Engineering Manager

Theron Colvin

***** *. ****** **** **. Gold Canyon, Arizona 85118 (A suburb of Phoenix, Arizona)

Home: 480-***-**** Cell: 602-***-**** Email: acy71z@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE: A senior leadership position in Manufacturing, Mechanical, Industrial, and Automated Material Handling Engineering using mechanical aptitude, visionary problem solving capability, and broad schooling plus work experience to provide immediate results in project planning/execution for factory operations in southwestern USA.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Automated Material Handling

Manufacturing Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Industrial Engineering

Program Management

Project Management

Lean Manufacturing (Toyota Way)

5S and Visual Workplace

Efficient Workflow

Systematic Layout Planning (Muther)

Capacity Analysis/Planning Forecasting

Strategic Planning

Budget, Capital Planning, P&L

Optimized Factory Design and Layout

Factory Simulation Development

Operations Research

Cell Manufacturing / Automation

Cleanroom Certification

Six Sigma/Total Quality / Kaizen

Equipment Analysis/Development

Technology Development

Equipment Support and Reliability

Theory of Constraints Manufacturing (Goldratt)

Microflow Workstation Design

Tooling / Fixtures / Ergonomics

Factory Line Support

Communication Skills, Writing, Presenting

MS Office Suite, Visio, Project, AutoCAD

PROFILE: Wide-ranging experience in engineering for manufacturing, promoting techniques in automation for semiconductor and other high tech industries. Consultant and Factory Planner with a Mechanical Engineering Degree and extensive training/coursework in Industrial Engineering experienced in developing factories for microprocessors/microcontrollers, flat panel display, biomedical, and heavy industries. Extensive knowledge of operations analysis, TOC, Lean Manufacturing, capacity analysis, workstation improvement, and capital equipment selection leading to start-up and ramp to full capacity. Strengths include factory conceptualization, applying factory simulation, initiating equipment development, and deploying factory designs with automation.

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

BS IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA,

MOTOROLA ENGINEERING TRAINING PROGRAM

MASTERS LEVEL INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION COURSEWORK, ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY,

IBM NEW MANAGER, PROJECT MANAGEMENT, PC, AND QUALITY COURSES

IDEF-0, IDEF-1, AND SIMAN SIMULATION COURSES

INTEL PROCESS, MANAGEMENT, AND PRODUCTION COURSES

CONTAMINATION CONTROL, CLEANROOM DESIGN, AND OPERATION CERTIFICATE

DALE CARNEGIE COURSE INCLUDING THE “HIGHEST AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT”

7 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE

FIRST LINE MANAGER TRAINING-INTEL

TRENDS IN CLEANROOM DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION CERTIFICATE

LEAN, 5S, KAIZEN, TPS, TOYOTA WAY, GOLDRATT THEORY OF CONSTRAINTS (TOC)

HONEYWELL SIX SIGMA GREEN BELT

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (NEXT TWO+ PAGES)

HONEYWELL – Phoenix, Arizona

Senior Engineer, Product Manufacturing – Integrated Supply Chain Engineering -- 06/15 to Present

Product integrity manufacturing output and continuous improvements working with factory operations, demand planning, engineering, and sourcing.

Drove Avionic Sensor products for overall product and process improvements

Leader in activities and projects between Product Engineering, Operations AME, and Quality and Manufacturing Assurance team.

Coordinated the identification and analysis of product opportunities / issues.

Planned, deployed, monitored and controlled improvement including Supplier initiatives to drive product and process improvements.

Launched new products on time and within budget including factory planning, new workstations, etc.

GT ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES – Mesa, Arizona

CIP Industrial Engineer – Process Engineer IV, Sapphire Fab Process Engineering -- 03/14 to 01/15

Startup of a $2B, 1.4 million ft2 Sapphire Faceplate production facility for Apple Computer iPhone screens. Responsible for industrial, manufacturing, and production technology engineering to support new Sapphire Fab Ingot starting as a pilot line and ramping to volume production.

Defined and developed handling, workstation, and production flow standards that allowed for exponential ramp of the process line.

Improved yield in handling by 50% by transport/handling jigs and workstations saving $20M annually.

Work with IQC to develop processes and fixtures for testing of crucibles and boules.

Develop new procedures, process flow charts and process flow materials for process engineering.

Establish new equipment and process layouts to improve material flow and operational efficiency.

Develop new handling and storage systems to reduce ergonomic impact of 40# sapphire ingots.

Work with factory planning on factory equipment layouts and AMHS designs.

MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INC. – Tempe, Arizona

Principal Engineer, Production Technology Engineering Group 12/03 to 03/14

Industrial, manufacturing, and production technology engineering to support multiple factory semiconductor business. Managed budget of over $1M/year.

Capital projects for new equipment at over $50M per year.

Responsible for LEAN, Automation, Logistics, Workstation Design, Factory Layout, Capacity Planning and Implementation of these initiatives.

Develop ergonomics standards, designed all new storage, handling, and workstations. Reduce product scrap by developing jigs and fixtures.

Define new production equipment requirements and defined space, layout, and installation plans.

Develop factory rearrangement packages for new equipment insertions in this legacy fab. Develop LEAN techniques and strategies while responsible for the Fab 2 Production Technology Group Industrial Engineering activities and has also improved production specialist productivity by over 50% by using innovative operations methods and new workstation designs for direct labor employees.

Line and die yield, output, inventory turns, and product quality achieved record results during this period.

Training resource has developed and taught classes including 5S, Why CleanSweep (Kaizen), Why So Clean, and Safety/Ergonomics as well as team leader for the New Lean/Kaizen program.

Completed a new 40K ft2 office design for the acquisition of a German affiliate.

IM&AGE FACTORY SERVICES, INC. – Mesa, Arizona

President 4/00 to 12/03

Industrial, manufacturing, and automation group of consulting engineers supporting the semiconductor and high technology industries.

Performing AMHS training, industrial engineering, factory layout, and analysis.

Complete factory-planning projects for Lockwood-Greene Engineers, Motorola, Microchip, ST, Brooks Automation, PRI Automation, Intrabay, Micron, Shinsung Engineering, LG-Philips, and SUMCO.

Direct the efforts of the industrial engineering, CAD, and support staff.

$300K annual revenue for 2002 and 2003.

Manage P&L and acquired long term funding from Shinsung Eng.

PRI AUTOMATION, INC. – Mesa, Arizona

Director, Automation Planning and Design Group 12/94 to 4/00

Create an industrial engineering group responsible for marketing and sales strategies that realized nearly $1B in orders to Asia, Europe and US.

Form, hire, train and manage the industrial engineering factory layout, analysis, and simulation organization.

Manage the development of AMHS equipment, automated cells, and designed automation for new fabs.

Plan 300mm fab AMHS designs. Supported installation validation analysis studies.

Managed a $2M budget.

INTEL CORPORATION, INC. – Chandler, Arizona

AMHS Program Manager 8/87 to 12/94

Managed the Automated Material Handling Program for 200mm factory design and the automation equipment created to apply to two generations of automated semiconductor fabs

Developed scalable 200mm equipment sets and initiated factory implementations included building an ISO Class 2 cleanroom for testing

New factory designs for semiconductor fabs with automation for 200mm factories

Created new airflow methods for cleanroom AMHS systems

CRS SIRRINE, INC. – Greenville, South Carolina

Manager, Manufacturing Systems Engineering 8/85 to 8/87

Formed the manufacturing engineering and industrial systems department.

Hired and trained the new group that was responsible for layout, systems requirements, and simulation for multiple Fortune 500 company projects.

Consultant, technical sales representative, group manager, project engineer, and project manager.

New factory designs for Mack/Dana, Digital, Kodak, and Allied Signal.

Designed first high volume solar manufacturing facility for Arco Solar.

THE CONFACS GROUP, INC. – Tempe, Arizona

Project Manager 6/83 to 8/85

Developed a facility and systems design approach to transform projects from concept to implementation. Supplied manufacturing expertise and project management for completed projects in electronics, automotive, medical, and pharmaceutical industries.

Factory design projects for Hughes Helicopter, Motorola, IMED, Beckman Instruments, ST, Sheller Globe, Philips, Digitran, and Western Digital.

Trained CRSS personnel on design program and adapted it to their philosophy leading to job listed above.

IBM CORPORATION. – Tucson, Arizona

Project Engineering Manager 8/80 to 6/83

Managed the manufacturing engineering group for new automated mass storage products. Manufacturing engineer on high-speed laser printers. Supervised 15 engineers and technicians.

Developed and implemented cost saving projects.

Chaired a CIM group for production improvements and automation/JIT studies.

Developed new printers and mass storage systems including DFA/DFM

Roles included manufacturing engineer and new product development

DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION –Phoenix AZ, Boston MA, and Puerto Rico

Corporate Consulting Engineer, Printed Circuit Board Engineering 9/76 to 8/80

Defined vision for future factories for printed circuit board fabrication and assembly. Designed, installed and started-up of new printed circuit facilities.

Managed projects to re-tool and double production. Contracted to increase production in Puerto Rico facility.

Developed new production equipment, and tooling to meet increased performance.

Developed plans to purchase, retool, and build 3 facilities.

Managed the CNC process tools and equipment

Worked with improving fabrication tolerances and automating the CMM data collection

Developed computer program to analyze quality and machine performance.

SPERRY FLIGHT SYSTEMS – Phoenix, Arizona

Avionics Engineer, Thick Film Hybrid Manufacturing 4/75 to 9/76

Process and equipment development for thick-film hybrid microcircuits using semiconductor chips bonded and wired to thick-film ceramic substrates with screened gold conductors and thick-film resistors.

Developed layout of a new facility.

Developed computer cost estimates, statistical process control techniques, and yield analysis.

Designed new tooling and handling methods.

Developed and installed a Class 100 cleanroom.

MOTOROLA, INC. – Mesa and Phoenix, Arizona

Project Engineer, Semiconductor Products 6/72 to 4/75

Projects to develop new equipment, tooling and processing.

Evaluated equipment for manufacturing capability.

Designed processing equipment and automation for larger wafer production.

Motorola Engineering Training Program.

PUBLICATIONS AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Colvin T.D., Holloway S.B., Mackulak G.T., and Sokhan-Sanj S., “A Semiconductor Delivery Time Minimization Study: Three Design Alternatives,” Simulation in Industry, 9th European Simulation Symposium, Passau, Germany, pp. 478-482 (October 1997)

Colvin T.D., Lawrence F.P., Mackulak G.T., and Hennessy L.S., “The 10X Solution: Designing Interbay/Intrabay Automation in the 300 mm Era,” 3rd Annual Visions of Excellence in Semiconductor Manufacturing - A Global 300 mm Alliance Seminar, Hsin Chu, Taiwan R.O.C., pp. 64-74 (November 1997)

Colvin T.D. and Mackulak G.T., “A Concurrent Engineering Approach for Semiconductor Material Handling System Design: A Case Study,” 2nd International Conference on Industrial Engineering Applications and Practice, Del Mar, San Diego, CA, pp. 123-128 (November 12-15, 1997)

Colvin T.D., Mackulak G.T., and Sokhan-Sanj S.,“A Simulation Comparison of Four Competing Intrabay Handling Systems for the Next Generation of Semiconductor Manufacturing,” 2nd International Conference on Industrial Engineering Applications and Practice, Del Mar, San Diego, CA pp. 129-134 (November 12-15, 1997)

Eltohami H.G., Gaxiola G., Mackulak G.T., Colvin T.D. (authors), and Lawrence, F.P. (presenter), “A Regression Approach to Predicting Vehicle Parameters in a Well Behaved State,” 2nd International Conference on Industrial Engineering Applications and Practice, Del Mar, San Diego, CA, pp. 683-688 (November 12-15, 1997)

Lawrence F.P., Colvin T.D., and Mackulak G.T., “Construction and Validation of AMHS Design Heuristics for Semiconductor Manufacturing,” Research ’98: 7th Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Banff, Alberta, Canada, 03/Sa02, pp. 1-6 (May 1998)

Colvin T.D., Mackulak G. T, “The Simultaneous Engineering Paradigm Applied to Automated Material Handling System Design in Semiconductor Manufacturing”, Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Engineering Design and Automation, Maui, Hawaii, EDA98/TP2-B/EDA98135, pp.123-128, (August 9-12, 1998)

Colvin T.D., Hennessy L.S., and Mackulak G.T., “Synergistic Engineering Facility Design for Semiconductor Automated Material Handling System,” Cleanrooms West ’98: 19th International Conference on Advanced Technologies and Practices for Contamination Control, San Diego, California, pp. 7-16 (October 5-7, 1998)

Lawrence F.P., Colvin T.D., and Mackulak G.T., “Effective Simulation Model Reuse: A Case Study for AMHS Modeling,” WSC’98: 1998 Winter Simulation Conference – Simulation in the 21st Century, Washington, DC, Vol. 2, pp. 979-984 (December 13-16, 1998)

Colvin T.D., Mackulak G.T., Leveen L., Everdell C., “ModuFab Design Concept Provides Cost-Effective Layout Solution,” Solutions ’99: 8th Industrial Engineering Solutions Conference, Phoenix, Arizona, pp. 206-215 (May 23-26, 1999)

Colvin T.D., Mackulak G. T, “Integrated Logistics Systems Support Semiconductor Fab Design Changes to Improve Equipment Effective Utilization”, Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Engineering Design and Automation, Vancouver, BC, Canada, pp.753-760, (August 1-4, 1999)

Colvin T.D., Rayter, J., Paprotny, I., and Mackulak G.T., (invited) “A Quantitative Approach for Minimizing Fab Cost of Ownership Through Systems Integration,” ASMC ’99: 10th Annual IEEE/Semi Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Conference and Workshop, Boston, Massachusetts, pp. 97-104 (September 8-10, 1999)

Colvin T.D., Gaskins R.J., and Mackulak G.T., and Weckman J., “Application of Simulation and the Boehm Spiral Model to 300-mm Logistics System Risk Reduction,” WSC’99: 1999 Winter Simulation Conference: Simulation – A Bridge to the Future, Phoenix, AZ, Vol. 1, pp. 912-917 (December 5-8, 1999)

Colvin T.D., Hennessy L.S., and Mackulak G.T., “Semiconductor Layout Alternatives Enabled by Modular Fab Design Concepts and AMHS Linkage”, ASCE Construction Congress VI, Orlando, FL, pp. 727-736 (February 20-22, 2000)

TRADE JOURNAL ARTICLES PUBLISHED

Colvin T.D. and Mackulak G.T., “Designed-in Flexibility: Semiconductor AMHS as a Key Enabling Technology,” European Semiconductor, Vol. 18, No. 10, pp. 33-35 (November 1996)

Colvin T.D., Jones A.R., Hennessy L.S., and Mackulak G.T., “Fab design for 300mm wafer handling,” European Semiconductor 20:5, pp. 25-27 (May 1998)

Colvin T.D., Lawrence F.P., and Mackulak G.T., “ Case Study: Soft Simulation Crucial for New Automated Fab Decisions,” Solid State Technology 41:6, pp. 161-168 (June 1998)

Colvin T.D. and Mackulak G.T., “Fab Design and Development Methodology Must Change to Allow for Successful Integration of All Systems,” Semiconductor FabTech, 10th Edition, pp. 155-166 (July 1999)

Colvin T.D., Hennessy L.S., and Mackulak G.T., “Material Logistics System Analysis, Design, Layout, and Simulation – Necessary to be I300I Factory Guideline Compliant” Future Fab International, Issue 8, pp 95-100 (January 2000)

Williamson, J, Colvin T, et al., “Special Report – Squaring Off Against New Contamination Challenges”, Cleanrooms (July 2004)

Williamson, J, Colvin T, et al., “Special Report -- Automation Takes Aim at Contamination”, Cleanrooms (October 2004)

TRAINING COURSES AND LECTURES

IJIE’97 Technical Programs -- Colvin T.D., Guest Speaker, “A Concurrent Engineering Approach for Semiconductor Material Handling System Design: A Case Study,” Motorola University, Tempe, Arizona (November 14, 1997)

IEST’98 Technical Programs -- Colvin T.D., Guest Speaker, “Automated Material Handling Systems Design: 300mm Facility Considerations,” Trends in Cleanroom Design and Construction, Motorola University, Tempe, Arizona (January 22, 1998)

Arizona State University College of Engineering and Applied Science -- Colvin T.D., Guest Speaker, “Wafer Fab AMHS Design: Future Challenges,” CON 571 – Del E. Web School of Construction, Tempe, Arizona (Spring 1998, Spring 1999, Spring 2000, Spring 2001)

SEMI Technical Programs -- Colvin T.D. (Guest Speaker) w/ Meyersdorf, D. D.Sc., Padillo, J. Ph.D., of Tefen Ltd., and Martin R. Asyst s, “Fab Layout Design Methodology: Case Study of the 300mm Fabs Tutorial,” SEMICON West 98, San Francisco, California (July 1998)

SEMI Technical Programs -- Colvin T.D., and Mackulak, G.T., Ph.D., “Semiconductor Fab Automation -- Design & Application of Automated Material Handling Systems,” SEMI -- SEMICON Southwest 98, Austin, Texas (October 18, 1998)

SEMI Technical Programs -- Colvin T.D. (Guest Speaker) w/ Meyersdorf, D. D.Sc., of Tefen Ltd., Uyeda M., Graber, Simmons& Cowan, Joyce T., Lockwood Green, and Everdell. C., Bechtel Industrial Company, “Wafer Fab Design: Current and Future Challenges,” SEMICON West 99, San Francisco, California (July 13, 1999)

Arizona State University College of Engineering and Applied Science -- Colvin T.D., Instructor, “300mm AMHS in Wafer Fab Design:,” Cleanroom Design-Build Construction Workshop– Del E. Web School of Construction, Tempe, Arizona (Mar, 2000, 2001, Oct 2000, 2001, & 2002, Revised October 2007)

Arizona State University College of Engineering and Applied Science -- Colvin T.D., Guest Speaker, “Automated Material Handling Systems Issues in 300mm Fab Construction:,” ACE Cleanroom Forum– Del E. Web School of Construction, Tempe, Arizona (May 23, 2000)

AMHS Industry Training Course -- Colvin T.D., Instructor, “Retrofitting Automated Material Handling Systems,” Confidential Client, Tempe, Arizona (September 2000; August 2004, August 2006, August 2007, August 2008)

Arizona State University College of Engineering and Applied Science -- Colvin T.D., Guest Speaker, “Retrofitting Automated Material Handling Systems Issues:,” This Old Fab: Renovating Cleanroom Facilities– Del E. Web School of Construction, Tempe, Arizona (June 9, 2000)

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