SUMMARY

• Motivated, personable, engineering professional with many years of experience in full turnkey Contract Manufacturing Services. (product & process design, program management, documentation, and quality) Supporting manufacturing engineering in the following industries: Military, Aerospace, Medical, Automotive and Consumer products.
• My job is my art working with hundreds of companies on multiple levels: engineering, design, manufacturing, purchasing, marketing - all with the single goal of improving the quality and reliability of thier products. I have a strong belief in my abilities as a professional and a member of my community to take a pro-active approach to every situation.
• Provided technical direction and problem resolution.
• DFM reviews to ensure compatibility of manufacturing methods.
• Prepare detailed material & labor quotations - PCB / PCBA / Electro-mechanical assemblies.
• Review ECs, PCNs, conduct technical experiments, selection - acceptance &, training of new equipment.
• Analyze disposition of non-conforming material and work directly with suppliers for corrective actions.
• Prepare work instructions, routers, time standards, design tooling, equipment & resource requirements for NPI, prototype and production assemblies per ANSI / MIL / IPC standards.
• Documentation Specialist.
• Team building, highlighting & celebrating the successes of others.
• Take personal responsibility and accountability for on-time results that meet or exceed company goals.
• Objective/Goal is 100% customer satisfaction; treat every customer as a partner, using fair & honest solutions.
• Strong interpersonal & negotiating skills.

Core Competences and Strengths:

• Common Sense Approaches
• Soldering / Rework / Reflow
• Design for Manufacturability Review (DFM) Process Optimization
• Program Management
• Agile, M2M, Fourth Shift, R4 (MRP/ERP) BOM Validation & Analysis
• Component Engineering
• BGA / uBGA assembly & rework Team Building
• Problem Resolution
• Hands - on Training / Engineering Cost Reduction
• PCB Fabrication / DFM / Design
• Strong Interpersonal & Negotiation Skills Root Cause Analysis
• EC Review / Implementation
• Equipment Selection / Justification / ROI

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Las Vegas, NV

Assembly & QA Specialist / Sales Engineer/ Quotations

Responsibilities:

Engineering / Quality liaison handling all printed circuit board and assemblies issues, overseeing activities at 5 manufacturing facilities in the southwest. Develop online labor pricing module for customers use, performing DFM reviews (component engineering, PCB fabrication / layout / panelization). Sales and customer database generation using direct customer contact.

Confidential, Aurora, CO

Assembly Sales Engineer / Manager / Quotations

Responsibilities:

Started in the quote department, within several months became the Western Regional Assembly Sales Manager, accountable for a 75 -100% sales increase in each of the first 2 years I held the position. Managing more than 250 active customer accounts and adding an average of 10-20 new customers each month. Constructed material & labor cost quotations, based on the customer’s complete or engineering’s released bill of materials (BOM), identifying all discrepancies, generating a complete list of manufacturer’s part numbers (alternates if applicable) along with multiple sources. Directly responsible for a 10-30% increase in material profit margins; using a mixture of component engineering and negotiation skills. I created a new company service program and positioned myself to assist customers with product design, educating them on the art of manufacturing, new technologies and process requirements. The company’s liaison for any/all PCBA & mechanical DFM issues; providing real-time detailed feedback - manufacturability, cost reduction, component engineering and layout for improved production/process yields, even PCB panelization. Training the sales staff on component identification, assembly processes; drafting work instructions, processes & stencil design; including QA inspection criteria.

Confidential, Longmont, CO

Program Manager / Manufacturing & NPI Engineer / Quotations

Responsibilities:

Develop Standard Operational Procedures (SOP’s), processes, equipment and manpower requirements for manufacturing & testing of PCBA’s, Electro-Mechanical and Cable Assemblies per IPC, MIL and ANSI standards. Constructed material & labor cost quotations, based on the customer’s complete or engineering’s released bill of materials (BOM), identifying all discrepancies, generating a complete list of manufacturer’s part numbers (alternates if applicable) along with multiple sources. Drafted detailed assembly work instructions, routers, work cell time standards and provided hands-on assembly engineering support. Documented, costed and communicated any/all ECO’s, PDN’s and re-work requirements to customers in real-time. Performed FREE (DFM) Design for Manufacturability services at the quote stage and provided real-time feedback at the time of assembly. Supported all NPI manufacturing activities and managed a 7 member staff.

Confidential, Longmont, CO

Operations / Manufacturing Manager / Engineering/Quotations

Responsibilities:

Created a new business plan & managed a profitable internal contract manufacturing business providing quick-turn confidential prototype assembly services. At the same time reducing Confidential ’s internal product line manufacturing, material, testing and labor costs by 30-50% - FAI yields of 99.4%. Provided design engineering support for the new & old internal product line conversion program from TH to SMT/Mixed technology. Managed a staff of 12; including sales, administration, purchasing and assembly personnel supporting all production /manufacturing operations. Free DFM services on all PCB / PCBA & electro-mechanical assemblies.

Confidential, Longmont, CO

NPI Engineer / Engineering Manager

Responsibilities:

Career began on the production floor as a machine operator, quickly working my way through the organization to become the company’s first NPI engineer, and settling into the role of engineering manager leading a staff of 6. Generated labor and machine/ tooling requirements for all production orders; including hands-on engineering support of all NPI activities. Defined detailed assembly work instructions, routers/travelers, work cell time standards, rework activities and QA inspection criteria.