Manager Engineer

Kevin C. Caldwell

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Round Rock, Texas 78665

*************@*****.*** / 512-***-****

Professional Overview

Highly accomplished management professional with a successful record in all aspects of Plant Operation, Quality, and Lean Management. Attention to details, result and data driven executive who excels in challenging and competitive environments. Very accomplished with major startups, recognized for my ability to transition strategy into action and achievement effortless and efficiently.

Key Experience Includes:

KoMiCo Technology 05/13 - Present

Sr. Production Manager

KoMiCo is a leading company that opens a new future of semiconductor industry with a high and new cleaning & coating technology

Manage Operations (Logistics/Production/Clean room) Depts. / 100 Exempts/Non-Exempts

Report on and improve KPI/MBO’s for measuring department performances

Develop a strong team by meeting at regular intervals to discuss department and company objectives

Ensure all products are manufactured per procedures and all processes are in compliance with quality standards

Make decision and solve problems by analyzing information and evaluating results to optimize executions

Communicate product or material issues with appropriate departments-Sales, Quality, Engineering, Purchasing and Facility.

Maintain departmental equipment to ensure proper and safe operation

Work along with Process Engineering to qualify, validate and release product to mass production

Chair Continuous Improvement Activity

Lean Manufacturing tools and methodologies

Chair Production Daily meeting to review and prevent daily road blocks

Prepares and submit weekly reports to VP

Manor Independent School District 08/12 – 05-13

Technician

Major responsibilities are to managed and support Manor High Schools with the deployment, distribution, maintenance, and instruction of the district 3,000 1 to 1 iPad initiatives. As well support the nearly 3,500 Dell and Apple desktop systems, 700 Dell 1710n/1720n network laser printers. Install network application on file servers and printing application in shared network. Managed work order using the district wide Kayako work order system.

Texas Farm Bureau 12/10- 08/12

Insurance Agent

Samsung Austin Semiconductor

Sr. System Engineer Analyst- Austin, Texas 03/97 - 08/09 (RIF)

Diff/Thin Film Dept Manager- Austin, Texas

Diffusion Supervisor-Austin, Texas

Austin, Texas, is home to Samsung Electronics' only two semiconductor fabrication plants outside South Korea. The first plant, called Fab 1, was built in 1997 and produces DRAM chips on 200mm wafers; they're used in PCs and computer servers. The other plant, Fab 2, was completed 10 years later and manufactures 16Gb NAND flash memory components on 300mm wafers. Fab 2, which is the size of nine football fields, is the largest single chip manufacturing plant in North America. A

Sr. System Engineer

System Engineer Department: I reported directly to the Vice President of System Engineering. Major role; liaison between Manufacturing and System Engineering. Coordinate all Samsung Austin Semiconductor software releases. Lead large-scale project deployments, track milestones, lead internal teams/Cross-functional team, and manage project progress, milestones, scope, and resource management, track project % of completion. Coordinate, communicate and schedule release date and time to ensure minimal impact to operation and resources.

oOther roles: Managed (6) Helpdesk Specialist (2) website administrators and (2) Database Administrators

Quality Assurance Manager

Managed SAS Quality Assurance Group: (3) System Engineer Auditors (3) Document/Process Control Specialists.

oResponsible for managing SAS Audit Team: Green Belt Certified, perform internal and external quality audits, Supply chain audits, process audits and ISO 9000 audits.

oResponsible for managing SAS Document Control Team responsible for Performance, quality and reliability standards required by the customer and items related to quality assurance that appear in customer specifications are integrated into the standardization system as custom specifications and made known to the departments concerned to ensure appropriate utilization and proper reflection in manufacturing. In addition, this information is strictly controlled to ensure confidentiality.

oA controlling department for quality-related documents and data is clearly identified so that the information can be effectively utilized with applicable standards. Such information includes internal approval documents and data, reliability test data and process audit records. The retention period for these documents and data is prioritized according to the criticality of the contents and controlled in such a manner that ensures storage for the appropriate period of time.

oManage site calibration records

Shift/Dept. Manager

Primary Roles and Responsibilities; Provide leadership of cross-functional teams, Coordinate all shift activity with responsibility across the functional area, Plan and schedule work assignments based upon available personnel, workload, priorities, and materials on hand, Initiate requisitions to obtain materials, tools, supplies and services necessary to schedule and produce all requirements., Ensure quality and quantity of line output and compliance with established procedures and safety requirements. Counsel subordinates in the proper application of operation procedures, Implement cross-training plan to ensure continuous operations, Implement cost reduction solutions to maximize use of manpower, equipment, material, and space, Identify and implement solutions to problems and report current production status to management, Propose methods to solve fabrication, process, test or repair problems, Develop and implement solutions for emerging manufacturing related issues, Interview and train bargaining unit employees, including screening interviews and reviewing resumes, Main shift liaison between Quality, Quality Assurance, Test Engineering, Process Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Equipment Engineering, Production Control, Purchasing, and other departments, Ensure thorough familiarity with policies and procedures related to Standards of Business Conduct/Conflict of Interest. Train and motivate subordinates in the importance of full compliance with the letter and spirit of such policies and procedures.

Thin-Film Manager

Diffusion Supervisor

Responsible for 18 non-exempt employees; Ensure a safe work environment and help build a culture where safety is the first priority * Be an active leader in safety programs and help ensure compliance with EHS rules by visitors, contractors and employees at Samsung Austin Semiconductor * Lead a team of technicians and shift engineers providing day-to-day operations support for the specifically assigned module * Coordinate daily technician and engineering activities on-shift to meet manufacturing objectives * Coordinate training to develop shift employees to safely perform their respective job assignments * Closely interface with contractors and service providers who will provide specific maintenance or job functions * Closely interface with the production staff to ensure key deliverables are being met. * Identify ways to control costs while sustaining and improving operational systems for Fab operation. * Coordinate and ensure continuous improvement of housekeeping, safety, environmental compliance, quality and cost within his/her shift consistent with overall department goals. * Establish a work environment characterized by mutual trust and respect, open and honest communications, teamwork and a passion for winning * Administer employment policies and procedures to ensure a positive work environment * Troubleshoot and perform root cause analysis to identify and resolve production, quality, or maintenance issues

Key Accomplishments

Dispatched to Korea on several business trips. (Transition Team and Quality Management Team)

Increase department productivity by 15% while reducing scrap by 30%.

Reduce department scrap by 35%.

Maintained department continue safety record of over 1022 days without a lost time accident.

Spearheaded the Austin Energy in becoming ISO 9000 certified

Dispatch to Korea to understand/Translate/migration SAS Spec/Leaders/data spec. to US

Lead a cross functional site team in transiting department data spec from (Paper) leaders to eSpec (Electronic)

Designed site wide Scrap Database to manage and record non-compliance, corrective actions and preventive action.

Reduce monitor wafer cost by 200% and saved department over $300,000 in test wafer cost.

Reduce department cycle time by 15%

Identified to be the Liaison between System Engineer and Mfg when release new site software

1st Place Samsung Global Quality Management

Reduce document control board members signoff cycle time by 3 days

Responsible for transferring, translating and developing SAS Manufacturing procedures to US

Wrote Samsung Austin Semiconductor Quality Manual

Six Sigma Green Belt

ISO9000 site lead auditor

Site Lead Auditor, Coordinate Customer Audit

Lean Managements, 5’s, TPM trained

Philip’s Semiconductor Inc. 08/95-03/97

Diffusion Supervisor

Responsible for 16 non-exempt employees; Ensure a safe work environment and help build a culture where safety is the first priority * Be an active leader in safety programs and help ensure compliance with EHS rules by visitors, contractors and employees at Phillip’s Semiconductor * Lead a team of technicians and shift engineers providing day-to-day operations support for the specifically assigned module * Coordinate daily technician and engineering activities on-shift to meet manufacturing objectives * Coordinate training to develop shift employees to safely perform their respective job assignments * Closely interface with contractors and service providers who will provide specific maintenance or job functions * Closely interface with the production staff to ensure key deliverables are being met. * Identify ways to control costs while sustaining and improving operational systems for Fab operation. * Coordinate and ensure continuous improvement of housekeeping, safety, environmental compliance, quality and cost within his/her shift consistent with overall department goals. * Establish a work environment characterized by mutual trust and respect, open and honest communications, teamwork and a passion for winning * Administer employment policies and procedures to ensure a positive work environment * Troubleshoot and perform root cause analysis to identify and resolve production, quality, or maintenance issues

Key Accomplishments

Reduced shift and department scrap by 25%

Increase wafer throughput by 15%

Reduce equipment idle time by 13%

Decrease test wafer usages by 30%, Develop a test wafer re-usage plan.

Texas Instrument 03/97- 05/88

Diffusion Supervisor

Responsible for 16 non-exempt employees; Ensure a safe work environment and help build a culture where safety is the first priority * Be an active leader in safety programs and help ensure compliance with EHS rules by visitors, contractors and employees at Texas Instruments * Lead a team of technicians and shift engineers providing day-to-day operations support for the specifically assigned module * Coordinate daily technician and engineering activities on-shift to meet manufacturing objectives * Coordinate training to develop shift employees to safely perform their respective job assignments * Closely interface with contractors and service providers who will provide specific maintenance or job functions * Closely interface with the production staff to ensure key deliverables are being met. * Identify ways to control costs while sustaining and improving operational systems for Fab operation. * Coordinate and ensure continuous improvement of housekeeping, safety, environmental compliance, quality and cost within his/her shift consistent with overall department goals. * Establish a work environment characterized by mutual trust and respect, open and honest communications, teamwork and a passion for winning * Administer employment policies and procedures to ensure a positive work environment * Troubleshoot and perform root cause analysis to identify and resolve production, quality, or maintenance issues

Other Experiences

Electrospace, Plano, Tx. Electronic Technician

Aerospace, Tampa, Fl Electronic Technician

United State Air force Morse Code

Education & Certifications

B.S. Degree, Business Management

A.S. Degree, Computer Engineering Technology

Texas General Life Health Insurance State Certified

Texas General Property and Casualty State Certified

Personally Identifiable Information Certified

Information System Security Certified

PED & Removable Storage Media Certified

Green Belt Certified

ISO/Quality Management Certified

Awards & Accomplishments

2014 KoMico Technology Int. Outstanding Performer

10 yr Samsung Austin Semiconductor Service Award

5 yr Samsung Austin Semiconductor Service Award

5 yr Texas Instrument Service Award

Big Brothers of Dallas

Meal on Wheels Volunteer Award

Crandall, Texas School Board Advisory member

Numerous Sports Awards

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