Michael A. Torrello

*** ****** **** **.• San Jose, California 95123

408-***-**** • acq4m6@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE

My career objectives are to use my experience and motivation to help my employer and team members grow and expand while being more cost effective and efficient along with growing my experience and knowledge in the trade.

EXPERIENCE

DP Products –-- San Jose, CA 4/ 2015- Present

Programmer Lead lathe machinist.

Worked with GM to schedule jobs and assist lathe programmer and setup personnel.

Set up and programmed lathes as needed to assist main programmer.

Assisted in improving job repeatability and manufacturing process.

West Valley Precision Inc – San Jose, CA 2013- 2015

QA Manager Transferred to QA manager from Production Manager at West Valley At West Valley we produced high visibility and critical prismatic and free form parts for the medical industry.

Use of offline programming seat along with CMM to program in order to keep up with inspection demands with Zeiss Calypso 5.2 software with RDS-CAA and Vast XXT articulating head.

Inspect parts on surface plate with hand tools if appropriate for efficiency or to verify CMM readings.

Maintain calibration processes and records for company and employee tools.

Responsible for all of the duties associated with incoming, in-process and final inspection.

West Valley Precision Inc – San Jose, CA 2010- 2013

Production Manager

Interacted with other managers to coordinated jobs for scheduling along with other duties.

Responsible for maintaining inspection schedules to meet customer’s delivery demands.

Involved with programming CMM as needed on high difficulty parts that inspection was unable to complete.

Helped and train programmers, inspectors and setup personnel when needed.

Northrop Grumman - Sunnyvale, CA 2009-2010

CNC Setup / Operator

Setup and operated very large machines for parts used on steam propulsion systems used on naval nuclear submarines and carriers.

Inspected parts that I ran.

Flextronics – San Jose, CA 2007-2009

Programmer

Programmed easy and complex parts for vertical and horizontal machines.

Setup and ran first part on complex parts on Matsuura and Hass verticals and Makino and Mazak horizontal machines.

Inspected parts as asked by management to ensure quality and repeatability.

VIP Mfg and Eng Corp.- Santa Clara, CA 1999-2007

Shop foreman / Inspector

Responsible for the programming and operation of complex DoD flight hardware using Mitutoyo CMM with GeoMeasure 4000 and 6000.

Performed calibration on company and employee tools.

Worked with customer auditors pertaining to the inspection department.

Created SPC forms for production and or repeat short run jobs.

Experience with Haas, Fanuc, Mazatrol, Yasnac and Mitsubishi controls.

Samax Precision – Sunnyvale, CA 1997-1999

Production Manager / Programmer / Inspector

Responsible for the programming, set-up and operation of complex parts using Geopath.

Responsible for supervising swing shift with approx 10 employees.

Performed inspection on in process and first article parts as needed when there was no inspector.

Torrello Inc. – San Jose, CA 1980-1997

Production Manager / Programmer / Inspector

Responsible for the programming, set-up and operation of complex parts using Mastercam.

Responsible for supervising graveyard shift with approx 8 employees and occasionally swing and day shift with upwards of 50 employees as needed.

Performed inspection on in process and first article parts as needed when there was no inspector.

Relevant Skills

Mitutoyo CMM programming using Geomeasure 1000 to 6000.

Ziess CMM programming using Calypso 5.2 online and offline.

PC-DMIS 4.2 offline programming experience.

Setting up of CMM stylus systems to maintain efficiency inside the inspection department.

Approximately 30 years of machining experience.

Approximately 25 years of inspection experience.

Situation/Action/Results

As a result of my cleaning up and reorganizing of saved and documented setup processes in production and inspection at VIP Mfg & Eng Corp, the company was able to produce more profit with less employees.

As a result of my creating a complete in house calibration system of tools and gages at West Valley, we were able to meet the requirements of AS9100 and save approx. $10,000.00 each year on calibration.

Personal Note

I grew up in a machine shop owned by my father and have been in almost every area of the machining trade at one point in my life. I am a very dedicated and hard worker and have excelled at every shop I have worked at. I strive to be efficient and accurate in my life and job. If given the opportunity, I will prove my worth and show I was the correct choice for the job.

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