Software Engineer - Project Manager
Resume:
PAUL GIERSCHICK
**** ******* ******, *** *****, CA 92120
***********@*******.***
Senior Manufacturing Engineer
Summary of Experience
• 20+ years of “hands-on” manufacturing and management experience
• Diverse industry experience includes complex drug discovery instrumentation manufacture, microfluidics, industrial genomics research consumables, high technology consumer goods, electronics, and solar energy.
• Process design, labor costing, and process yield improvement utilizing SPC techniques.
• New model introduction process and sustaining engineering (ECO’s and process documentation)
• Production line design, process equipment development, process and configuration documentation
• Ability to read and analyze complex mechanical drawings and electrical schematics, create and modify structured BOM’s, and trained to use Oracle and BaaN MRP systems
Experience
Fifth Generation solar, San Diego, CA (Company out of funds) 06/08 to 03/10
Director of Operations
Hired by the owner and CTO to help set up and run a start up organization. Duties were broad and diverse.
Assisted owner of company in “bootstrapping” of new solar energy company. Reviewed and selected business location, negotiated lease terms, interviewed employee candidates, set up payroll and HR function, designed and implemented facility upgrades, and managed day-to-day operations. Ran the entire company while owner was hospitalized for several weeks. Provided key personal networking connections to obtain angel and venture capital resources for short and long term funding of company (several million dollars over three years). Provided significant input into business plan and financial model. Obtained budgetary quotes for process equipment, obtained local labor market salary data for engineers and executives, and facility lease cost estimates for company expansion in Sorrento Mesa area. Provided leadership and training for R & D engineers by setting up internal part number assignment, BOM structuring, costing, descriptions. Collaborated with mechanical and electrical engineers to help solve design issues, suggest tooling and instrumentation for assembly and test of prototypes.
Hewlett-Packard, San Diego, CA (Contract successfully completed) 04/07 to 11/07
Contract Software Test Engineer (Imaging and Bounty) via Artech Info Systems
Key Results:
Designed and conducted tests to evaluate functionality of HP printers (Laserjets, Officejets, Deskjets) and competitor products attached to HP USB wireless and Ethernet printer adapters. Reported test results to marketing managers, product engineers, and program managers for eighty printer models. Required skills in partitioning computer drives, loading operating systems, ghosting of partition images, and recovering laptops from fatal “bluescreen” conditions. Tested new HP/Yahoo! Toolbar over various laptops using Microsoft XP and Vista operating systems. Reported defects onto HP software defect tracking system.
Sequenom inc., San Diego, CA 03/06 to 03/07
Process Engineer
Responsibilities were broad. Increased SpectroChip micro array process yield from 85% to 95% by analyzing process data and organizing process defects using Pareto chart. Identified top three problems and suggested process changes and equipment upgrades to eliminate the defects. Resulted to process defect cost reduction of over $300,000. Maintained and repaired clean room (Class 10,000) process equipment consisting of Cartesian Nano dispensers, low humidity nitrogen gas dessicator chambers, machine vision inspection systems, and product pouch heat sealing equipment. Created change orders (CO’s) for existing and new diagnostic reagent kits. Worked with marketing department to make sure kits met customer requirements. Change orders required how and what to change on BaaN BOM’s, process routers, production batch records, standard operating procedures, and protocols for new products to support 30% revenue growth. Introduced new process equipment and created Master Validation Plan for new gas silation process. Gas phase process intended to reduce chemical waste stream by 75% and improve uniformity of chemical processing of SpectroChips. Created assembly documentation for transferring prototype liquid handling robot to contracted assembly facility to build production units. Robot contained over 500 parts. Set up prototype assembly area, purchased tooling and material handling, organized parts, and recorded assembly steps.
Consultant while seeking out a career opportunity
Provided software testing services for Hewlett-Packard, Consumer Accessories Business. Created engineering reference specification for digital camera docking stations to support image downloading connectivity between HP digital cameras, televisions, and computers. Downloaded experimental firmware into HP digital cameras to test functionality between existing and soon to be released cameras. Conducted extensive time studies for Delta Design to rebalance work load for sub-assembly and final assembly of Edge product line. Machines were used for high speed testing of Intel chip sets. These devices were highly complex electro-mechanical robots that were hand built.
Aurora Biosciences/panvera llc, San Diego, CA (MFG. group sold off) 1998 to 2003
Senior Manufacturing Manager and Project Engineer
Managed manufacture of drug discovery instrumentation and micro-fluidics dispensers for medium volume mass production. Documented assembly processes for each dispenser model, justified tooling/assembly equipment, designed floor layout for class 10,000 clean room of 1,500 sq. ft., and forecasted staff and skill sets needed to build and test devices. Provided annual microfluidic dispenser production forecasts exceeding 10,000 units to plan for warranty replacements and additional demand created by instrument installations at several customer (Pfizer, Merck, Bristol-Meyer Squibb) sites. Improved process yields from 50% to 90% using Pareto Charts to identify process defects and verify that the improved process reduced defects. Provided sustaining engineering support for all dispenser models. Designed experiment to determine source of quartz capillary cracking during dispenser manufacturing process. Devised unique methodology using fine wire to detect micro fractures in inner diameter of capillary. Cracks were not detectable by X-rays because they were occluded by piezo crystal cylinder. Cracked dispensers were the highest cause of customer complaints. This defect was eliminated. Structured BOM for complex drug discovery instrument (automated plate replication system) using Oracle MRP system. Created item masters and structured subassemblies for production floor kit releases. Instruments contained over 600 separate part numbers. Reviewed all mechanical drawing and BOM to confirm drawings structure and BOM structure matched. Trained and managed technicians and assembly personnel.
Education/Training
B.S.E., Industrial and Operations Engineering, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN
(Top 10 schools for Industrial Engineering in the country)
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO EXTENSION, SAN DIEGO, CA
Professional Certificate, Biotechnology Manufacturing, Winter 2006
Trained in cGMP, GDP, advanced biotech manufacturing, QA/QC for biopharmaceuticals, validation and calibration, biopharmaceuticals, and molecular cell biology.
DEMING DEVELOPMENT GROUP, SAN DIEGO, CA
Certificate, Maximizing your Leadership
Certificate, Laboratory to Leadership
INTERNATIONAL QUALITY INSTITUTE, SAN DIEGO, CA
Certificate, Measuring Process Capability
Certificate, Reducing Process Variation
Affiliations
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA, SAN DIEGO IMPERIAL COUNCIL
Volunteer, Heartland District Chairman and member of SDIC Board of Directors
Eagle Scout
Laboratory Robotics Interest Group, San Diego Chapter
Membership Chairman
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