Manager Engineer

Experienced in the areas of:

Production Management, Project Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering & Test Engineering;

Managed procurement and production of fast-turn prototyping of embedded system designs.

Developed and managed departmental budgets while scheduling production.

Project manager for embedded systems design company coordinating the manufacturing of 5+ prototypes simultaneously.

Formulated innovative methods of electronic test development and data analysis.

Coordinated process optimization, total quality, and experimental design for reducing costs.

Developed production processes based on ISO principles, emphasizing digital imaging for multi-lingual environments.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ITT Technical Institute, Warrensville Heights & Akron Campus

Private College School of Electronic Technology Dec 2010 – Present

Adjunct Instructor

Teach classes in Electronic and Computer Technology. Developed and teach basic SMT soldering skills class for students.

Increased job placement rate by over 200% over those not taking the soldering training.

Libra Industries Inc., Mentor, OH (Libra Industries purchased Tetrad Electronics)

Contract manufacturer of electronic boards and assemblies. Medium mix, & volume Sept 2014 – Dec 2015

Technical Support Manager (for final assembly,box build)

Generated production process documentation for overhead lighting products. Assisted customer in refining the design during initial production. Refined process documentation for new PCB assemblies.

Refined and presented company safety training classes to fulfill corporate OSHA requirements.

Tetrad Electronics Inc., Hudson & Willoughby OH locations

Contract manufacturer of electronic boards and assemblies. High mix, low volume Apr 2006 – Aug 2014

Electronic Production Manager

Coordinate all production activities for PCB assembly including scheduling

Coordinated PCB test and test development activities while working closely with customer’s development engineers.

Developed enhanced BGA rework and lead-free production techniques.

Evaluated and installed new pick-n-place equipment, automated optical inspection, and selective soldering systems.

Certified instructor for IPC-A-610 PCB inspection. Skilled in PCB rework techniques.

Advise customers on most cost effective PCB fabrication techniques for specific applications.

Libra Industries Inc., Mentor, OH

Contract manufacturer of electronic boards and assemblies. Medium mix, & volume Sept 2004 – Mar 2006

Test Engineering Supervisor / Program Manager

Assigned to manage the introduction of multiple embedded prototype and production products.

Led team consisting of test engineer and 3 debug technicians

Created templates for documenting the debug and repair of advanced electronic assemblies.

Modified existing client test equipment to reduce downtime and increase accuracy.

Worked with new clients to develop effective comprehensive product test strategies.

New Product Introduction Program Manager for 5+ simultaneous embedded system projects

Accelent Systems Inc., Akron, OH

Developer of custom hardware and software for embedded computing devices. Jan 2001-May 2003

Manufacturing Manager

Coordinated production of standard integrated development platforms and custom fast-turn prototypes for clients

Selected and managed electronic contract manufacturers for prototypes based on product requirements.

Recommended design changes for enhancing manufacturability of difficult designs.

Provided component-engineering support to designers, defining alternate source specifications.

Managed documentation of bills-of-materials, engineering changes, and production process procedures.

Thompson Hine & Flory LLP, Cleveland, OH 1999 - 2001

Leading Corporate Law Firm in Ohio with over 350 attorneys in 6 offices.

Information Technology Operations Manager

Managed LAN/WAN networking staff of 5 in a mixed NT / Novell 5 environment.

Acted as primary mail system and anti-virus administrator.

Directed successful Y2K compliance program for 5 sites.

Solectron Inc., Milpitas, CA 1996 - 1999

World’s Largest Electronic contract manufacturer ($14 Billion in annual sales) Low mix, high volume

New Product Introduction Manager, Complex Systems Integration Division. 1998 - 1999

Coordinated engineering and production analysis of quoting activities for division. Perform Design for Manufacturability and testability analysis on new product designs (DFMA).

Developed unique production line layouts and test development of products from pagers through supercomputers.

Production Engineering Manager, System Services Group 1997 - 1998

Managed test and process engineers as well as IT administrators to optimize manufacturing operations. Administered division’s document control department. Collaborated with product design engineers to incorporate manufacturability features into new products. Responsible for 12 unique customer lines.

Simulated production processes using ProSim to analyze flow for bottlenecks and reduce queues.

Developed new graphical process documentation system based on digital imaging technologies for enhancing process instructions in a multi-lingual environment with the effect of reducing assembler training time.

Test Engineering Manager, Systems Integration & Test Division; 1996 - 1997

Participate throughout the customers design process, enhancing the manufacturability and testability of new products. Products ranged from pagers to supercomputers and routers. Coordinated the activities and training of 8 test engineers and 3 engineering technicians.

Designed custom anechoic sound chamber for testing video conferencing equipment that saved customer $73,000 over similar commercial product.

Managed design and contractor of 64 port flash ROM DVR programming station that automated a previously complex manual operation and maintained parametric data for reporting purposes.

Modified environmental chambers to include HASS testing, enhancing customer yields by 12%+

CCI / Triad Systems Corporation Livermore, CA 1978 – 1996

Supplier of business management systems and product data to the hardware, lumber, and automotive industries.

Senior Manufacturing / Test Engineer; 1991 - 1996

Involved with new product development to incorporate enhanced manufacturability features into new products.

Production Supervisor / Manufacturing Engineer 1983 - 1990

Directed assembly, packaging, & product refurbishment. Managed 25+ direct employees including assembly and test.

Regional Support Manager 1979 - 1883

Directed 18 field engineers across 5 states while based in Columbus, OH

Field Engineer 1978 - 1979

Directly supported 27 customers, both hardware and software, throughout mid-west.

EDUCATION

MBA, Executive Program, St. Mary's College : Moraga, CA ; 1991

BSEET,Youngstown State University : Youngstown, OH ; 1978

IPC 610 certified PCB inspector instructor, 2006

Assorted classes in project management, C programming, UNIX, APICS, Statistical Analysis, Design for Testability, and HASS environmental screening.

References available upon request

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