Manager Engineer

Benjamin Andrew Anderson

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Vancouver, WA 98685

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QUALIFICATIONS

SUMMARY

Extremely well planned and organized manager with effective interpersonal skills.

Self-directed, inquisitive learner with a strong desire to achieve beyond expectations.

Creative and resourceful problem solver with a commitment to long-term organizational success.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science – Physics, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, August, 1990.

CAREER PROFILE

2007 to present WAFERTECH Camas, WA

Senior Manufacturing Manager – Etch and Photolithography

Effectively manage 4 shift supervisors and one project supervisor in a department totaling 110 operators in a 200mm fab;

Developed and mentored 4 Project Supervisors who led productivity improvement teams

Reduced Fab Control Wafer costs by 15%;

Reduced Manufacturing scrap by 55% in 2 years through enhancements to the Manufacturing Execution System software;

Improved Etch performance on Cycle Time by 40% through monitor reduction, efficiency improvements on main tools, and more effective dispatching of product;

Increased Photo capacity by 7% in one year through reduction in tool lost time, improved Reticle storage layout, and efficiency improvement on main tools;

Drove efforts through Process and Equipment Engineering to improve capacity by 10% on highly utilized tools;

Led multi-department team to implement 6S in the Fab. Efforts resulted in company passing multiple external audits by key customers in Automotive and Consumer Electronic sectors;

Certified ISO/TS 16949:2009 auditor;

Implemented multiple projects to improve tool productivity using Best Known Methods coordinated with parent company in Taiwan

2004 to 2007 INTEL Hillsboro, Oregon

Operations Manager – Portland Technology Development

Effectively managed 8 areas(Diffusion, Implant, RTA, AVD, Epi, Electroplating, Metals, and CMS) totaling 27 technicians in a 300mm fab;

Owner of the PTD Manufacturing Technician Annual Performance Ranking and Rating process;

Effectively contributed to the transfer of Intel’s 65nm and 45nm manufacturing from R&D to high volume manufacturing through the detailed management of the Ramp personnel training;

Continued focus on operational excellence led to our shift having the highest output for the entire factory. This contributed to the PTD Manufacturing team establishing a new output record for all Intel process start-ups;

As the Captain of the Ship(Shift Manager) managed all operations of the Fab including controlling inventory by working with Process Integration to determine starts, gave final approval on maintenance that affects multiple tool sets, acted as the Point of Contact for all escalation to Engineering or Manufacturing management, and delivered the end of shift information to the oncoming shift, senior level Engineering managers, and Manufacturing managers;

Led the Fab Emergency Response Team in drills or actual events;

1998 to 2004 LSI LOGIC Gresham, Oregon

Manufacturing Manager – Photolithography

Effectively managed 4 shift supervisors in a department totaling 60 operators in a 200mm fab;

Led a cross-functional team that resulted in a cost savings of $3.6 million over 2 years by reducing the overall Fab scrap rate. This team was the winner of the 2004 LSI Worldwide Operations Cycle of Quality competition;

Led a cross-functional team that resulted in a cost savings of $1.2 million per year through higher die yields. This team was the winner of the 2003 LSI Worldwide Operations Cycle of Quality competition;

Eliminated different methods of misprocessing through enhancements of the Manufacturing Execution System software;

Successfully completed initiative to enable the Photolithograpy department to process Rapid Chip technologies, resulting in Fab readiness for new technology integration;

Drove efforts within the photolithography department to reduce the overall Fab cycle time by 45%, including improvement of throughput on factory constraint tools, reduction in time to perform tool qualifications, elimination of unnecessary qualifications, transfer of processes to non-constraint tools, and reduction of metrology requirements on stable processes;

Managed P&L for department, $8 Million annually, and drove efforts to reduce consumable spending by 30%;

Accomplished project goals and process improvements by using a systematic, team-based approach to problem-solving;

Consistently teamed with members of Process Engineering, Maintenance, Industrial Engineering, Planning, and Process Integration Engineering to accomplish project goals and process improvements.

1997 to 1998 PM INDUSTRIES Portland, Oregon

Production Manager

Improved existing lapping and polishing processes to reduce costs and improve cycle time;

Developed lapping and polishing processes for new materials to keep the company competitive in the marketplace;

Established a preventative maintenance system for all lappers, polishers, and dicing saws;

Efficiently scheduled all jobs in the abrasives department to ensure prompt delivery on time to the customer.

1995 to 1997 FUJIMI AMERICA Wilsonville, Oregon

Technical Service Engineer

Provided technical support to customers in the computer hard disk polishing industry;

Supported research and development efforts in the United States and Japan through extensive market research and experimentation;

Set up all laboratory processing and metrology equipment and calibrated each tool to the tools in the company’s Japanese R&D lab.

Production/Maintenance Supervisor

Planned monthly production and maintenance schedules;

Rewrote existing operating procedures to make them more efficient and updated to speed up the training process;

Implemented statistical process control techniques, which led to record yields for several products;

Managed the training, development, and evaluation of many personnel. Successfully developed two employees to become team leaders and one of them went on to succeed me.

1992 to 1995 WESTINGHOUSE HANFORD CO. (Fast Flux Test Facility) Richland, Washington

Operations Engineer

Managed plant shutdown operations;

Supervised operations personnel, engineering, and maintenance as the Control Room Shutdown Operator;

Certified in the operation of 60 plant systems including reactor support equipment, control room operations, and reactor operations;

Conducted certification of operations personnel as the Subject Matter Expert for Plant HVAC systems.

1990 to 1992 FUJIMI AMERICA Wilsonville, Oregon

Quality Assurance Engineer

Established original quality control procedures;

Created an Excel macro to transmit, compile, and format data from metrology equipment into the company quality assurance shipping forms;

Worked with Process Engineering on product quality issues that impacted operations ability to meet the production schedule. Provided feedback on process issues through investigation and analysis of several tests such as particle counts, removal rates, settling rates, and size distribution of alumina particles.

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