Product Line Manager

Eric Freeman

Product Line Manager

215-***-**** ***********@*******.*** 123 Gleniffer Hill Road, Richboro, PA 18954

Objective

Experienced and accomplished manager skilled in leveraging technical skills and manufacturing experience to solve problems. Looking for a position that provides varying challenges on an everyday basis.

Skills & Abilities

Production line/Manufacturing management Lean 6 Sigma

Strong leadership ability Root cause analysis

Excellent communication and presentation skills

Experience

Schlumberger – Princeton Technology Center

Product Line Manager – Nuclear Detectors

● Supervisor for team of up to 30 employees

● Worked closely with Supply Chain team to help ensure on-time delivery

● Facilitated 6 sigma efforts to improve production processes

● Interface with engineering groups to smoothly transfer products from Engineering to Manufacturing

● Efficiently handled production problems related to technical, supplier, and/or manpower issues

● Completed root cause investigations on quality issues

● Mentored Manufacturing Engineers

● Improved turnaround time for customer returns

● Managed hiring and technical issues to double production levels.

● Managed force reduction of over 50% while meeting production goals and maintaining morale

06/2010-Current

Schlumberger – Princeton Technology Center

Lead Sustaining Engineer – Nuclear Detectors

● Responsible for solving the technical issues related to commercialized detector products

● Responsible for the product specification, drawings, and bill of material

● Mentored junior engineers

● Worked with Supply Chain team to resolve technical issues with suppliers

● Used Design of Experiment methods to determine the root causes of issues

● Led project team to transition three detector products from engineering to commercialization

● Functioned as manufacturing adviser to the Micro-Channel Plate (MCP) Detector line - helped improve yields and solve production issues.

10/2007-06/2010

Schlumberger – Princeton Technology Center

Manufacturing Engineer – Nuclear Detectors

● Responsible for production and on-time delivery of nuclear detectors

● Used 6 Sigma techniques to solve technical issues and improve RTY.

● Key member of team responsible for increasing production from 200 to 400 detectors monthly output

03/2007-10/2007

Schlumberger – Princeton Technology Center

Design for Manufacturing (DfM/DFx) Engineer

● Responsible for the transfer of products from Engineering to Manufacturing

01/2007-03/2007

● Communicated needs for Manufacturing to Design team

Schlumberger – Princeton Technology Center

Manufacturing Engineer – Micro-Channel Plate (MCP) Detectors

● Responsible for the production and on-time delivery of MCP detectors

● Managed group of 3-6 employees

● Lead on detector yield improvement projects – responsible for both process and design changes

● Responsible for setting detector pricing based on yields, labor needed, and raw material costs.

● Worked as supply chain contact with the major suppliers, including Photonis, ITT, and Morgan Advanced Ceramics

● Worked as primary customer service contact on technical issues with Northrop Grumman Corporation

● Led successful effort to double production over the course of 6 months

● Used DOE methods to improve the photocathode process

● Used statistical software package to determine whether design/process changes were significant improvements or not

Awards and Recognition

● Year-end reviews of "Exceeds Expectations" 13 out of 14 years at Schlumberger including the last 10 years consecutively

● Leading team member of SLB WLH Technology Cost Leadership award for Detector Recycling Program 2015

● Won the highest Schlumberger recognition award ("Wow") for contributions to increased production effort 2007

● Won "good job" award for leading tours of PTC's facility 2007

● Lean Six Sigma Black Belt 2006

● Won "Wow" award for work in reducing Hot Spot defects 2005

● Won "Wow" award for joint work with a supplier and the customer in redesign effort 2003

07/2001-01/2007

Education

University of California – San Diego, Ph.D. Condensed Matter Physics, 2001

● Research in Magnetism and Superconductivity including

- Design and construction of a calorimeter to measure small samples (-30 mg) at low temperatures (down to 0.5 K)

- Preparation of samples in both polycrystal and single crystal form using various techniques

- Collection and analysis of data from various transport, magnetic and thermodynamic experiments

- Involvement in the writing of successful grant proposals

University of California – San Diego, Master of Science: Condensed Matter Physics, 1998

Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, Bachelor of Arts: Physics, 1994

Volunteer Work

● Board Member for the Council Rock Soccer Association (CRUSA) 2012-present

● Director of the CRUSA Travel Academy 2013-present

● Head of CRUSA Intramural Commitee 2008-2013

● CRUSA soccer coach 2008- present

- Intramural coach of the year in 2009

● Board Member for Youth Boardgaming League 2015-present

● Scheduling coordinator for Eurogame Gamemasters at the World 2007-present

Boardgaming Championships

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