Six Sigma Black Belt
Resume:
Walter (Drew) Peregrim
** ***** **** *****, **************, PA 18210
Cell 570-***-**** e-mail **********@***.***
Career Summary
Dedicated engineering management professional with 42+ years of experience in manufacturing, quality, project management, and R&D. Strong leader with success in building organized teams and promoting a growth environment for technical professionals. Lean and six sigma expert in improving efficiency and reliability of processes. Experienced process and component problem solving consultant
Employment
Ford Motor Company - Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt 2017 to 2025
Main responsibility was to identify root cause and resolve issues causing recalls, stop ships, and stop builds. Developed methods to use customer modem data (Big Data & Analytics and AI) to track, measure, diagnose root cause, and resolve electrical issues that caused customer dissatisfaction and warranty returns. Cut $50mm battery warranty in half using vehicle modem data to identify software malfunctions causing excessive key off loads and dead batteries. Managed six sigma projects at battery manufacture to reduce manufacturing defects by 40%. Worked with Ford’s Heads Up Display supplier to redesign the production of HUDs and bring a product launch back on track.
Pyramid Consulting - Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt Consultant 2016 to 2017
Created LSS training program from Green Belt to MBB. Organized Six Sigma program, trained Black Belt candidates, and prepared Continuous Improvement Maturity Assessment for a utility company.
PHH Mortgage - Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt Consultant 2015 to 2016
Created performance metrics and reports based on statistical analysis. Reduced loan origination time from 98 days to <60days using structured lean to re-engineer the mortgage loan origination process. Reduced PUR (process under review) cycle time by 20%. Savings greater than $2MM. Mentored 5 Green Belts in waste reduction projects.
US Steel - Process Excellence Consultant Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt 2014 to 2015
Consultant, LSS Trainer, and Facilitator for $150MM+ two year cost/waste elimination initiative at Great Lakes Steel. Produced a GAP analysis for each division. Prioritized and launched projects in safety, environmental, iron and steel making, coating, rolling, transportation, and inventory reduction. Taught Carnegie Way (structured lean). Facilitated Root Cause Analysis and facilitated more than 30 project teams.
Medcomp Medical Products - Director of Engineering 2013 to 2014
Responsible for four engineering groups (4 managers, 28 engineers). Improved on time delivery of new medical devices and pharmaceutical products using LSS approach. Processed 510K submissions. Introduced an agile product development process.
General Electric Corporation 2008 – 2013
Senior Requisition Manager Generator New Units (7/2010–11/2013)
Customer Engineer/Project Manager for commercial power plant generator and electrical systems from contract signing through decommissioning. Exceptional management award for $346 million equipment purchase creating repeat customer. Managed 15 projects with above average customer satisfaction. Received 5 awards projects delivered on schedule while facilitating customer changes. Managed requisition department's kaizen projects program resulting in thousands of hours in transactional process reductions.
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General Electric Corporation
Lean Six Sigma DFSS Black Belt (8/2008–7/2010)
Led two transactional DFSS projects to improving on time delivery (75% to 98% on time). Led a LSS project which reduced design changes to customer drawings from 20+ to 4. Received 4 impact awards and a management award. Mentored 11 green belts, taught 9 LSS green belt classes, completed 3 lean projects. Created a lean roadmap for the generator division as part of a new lean initiative.
Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation (MTF) - Validation Engineering Group Leader 2003 – 2008
Position created when FDA mandated full pharmaceutical regulations for processing human tissue for transplantation. Hired, trained, and managed engineering team in cGMP, validation, LSS, RCA, DOE and SPC. Validated software and control systems, packaging, shipping containers, clean rooms, USP water systems, and processing equipment all passing FDA audits. Saved $80,000 in yearly shipping costs by optimizing shipping containers for frozen tissue. Project manager for a $16,000,000 automated tissue cleaning project. Led team during a product recall and resolved to FDA satisfaction.
Pride Mobility Products - Quality Engineering Group Leader 2000 – 2003
Trained and directed a team tasked with reducing product warrantee costs for electric wheel chairs and scooters. Taught six sigma, robust design and applied these successfully to correct design flaws. Electric brake disc returns reduced from 3% to .01%. Battery charger returns reduced from 15% to <.1%. Designed new speed controller - returns dropped from 5% to .0001%, resulting in a patent submission. Developed engineering design standards reducing structural failures from 2% to <1%. Redesigned packaging for lift chairs and batteries, eliminated returns.
AMP Inc. 1995 - 1999
Amp Circuits and Design - Senior Member of Technical Staff (5/1997–6/1999)
Provided direct face to face technical sales support to AMP customers for electromagnetic interference and corrosion issues. Conducted technical reviews and redesigned multilayer telecommunication circuit boards and cables to prevent signal interference. Created company guide book for EMC circuit board design. Provided technical support to the electromagnetic test lab on techniques and standards.
Amp Shielding Products Group (4/1995–5/1997)
Product Line Manager - Signal Conditioning Products Division
Turned around the failing resale shielding products business by adding internal manufacturing. Used lean manufacturing and design for manufacturability principles to create a manufacturing operation. Utilized stereo lithography to produce wrapping dies which reduced new product introduction from 6 months to 8 days. Tooling cost dropped from $500,000+ for foam injection dies to $2,500 for wrapping dies. This restarted the shielding products group making it customer centric and profitable. Expanded the portfolio to include stamped shielding gaskets and shielded vent panels. Within 6 months of reorganization, sales increased by 14% per month. The division was sold in 1997 as part of AMP’s realignment.
Instrument Specialties Co. - Technical Projects Manager and Chief Metallurgist (1986 – 1995)
Two week apprenticeship under a lean sensei as part of IS attempt at a Malcom Baldrige award. Managed ISO 9000 certification project. Developed patented EMC shielding products. Project manager - introduced $4,000,000 CAD/CAM/CAE modernization. Managed R&D grant programs leveraging university scientists to develop new products (Penn State - materials research, East Stroudsburg University - factory automation, Lehigh University – computerized engineering). Held a US security clearance and consulted on anti-espionage and electromagnetic interference issues. Manager of the materials testing laboratory. Published research on beryllium copper metal fatigue. Published and lectured on corrosion research in conjunction with US Naval Research lab.
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Wilkes-University Adjunct Night School Professor of Engineering 2000 – 2008
Developed and taught graduate and under graduate courses in engineering, business management, operations with an emphasis on six sigma, lean manufacturing, quality, and project management.
Monroe County Vo-Tech School - Teacher
Taught evening courses in the tool and die apprenticeship program.
Gentex – Quality Engineer 1984-1985
Worked with custom lotus spreadsheets to record and statistically analyze quality data on original IBM PC. Problem solving on polycarbonate ballistic glasses, Kevlar/carbon fiber helmet production, woven Kevlar flack vests.
National Education Corporation – Manager for Applied Science Textbook Creation 1982-1884
Hired and supervised 14 authors in creation of college level text books in Arabic as part of a contract for Saudi Arabia
Babcock and Wilcox – Design Engineer for Fossil Fuel Power Plant Construction 1978-1982
Prepared detail design drawings for steam piping, and structural steel sections for field fabrication of oil and coal fired power plants for domestic and international orders
Education
Master of Science Degree in Materials Science – Lehigh University
Professional and Community Involvement
ASTM – Chaired EMC Committee, was active in SAE, ASQ, IEEE, ASMI, NACE
Active writer/consultant on six sigma and lean manufacturing
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