February **, ****

Dear Hiring Committee,

I am applying for the Director of Manufacturing Engineering position at your company. With a can-do positive attitude, excellent communication skills, and methodologies to motivate my personnel and peers, I will be an important asset to the team. Utilizing my strategic vision, I have benefitted my employers with key improvements in very short period of time as you can see it in my resume. I look forward to elaborating on the improvements I have made. I am currently serving as Director of Engineering at a high volume and high speed manufacturing facility in Orange County, CA. My direct reports are through continuous improvement (CI) team and product engineering team. I am directly responsible for the manufacturing engineering and processes, capital improvement projects, productivity pipeline projects, sig sigma projects and supplier development for tooling, raw material and equipment as part of my CI team. I am also responsible for methods engineering, standard engineering, and new product development as part of product engineering team. My direct reports include chief engineer, sr. product engineer, process engineers and manufacturing engineers.

One of the most important skill that I utilize is convincing my team and peers to accomplish the goal by developing strategy and approach that mirrors the vision of the business and with the scope well defined. My approaches are Lean through continuous improvement concentrated on small incremental changes oriented by improvement in efficiency and quality. I have numerous success in leading process development internally and qualified through OEMs. I also have developed suppliers locally and internationally (Mexico, Japan, Taiwan, Korea, UK, Italy & Spain) for raw material, equipment, tooling and secondary processes such as centerless grinding and CNC machining. The developments were scoped around improving quality, cycle time and cost reduction, capacity and capability.

I would love to meet with the hiring committee to determine if the team and I can be a good match and create a synergy to benefit the company and my career. Respectfully,

Khinlay Maung, Ph.D.

310-***-****

acyz2k@r.postjobfree.com

Khinlay Maung, Ph.D.

Irvine CA 92612

Phone: 310-***-**** Email: acyz2k@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:

Successful leader with sound technical judgment and general management skills.

Proficient in solving materials and process related problems, materials testing and characterization, electron microscopy, and quality assurance, while exhibiting excellent project management skills.

Extensive experience in product development. In-depth knowledge of mechanical metallurgy, deformation characteristic, and thermo-mechanical processing of metallic materials.

A deep and extensive knowledge in structural nanocrystalline material, titanium alloys, precipitation hardened steel, aluminum and nickel base super alloys.

Manufacturing processes and product expertise in aerospace fasteners and pressure vessel for space applications.

Proven leadership with emphasis on customer application, quality, delivery, continuous improvement, lean management and cost expectations. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Director of Engineering - 1/2015 - Present

Air Industries Corp., A PCC Company, Garden Grove, CA

Direct product engineering staff and activities involved in developing and qualifying optimal production processes (scope includes design, testing, machinery, tooling, equipment, and layout)

Manage manufacturing engineering staff to support operations through continuous improvement.

Responsible for capital investment projects and productivity improvement projects resulting in yearly saving of four million dollars.

Responsible for new product development: design, testing methods, work instructions, risk assessment, reliability, quality control, and leading cross-functional product development teams.

Drive process control, variance reduction, and cost reduction activities.

Developed, implemented, and communicated a system to authorize, provide and control technical information and instructions.

Responsible for plant’s MRB process.

Undertake necessary preventive and corrective and actions relating to quality compliance monitoring and audit programs.

Guided professional development of engineers in team/department.

Communicate with customers and address technical issues.

Responsible for technical aspect of supplier development. Lecturer – 07/2011-Present

University of California Irvine, CA

Mechanical Properties of Materials and Design Principles (CBEMS 155/MAE156) Sr. Metallurgical Engineer V/ Materials and Process Engineer - 11/2013-1/2015 ATK, Space Component Systems, Commerce, CA

Engineering authority for materials and processes (M&P).

Responsible for material related MRB actions and implication.

Provide technical recommendations to management in product development and contract review.

Create, develop, and implement standard operating procedure for special processing.

Provide support for material aspect in stress analysis of new or existing design.

Conduct technical testing and forging supplier audits.

Lead cross functional team towards a common mission. Manager of Metallurgy and Special Processes - 08/2013-11/2013 Cherry Aerospace, Fastener Division, PCC, Santa Ana, CA

Managed technical aspect of heat treatment, chemical processing and material testing lab.

Advised material selection in new product development for aerospace fastener application.

Conducted failure analysis to provide root cause to production and application failures.

Responsible for NADCAP requirements and compliance for material testing lab, chemical processing and heat treatment.

Interacted with suppliers and customers on materials, process and product performance issues and provide practical solutions.

Conducted personnel training for material testing practices.

Initialized metallurgical consortium for PCC fastener division.

Supervised heat treatment and chemical processing engineer. Sr. Metallurgist/ Metallurgical Lab Supervisor - 09/2011-08/2013 Cherry Aerospace, Fastener Division, PCC, Santa Ana, CA

Provided metallurgical and processing solution for manufacturing processes issues.

Material selection in new product development for aerospace fastener application.

Conducted failure analysis to provide root cause to production and application failures.

Responsible for Nadcap requirements and compliance for material testing lab and heat treatment.

Interacted with suppliers and customers on materials, process and product performance issues and provide practical solutions.

Conducted personnel training for material testing practices.

Created, updated and implemented test procedure with respect to procurement specifications.

Supervised Material Testing Laboratory.

Research Assistant - 09/06 – 07/2011

University of California Irvine, CA

Development of thermally stabilized nanocrystalline aluminum & 5083 aluminum alloys by nanoscale particle reinforcement. (Boeing-UCI Industry-University Cooperative Research Program).

Development of cryomilling, degassing and hot isostatic process to support above project.

Managed mechanical processing, materials testing and characterization laboratory.

Mentored several undergraduate students with research projects: Electrodeposition of nanocrystalline copper and nickel, grain boundary sliding using AFM, characterizing diamantine in metal matrix by GC-MS, cryomilling of copper and surface modification of aluminum sheets by cryo-ball-milling.

EDUCATION:

Ph.D. in Materials Science, University of California, Irvine. (August 2011)

Master of Science in Materials Engineering, California State University, Northridge (July 2005)

Bachelor of Science in Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. (February 2002)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

ASM International- Chapter Council (2015-2018)

TMS, Nano Material Mechanical Properties Committee Member (2014-present)

ASM International- Emerging Professionals Committee Member (2012-2015)

ASM - Orange Coast Chapter, Chair (2010-2012)

Graduate Student Association, UCI, Student Ambassador to Faculty (2008-2009) Personal Skills

Strong Initiative, Fast Learner, Excellent Organizational Skills, Highly Enthusiastic, Cooperative, Computer Literate, polyglot.

PUBLICATIONS AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:

1. K. Maung, J. C. Earthman and F. A. Mohamed, “Observation of Inverse Hall-Petch Relationship in Diamantane Stabilized Bulk Nanocrystalline Aluminum”, MS&T 2014 annual meeting, Pittsburgh PA. 2. W. Hanna, K. Maung, E. A. El-Danaf, A. A. Almajid, M. S. Soliman, and F. A. Mohamed,

“Nanocrystalline 6061 Al Powder Fabricated by Cryogenic Milling and Consolidated via High Frequency Induction Heat Sintering”, Adv. Mater. Sci. and Eng. Vol. 2014, 921017. 3. K. Maung, J. C. Earthman and F. A. Mohamed, “Inverse Hall-Petch Behavior in Diamantane Stabilized Bulk Nanocrystalline Aluminum”, Acta. Mater., 60, 2012, 5850. 4. K. Maung, R. K. Mishra, I. Roy, L.-C. Lai, F. A. Mohamed, and J. C. Earthman, “Superior thermal stability and grain growth characteristic of cryomilled nanocrystalline Al+ 1% Diamantane”, Jour. Mater. Sci., 46, 2011, 6932.

5. K. Maung, A. Yousefiani, F. A. Mohamed, and J. C. Earthman, “High ductility characteristic of cryomilled nanocrystalline Al+ 1% Diamantane”. (In Progress). 6. K. Maung, A. Yousefiani, F. Mohamed, and J. Earthman, “Mechanical properties of nanocrystalline aluminum stabilized with diamondoids”. TMS 2010 annual meeting, Seattle, WA. 7. K. Maung, J. Earthman, and F. Mohamed, “Consolidated cryomilled Al stabilized with diamantane”. TMS 2009 annual meeting, San Francisco, CA.

8. K. Maung, S. Westermire, A. Yousefiani, F. Mohamed, and J. Earthman, “Quantitative determination of diamantane in nanocrystalline aluminum stabilized with diamantane by using gas chromatography- mass spectroscopy (GC_MS)”. TMS 2010 annual meeting, Seattle, CA. (Poster Session). 9. K. Maung, F. Mohamed, and J. Earthman, “Investigation of grain boundary sliding during deformation of nanocrystalline nickel”. TMS 2010 annual meeting, Seattle, CA. (Poster Session). Symposiums Organized:

1. “Material Freedom in Additive Manufacturing”, ASM West 2017, Irvine CA. (in planning) 2. “Perspective of emerging professionals”, MS&T 2015, Columbus Oh. 3. “Materials Perspective in Additive Manufacturing”, ASM West 2015, Irvine Ca. 4. “Perspective of emerging professionals”, MS&T 2014, Pittsburgh Pa. 5. “Material Challenges in Aerospace Fastener”, ASM West 2013, Irvine Ca. 6. “Material Challenges in Biomedical Application”, ASM West 2012, Irvine Ca.

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