Lotfy Hanna
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SUMMARY
Experienced general, operations, technical and quality manager with a strong drive for profitable results. Well-organized, detail-oriented, problem solver with strong quantitative and analytical reasoning skills. Broad technical background with experience in numerous technologies and continuous processes. Possess the interpersonal skills required to manage, train and work effectively with a wide range of individuals and organizations.
EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
Miba Bearings US, LLC, Sr. Chemical Engineer /Production Manager
July 2007 to Present
● Manage the Metal finishing area, Including all plating Personal and technical Staff
● reduced the Scrap by 15%, Improve the productivity by 10%
• Engineered production-plating and waste treatment equipment.
Senior Chemist, Honeywell International, Urbana, Ohio April 2005 to July 2007
• Led the Technical team in Nadcap program certification, in order to provide continual improvement within the aerospace and automotive industries.
• Developed a world-class metal finishing operation, within the global aerospace industry’s requirements, using a cost effective industry standard and Six Sigma techniques.
• Assume responsibility for the technical support in the development of all new products to meet the demands of aerospace and automotive industries, such as the Boeing 787.
• Upgraded the anodizing plating process, resulting in 10% reduction in labor cost, 15% increase in productivity, and 5% reduction of chemical usage.
Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Guardian Automotive, Evansville, IN July 2000 to February 2005
• Assumed responsibility for technical support for all POP (plating on plastic) finishing operations and waste treatment.
• Actively managed all technicians, supervisors, and support groups of the plating operation including training, and scheduling.
• Developed a pre-plate process optimization reducing skip plating and thermo-cycle failures by 25%.
• Designed a regeneration system for Trivalent reduction advancing the etching pattern for physical bonding sites needed for proper adhesion with ABS and PC-ABS material.
• Instituted a chemical maintenance schedule for all plating solutions including chemical treatment, formulation, filtration, and replenishment.
• Managed all technicians and production supervisors in plating operations including production, scheduling and training.
• Assumed the launch of new products, easily meeting automotive customer specifications.
Technical Service Manger, T & B Corporation. Memphis, TN July 1996 to June 2000
• Assumed responsibility for the technical support of all metal finishing operations, waste treatment, environmental management, and safety.
• Managed five supervisors and 9 technicians with annual budget of $1.5 million successfully.
• Established a waste minimization program and process improvement plan, resulting in 25% reduction in hazardous material cost and waste reduction.
• Established a process improvement program, resulting in 30% reduction in labor cost, 40% increased in productivity, and reduced chemical usage by 20%.
• Established a training program for all production personnel to maximize production and safety.
Director of Operation, Mayo Plating & Mfg. Inc., Dayton, OH April 1993 to June 1996
• Assumed responsibly of manufacturing, quality control, and automotive customer needs.
• Directed the activity for three engineers, five supervisors, and 85 hourly employees with an annual budget of $1.3 million.
• Designed a cost reduction program and process improvement plan resulting in a 30% labor cost reduction, a 20% chemical use reduction, and a 40% increase in productivity.
• Established a training program for all production staff to meet the automotive supplier’s requirements.
Senior Process Engineer, Stolle/Alcoa, Sidney, OH March 1989 to April 1993
• Developed a recovery program for adhesion failure, saving an average of 25,000 units per month.
• Optimized Nickel plating process, increasing output to 600,000 units per month with over 95% yield.
• Managed all process and production staff training, decreasing educational expense through in-house instruction, and increasing production efficiency.
Senior Scientist, Control Data, Omaha Nebraska October 1980 to March 1989
• Developed and optimized the electro-less nickel plating process for high-density film media.
• Implemented this process to manufacturing department, creating a new technology.
• Conducted comprehensive performance evaluations for electro less plating chemical.
• Supervised effectively, a staff of four engineering technicians.
Process Engineer, Poly disk System Inc, Torrance, CA March 1980 to October 1986
• Developed a simple, stable, electro-less cobalt-plating bath for high density and custom head-per-track medial application.
• Increased output from pilot levels of less than 100 units per day to more than 2,500 per day at yield over 85%.
• Contributed significantly to a very successful scrap memory disk recovery program.
EDUCATION and TRAINING
Master Degree of Science, Alexandria University, Egypt
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Alexandria University, Egypt
Continuing Education
- Lean Six Sigma - Statistical Process/Quality Control
- Quality Function Deployment - Green Belt Certified
- Self-Directed Work Teams - Predictive Process Control.
- Sampling Theory & Practice for - OSHA certified (40 hours Hazardous
Continuous processes Chemical Health and Safety Training)
PROFESSIONAL
• Former member of Pollution Prevention program for the City of Memphis, TN
• Member of industry advisory committee to Department of Energy program for the City of Southaven, Mississippi.
• Presented numerous papers for pollution control for Department of Environmental Quality for the state of Mississippi.
• Member of the ASEF Society.