Manufacturing Manager

ANN BASTIN

***** **** *** * * Mukilteo WA *****

425-***-**** acuhcm@r.postjobfree.com

Summary of Qualifications

A Materials, Process and Manufacturing Engineer with experience in aerospace, commercial electronics and electronics materials. Strong background in development of manufacturing processes, testing and qualification of materials to aerospace and high reliability specifications. Excellent listener, negotiator and change agent that facilitates projects with commitment to excellence.

Work Experience

Radiac Abrasives 2013-2015

Quality Manager leading 3 staff members. Customer support and managed Quality technical staff. Created Standard Operating Procedures for Manufacturing and Quality.

ECS-Korry 2007-2013

Man-machine interface components primarily, aerospace crew cabin applications such as switches, annunciators, bezels and displays.

Supported color mixing and casting of tight tolerance optical windows.

Supported machining and coating of cast windows.

IDD Aerospace 2006 to 2007

Manufacturing Engineer for aircraft illuminated control panel products.

Analyze production problems, revise engineering drawings.

Produce instructional materials and provide training to engineering staff and production personnel.

Interface with all manufacturing and engineering functions.

Honeywell Electronic Materials 2002-2004

HEM develops and manufactures metals and polymer materials for the semiconductor industries.

Principal Scientist, Manufacturing Process Manager R&D

Project leader for relocation of solder paste manufacturing operation from San Diego to Spokane with no missed commitments. Technical leader for scale up and qualification of thermal interface materials manufactured in Singapore.

Managed team of 11 engineers, technicians and manufacturing staff most of whom were located in Singapore

Interface with key subcontractors of finishing services located in US and China

Interfaced with Program Managers, Scientists, Marketing and Customer Support staff in areas of thermal and electrical interface materials

ELDEC Corp. 1985 - 2001

ELDEC is a technology leader in design of proximity sensing, fuel flow measurement, high voltage power supplies, aircraft power conditioning and distribution systems for the aerospace industry.

Senior Manufacturing Engineer 2000-2001

Core team member for new product development on aircraft power conditioning and distribution products in the Electrical Power Systems product line. Responsible for achieving design to cost goals.

Final authority on all manufacturing related issues in Final Assembly resulting in reduced design time and improved producibility.

Provided direction for materials finishing that met service environments.

Oversaw engineering hardware assembly, incorporated design improvements that enhanced reliability.

Facilitated resolution of conflict on drawing content among Engineering, Manufacturing and Quality functions that achieved First Article approvals.

Served as a change agent by enhancing manufacturing instructions and reducing engineering drawing requirements that saved design labor and cycle time.

Managed outsourcing of manufacturing for the product line that will reduce manufacturing costs 30%.

Six Sigma Process Manager (Black Belt) 1998-2000

Managed projects to improve yield and enhance production capability valued at $260,000.

Led other Black Belts in circuit card assembly process analyses and implementation projects that reduced defects by 30%.

Facilitated a project team of engineers to characterize the behavior of rare earth magnets used in proximity sensors and quantified an anomaly in the NIST certified standard sensor used to calibrate production sensors. This information can be used in new product design to minimize production variation.

Senior Engineer, Materials & Processes 1985-1998

Materials selection and qualification for new and existing products using Design of Experiments and physics of failure based reliability methods. Performed failure analysis on products, components and materials, and recommended corrective action to engineering and manufacturing groups across the company.

Optimized manufacturing processes for high voltage density CRT power supplies for robustness and efficiency.

Evaluated and selected component and materials suppliers based on technical and manufacturing capability.

Partnered with a customer and resolved their misinterpretation of SEM analysis on fretting corrosion that stemmed a product recall saving the company $250,000.

Sprague Electric Co, Ceramic Capacitor Division, Wichita Falls, TX 1977-1985

Sprague was a high volume ceramic capacitor manufacturer who used advanced production automation. This facility shipped to an outgoing quality level of 100 ppm.

Performed all phases of materials and process development from concept through manufacturing introduction on many custom formulated materials. Project manager for development and introduction of a high volume molded capacitor.

Grew a glass encapsulated product from 50,000 to 3,000,000 parts per week with 6 ppm defect rate.

Defined and directed qualification programs for chemicals, metal conductors, plastics, wire products, and coatings used in the manufacture of ceramic capacitors.

Tin, nickel and gold plating processes.

Evaluated and recommended purchase of manufacturing equipment. Provided input for custom equipment design.

Resolved materials problems with suppliers.

Performed advanced analyses using physical and chemical methods. SEM operator.

NIDA Addiction Research Center, Lexington KY, Kinetics lab 1976

Performed separations and quantitative analyses of opium alkaloids and their metabolites from biologic fluids of animal and human subjects.

Education and Training

M.S. Chemistry Eastern Kentucky University Richmond, KY

B.A. Chemistry and Physics Eastern Kentucky University Richmond, KY

Six Sigma Black Belt Six Sigma Consultants

Lean Manufacturing MMTI and Lean Enterprise Institute

Essentials for Supervision Honeywell Management Training

Design for Manufacturability Honeywell Six Sigma Program

Numerous training programs in reliability methods, JIT, TQM, SPC, project management, leading, coaching, communications and team building, as well as technical conferences and seminars.

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