Engineer Quality

Barry A. Bogen cssbb, cqe, cqa, cqt

**************@*****.*** • Austin, TX 78729 • 512-***-****

Manufacturing Engineering Manager Candidate Profile

Process Compliance / Continual Improvement / Cross-Functional Leadership

15+ years of direct cross-functional management support experience, leading continual improvement efforts and using standardized best practices which produced improved ROI and increased profitability.

Created over $1.2 million in cost savings by refining methods to produce full compliance quality product while managing manufacturing variances, inventory turns, and exceeding customer requirements.

Long track record of creating operational efficiencies, process improvements, and Environmental Health & Safety practices to streamline activities within the quality, engineering, and manufacturing environments.

“Go-to guy” for resource utilization to minimize cost and optimize profitability through enhanced production results while maintaining effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

Led and trained high-performing teams by providing staff with mentoring and personal development.

"Can do" attitude with extensive, flexible use of goal setting in direct support of strategic planning goals.

Possess fluent English/Spanish bilingual language skills to build a culture aligned with Company values.

Career Competencies

Six Sigma Black Belt

Audit training/facilitation

Spanish bilingual

Supply chain management

Problem solving

Automotive manufacturing

Process improvement

Change management

Semi-conductor manufacturing

Leadership & team building

Customer relations

Cost management & recovery

Quality management system compliance (ISO/TS)

Single piece flow manufacturing (high/low mix)

Aerospace component manufacturing

Professional Experience

Contract Quality Manager / Engineer

Henderson Controls, RSI, Inc., KACO New Energy, Hilite International, Private Security 2010-present

Awarded Preferred Supplier status by Ingersoll Rand, Inc. by achieving 3rd highest worldwide audit rating and 80% reduction in customer complaints at Henderson Controls.

Led Henderson Controls team to pass final surveillance audit for ISO 9001:2008 and developed 2015 recertification roadmap.

Developed remediation plan for AS 9100C quality system recertification at RSI, Inc.

Implemented ISO 9001, KPI methodology and customer support at KACO for key supplier to CPS Energy Alamo solar project.

Provided manufacturing support at Hilite and was contributing team member to major corrective action for subcomponent defects on General Motors camphasers.

Supplier Quality Development Engineer / Manufacturing Quality Engineer

Flextronics – Austin, TX 2005-2009

Generated $1.2 million annual savings in product scrap by developing and successfully implementing MRB/CLCA process of PCBA mechanical bracket assemblies as Kaizen team leader.

$176,000 savings in annual rework costs as manufacturing quality engineer for development of preventive action mechanism that eliminated defects to PCBA line card and chassis cosmetic A-surface labels.

44% annual recovery of previously scrapped nonconforming product as Kaizen team leader in developing plant wide receiving inspection and CLCA process for metals and mechanical bracket assemblies.

$139,440 cost recovery and 77.6% supplier DPPM out-of-box improvement over 26-week period (97.4% overall annual improvement) as Supplier Quality/Development Engineer.

34% reduction in WIP test failures as Kaizen team member to implement Statistical Process Control (SPC) and CLCA mechanism for PCBA surface mount technology manufacturing (SMT).

Senior Quality Engineer Consultant

SQA Services – Rolling Hills, CA 2001-2002, 2003-2005

Contracted to perform quality and management consulting for Tier I and II automotive/semiconductor manufacturers in United States and Mexico.

Achieved multiple successful evaluations in APQP, PPAP, First Article Inspection, ISO/QS 1st and 2nd party quality audits.

Senior Quality Engineer

Photronics – Austin, TX 2002-2003

Converted Quality System to satisfy QS 9000 T&E, TS 16949, and Ford Q1 quality standards, resulting in expanding US automotive Tier 1 supplier business and successful entrance into European auto market.

Implemented preventive maintenance system for photomask etching equipment.

Quality Engineering Consultant / Supplier Quality Engineer

Applied Materials – Austin, TX 2000-2001

Achieved 97% DMR accuracy and <5% recurrence of supplier fault issues.

Received AMAT Quality Assessor medal by MRB DMR/NC reduction and improvement to technical investigation of supplier quality issues.

Guided CES Engineering in earning ISO 9001 certification with ZERO noncompliance.

Other Relevant Experience

Corporate Quality Manager / Quality Engineer / Quality Manager

Quality Industrial Services – Cd. Juárez, México & Detroit, MI ; Thomas Engineering Co. – Santa Teresa, NM;

Rock-Tenn Company – El Paso, TX

Awarded contract as project lead by Ford Motor Company – South American Truck Operations to assemble brake pedal systems after successfully converting Quality System to satisfy QS 9000 and TS 16949 automotive standard requirements.

Implemented QS 9000 quality system structure and developed 25 QS 9000 quality system procedures, including PPAP and First Article Inspection.

Designed and launched company’s first bilingual ISO 9001 quality system (English/Spanish) as Quality Manager, including personally writing and translating 42 system procedures into Spanish.

Awarded multimillion-dollar contract as Kaizen team member in resolution of component quality and services issues for products sold on point-of-purchase displays in the US and Latin America.

Tools & Technology

Lean Six-Sigma principles (DMAIC)

Joint Quality Improvement Programs (JQIP)

ISO 9001, TS 16949, AS 9100C, and Malcolm Baldrige

Principles of Reliability, including QFD

Kaizen – team leader and participant

Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP)

Defect data & analysis (internal WIP & external)

Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA)

Supplier evaluation and performance

Statistical Process Control & Analysis (SPC)

Design of Experiments (DOE)

Inspection and test development (IPC-A-610)

MS Access

MS PowerPoint

MS Excel

MS Front Page

MS Project

MS Visio

SAPâ

Oracle 11.0

ARENA simulation software

Minitab and JMPâ (basic commands)

AutoCADâ (basic commands)

Education & Certifications

Bachelor of Science, Industrial Engineering, University of Texas, El Paso, TX

ASQ: Certified Six Sigma Black Belt, Certified Quality Engineer, Certified Quality Auditor, Certified Quality Technician

AIAG Certificates of Completion: Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), Production Part Approval Process (PPAP), and Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA)

Standards: ISO 9001/TS 16949 Lead Auditor, AS 9100C/9120

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