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Manufacturing Engineering with diverse experience in advanced manufacturing environments with direct involvement in value-adding automation applications.
Production & Program Management
NPI Team Leadership
Team Leadership & Facilitation
Professional Experience
Continuous Improvement
Industrial Engineering
Production Line Design
Design for Automation
LEAN Techniques
ISO 9000
* Served as an Industrial Engineer, creating time standards, line balancing and material flow.
* SMT Process Engineering and process control
* Program Cost Estimation and time standard development and management
* Integrated capital equipment to increase capacity by 50%, for sales increase from $32 to $55 million.
* Integrated conveyors to accommodate increase in deliveries and saved $750,000/month.
* Justified, purchased and managed $10,000,000 in capital projects.
* Possess Secret Clearance
Independent Sales Agent BlueSkye Insurance Advisers, Melbourne, FL July 12 to Present
I am a State Licensed independent sales agent selling health insurance, life insurance and annuities. After training and testing, I secured a 215 license from the Florida Department of Financial Services which authorizes me to sell these insurance products.
Independent Sales Agent Ameri-Life, Melbourne, FL Nov 12-July 14
I am a State Licensed independent sales agent selling health insurance, life insurance and annuities. After training and test ing, I secured a 215 license from the Florida Department of Financial Services which authorizes me to sell these insurance products.
Manufacturing Engineering Manager Lighting Science, Satellite Beach, FL Jan 2012 to Aug 2012
ME Manager with a start-up company who designs and builds LED lighting. Responsible for the ME team in Satellite Beach and for supporting our facility in Monterrey, MX and a contract manufacturer in Chihuahua, MX. I work with the engineering team on ne w product development and the implementation of these products in all of these facilities. I work to design and build the various pieces of machines and equipment for these new items as well as the assuring the timely design and delivery of tooling.
Product Engineer , Honeywell Corp, Clearwater, FL Mar 2010-Jan 2012
Supporting CCA production, serve as a Process/Quality Engineering. Responsibilities include the disposition of CCA’s in a complete
Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM, shop floor controlled) environment, SMT Process Engineer, support bar coding processes.
Served on several failure investigation teams (FIT), Chartered to improve test yields through process improvement. Work with supplier quality assurance (SQE) to address material related issues.
Production Manager , Lockheed Martin, Port Canaveral, FL Nov 2006 – Nov 20009
Led the production team, in the producing a military surveillance product with applications of force protection. Implement pr ograms to track work, material and final products through the assembly and test process and finally the field. I developed metrics to measure production cycle times, quality, material deliveries and test yields. Work with the team to rewrite organizations operating p rocedures working towards and receiving ISO certification.
* Implement work flow management tools.
* Create work/time measurement and create time standards.
* Work extensively with Material Planning to establish and achieve material schedules.
Senior Engineer , MC Assembly, Palm Bay, FL Dec 05 – June 06
I was the senior member of the NPI team (New SMT Products Integration), responsible for the integration of new customer produ cts into the production process. Working with the customer’s design team, to design their PCB’s to create more manufacturable products. I was charged with the development of continuous flow manufacturing process to implement fast and more streamlined assembly processes.
* Tasked with the implementation of Continuous Flow manufacturing techniques.
* Member NPI Team charged with the integration of new products into the manufacturing process.
* Responsible for the DFM (Design for Manufacturing) on all new customers’ circuit boards.
Manufacturing Management Consultant , HETRA Secure Solutions, Palm Bay, FL Sept 05 – Dec 05
Led the manufacturing team to improve the assembly process, build a production schedule and implement a Quality process.
Implement new process equipment and re-laying out the facility.

Program Manager , GSMA Robotics Systems, Palm Bay, FL Feb 05 – Aug 05
Program Manager, for large scale packaging systems, that utilize robotics. Lead in the specification, procurement, assembly a nd test of machinery whose automation systems erects cartons, places products in cartons, place cartons in cases and palletize the resulting goods for shipment. These process machines use bar coding, laser measuring, sensors and vision to locate and track products.
Manufacturing Manager , Mnemonics Inc, Melbourne, FL 1999 - 2003
I managed all aspects of production, in a contracts manufacturing environment. Reduced labor by 15% and increased output by 30%, improving quality and delivery. Integrate SMT process equipment and build lines. Developed new manufacturing documentation fo rmat to streamlined work instructions and involve each operator in the total quality process. I worked with sales, in support of sales effor ts and to help close key customer accounts.
* Managed a staff of 30 associates in a 12 million dollar Contract Manufacturing environment.
* Managed up to 18 discrete programs concurrently.
* Responsible for Production, Material control and scheduling all programs.
* Turned 5Y of losses into a profitable business unit in 6 months by re-engineering the processes.
* Budget, cost control, man loading and ETC responsibility on multiple programs.
* Planned and integrated all customer programs into production.
* Create methods and work instructions that increased quality and reduced time.
* Part of the Team that realized a growth in sales from $2.6 to $12M in 4 years.
* Plant layout and new equipment integration.
* Member of ISO 9001-2000 certification process team.
Manufacturing Engineer Consultant - United Technologies Automotive, Tampa, FL 1998-1999
UTA is a Tier II supplier to major automotive manufacturers, where I served as a contractor to help resolve quality related issues that caused delivery problems. I addressed problems with the SMT processes, i.e. solder paste printing, SMT placement and design improvements.
* Provide engineering support, of the Honda product line, in a JIT environment.
* Supported all SMT processes and the soldering robots with new documentation, work instructions and tooling.
* Reduced rework and improved quality level by 30%.
Lead Product/Manufacturing Engineer , Talla-Com Industries, Tallahassee, FL 1991- 1998
Talla-Com is a developer and manufacturer of a SINCGARS, Military radios, RF and wireless products. I led a team of Professionals that supported all aspects of manufacturing with work instructions and methods, tooling and equipment, automation machine programs, process development and controls. Led the process of re-engineer all circuit boards, to improve their manufacturability, reduce cost and quality improvement.
* Lead the program to r edesign PCB’s to improve manufacturability, improve quality and reduce costs.
* Lead Manufacturing Engineer staff of five direct reporting engineers.
* Integrated capital equipment to increase capacity by 50%, for sales increase from $32 to $55 million.
* Integrated conveyors to accommodate increased in deliveries and saved $750,000/month.
* Managed capital projects worth $3.5 million.
* Integrated conveyor lines and streamlined production flow which reduced WIP materials by 60%, reduced
cycle time by 50% and increased output by 30%.
* Integrated automatic material storage systems, facilitating JIT.
EDUCATION
* Bachelors of Business Administration, Columbia College
* Crosby Quality College, Total Quality Management & Team Building