Engineering Document Control

Glenn A. Farris

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Glenn Farris

CAREER SUMMARY:

Proven Configuration/Documentation Control Specialist with over 25 years of Electro/Mechanical Engineering and Document Control Systems experience with design, detail drafting, familiarity with Solid Works and Pro-E in the Engineering and Manufacturing environment. During this time has successfully directed and managed a full range of complex development initiatives from team development involving ISO 9001 standards, procedures and processes to managing Receiving/Purchasing/ECO and Documentation requirements. Taking on the role of packaging designer many responsibilities came under my control not limited to configuration approvals, quoting, product release and documentation control.

Confident and capable of working independently or as a team member, able to succeed in a fast paced, high demand engineering environment while producing the highest quality product in an efficient and cost productive manner.

To balance out my SolidWorks experience I recently took the CAPINC SolidWorks Essentials Course for users, designers, and engineers. The Essentials class is the first step toward being a proficient SolidWorks user.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Westell Technology Inc., Manchester, NH 6/2012 – 12/16/2016 Document Control Specialist

Performed Document Control for engineering and production products.

Utilized Agile PLM to process ECO’s, configure BOM’s and input Part Numbers.

Incorporated required changes into the database for Bill of Materials, AML’s and revision updates.

Leveraged AutoCad and Solidworks to include engineering changes to drawing packages.

Interfaced with purchasing to gather quotes and find lower cost alternative components. DRS-ICAS, Merrimack, NH 5/2011 – 5/2012

Document Control Analyst

Maintained Drawing Tree Structure for Programs.

Processed Engineering Change Notices using Omnify 5.0 PLM.

Supported Configuration Management with product configurations, maintaining Part Numbers and participating in meetings to give release status updates.

Supported Program Managers by giving updates on fabricated parts, Bill of Materials and drawings related to the purchase of material.

Optics 1, Inc., Manchester, NH 7/2005 – 4/2011

Document Control / Configuration Specialist

Maintained sever database structure for Engineering Programs

Worked with QA, Engineering and Operations in maintaining procedures, work instructions and processes required for documentation control.

Supported the organization's quality improvement initiatives.

Managed the initiation and approvals of Engineering Change Orders (ECO’s).

Maintained ECO and Part Number log.

Audited ECO’s prior to submittal for completeness.

Routed ECO’s for approval and final disposition requirements.

Incorporated required changes to BOM’s and drawings while working with purchasing to ensure open PO’s are updated as needed.

Maintained accurate revision control of all materials on the system released to DCC.

Utilized Solidworks for clerical changes such as notes, BOM updates and review changes.

Provided assistance for structuring Bill of Materials and drawing packages.

Ensured that the controlled documents were updated in a timely manner.

Interfaced with management, production, and customers to resolve documentation issues. Cellular Specialties Inc., Manchester, NH 11/2004 – 11/2005 Document Control / Configuration Specialist

Performed Documentation control for engineering and production.

Managed and controlled the procedures and processes for Engineering Change Orders (ECO’s).

Maintained ECO and Parts Number log.

Audited ECO’s prior to submittal for completeness.

Tracked various stages of ECO routings including: Draft, Pending Approval and Approval per distribution notifications.

Set-Up PCB structure to control Artwork, PCB database, BOM’s and Ref Des for vendors.

Provided Part Numbers, descriptions and Bill of Material structures for constancy within the Engineering group and other departments.

Oversaw access rights to documents for security.

Reviewed procedures/processes with contract manufacturing for continuing improvements. General Dynamics, Needham Heights, MA 10/2002 – 11/2004 Document Control Analyst

Supervised Documentation personnel to insure ISO compliancy.

Wrote ISO procedures and work instructions as they apply to Document Control desktop procedures.

Supported activities with proposals, design drawings and schedules.

Provided updates to the Base Design Plans through the review/approval process.

Oversaw the Implementation Change Notice (ICN) routings for approvals and document changes.

Reviewed and implemented requested updates and support of RFPs (quotes) to VPO for Sub Contractor bidding.

Provided support of VPO for configuration and maintenance.

Created QMS procedures and processes for the Engineering Documentation group.

Trained new and existing personnel on documentation control through VPO and QMS procedures.

Lightchip Optical Networking, Salem, NH 11/2000 – 9/2002 Documentation Specialist

Maintained Non-Disclosure Agreement documents and company Parts Number documents.

Controlled the ECO policies/procedures and tracked various stages of ECO routings.

Maintained the DCO log.

Audited ECO’s prior to submittal for completeness.

Performed required changes in the database for Bill of Materials, AML’s and revision updates.

Oversaw access rights to documents for security. Benchmark Electronics Inc., Hudson, NH 6/1999 – 11/2000 Configuration Management Specialist

Responsible for placing and maintaining all product data (Engineering drawings, Bills of Material, Vendor Lists, Software, and Artwork Data –Files/CAD data under ECO control).

Interfaced with various functional groups to ensure all changes are understood and implemented properly.

Managed release of customer-supplied documentation for production as part of the Readiness Program.

Nobis Engineering, Inc., Concord, NH 9/1997 – 3/1998 Detail Draftsman, Civil

Prepared Figures and Plates for project reports.

Modified current drawing with additional information of test wells and property features.

Developed Geologic Cross Sections, Locus, Site Plans and Photo Drawings for customers. Compaq Computers Inc., Salem, NH 4/99 to 6/1/99

Documentation/Configuration Writer

Responsibilities:

Creation and maintenance of all Custom Configuration Documentation for Rack Mount AlphaServers. Worked closely with Installation Technicians to ensure the documentation is correct for Cabinet and Box builds. This included but not limited to Equipment list, Cable Layouts, System Environmental Information, Software and Figures. Microsoft Word and AutoCAD Rel. 14 required.

Granite Communications Inc., Nashua, NH 7/93 to 3/1/99 Supervisor, Documentation Department

Responsibilities:

Maintain drafting and ECO standards.

Train drafting and engineering personal on ECO procedures and responsibilities.

Attend seminars related to Documentation practices and procedures.

Confirm ISO9001 standards for department are followed and updated per company standards.

Oversee new product releases to insure they meet release dates.

Setup process for transferring data files, BOMs and Gerber files to board house. Documentation Specialist

Responsibilities:

The development and maintenance of engineering documentation for a line of Hand-Held Touch screen based personal data communicators.

Generated and maintained fabrication and assembly drawings, as well as procurement specifications for purchased electrical and mechanical components. This would include but not limited to schematics, firmware, test software and related documents and files.

Generated and maintained computer based parts master file and engineering bills of material.

Researched and processed ECRs and ECOs. Maintained drawing logs, ECR logs, ECO logs and other related files.

Liaison between manufacturing and both in-house engineering and outside contract manufacturers. Electro-Mechanical Designer

Responsibilities:

Developed PCB mechanical layouts.

Oversaw hardware and packaging designs needed for new projects and enhancements for existing products. This also included but not limited to cad-related drawings for injection molded plastic design.

Liaison between board house and manufacturing to insure PCB package is complete for production.

Packaging Designer

A new product line of soft cases was introduced which integrated a soft case, hardware and a power supply (PowerPad). This was known as a Portable Network Solution (PNS). Responsibilities included initiating and updating CAD Drawings, Customer Support, Documentation Control, Quality Control, and Design reviews for new and existing peripherals as well as gathering technical data. Creare Inc. Hanover, NH 5/90 - 7/93

Detail Draftsman - Mechanical

Responsibilities:

Working with mechanical engineers with initial concept (technical illustrations for proposals) through manufacturing of parts.

Maintaining drawing files, updating drawings per ECO changes and compiling assembly drawings. COMPUTER / SOFTWARE EXPERIENCE:

Hardware: PC clones

Languages: AutoCAD Lisp, some Basic. Various software pkg’s that enhanced the productivity of the Documentation process as required i.e. Access and Excel and Intralink (Pro-Engineering).

Operating systems: DOS 6.2, PCNFS (network tool for dos-Unix) limited UNIX use. Also Windows N/T and Windows 3.1 thru Windows 2010. Also includes Windows XP 2003.

Software: Windows Applications: AutoCAD Rel 9 thru 2007, AutoCad Lite 2000 thru 2014, Pro- Engineer Ver 18 thru 20, SolidWorks, Microsoft Office, Page Maker 4.0/5.0, Acrobat Pro, Corel Draw.

Documentation Software: MINX, Cim Jit, Oracle, Agile, SAP, Parts & Vendor, Fourth Shift and MAS 2000.

EDUCATION

Hall Institute of Technology, Pawtucket, RI

Computer Aided Design Program

Graduated from the Computer Aided Design and Drafting Technology Program.

Completed studies in Computer Aided Drafting (CAD):

Hands-on-training with the AutoCAD system including MS-DOS, applications of Mechanical, Architectural and Electronic Drafting.

Customizing of libraries and menu macros batch files, interactive script files, libraries of symbols and AutoLisp routines.

SEMINARS:

• SolidWorks Essentials Course Certificate

Visual Program Office (VPO) Training, Content Manager

• Fourth Shift Engineering Module Seminar, 2002: Three-day seminar reviewing how the Fourth Shift Engineering Module is used.

• Parametric Technologies Corporation, 1998: One-week Basic Design using Pro-E Release 18

• Basic Supervision, 1998: American Management Association International

• Designing with Plastics, 1998

• Documentation Management Control, 1998: Two day seminar

• Introduction to AutoLISP, 1992: Thompson School of Applied Science at the University of New Hampshire

• Numerous Trades Shows to keep up to date with the latest technologies. REFERENCES:

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