Terri Werdmuller – I.E., MBA
terriwerdmuller@yahoo.com
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Quality Manager, Manufacturing Engineer- RIM Plastics Manufacturer
2013 – Current
Design Octaves, Soquel CA
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Manage the Quality System and ISO Program- maintain day to day quality program, provide monthly
management reviews, maintain quality metrics, train, educate and encourage continuous improvement within
the manufacturing and business operations
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Manufacturing Engineer- Provide on floor support to production team for resolution of day to day
manufacturing issues, process improvements, supplier quality and customer satisfaction
Program Manager, Sr. Mfg Engineer- Contract Manufacturing
2010 – 2013
Global Equipment Services & Manufacturing, San Jose CA
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Contract Manufacturing Services- Manage the transfer of knowledge and manufacturing processes from our
customers to our Vietnam manufacturing facility. Providing a high quality, low cost, solution for contract
manufacturing.
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Manufacturing Services Department Development- Key participant in developing the manufacturing services
organization within a start-up engineering/contract services provider company.
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Develop local US supply chain or South East Asia supply chain as required for each new customer project.
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Project Quoting and Contract Negotiation for new projects and new accounts.
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Developed and implemented a production release process for the transfer of new designs/products from
engineering proto-type builds to full blown production lines
Product Manager- Aviza APCVD Solar
2008 – 2009
Aviza Technology, Scotts Valley CA
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Key participant on product development team- defining market requirements, product scope, film and process
requirements
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Organizing and managing process demo activity for potential customers and R&D projects
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Reviewing and deciphering R&D data and findings to determine next steps and/or product development path
Director Operations Engineering
2003 – 2008
Aviza Technology, Scotts Valley CA
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Directly managed manufacturing engineering, sustaining engineering, supplier engineering and document
control
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New Product Introduction – responsible for successful transition of new products into production- with a focus
on Design for Manufacturability, configurable BOM structure, manufacturing philosophy, documentation,
outsourcing plans, production/test fixtures and tooling
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IT Systems Experience; Agile and Oracle 11i implementations locally and at remote facilities; restructured
BOMs allowing for configuration options
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Overseas outsourcing of major sub-systems and modules- in China and Malaysia
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Managed the transition of product manufacturing to sister facility in Newport, Wales, UK
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Reduced BOM costs, manufacturing costs, install and start-up costs on several products
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Designed and implemented engineering processes to enable a quick turn business strategy for system
refurbishment and sellable upgrades, within cost and turn around time constraints
2000 – 2003
Director Operations Engineering
ASML, Scotts Valley CA
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Directly led a team comprised of supplier engineering, manufacturing engineering, doc control and shop order
engineering
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Implemented an engineering process within the shop order engineering group to better respond to customer
expected lead-times and production cycle lead-time requirements
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Manufacturing facility consolidation – managed consolidation of documentation control departments, gas panel
assembly and test departments and various other tasks associated with merging two sites into one
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Partnered with Dir. of Materials to manage the entire Operations organization through a significant reduction in
force and restructure as a result of a downturn in business and market conditions
Manager Manufacturing Engineering and Injector Operations
1997 – 2000
Watkins Johnson Co. / Silicon Valley Group, Scotts Valley CA
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Direct supervision; set priorities and managed projects in support of current production goals and new product
development programs
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Led efforts with production team to improve final product quality and improve efficiency of manufacturing
processes and procedures
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Managed system demo and production scheduling within the Injector Operations Lab
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Implemented customer process demo capabilities in the injector lab- developed a training and certification
program for lab employees, implemented procedures for running customer demo’s and handling customer
wafers
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Increased inventory accuracy in the Injector Operations area from approximately 15% to above 94%; reorganized facility layout, improved BOM accuracy, calculated proper stock quantities, participated in cycle
counts and inventory review meetings
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New Product Introduction- manufacturing engineering and process testing for the Monoblok injector, process
N2 shield re-design, and the WJ1500 release
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Taught APCVD Process Troubleshooting course to WJ employees and external customers
Manufacturing Engineer
1993 – 1997
Watkins Johnson Company, Scotts Valley CA
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Created assembly documentation (method sheets, SOE’s, wirelists) and improved BOM accuracy. Designed
floor plans, sized kanbans and organized material flow in support of a JIT manufacturing philosophy.
Participated in a Process Re-Engineering initiative to document and evaluate the “as-is”; design, test, evaluate,
train and implement the “to-be” for several internal business processes
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Trained on CVD process and the operation of the WJ999 and WJ1000 systems, learned to troubleshoot both
hardware and process problems associated with injector qualification
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Responsible for the transition of the WJ1000 Automation System from engineering to productionimplementing DFM improvements, sequence of events, method sheets and BOM accuracy
EDUCATION
Masters of Business and Administration
University of Santa Clara - Santa Clara, CA 1998
Bachelors of Science, Industrial Engineering
California Polytechnic University - San Luis Obispo, CA 1993