Manager Engineering

GREG KOKARAKIS

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Professional Profile

Creative, energetic team player with record of making cost-saving and capacity increasing improvements to manufacturing processes and equipment. Proven ability in Management, Strategic planning, Engineering, New product development, Manufacturing and Program/Project Management. Ability to identify, analyze, synthesize problems under conditions of incomplete information and uncertainty, develop creative solutions, and execute rapidly for maximum business effect. Able to influence, supervise, lead, and motivate people at all levels toward organizational goal achievement.

Areas of Expertise

Lean Manufacturing, 5S

New Product Development/Introduction

ISO 9000/9001/TUV

Total Quality Management

Manufacturing/Mechanical Engineering

Staff Planning/Management

Program/Project Management

AutoCAD, Inventor, Algor, FEA

Process Development

Production/Budget Planning

Inventory & Production Control

Career Counseling/Coaching

Plant Design & Construction

Problem Solving & Decision Making

Training & Development

Calypso Quality Auditor Certified

Health & Safety (OSHA Certified)

DMR & NC Control

Awards & Recognitions

Chemical Vapor Deposition New Product Transition award. Applied Materials SACVD Group

Semi-Annual Small Team Award. Applied Materials Spares Shipment Team

Dean's Scholar, San Jose State University

First prize in Mathematics Competition, Greek Mathematical Society

Professional Experience

Hevel LLC, Moscow, Russia 02/2011 – 03/2015

Director/Chief Engineer

•Organized Engineering team. Hiring, Training and developing employees, based on skills and company requirements.

•Review, optimize and approve construction designs and plant layout (10% cost reduction), based on actual needs of production line.

•Building and Facilities construction. Specialty Gas delivery system, ISO-7 and ISO-8 Clean Rooms, Waste water, Compressed Air, Abatements, DI and DM water facility etc.

•Equipment move in (280 trucks), Installation, Start up, Final Acceptance Test and Start of Production of 130MW thin film line.

•Process Development, Characterization and Optimization, Value Stream Mapping, Sequence of Events and Operational Method Sheets development.

•Master Production Schedule set up and control.

•Non Conformance reduction from 55% to 8% by introducing and sustaining a continue improvement culture (MRB, 8D Problem Solving Methodology, Cause and Effect diagrams).

•KPI development, monitoring, updating and presenting.

•Quality management system, Incoming inspection and Quality control development and implementation.

•Warehouse layout and Inventory Control.

•Supplier Qualification and Approval for all BOM components.

Heliosphera, Inc. Athens, Greece 08/2008 – 02/2011

Director of Product Development & Customer Service, 2009 - 2011

•Develop entirely new products that either add to an existing product line or occupies an entirely new niche; Modified or updates of existing products. It includes, Data for the Product, Mounting Solutions,

•Product Changes & Improvements, Assembly Mounting Instructions, Industrial Benchmarking, Solar Plant Development, Wiring, Inverters.

•Develop, implement and certified a unique mounting systems simplifying panel installation and reducing cycle time from minutes to lower than ten seconds. Work with Aluminum suppliers to achieve a cost effective complete mounting solution for customers.

•Supplier Qualification and Approval for the aluminum or galvanized components.

•Series of activities designed to enhance the level of customer satisfaction. Range of services provided to assist customers in making cost effective and correct use of Heliosphera Panels. It includes before and after sales support.

•Customer Complains, Replacement of defective products, Failure analysis for replaced panel and

implementation of corrective actions, Performance data collection, Field Inspections.

Plant Manager/Director of Engineering, 2008 - 2009

•Organized Engineering and Production teams. Hiring, Training and developing employees, based on skills and company requirements.

•Implement Quality management system, improve on time delivery (from 43% to 93%) and reduce cost of PV modules (20%). Cost and cycle time reduction.

•Implement Document Control System, Engineering Change Order System.

•Projects achieving 20% cost and 7.5% cycle time reductions (Automatic glass loading, new PVB

foil, Automatic hook installation).

•TUV certification (PV modules have been qualified according to IEC61646:2008 and EC61730: 2004) and ISO 9001 Certification.

•Review, optimize and approve construction designs, plant layout, equipment move in, Installation, Final Acceptance Test and Start of Production of 30MW and 30MW production lines (60MW in two phases). Construction to Final Acceptance Test in record time (18 months).

•Responsible for Construction, move in, Installation, Final Acceptance Test and Start of Production of 60MW production line.

•KPI development, monitoring, updating and presenting.

Applied Materials, Austin, TX 03/2006 – 07/2008

Manufacturing Engineer CMP Division (Temporary Position)

•Develop, implement, and maintain methods, operation sequence and processes in the fabrication of parts, components, sub-assemblies and final assemblies.

•Managing manufacturing engineering related projects.

•Launching, releasing, approving and implements engineering change orders to support design engineering and floor with new and existing products. BOM/Product structuring development and Improvement for current and New Products.

•Identify and implement new business processes and efficiency improvement tools.

•AutoCAD 2D, Inventor.

Platron Manufacturing & Plating, Pflugerville, TX 06/2002 – 07/2007

Plant Manager

Management of a CNC build to order manufacturing facility. Full P&L responsibility. Additional responsibilities including Production schedule, Materials management, Facilities, Process definition/Value stream mapping, Equipment acquisition, Machining, Detailing, Cleaning, Packaging, Assembling, Engineering and Employee hiring and development. Oversaw shipping and receiving, scheduling and planning, 5S Lean Manufacturing Implementation, and provided customer support.

•Ensured all safety regulatory policies and procedures were implemented and maintained as designated Safety Focal Officer (OSHA certified). No accidents for more than a year.

•Continuously achieved 98 % or higher on time delivery.

•Instrumental in ISO re certification.

•5S, Lean Manufacturing Implementation.

•CMM inspection of production parts

•On time delivery improved from 66% to 98%.

•Customer satisfaction 95% to 99%.

Quality Assurance Manager

Manage and direct the activities of the Quality Assurance, Quality Control and inspection functions. Interface at all levels of the company, with customers and suppliers. Schedule and initiate audits of the quality management system and suppliers. Unconditionally responsible for ensuring that the quality system is established, implemented and maintained in accordance to national and international standards (ISO), and reporting on the performance of the quality system to management for review and as a basis for improvement of the quality system.

OTHER EMPLOYMENT

Natural Steps Formula, LLC, Austin TX 05/2015 – Present

Director of Operations

Applied Materials, Austin, TX 03/1994 – 11/2001

Manager Manufacturing Business Unit, 1998 - 2001

New Product Introduction Program/Project Manager, 1995-1998

Work Center Supervisor, 1994

Education

BS, Mechanical Engineering, (with honors), San Jose State University, CA

AS, Science & Engineering Technology, (with honors), De Anza College CA

Certifications

ISO 9000:2000/ISO 19011 Auditor (Certification Authority: RWTUV USA Inc. License Number 7577)

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