Project Manager Engineer

Lawrence N. Gering II

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Dedicated, articulate, and creative professional offering strong qualifications developed over 22 years of continuous service within the manufacturing industry. Demonstrated success in designing and implementing processes that consistently reduce operating costs, improve production yields, and increase profitability. Enthusiastic in applying dynamic, strategic, and analytical skills in the manufacturing arena, where proven ability to communicate effectively and determined focus on success and achievement could play a vital role in realizing company’s goals and objectives. Talented analyst, with strong problem-solving abilities, competent in managing special projects. Hardworking and effective multi-tasker, with impressive background in improving efficiency and accuracy in accomplishing assigned tasks. Possess strategic perspective and long-term vision, combined with commendable implementation of initiatives.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Project Management Productivity and Efficiency Improvement

Manufacturing Practices Customer Satisfaction

Strategic Planning and Leadership Articulate Oral and Written Communication

TECHNICAL SUMMARY

MS Word MS Excel MS Project MS PowerPoint MS Outlook Workstream VISIO SAP WIINGS

KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Incorporated strong manufacturing practices within the company that dropped the installation, qualification, and acceptance total durations from 6-8 weeks to 1-2 weeks.

Developed tool availability on Nitride from 65 % to 88 %, LSpacer from 66 % to 76 %, Tip Spacer from 85 % to 98 %, Flat Poly from 78 % to 97 % from 2000 -2008

Played an integral role in resolving chemical flow problem on furnace and assisted in co-developing safe chemical delivery line and component removal practices for the Corporation worldwide

Effectively identified tightening furnace parallelism that improved within load uniformity and reduced initial furnace qual from 4 weeks to 15 days

Determined a design issue with the interlock sequence of vacuum gauges on CVD furnaces

Worked with HiKE to restore circuitry to resolve problem

Played a key role to a task force which developed an important process to balance fab air pressure which allowed for all "airlocks" to be removed from factory

Initiated the development of the Block Controller Terminal Server power supply to eliminate premature failures of power supplies

Co-designed atmospheric oxidation furnace (new product line for supplier) and qualified it within nine-week time constraint

Successfully authored numerous process technology improvements/qualifications

Recommended area technician certification package modifications to better meet company needs resulting in headcount reduction from four required L3 certified technicians to two for every shift

Supervised multi-site extension of furnace boat rotation unit change out frequency resulting in 0.80/ws savings across the P860 VF

Suggested upgrade kits that resulted in 1.3M savings in capital costs to F17

Efficiently accomplished projects that resulted in 5 % availability increase and $1300.00/100 firing savings on test wafers in the Nitride process

Effectively executed additional projects that resulted in $2.00/ws savings on Nitride and $1.20/ws savings on LSP preventative maintenance work

Recognized by F17 as exceeding all factory cost goals for multiple quarters in more than four years

CAREER WORK PATH

SPP PROCESS TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS INC. San Jose, CA

Technical Support Coordinator 2010-Present

Provide technical support to customers on all product lines to all customers worldwide

Provide technical support to field service engineers

Develop and publish BKMs and technical procedures for use in the field by both customers and employees

Train customers and employees on proper maintenance and troubleshooting techniques

Participate in or lead customer escalations both on conference calls and at customer sites

Work with engineering group to make changes/improvements to production systems

Field Service Engineer, East Coast 2008-2010

Present equipment and service support for existing and potential production customers worldwide

Provide service support to customers including system commissioning, system breakdowns, and preventative maintenance support

Maintain positive working relationships with the customers in region to enable the company to sell product portfolio

Quickly becoming the US expert on the entire STS product line. This includes Pegasus (DRIE), ICP, APS, CVE, and PECVD systems.

Utilize and apply acquired communication, organizational and customer interfacing skills

Develop flexible, systematic, and logical approach in executing responsibilities

Travel internationally to support customer base if required

ROE BIO-MEDICAL PRODUCTS Bohemia, NY

Operations Manager 2007-2008

Effectively directed engineering and manufacturing group

Ensured customer satisfaction

Ran 80% of installations as project manager

Streamlined manufacturing processes to increase company profit margin

Approved and prioritized equipment build schedules and engineering changes

INTEL CORPORATION Hudson, MA

Process / Equipment Engineer 2000-2007

Ensured all diffusion furnaces met or exceeded all performance matrix

Led and coordinated all installations and upgrades of diffusion furnaces

Actively participated with cross-site equipment improvement teams; part of two process transfer teams

Ensured proper technician training and certification

EARLIER CAREER

NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR South Portland, ME

Senior Equipment Engineer 1996-2000

INTEL CORPORATION Rio Rancho, NM

Process Engineering Technician 1993-1996

Manufacturing Technician 1992-1993

VARIAN ASSOCIATES Gloucester, MA

Final Test Specialist 1989-1992

U.S. NAVY

Fire Control Technician 1983-1989

Certified on AN/SPS-48C Radar

Certified on AN/SPS-40 Radar

Received honorable discharge at rank of E-6

EDUCATION

Selected Coursework in Electrical Engineering

The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

U.S. Navy Electronics Courses

Several Vendor Training on Semiconductor Equipment

ACTIVITIES

Participated on town’s Little League Board of Directors

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