, and repair of
pre-production electronic assemblies
• Prepare and clarify rework /modification instructions provided by engineers, including schematic,
assembly drawing and parts list mark-ups.
• Receive pre-production electronic assemblies from sub-contracted assembly houses and prepare
Inspection documentation
• Assist management with establishing inspection and test priorities.
• Responsible for configuration control and inventory control of pre-production electronic assemblies.
• Maintain data for a work-in-process database used for tracking the assembly and test status of
pre-production electronic assemblies.
• Assemble, configure, program parts, and provide test support for multiple module electronic assemblies
used in the development and evaluation of pre-production electronic assemblies.
10/95 to 09/99 Conexant Systems Inc. – Newport Beach, CA. (IC Manufacturer – Telecommunications)
Engineering Technician - Telecommunications
• Provide support to Engineering in the design, modification, test, troubleshooting, and repair of
pre-production electronic assemblies
• Prepare and clarify rework /modification instructions provided by engineers, including schematic,
assembly drawing and parts list mark-ups.
• Receive pre-production electronic assemblies from assembly subcontractors and prepare inspection
documentation
• Assist management with establishing inspection and test priorities.
• Responsible for configuration control and inventory control of pre-production electronic assemblies.
• Maintain data for a Work-In-Process Database used for tracking the assembly and test status of
pre-production electronic assemblies.
• Assemble, configure, program parts, and provide test support for multiple module electronic assemblies
used in the development and evaluation of pre-production electronic assemblies.
Finished Goods Inventory Management
• Interface with Marketing personnel and Product Application Engineers to establish configurations for
evaluation kits which include a functioning pre-production assembly and its related support
documentation, hardware and software
• Provide support to Marketing with the distribution of pre-production assemblies, evaluation kits and
technical documentation to Field Application Engineers and customers.
05/92 to 10/95 Environmental Systems Products, Inc. – Santa Ana, CA. (Environmental – Auto Emissions)
Field Service Supervisor
• Supervise and Coordinate 8 field service personnel
• Provide technical assistance and training to end users and service personnel
• Diagnose, troubleshoot, and repair personal computer systems, used in the company’s product
• Facilitate communication between the service department and engineering
• Install and test software and hardware upgrades
• Perform the duties of Field Service Engineer as required
10/88 to 12/91 Environmental Systems Products, Inc. – Santa Ana, CA. (Environmental – Auto Emissions)
Field Service Engineer
• Install, service and repair state certified electronic automotive emissions testing equipment
• Rebuild and calibrate gas sampling systems
• Provide customer training on company products
• Responsible for maintaining a company provided service vehicle
• Maintained repair and consumable parts inventories
• Generate revenue with the sales of consumable supplies and service contracts
• Promoted customer retention and contract renewal by providing prompt, quality service
• Participated in new product development and field testing
05/87 to 08/88 Auto Test Electronics – Anaheim, CA. (Automotive Test Equipment Repair)
and
06/83 to 06/85 Electronic Technician
• Repair automotive engine test equipment
08/85 to 03/87 United States Marine Corps – Tustin, CA.
Helicopter Power Plant Mechanic
• Diagnose, troubleshoot, and repair helicopter gas turbine engines at an intermediate maintenance level
• Perform scheduled inspections on helicopter gas turbine engines
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