Quality Engineer Manufacturing

Brian A. Marinchek

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EDUCATION, CERTIFICATIONS AND SIGNIFICANT TRAINING

Post Graduate Work in Electrical and Biomedical Engineering. 1994

The University of Akron, Akron, OH

M.S., Electrical Engineering, 1992

The University of Akron, Akron, OH

B.S., Electrical Engineering, 1990

The University of Akron, Akron, OH

Black Belt Certification in process GE- 2013/present (second project needed, all other requirements completed)

Certified Green Belt, GE - 2007

Studied Shainin Journeyman, Delphi - 2006

Certified Six Sigma Green Belt, Delphi - 2005

Certified Shainin Technician, Delphi - 2004

Certified Shainin Apprentice, Delphi - 2002

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Rightstone Contractor (10/23-11/24)

Reuter-Stokes (a Baker Hughes Division)

Responsible for processing NCRs (Non-Conforming Reports) on material for Nuclear Reactor Sensors, where these are processed using Travelers, where Travelers are the instructions on how to process the NCRed material. Processed over 380 NCRs.

Support the Nuclear Cable Manufacturing Shop on a daily basis for whatever is needed.

Implemented an Electrical fixturing testing system for all the different Nuclear cables, which replaced a system in violation of EHS practices.

Support the electrical testing of Nuclear Cables being tested at the reactors at the Ohio State University and the University of Massachusetts.

Support Plasma Testing of Nuclear Cables in the Nuclear Plating Lab. Was in the process of developing a new Plasma Testing system but was laid off before completion.

Was in the process of developing a Triax MI Cable Laser Cutting process but was laid off before completion.

Developed a process to electrically test cables in a Retort, under pressurized heat treatment (400o F to 1000o F), with the cable still in the oven.

General Electric – Lighting, a Savant Company, East Cleveland, OH (7/20 – 6/23)

General Electric – Lighting Division, East Cleveland, OH (6/06 – 6/20)

GE, one of the world’s largest Commercial & Consumer Lighting Suppliers

GE Product Service Organization Manager (10/09–6/23)

Responsible for leading the resolution of Commercial and Consumer complaints on the Replacement LEDs, Incandescent, Halogen, Compact Fluorescent Lamp Product Lines to a permanent closure for a customer base of over 1,000 Commercial and millions of Consumers, by performing initial analysis; and organizing and overseeing Global (USA, Hungary, Mexico, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and China) GE Complaint Resolution Team of Plant Quality Managers, Product Managers and Sales Account Managers; where complaints have been reduced by over 50% on volume increases of approximately 10%. Warranty costs have averaged a reduction over the last 5 continuous years by 95% on the CFL product lines, 85% on the Halogen Product Lines and 92% on the Incandescent product lines, as compared to the previous 5 years before transfer to this position. LED cost have increased by about 20% on sales that have increased by about 250%. Sales on these 4 product lines is approximately $950 million USD.

Averaged over 30 quality improvement projects per year, based upon either customer complaints or internal data analysis and tracking of internal quality metrics. Some of these were small informal Lean projects, which eliminated certain processes, based upon historical data, which ultimately led to improved quicker implementation time to improve quality of the product for the customer.

Led a PSO Lean Action Work Out Session team of 1 manager, 3 engineers and 5 technicians in simplifying the material handling process of returned products that led to about a 40% reduction in processing time and almost 100% reduction in lost/mis-placed material (from an average of about 10 issues per month to only 3 in 2 years)

Led a Lean Action Work Out Session of 2 Engineers, 6 Distribution Center Leaders and over 15 Distribution Center technicians, which reduced the Product Certification generating process from average of 3 days to a few minutes and moved the process to the GE Distribution Centers, which improved shipping time to customers.

Led the teams that has initiated 6 Continuous Improvement projects, on the LED product line with sales of approximately $350 million USD and growing rapidly.

Reduced Product Failure Complaint Response Time by 72% (32 total days to 9 days – Goal was 18 days), through a Lean Black Belt project. This led to developing training materials and processes for the Product Failure Complaint and Global Complaint Resolution Systems, and then training the GE Customer Service team of over 20 people that reduced data entry errors by over 30%.

GE - Lighting (under the corporate GE) was sold off to Savant in June-2020 and became GE – Lighting, a Savant Company on July 1st, 2020.

Laid-off 6/30/2023.

GE Automotive Customer Quality Manager (6/06–10/09)

Responsible for leading the resolution of customer complaints to a permanent closure for a customer base of approximately 80 OEM customers (Assembly Plants and Tiered Suppliers) by fielding all Automotive complaints; performing initial analysis; and organizing and overseeing Global (USA, Hungary, Mexico and China) GE Complaint Resolution Team of Plant Quality Managers, Product Managers and Sales Account Managers; where complaints have been reduced by 15% on volume increases of approximately 20%

Responsible for setting up North American Inspection Budget, where the “needed” inspection amount has been reduced by approximately 60% over the last year, which is due to driving complaints to permanent closure, not having repeat issues and initiating a Global Inspection Tracker

Initiated an Automotive Lamp Global Tracker that tracks all Inspections and Inspection costs down to date codes, quantities, issues found and lot numbers; where this information is fed back to manufacturing plants to drive process improvements – Other GE areas are looking at adopting this tracker

Initiated an Automotive Lamp Invoice Tracking System to monitor all Automotive Lamp Inspection PO’s – Other GE areas are looking at adopting this type of tracker

Improved timing of initiating Inspection PO’s by a 95% reduction in processing time

Worked a Greenbelt Project on Miniature Lamp Insertion, which led a customer to change socket suppliers of their right angle and axial sockets throughout their Global Operations for Ford Assembly Plants

Worked with multiple customers to improve part handling practices, which has resulted in fewer complaints from Assembly Plants and Tiered Suppliers, while at the same time reducing TIS (Time in Service) Warranty complaints

Led a Cross Functional team of warehouse employee at a GE contracted automotive warehouse that led to over a 90% decrease in mis-IDs going to OEM Automotive customers (avg > 1 per month to only 1 in over 3 years), led activities with Warehouse manager to implement a 100% FIFO system, implemented a secure Quality Hold area and reduced quality held material by over 95%

Internal move inside GE

Delphi Automotive Systems : Delphi Packard Electric Systems Division, Warren, OH (4/95 – 6/06)

Delphi is the world’s largest Automotive Parts Supplier

Senior Supplier Quality Engineer (5/02 – 6/06)

Responsible for the Quality of Purchased Parts (over 900 different parts) from over 90 Global Suppliers, including the PPAP packages (Warrant, Control Plans, Capability Studies, Gage R&R, PFMEA, DFMEA, etc..,), for the Relay Commodity; Fuse Commodity; Circuit Breaker Commodity; and the Sensors, PCBs and Miscellaneous Electronics Devices Commodity

Exceeded all commodity Goals on a continuous basis, since 11/02; where all were failing on a continuous basis prior to 5/02. Over a 90% reduction in ppm numbers.

Reduced Customer complaints in above mentioned commodities, by over 60% from 5/02 to 10/05

Zero customers spills in above mentioned commodities, since 8/02

Responsible for verifying supplier corrective actions, including on-site visits

Led Corrective Actions at suppliers and internal plants

Trained suppliers in 5-Why Analysis

Led Face-to-Face meetings with the Customer during problem resolution

Responsible for the re-PPAPing approval process for all existing parts

Delphi Point of contact for various supplier re-locations

Led a MiniFuse Shainin Study that resulted in more than a $100k savings/cost avoidance with 15% increase in line productivity, by increasing up-time.

Led a BEC loose top cover Shainin Study that resulted in a $8k cost avoidance (containment) per year per line (4 total lines), total of $32k/year

Participated in various other Shainin Studies that resulted in over $300k/year savings and cost avoidances

Support Buyers, AQEs, PC&L Coordinators & Engineers in all aspects of product release to production

Perform on-site audits/visits to 3-5 suppliers per month

Left Delphi for a better opportunity with GE

Electrical Machine Controls Engineer (4/95 - 5/02)

The Machine Controls Group is responsible for all Electrical Machine Controls on the Bussed Electrical Centers’ (BEC) Final Assembly Equipment (over 50 lines), where these duties include the Specifying, Procuring, Setting-Up, Writing PLC & HMI Logic, Electrical Documentation, Debugging, Installing (Globally) and Running-Off of the Equipment.

Worked with Allen Bradley SLC-504 and Panelview 1000 for 7 years

Very familiar with the NEC Electric Codes

Fully responsible for 6 Lines and partially responsible for 6 others, where each line consisted of approximately 15 separate powered stand alone stations.

All lines were installed on time or ahead of time

Responsible for the technical support on the Electrical Hi-Pot and Final Testers (OmniTesters) on all lines.

Wrote the tester manual that was also used by the OmniTester supplier of the tester equipment.

Developed Thermally Compensated 4-Wire Kelvin Testing with the Tester supplier

Developed 42 volt testing of BECs and testing of PCBs with surface mount devices

Developed new test probes, which are now marketed by the test pin supplier and resulted in $100k savings per year

Developed the test parameters for over 200 different BEC devices

Developed test sequences for all new BEC Programs from Proto-types to full Production

Led over 15 QIP Projects, which resulted in over $2M/year savings

Worked on projects to reduce customer complaints to the different BEC plants by over 70%

Nominated for the 2000 Excellence Award

Received the NAO Excellence Award for 1999

Internal move within Delphi.

Rapid Design Services, Inc., Warren OH.

On-Site Managed Group Supervisor (8/94 – 3/95)

Managed over 200 Engineers and Technicians performing various duties at Delphi Packard

Liaison between Delphi Packard supervision and RDS Warren Branch office

Provided Technical Support in the hiring process of Engineers and technicians

Provided on-site benefits support pertaining to payroll, pay roll distributions, vacations, service positions, benefits, insurance, and travel.

Hired on by Delphi

The University of Akron, Akron, OH.

Graduate and Student Assistant (6/87 – 8/94)

Instructed various Electrical Engineering Courses and Labs

Designed lab experiments and projects

Graded homework, labs, quizzes, tests and final exams

Tutored Engineering Students

Graduated

Part time faculty (6/91 – 8/94)

Instructed Upward Bound High School students about basic Electronics and Electrical Engineering principles.

Provided Year round tutoring

Graduated

McKim Technical Institute, Copley, OH.

Electrical/Electronics Instructor (1/94 – 8/94)

Taught various subjects ranging from Amplifiers, to Filters, to Fiber Optics, to Digital Circuits, to TV and VCR Repair

Left when the school closed down.

Cable and Television Services (CTS) Dayton, OH

Field Service Technician (12/88 – 4/90)

Assembled Satellite Systems throughout Northeastern Ohio.

Provided on-site support after installation

Company went out of business

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Personal Characteristics

Dedicated, hard worker that believes in EXCELLENCE and EXECUTION

Always keeps the best interest of both the company and customer in focus at all times, while never compromising the integrity or quality of what the customer receives.

Manages time well - believes in doing it right the first time.

Can speak and read some Spanish.

Personal Life

Happily married (Suzette/wife), with three children (Brian, Jacob and Logan), for 35 years.

Enjoy family activities, swimming, sports (especially the Browns, Cavaliers, Indians and Walsh College Lacrosse), music, deep sea fishing, cooking and traveling.

Military (9/82 – 9/84)

U.S. Army, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, KY.

Airborne Infantryman PFC; Served in Panama (1 Months) and Egypt/Israel (MFO PeaceKeeping Force for 6 Months).

Earned the EIB (Expert Infantry Badge), Army Achievement Award, Airborne/Air Assault Wings & the Good Conduct Medal.

ETSed out – Honorably Discharged

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