Engineer Manufacturing

Daniel L Palattella

**** ******* ***** *****, *******, NC 27604

**********@*****.*** 919-***-****

Summary

Senior Mechanical Engineer with over 28 years experience in the electronics industry that includes computer servers, business printers, and military electronics Extensive experience in a variety of engineering disciplines including manufacturing engineering, manufacturing management and product development / support. Expertise in:

Engineering Change Process

DFM

ROI Decision making

Document Process Control

Blue print / Drawing review

Notes Database Application

Manufacturing Floor Control

Work Experience

IBM Corp / Research Triangle Park, NC

Global Manufacturing Engineer / Servers / 2000-2003 and 2007–2012

* Responsible for launching many Intel based servers by communicating plans, strategies and changes to manufacturing sites. Worked as part of a global team with manufacturing sites in Shenzhen China, Guadalajara Mexico, Hungary, and the US to get manufacturing lines set up for production. Traveled to various international locations including, Mexico and China as required.

* Drove savings of over $200K in avoided scrap / rework charges. Managed, developed and enhanced the Engineering Change cost process for engineering changes that required scrap and / or rework costs. Reviewed and approved all cost EC's to ensure changes provided ROI to IBM and its customers.

* Provided a detailed analysis of new products, Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and worked with development to modify designs for manufacturability. Developed detailed assembly process documentation for Intel based computer servers used in both prototype and production manufacturing lines. Provided a detail analysis of Bills of Material and detail drawings of server products released and revised thru standardized Engineering Change release process. Assisted manufacturing sites with data set up to ensure smooth operations.

* Managed UPC database to ensure UPC codes are properly assigned. Drove change requests for the UPC database to ensure smooth operation in the manufacturing applications it supported.

* Member of SAP change request team that reviewed and verified SAP change requests to ensure smooth transition into SAP revisions. Expert user of SAP and IBM MAPICS tools used for setting up the floor control process's for the manufacturing lines.

IBM Corp / Research Triangle Park, NC

Configuration Engineer / Servers / 2003–2007

* Part of a global team responsible for setting up a new prototype manufacturing line in Shenzhen China. Activities included numerous correspondence, conference calls and spending time in China during initial phase to assist with training and validation.

* Executed plans with the development team to create product offering templates for servers that included, building block design, features, and logic rules.

* Developed a deep understanding of configuration programming language to execute programming various Intel based server offerings. The programming controlled order validation and configuration simulation. Worked directly with the configuration test team to run numerous test cases against the developed code.

* Part of a global team that developed and executed a plan to migrate Intel based configuration data from a brand specific IT strategy to a IT strategy that aligns it with all server brands, thus reducing the IT.

* Worked in daily operations ensuring transitioned products run error free in simulation and supported Order desk in configuration error / resolution to ensure minimal lag to customer due to configuration engineering data issues.

* Trained and supported a newly created configuration engineering team in Taiwan to develop configuration engineering skills for use on Taiwan developed servers

IBM Corp / Endicott, NY

Global Manufacturing Engineer / Printer / 1995–2000

* Part of a Global team responsible for bringing to market a number of cut sheet laser printers. Printer manufacturing responsibility included a large portion of the job working directly with engine vendor (Hitachi Koki, Japan) and with IBM direct manufacturing in Japan, Amsterdam and the US. Communicated engineering plans, changes and strategies to manufacturing locations to ensure successful launch of various laser printer product lines.

* Part of a team that qualified and provided ongoing support to print engine vendor. Required extensive review of vendor design, vendor documentation and onsite visit to vendors in Japan.

* Defined and managed the requirements that service parts vendors used recondition parts for by the service group. This helped to identify technical issues, improve vendor manufacturing and reduce part cost.

* Interfaced with various vendors to ensure clear understanding of released design documentation for vendor fabrication.

IBM Corp / Endicott, NY

1st Line Manufacturing Manager / 1994-1995

* Developed and supported a direct manufacturing team of 10-30 people in various operations of printer manufacturing. Directly worked with manufacturing team to help fulfill order requirements. Contacted support teams as needed to eliminate road blocks and issues preventing fulfilling commitments.

* Responsible for meeting daily, weekly, monthly objectives in direct Printer production.

* Responsible for people management issues, including, hiring, firing, appraising and career development for employees.

* Interfaced with Planners, Fulfillment managers, Engineering and Finance to ensure smooth, efficient operations.

Product Engineer / Printers / 1990-1994

* Used root cause analysis to determine field failure trends and developed plans and executed engineering changes to solve part replacement issues, repair action time and enhance customer satisfaction on several printer product families.

* Communicated plans, changes and strategies to Manufacturing Engineering to ensure successful release of developed EC's.

* Supported direct customers via communication and onsite visits when necessary to debug issues and implement engineering changes.

* Interfaced with various vendors to ensure clear understanding of released design documentation for vendor fabrication.

IBM Corp (currently Lockheed) / Owego, NY / Rockville, MD

Mechanical Design Engineer / 1984-1990

* Mechanical Design Engineer responsible for mechanical design and development of Military Avionics computer systems in accordance with Military specification and Statements of Work.

* Developed / Reviewed EC's, which included Bill of Material structures, Drawings, and other technical data used in the documented release process for IBM in accordance with the FAA. Extensive use of CADAM drawing tool.

* Interfaced with thermal, EMC and shock and vibration test departments to validate product design to ensure compliance to required specifications.

* Communicated plans, changes and strategies to Manufacturing Engineering and Suppliers to ensure successful release of developed Engineering Changes.

* Supported FAA customers via communication and onsite visits when required to ensure successful implementation of EC's.

Skills

Microsoft Office Suite, CAD tools (Extensive CADAM, ProE viewer), SAP engineering user

Education:

1980-1984 Pennsylvania State University State College, PA BS Mechanical Engineering / Emphasis in Computer Science

Other

Inactive Top Secret Clearance (Active 1987)

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