Engineering Management

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April 24, 2012

Leo Padot

San Jose, CA

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SENIOR ENGINEERING DOCUMENTATION SPECIALIST

Dedicated self-starting Senior Engineering Documentation Specialist with Drafting and Communications background

and extensive experience in fast paced R & D Engineering/Production environment with major emphasis

on New Product Introduction (NPI) activities. A general summary of work experience follows below:

• Created, analyzed, processed and tracked ECRs, ECOs, MCOs, Deviations and other related change and release

activities. Chaired engineering change review and new product release CCB meetings.

• Created and revised Bills of Material and tracked and assigned internal and off-the-shelf part numbers to accepted

nomenclature to support NPI and sustaining Item Master List and AVLs. Provided Revision control

and interchangeability (Class 1) rules support and guidance.

• Analyzed and red-lined wide range of engineering documentation (i.e. test procedures, technical publications,

assembly instructions, SCDs, Theory of Operations, etc).

• Used drafting experience to identify and offer solutions to drawing errors and omissions per ANSI requirements.

Created and maintained product structure diagrams to track NPI release progress.

• Active NPI team representative providing clear and timely configuration management input to project teams

on release schedules, long lead time SCM issues and required deliverables to minimize processing time and

optimize department throughput. Established strong working relationships with all business units to quickly

and accurately process change/release orders and structure new products. Provided direction and guidance

to all team members to ensure adherence to all configuration management and document control processes,

practices and release requirements.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Configuration Management Support Specialist, BAE Systems, San Jose, CA May 2007-April 2010

Responsible for Document Control/Configuration Management activities for this defense contractor’s Future

Combat Systems (FCS) and Mine Resistant Ambush Protection (MRAP) programs for the U.S. military. Ensured

accuracy of Bills of Material (BOMs), engineering drawings, specifications and related documentation prior to

release. Department representative on Configuration Change Board. Nominated for 2009 Chairman’s Bronze

Award for excellence.

ECO Analyst, Hitachi, San Jose, CA September 2006-May 2007

Performed detailed product component materials validation per the European Union’s Restriction of Hazardous

Substances (RoHS) directive. Worked closely with in-house engineering/materials groups as well as domestic

and international vendors and manufacturers to document and ensure strict compliance to RoHS requirements

for this company’s enterprise storage Solid State Disk Drive products.

Senior ECO Analyst, Netgear, Santa Clara, CA April-July 2006

Responsible for NPI and sustaining ECO activities for this manufacturer of home and business networking applications.

NPI/Engineering Change project team representative for various product lines. Coordinated and

processed change orders and performed all other Document Control/Configuration Management activities.

QA Documentation Specialist, Novo Nordisk Delivery Technologies, Hayward, CA March 2005-April 2006

Responsible for editing, release and control of Phase One engineering and manufacturing documentation for

this BioTech company. Facilitated CRB meetings. Coordinated and processed change orders and performed all