Ed Ferree

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Career Summary

R&D, Customs, Specials & Prototypes, Quoting, DFM and building.

Transitioning product to production, knowledge of documentation required

Precision machining skill sets, trouble shooting, mentoring

Project Development and management experience, from Customer request through delivery

Quality System building and working Background

Purchasing materials and vendor services

Professional Experience

RMS Surgical, Memphis, Tenn.

June 2008 – Dec. 2016

Manufacturing Coordinator – Proto Type Development, Customs, Specials, Ver/Val,

Customer-Engineering Liaison for Prototypes and R&D projects. Quoting, order entry, identifying manufacturing issues, developing and creating process routing, in ERP,,(Profitkey, Oracle) coordinating with Production Manager for time, for operations not performed in R&D cell addressing DFM & Quality issues with Customer Engineers.

Coordinating with R&D cell leader on manufacturing issues, lead-time and scheduling to meet customer deadlines for surgeries and product launches. Using Creo, Solidworks and AutoCAD to evaluate models for manufacturing and converting Solidworks and Pro-e models to Parasolid files for R&D cell to program with. Developing manufacturing prints from customer models, Moving products and processes through to production operations and supporting that effort. Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook,. DHR, PPAP, 5S, GMP, ANSI, FDA. ISO. P & L.

Quality Coordinator - RMS Companyhttps://www.linkedin.com/search?search=&company=RMS+Company&sortCriteria=R&keepFacets=true&trk=prof-exp-company-name

December 2006 – June 2008, Memphis, Tenn.

Coordinated Manufacturing effort to comply with Quality requirements for ISO and FDA 14385 regulations and Customer product and systems requirements. Initiated internal training of employees for compliance to internal and external requirements of medical device manufacturing companies. Inspected components and conducted Manufacturing Review Boards (MRB's) to isolate issues on rejected parts and develop CAPA plans with team members to improve processes. GD&T, Certified Quality Systems Auditor. (RMS). 1st Articles, PPAP, Control plans.

Toolmaker-Engineered Medical Systems

January 2005 – October 2006, Memphis, Tenn. Developed and machined Prototype, Customs and Specials instruments for Spinal & Ortho surgery with local Medical Industry Engineers and Doctors.

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Owner - American Precision Machining Co.

July 1999 – December 2004 - St. Petersburg, Fla.

Prototype machining for medical, plastics, aviation, environmental and manufacturing industries. Designed, machined, fabricated and installed molds, tooling, jigs,

fixtures, machinery, processing and assembly systems for lean manufacturing within established companies. Using manual and CNC milling, grinding, turning, plunge, wire EDM machines, programming in Mastercam.

Owner Operator-Transportation Heavy Hauling

December 1993 – June 1999, St. Petersburg, Fla.

Owned and operated trucking business with 3 trucks and

trailers hauling high, wide and heavy equipment for military

and construction industries, serving 48 states. 1.2M miles.

Moldmaker - AMP inc.

May 1982 – September 1993, Largo, Fla.

Complete injection mold building of electronic connector molds, advanced to team leader, working with designers and engineers developing leading technology tooling of proprietary products for automotive, aviation, communication, military and computer industries. Proficient using milling, grinding, turning, EDM-wire & plunge, lapping machine tools to .000020" tolerances

Built first two shot injection mold for Amp inc. a 40,000 employee company – World Wide.

Training;

Solidworks, Essentials – 2013

Microview, Vision inspection System – 2008

Lean Manufacturing 101, Pinellas County Business Extension program – 2001

High Speed machining, IMTS – 2000

Pinellas Technical Education Center, Drafting & CADD (AutoCAD) 1989-1990

Pinellas Vocational-Technical Institute, Machine trades – 1980-1982

U.S. Army, Non-Commissioned Officers Academy 1976-1977

U.S. Army, Transportation School, Transportation & Logistics 1974-1975

Wilson Technical, Automotive Mechanics & Machining 1970-1972

West Babylon, N.Y. High School Graduate,

Honorably Discharged U.S. Army 1974-1977. Vietnam Era Veteran.

Interests,

Family, Hunting, Gardening, Fishing, and Nature walks

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