Manager Project Management

RICHARD J. PIVIROTTO^

*** ******* **** *******@*******.***

Beacon Falls, Connecticut 06403 203-***-****

Professional Summary

I have 25 years' experience as a Performance-driven Manager with a focus on Project Management. Extensive experience with the understanding of Customer needs, business priorities, time-management, Quality and a commitment to managing operations and projects while contributing to overall company goals.

• Process Improvement

• Policy/Procedure Development

• Team Leadership

• Strategic/Capacity Planning

• Quality management/ISO

Core Skills/Strengths

• Staff Management

• Training/Development

• Analytical Thinking

• Problem Solving

• MS office products

Experience

ID Mail Systems, Inc., Middletown, Connecticut

ID Mail Systems, Inc. provides mail sorting solutions for distribution centers both domestically and internationally. Along with the company's core products, ID Mail also designs many systems based on customer need or a customized design.

Manufacturing Manager/Project Management 11-07 to 2-11; 10-12 to 4-17

As manufacturing Manager I was responsible for all of operations including; Process Engineering, Design to cost, Production, Scheduling, Shipping & Receiving, Inventory/Materials Management, Field Service, Safety and Quality.

My dual responsibilities as Project manager allowed me to interact and quickly respond to the customers need and insure that they were correctly incorporated into the design specifications with minimal impact to delivery. I also developed, maintain and delivered all quality and test documentations to the customer for review.

I would finish each project with a full schedule of customer training classes. Large European projects would require me to stay for up to 6 months at the customer’s location.

I Spearheaded projects for the Postal Services of Denmark and the Netherlands which included the design, build, installation and acceptance testing.

Typical responsibilities included;

Creating and maintaining dynamic project plans based on customer need and timeline

Purchasing and Product Control

Establishing and maintaining all vendor relationships to include machine shops, metal fabrication and electrical components

Internal and external supply chain management (Procurement)

Identify areas for process/systems improvement

Assist in the Authoring of the Full Functional Specifications, Factory Acceptance Test and Site Acceptance Test

Direct contact for customer interaction, status updates

Hiring of new personnel as well as professional development of current staff.

Chaired design review meetings

Identified work zone needs and designs

Developing and maintaining Quality manuals and procedures

Managing the MRP system

Introduced and maintained a root cause analyzes program

Maintaining vendor schedules

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Zygo Corporation, Middlefield, Connecticut

Zygo designs, manufactures, and distributes high-end optical systems and components for metrology and end-user applications. Zygo's metrology systems are based on optical interferometry measuring displacement, surface figure, and optical wave front. My tasks within the development group were to respond to the needs of customers by listening, designing new and innovative applications along with modifying existing ones.

Development Engineering 3-04 to 11-07; 2-11 to 10-12

Directly involved with the modification, review and testing of several prototype designs.

Designed product based on customer needs

Adapted current products to material specifications, optical performance and environmental conditions

Involved with Tooling design and testing

Worked with manufacturing in the early stages of prototype production

Followed product though acceptance testing

Work in the laser manufacturing & testing department

ASML Lithography Systems, Wilton, Connecticut

ASML is the world's leading provider of lithography systems for the semiconductor industry.

Supervisor, Optical Operations November 1990 to July 2003

Supervised all aspects of the Optical Assembly and Test departments. Responsible for planning and executing expansion of all capabilities required to simultaneously support the development and introduction of three new products and 8X manufacturing ramp up. Establishment of detailed project schedule, authoring of system specifications and development of headcount plan, also recruitment and hiring of engineering and technical team

Development and administration of capital acquisition and annual department budgets

Coaching and counseling of departmental employees including implementation of mentoring system for new hires

Developing and implementing process improvements to achieve reductions of 50% of cycle time and

25% of cost

Specification of facility improvements and acquisitions to support manufacturing ramp

Documentation of equipment development and manufacturing process for ISO certification

Initiation of statistical process control/continuous improvement program within the department

Education

2 years of college courses towards a degree in criminal Justice; did not finish.

Optical Engineering Certificate; courses provided in-house by employer. (Perkin-Elmer)

Professional Affiliations

Derby Board of Education Vise chairman

Beacon Falls Lions Club Past President, Current Member

Scholarship Committee

Car Show Committee

Duck Race Committee

Shelton High School Father’s Club Past President

Boy Scout Troop 55, Shelton Assistant Scout Master

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