Engineer Mechanical

Brian L. Hahn, PE, MBA

**** **** ***** ******, *******, Arizona 85234, 480-***-**** P, 224-***-**** M, *********@***.***

EDUCATION:

Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern Univ., MBA Finance, Marketing, Management, Entrepreneurship 6/2004

University of Illinois at Chicago, Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering, 05/1993

Professional Engineering license in Mechanical Engineering, Illinois 1998 - LICENSE # 062-052035

SR. MECHANICAL ENGINEER (promoted to Manager) – Smiths – GILBERT, AZ 11/27/06 – 02/22/12, 11/27/07 manager

• Entered into Antares organization in 11/27/06 as Senior Design Engineer

o Process analysis to refine Quatrix formation process in production utilizing statistics as a guiding tool for process refinement

o Design of several semiconductor test sockets for Intel including Cantiga, Calistoga using ProEngineer, Intralink and Wildfire

o Creation of custom Monte Carlo statistical tolerance analysis techniques to predict probe to device alignment

o Creation of custom Monte Carlo statistical tolerance analysis techniques to predict probe preload on PCB (Z-stack)

• Taught quality and design how to interpret GD&T and how to correctly analyze true position data from optical data acquisition equipment

• Promoted to design manager on 11/27/07 in Antares. Antares was purchased by IDI which was then purchased by Smiths a year later. Continued in Design Manager position throughout both acquisitions.

• Responsible for design, document control, reliability engineering, employee development and training, implementation of toll gate process methodology for Gilbert facility

• Responsible for leading the Engineering department of 13 Engineers and Designers in AZ, California and Suzhou, China

• Addressed corrective action requests through redesigns and process changes

• Evaluated customer returns for failure analysis and root cause analysis

• Created Monte Carlo analysis group, trained team members, developed statistical simulation techniques for probe to pad and probe to device alignment analysis and vertical travel analysis. This technique and analytical results created competitive advantage for the organization. Trained 3 other engineers in the analytical techniques that I developed.

• Reviewed all designs going through the US Engineering group

• Created Engineering Change Requests to improve designs and quality

• Successfully passed ISO 9001 for design for Gilbert facility.

• Created PFMEA, DFMEA and process control documentation to enhance product quality and reliability

• Performed DFM reviews on designs, created, performed and evaluated results from DOE’s to enhance products

CONSULTANT UNIVERSAL FOG, INC. – PHOENIX, AZ 1/5/05 - 1/16/06

• Initiated project cost accounting system to accurately cost products and allow for lower prices and higher volumes

• Analyzed inventory requirements and forecasting to project usage requirements to minimize inventory levels

• Job estimating and costing to determine quotations to customers

• Implemented inventory management and control processes to control inventory and reduce shrinkage

• Assisted with improvement of misting systems through R&D

SENIOR TECHNICAL LEAD ENGINEER – WMS GAMING, CHICAGO IL 4/28/03 - 9/2/05

• Development of new designs, cost reduction programs as well as manufacturing support for gaming machines

• Developed patented acoustical seating system resulting in substantial revenue and market growth opportunities

• Developed new reel mechanism system for gaming machines and assisted with programming stepper motor system

• Used Solid Edge for all documentation and for integration of sub-systems with master gaming platform

VP OF ENGINEERING AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT-FORT LOCK, RIVER GROVE, IL, 2/15/99 - 3/21/03

• Promoted from VP of Product Development to VP of Engineering in 2001.

• Overseeing all engineering projects in the organization from a technical, personnel and budgetary perspective. P&L: Individually 2MM departmental, 2MM tooling and project, 36MM joint responsibility for the facility

• Implementation of Project Cost Accounting and detailed cost analysis of products, projects and large programs

• Authored and implemented ISO procedures and secured ISO 9001 certification for the company

• Developed strong relationships with Harley Davidson resulting in continued and constantly growing business

• Detailed budgeting of projects and department with monthly variance reporting to President

• Setting goals for and overseeing a department of 25 mechanical and electrical engineers, designers, consultants, estimators and documentation engineers, test laboratory and tool room personnel

• Corporate liaison to large corporate customers including Harley Davidson, Snap-On Tools, ITT / C&K, ACCO / Kensington, Waterloo and many others

• General responsibilities include: setting department policy, setting departmental goals and objectives, project management, negotiating / interfacing with customers and suppliers, scheduling, budgeting, resource allocation, patent writing and research, design reviews, approval of all departmental documents, implementation and validation of products in production, justification and purchase of capital equipment, assignment of work, evaluation of employees, product testing, specification writing, product validation, checking and approval of: drawings, statistical tolerance studies and other analysis, manufacturing line setup

Design Integrity Manager – General Binding Corporation, Northbrook, IL 11/10/97 TO 02/15/1999

• Responsible for in house consulting and problem solving of design issues that inhibit the progressive path of program development on any desk top binding machine made by General Binding Corporation

• Design of machineless binding element

• Responsible for instituting research and development efforts on paper punching and other areas as identified and acknowledged by the Director of Engineering

• Ran Quality department, assisted in the inspection and measurement, documentation and disposition of parts and assemblies

Lead Mechanical Engineer - T&M Antennas, Wheeling, IL 10/12/96 TO 11/10/97

• Responsible for assisting in the direction and growth of the Engineering department

• Designed numerous cellular phone antennas

• Substantial designs of insert molded parts including springs

• Automated assembly system design, analysis, and troubleshooting

• Mechanical print checking and release

• Process flow analysis

• Responsible for training in 8D problem solving and basic statistics classes

Mechanical Engineer - WMS Gaming, Chicago, IL 3/6/95 TO 10/12/96

• Design of components for slot machines.

• Responsible for implementation of die castings & injection molded parts as part of cost reductions

• Design of numerous sheet metal production parts, brackets, plates, etc.

• Cad production drawings using AutoCAD r13, AutoCAD Designer r1.2 for windows, ProE r16, Ideas Master Series

• Solely responsible for research and development of proprietary reel mechanism system for use in all WMS slot machines

Project Mechanical Engineer – Motorola AIEG, Northbrook, IL 5/93 TO 3/6/95

• Responsible for maintenance of production line issues with Electronic Transmission Control Module

• Design of automotive under-the-hood application electronic packaging

• Cost estimating for new design concepts, scheduling and project planning

• Promoted use of statistical tools in decision making and confidence levels

• Instron stress testing, torque testing

• Tolerance stack up analysis

• Supplier Management

• Customer Interfacing

• Substantial direct product testing for reliability including - Vibration, Thermal Shock, Leak testing, Salt Fog testing

• Finite Element Analysis - Thermal, Stress, Mapped Meshing, Deflection

• Shock pulse vibration analysis

Project Engineer – Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL - 5/89 TO 5/93

• Calculations for Electromagnetic Calorimeter forces

• Design and execution of friction experiments for various material interfaces

• Compilation of experimental data for deflection calculations

• Solid modeling and analysis using AutoCAD A.M.E. 2.0

• Scintillating tile design and fiber routing for Solenoidal Detector Calorimeter

• Optimization / installation of many PC and Macintosh programs / systems

• Stress analysis of three ton EM wire tensioning and design feasibility

• Weight/size Vs. Cost correlation research

• Training in lead safety

• Procurement of parts and resources

• Manufacturing drawings of numerous parts

• Correlated with Physicists, Engineers, Draftsmen and Technicians

• Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing, ANSI Y14.5M standard

• Design, optimization, research, costing, drawing (Ideas, Geodraw), purchasing, organization, time scheduling, of Support Structure project for four five ton lead modules. Project took approximately one year with weekly design reviews

• Design, costing, drawing (Ideas, Geodraw), purchasing, organization of Vacuum Glove Box project - Vacuum Glove Box was needed for machining lead modules as a lead safety precaution

• Design, purchasing, organization, optimization, experimentation of Target Pulsed Magnet project - experiments in heat transfer - magnet designed to withstand high radiation and pulse at large currents (45000 Amps) at high frequencies - fatigue analysis using calculus and design optimization on copper bus power supply.

PATENTS & OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS

6,129,355 - Reel device for gaming machines 6,034,639 - Retractable antenna for portable communicator

6,886,869 - Electromechanical locking mechanism 200********– Acoustical seating system for gaming device

200******** – Analytical Report Pledging System

05/21/2004 – Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society 04/20/1993 – Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society

01/24/1992 – Tau Beta Pi 05/23/1989 – Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society

02/12/1989 – Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society Golden Key National Honor Society

SME Membership Illinois Society of Professional Engineers Membership

Boy Scouts-1980-1989 - Eagle Scout with six palms - Assistant Scoutmaster 1989

06/18/2004 – Kellogg, graduated with distinction GPA: 3.90/4.00

05/09/1993 – UIC graduated with honors GPA: 4.668/5.00

OTHER TRAINING

• 00/12/1997 – CADD/CAM Tools – Windows NT Training

• 04/16/1997 – SME – Geometrics Update

• 04/18/1997 – SME – 6 Sigma Tolerance Analysis

• 04/03/1997 – T&M Antennas – Introduction to Statistics

• 03/26/1997 – T&M Antennas – Violence in the Workplace Training

• 06/06/1997 – T&M Engineering Group – Design of Experiments

• 11/27/1996 – T&M Antennas – Continuous Quality Improvement Training

• 07/18/1996 – Skillpath – How to Manage Projects

• 04/11/1995 – SME – Fundamentals of Injection Molded Part Design

• 10/00/1994 – Motorola – Total Customer Satisfaction Award

• 08/00/1994 – Motorola – Design for Manufacturability

• 05/00/1994 – Motorola – Customer Satisfaction Workshop

• 01/00/1994 – Motorola – Total Customer Satisfaction Award

• 12/21/1993 – Rand Technologies – Introduction to Pro Engineer

• 12/00/1993 – Motorola – Utilizing the Six Steps to Six Sigma

• 08/04/1993 – UIC – Cooperative Engineering Education Program

• 05/17/1986 – Second Award – Illinois Junior Academy of Science

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