Walter (Drew) Peregrim

***** ***** ******, ****** ****, MI 48135

Cell 570-***-**** e-mail acwffx@r.postjobfree.com

Career Summary

Dedicated Engineering Management professional with 25+ years of experience in Manufacturing, Quality, Project Management, and R&D. Strong leader with success in building organized teams and promoting a growth environment for technical professionals. Lean and Six Sigma expert in improving efficiency and reliability of processes.

Employment

Open Systems Technology – Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt Consultant to PHH Mortgage

2015 to present

20% cycle time reduction using Structured Lean and process re-engineering on the loan Mortgage Origination process. Created performance metrics and reports based on statistical analysis. Project savings in excess of $2MM. Mentored 5 green Belts in defect reduction projects.

US Steel - Process Excellence Consultant Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt 2014 to 2015

Consultant, LSS Trainer, and Facilitator for $150MM+ two year cost/waste elimination initiative at the US Steel Great Lakes processing facility. Created GAP analysis for each division. Based on the GAP analysis, prioritized and launched projects in Safety, Environmental, Iron Making, Steel making, Coating, Rolling, Transportation, and Inventory reduction. Taught Carnegie Way courses (structured Lean cost/waste reduction). Facilitated Root Cause Analysis meetings and mentored more than 30 project teams.

Medcomp Medical Products - Director of Engineering 2014

Responsible for four engineering groups (4 managers, 28 engineers). Improved on time delivery of new medical devices and pharmaceutical products. Initiated Lean and Six Sigma initiatives. Processed 510K medical device submissions and facilitated renewed application from 510K rejection. Leader for root cause analysis on returned medical devices. Introduced Agile Product Development process.

General Electric Corporation 2008 – 2013

Senior Requisition Manager Generator New Units (7/2010–11/2013)

Customer Engineer/Project Manager for commercial power plant generator and electrical systems from contract signing through decommissioning. Exceptional Management Award for $346 million equipment purchase in India where new customer became repeat customer. Successfully managed 15 similar projects with above average customer satisfaction. Received 5 awards for customer project work keeping projects on schedule and facilitating customer changes. Managed Requisition Department's Kaizen Projects program resulting in thousands of hours in transactional process reductions.

Lean Six Sigma DFSS Black Belt (8/2008–7/2010)

Led two transactional six sigma projects to improve on time delivery of engineering designs from 75% to 98% on time. Led a six sigma project which reduced design changes to customer drawings from 20+ to 4. Received 4 Impact awards and a management award for these project results. Mentored 11 Green Belts, as a Corporate Trainer taught 9 LSS Green Belt classes, completed 3 Lean Projects. Created a Lean Roadmap for the Generator Division as part of a new Lean initiative.

Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation (MTF) 2003 – 2008

Quality/Validation Engineering Group Leader

MTF Recovers and Processes human tissue for surgical transplant. Position created when FDA mandated full pharmaceutical regulations for Tissue Banks. Hired, trained, and managed engineering team in cGMP, Validation, Six Sigma, RCA, DOE and SPC. Validated software and control systems, packaging, shipping containers, clean rooms, USP water systems, laboratory, and processing equipment passing FDA audits. Saved $80,000 in yearly shipping costs by optimizing shipping containers for frozen tissue. Project Manager for a $16,000,000 automated tissue cleaning project. Led team during a product recall and resolved to FDA satisfaction.

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Pride Mobility Products - Quality Engineering Group Leader 2000 – 2003

Manufacture of powered wheel chairs, scooters and lift chairs for the handicapped. Trained and directed a team tasked with reducing excessive product warrantee returns. Taught Six Sigma, Robust Design, and Root Cause Analysis and applied this successfully to correct design flaws of frequently returned products. Electric brake disc returns dropped from 3% to .01%. Battery charger returns dropped from 15% to <.1%. Designed new speed controller - returns dropped from 5% to .0001%, this resulted in a patent submission. Developed new weld and fastener standards which dropped structural failures from 2% to <1%. Redesigned packaging for lift chairs and batteries, eliminating returns of both.

AMP Inc. 1995 - 1999

Amp Circuits and Design - Senior Member of Technical Staff (5/1997–6/1999)

Provided direct face to face technical sales support to AMP customers for electromagnetic interference and corrosion issues. Conducted technical reviews and redesigned multilayer telecommunication circuit boards and cables to prevent signal interference. Created company guide book for interference free circuit board design. Provided technical support to the Electromagnetic Test lab on techniques and standards.

Amp Shielding Products Group (4/1995–5/1997)

Product Line Manager - Signal Conditioning Products Division

Turned around the failing resale shielding products business which lost their sole supplier. Used Lean Manufacturing and Design for Manufacturability principles to create a manufacturing operation. Developed new manufacturing method utilizing stereo lithography to produce wrapping dies which reduced new product introduction from 6 months to 8 days. Tooling cost dropped from $1,000,000+ for foam injection dies to $2,500 for wrapping dies. This restarted the Shielding Products Group making it customer centric and profitable. Expanded the portfolio to include stamped shielding gaskets and shielded vent panels. After the first 6 months of reorganization, sales increased by 14% per month. The division was sold in 1997 as part of AMP’s realignment.

Instrument Specialties Co. Technical Projects Manager and Chief Metallurgist

Two week Apprenticeship under Lean Sensei as part of IS attempt at a Malcom Baldrige award. Managed ISO 9000 certification project. Developed patented EMC shielding products. Project manager - introduced $4,000,000 CAD/CAM/CAE computer system installation. Managed R&D Ben Franklin grant programs leveraging University Scientists to develop new products (Penn State - materials research, East Stroudsburg University - factory automation, Lehigh University – Computerized Engineering). Held a US security clearance and consulted on anti-espionage and electromagnetic interference issues to customers. Manager of the materials testing laboratory. Published research on Beryllium Copper metal fatigue. Published and lectured on Corrosion research in conjunction with US Naval Research lab.

Wilkes-University Adjunct Night School Professor of Engineering 2000 – 2008

Developed and Taught graduate and under graduate courses in Engineering, Business Management, Operations, and Technical Business Courses with an emphasis on Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, Process Optimization, Quality, and Project Management. Received exceptional rating by students.

Monroe County Vo-Tech School - Teacher

Taught evening courses in the Tool and Die Apprenticeship program.

Education

Master of Science Degree Materials Science – Lehigh University

Bachelor of Science Materials Engineering – Wilkes University

Professional and Community Involvement

ASTM – Chaired EMC Committee for 5 years and produced several standards

Active in SAE, ASQ, IEEE, ASMI, NACE

Active writer/consultant on Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing

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