Manager / Supervisor

Dennis Brothers

**** ******** ***** ********** **** 44094

Home Phone 440-***-****

Cell Phone 440-***-****

E-mail **************@*****.***

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Summary: Versatile and skilled manager/supervisor with extensive experience. Excellent hands on abilities in establishing, leading and growing departments. Technically oriented background, with outstanding interpersonal communication and people management skills.

EXPERIENCE:

Codonics Middleburg Hts, Ohio, Service Department Manager 11/01 to 5/09

Managed service department for a multi-national medical device manufacturer

• Managed all Service Department operations, personnel and aspects , primary interface between all departments

• Acted as primary point of customer contact for returning products being repaired

• Grew, newly established department ,revenue from $350,000 to over $1 Million per year

• Streamlined unit repair processes reducing repair cycle time by 30%

• Optimized department manufacturing systems and processes to more effectively handle repair process, reducing labor costs by 15% and department inventory by $300,000

• Established cross-functional training to increase operational flexibility for repair of a fluctuating product mix

• Developed and maintained reliability and failure mode data metrics for distribution to various internal departments and outside vendors

• Perform troubleshooting, test and repair of complex electromechanical medical devices

Libra Industries-Mentor, Ohio, Manufacturing Supervisor, 10/98 to 10/01

Supervised manufacturing and test personnel for a contract manufacturer

• Prepared and met, manpower vs. completion schedules, budgets, task assignments, product traffic flow, associate training and development for direct reports

• Interacted with customers and manufacturing group to provide technical support to reduce material costs

• Developed labor estimates and time studies, developed and proofed out first run procedures and processes.

• Interfaced with all departments to ensure inventory and delivery of production material

• Ensured departmental compliance per ISO systems requirements

• Performed assembly, testing, and repair of various electronic , mechanical and electro-mechanical products

Flow Thru Systems – Mentor, Ohio, Manufacturing Manager, 4/93 to 10/98

(Flow Thru Systems was acquired by Libra Industries in 10/98)

Managed operations for a contact manufacturing facility

• Managed direct reports, program management, customer support, material procurement, product delivery, inventory control, quality assurance, and facilities maintenance and support Performed assembly, testing, and repair of various electronic , mechanical and electro-mechanical products

Tech-Aid/Temporary Services Agency – Willoughby Hills, Ohio, Electronic Technician Cleveland Pneumatics, 9/92 To 12/92 Manufacturer of landing gears for military aircraft

• Performed calibration, circuit modification and troubleshooting of strain gage signal conditioners, verified installation and performed replacement of strain gages

• Assisted in the design of signal detection/amplification circuitry for laser alignment system, fabricated alignment circuitry, interface cables and sensor assembly housings

Westinghouse/Naval Systems Division - Cleveland, Ohio, 10/78 to 6/92

Manufacturer of undersea weapons systems

Junior Engineer/Test Equipment

• Developed test and training manual for specialized test equipment. Conducted instructional classes based on manuals

• Performed integration, reliability testing, fault isolation on prototype and production model test equipment for MK48 Torpedo weapons system

• Assisted in the design of components and subassemblies, and in the design of equipment or selection of test equipment

• Developed test requirements and fabrication procedures for evaluation and production of designs, formulated alternative solutions for obsolete components

Supervisor/Test Equipment Lab

• Supervised technicians performing training, failure analysis, calibration and repair of automatic test equipment

• Directed fabrication of test adaptors, cables and fixtures per engineering requests

• Developed operating, calibration and test set maintenance procedures. Performed administration functions - workload and schedules, budget preparation and tracking, project cost estimates and capital expenditure replacement requests

• Maintained repair and supplies inventory

Electronic Technician I, II, III/Test Equipment Lab

• Performed calibration, failure analysis, and repair of automatic test equipment. Involved troubleshooting of digital and analog test sets down to discreet component levels

• Trained and assisted production technicians in the use and selection of commercial test gear maintained calibration scheduling and recall system

Electronic Technician/Production Floor

• Assembled, wired and proofed-out test sets, test cables and higher-level production units, troubleshot hardware down to component level, installed engineering changes and modifications to production hardware

Victoreen Instrument-Cleveland, Ohio Electro-Mechanical Assembler, 1/78 to 10/78

• Assembled and wired control cabinets, tapedecks, air and water pumping systems used to monitor radiation in nuclear power plants

Education: Associate Degree in Electronic Technology / Lakeland Community College

References: Furnished upon request

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