Project Management Continuous Improvement

Daniel Davis

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Resume Summary

Executive Leadership in manufacturing engineering, project management, and continuous improvement with a forte in lean manufacturing, Total Production Maintenance and DMAIC using a Lean Six Sigma approach. Technical expertise in electronics manufacturing for the aerospace, defense, automotive and commercial industries. I have expertise in Soldering (Reflow, Manual, Wave, Vapor Phase, Select, Robotic) Screen print, Conformal coatings, and Box builds. I have experience with capex and project management. I have vast experience in Manufacturing as an Engineer, Supervisor, and Manufacturing Engineering Manager. I have led many Multi-Million Dollar Projects, New Product Introductions, Kaizen events, and have managed groups as large as 24 professionals in multiple disciplines such as Quality, Maintenance, Facilities, and Continuous improvement.

Summarization of Skills

Manufacturing Engineering

New Product Introduction – Purchased 40M+ in new equipment for cable manufacturing and circuit card assembly. Received a national company award while working for Phillips Automotive Electronics and received the award in The Netherlands.

Completed research and development of hard to manufacture batteries for implantable cardiac monitors.

Customer interface including customer return analysis.

Responsible for component qualifications, supplier quality and created MAPs for receiving inspections.

Advanced process engineering responsibilities such as NPI, process development, APQP, and process qualifications.

Continuous Improvement

Black Belt Certified since 2009

Set up continuous process improvement teams which saved $1M per year on one specific electronic project for Teledyne and an estimated $10M over my career.

Improved wave soldering processes and implemented process controls.

Redesign of production lines to include line consolidation and equipment upgrades.

Lead multiple Kaizen events. These were various for capacity and quality improvements.

Developed processes, controls, FMEAS, control plans and work instructions.

Project Management

Project manager for line consolidations for several companies.

Project manager for several new product introductions for automotive and electronics companies.

Designed assembly lines and procured equipment for both high volume and low volume .

Capital Expenditures and Asset Management

Managed up to 12M in capital budgets for project expenditures.

Completed capital justifications and implementations.

Quoted and negotiated pricing for new equipment and automation lines, managed the projects through to completion including Factory Acceptance Testing.

Work Experience

MANUFACTURING ENGINEER ANALYST 5

Boeing (Creative Solutions Services Consultant), Everett, WA / December 2023 – September 2024 (Contract, Layoff due to strike)

Create verification plans for the 777 model Aircraft.

Consult with industrial engineering group and mechanics to ensure that the build plans include the best sequence for performing Engineering changes and refurbishments.

PROJECT MANAGER

IBM Consultant – Navistar Bus Plant, Tulsa, OK / July 2023 – November 2023 (Contract Completed)

Liaison between Manufacturing and Automation teams and IT.

Manage the IBM software team projects for development of software solutions for manufacturing.

Manage the implementation of MES control software (PINPoint).

PROCESS ENGINEERING MANAGER

ACC Electronix – Normal, IL / August 2021 – July 2023 (Contract completed)

Design of circuit card assembly lines for automotive sensors.

Managed 3M capital budgeting and expenditures.

Lead of process design and development team agricultural electronics.

Lead Kaizen events and Lean Six Sigma projects as needed.

SR PROJECT ENGINEER

Haliburton - Duncan Manufacturing Center, Duncan, OK / February 2019 – May 2020 (Layoff due to COVID-19)

Acting Technical lead for design and implementation of automation paint line used for a fracking fluid end assembly.

Project Manager for asset implementation.

Manage Capital budgets for expenditures for assigned Projects, Responsible for retiring of assets.

Manage the schedules and tasks for multiple projects.

Manufacturing representative for new product introduction for new fracking truck and trailer system.

Manufacturing Engineering and Leadership

20 plus years of Manufacturing Engineering at various other Companies, primarily in the electronics manufacturing Industry, but also have experience with small lithium battery manufacturing for medical devices and power cable manufacturing for ESP systems for oil and gas down hole centra-lift.

Skills

Proficient with Mini-Tab, Microsoft office, Micrsoft Project, IVT, AutoCad

Improving OEE

Performing DOEs, Capability Studies, implementing SPC

Manufacturing Process design and qualifications

Achievements

Designed and implemented all electronics processes for the GOES weather satellite produced by ITT Aerospace for Space Systems Loral and NASA. Product is proudly displayed at the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum in Washington D.C.

Given the Customer Champions Award by Phillips Automotive Group for best Product Launch in North America for that year

Education

B.S. INDUSTRIAL ENGINEEING

New Mexico State University

Las Cruces, NM

LEAN SIX SIGMA BLACK BELT

University of Notre Dame

South Bend, IN

CERTIFIED SOLDER INSPECTION/INSTRUCTOR

Goddard Space Flight Center

Greenbelt, MD

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