Manufacturing Engineering

Larry Romero

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Management / Engineering

Global Manufacturing, Product Development, New Business Development. Customer Growth Cost Reduction, Lean Manufacturing, Factory Automation, Technical Sales, Product Transfer, Creative, Enthusiastic

Dynamic results oriented sr. engineering professional, with extensive experience in global operations and manufacturing, new product development and launch, domestic and international product transfer, global outsourcing, supplier selection/management and business development. Proven track record of creating and executing on cost reduction initiatives by streamlining production, maximizing resources, implementing best practices, lean manufacturing, continuous process improvement, vendor management and statistical process controls. Skillful at empowering employees to highlight individual aptitude while collaborating as a unit. Combines expert orchestration of cross functional multi-discipline teams. Passionate about mentoring and growing team members, improving products/services and developing customer relationships in a manner that is aligned with company goals and objectives. Reputation for strong work ethic, high energy level and a drive for excellence with a consistent commitment to corporate success.

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●Resource Maximization ● Product Development/Launch ● Process Improvement ● Global Manufacturing ● Strategic Alliances ● Supplier Management ● Technology Implementations ● Inventive

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Professional Experience

Crane Electronics, Redmond, WA ● 10/2010 to Present

Director of Manufacturing Engineering

Manage cross functional international engineering teams at 8 facilities in the US, Costa Rica and Taiwan. Responsible for implementing factory automation. Developed best in class manufacturing design guidelines across multi site operations. Responsible for managing and executing capital expenditure plans. Lead interface between manufacturing and design engineering to insure successful product transfer into production. Accountable for all product transfers across multiple product lines domestically and internationally. Developed a phase gate NPI release process. Lead technical interface for customer related issues. Collaborate with sales and marketing to provide technology roadmap based on customer as well as industry needs. Work closely with supply chain in selecting, qualifying and developing key component supplier base. Provide technical guidance in facilitating failure analysis activities. Instrumental in introducing PFMEA’s to insure robust process development and implementation

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Shadow MicroTek, Golden, CO ● 1/2010 to 9/2010

Director of Engineering and Operations

Responsible for developing and implementing manufacturing processes and operational guidelines for micro electronic components for the aerospace and defense sector. Provide technical leadership for operations, engineering, materials and quality. Accountable for factory performance utilizing a metric driven approach driving gross margin improvements, on time delivery, equipment up time and factory efficiencies. Provide technical and operational customer support. Key member of management review board, providing guidance to obtain operational excellence. Instrumental in driving continuous process improvement initiatives through lean manufacturing, and statistical process controls.

RFMD/Sirenza Microdevices, Broomfield, CO ● 2003 to 2009

Sr. Engineering Manager

Managed and cultivated cross functional engineering and operations teams. Responsible for resource allocation and execution to meet goals and objectives. Accountable for capital equipment plan for engineering and production operations. Liaise and collaborate with support teams, manufacturers, vendors, operations and executive management to insure that strategic initiatives are obtained. Managed/ developed domestic and international contract manufactures (CM’s). Designed and managed the construction, qualification and staffing of a China manufacturing and test facility. Spearheaded new product introduction (NPI) program improving manufacturability, reducing development costs and decreasing product release cycle time by implementing best practices, utilizing concurrent engineering approach and instilling ownership. Collaborate with sales/marketing and product development to create sound technology roadmaps with a voice of the customer first to market approach. Accountable for determining and executing on key performance indicators with a continuous improvement philosophy. Responsible for managing new product release from inception to full rate production and customer acceptance. Collaborate with reliability engineering to establish qualification test plans to insure robust designs. Implemented product design review process that reduced product release cycle by 35%. Developed cost reduction initiatives improving product line gross margins by 10%. Facilitated quality improvement initiatives to capture market share and drive customer growth. Led the development and implementation of a factory automation reporting system measuring key performance indicators improving factory efficiencies by 25%. Lead technical authority on implementing full factory automation for multi chip modules increasing gross margins by 25%. Successfully led product line transfer of production and test to China. Provided technical leadership in creating and implementing design for manufacturing (DFM) and design for test (DFT) guidelines

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Vari-L Inc., Denver, CO ● 1994 to 2003

Sr. Manufacturing Engineer

Developed new product business unit for design, test and manufacturing of Rf modules used in the telecommunications, aerospace and wireless communications industry. Accountable for the selection, qualification and procurement of assembly and test equipment. Implemented capability and validation studies for all manufacturing and test equipment prior to release. Identified, selected and developed supplier base instilling a zero defect philosophy. Designed and executed advanced Surface Mount Technology (SMT) processes used in Rf module assembly and test. Defined and drove continuous process improvement initiatives using PFMEA, DFM, DMAIC and lean manufacturing techniques. Developed a new product design re-use culture reducing cycle time by 50%

Conceived and realized the design and implementation of custom automated module Rf testing increasing first pass test yield by 25% and improved product thru put by 50%

Lead engineering authority in the development and implementation of full factory automation for module assembly. Evolved advanced manufacturing process to be compliant with RoHs requirements

Initiated comprehensive training program creating a diverse, agile and lean operation team

CRC Systems Ltd., Broomfield, CO ● 1986 to 1994

Staff Manufacturing Engineer

Developed and implemented processes and procedures used in the electronics subcontract manufacturing EMS industry. Provided technical customer support regarding manufacturing, design, quality, quotation, materials and delivery requirements. Provided technical resources to insure that customer specifications and requirements were achieved during the design phase through manufacturing. Responsible for defining capital equipment needs to insure capabilities and capacity needs were accomplished. Accountable for facility and maintenance to insure that equipment up-time was achieved in order to meet quality, manufacturing and customer requirement including providing for a safe work environment. Provided training and leadership to all functional areas of the manufacturing organization.

Education

BS, Electrical Eng. Technology Executive Institute for Management University of S. Colorado, Pueblo, CO of High Tech Companies

Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA

Skills: AutoCAD, Agile PLM, Lean Manufacturing, Microsoft Office Suite, JMP statistical package, Mil Std 38534 specifications, IPC 610 specifications, Mil Spec 883

Security Clearance: Inactive

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