Resume

• 2015

  INWCOE is an organization that promotes innovative continuous process improvement in both manufacturing and services.

  Inland NW Consortium for Operational Excellence

• 2012

  Master of Business Administration (MBA)

  Business Administration

  Management and Operations

  Gonzaga University

• 2011

  The Spokane Entertainer's Guild plans

  develops and conducts the Spokane Renaissance Faire each year. In addition to \"bringing alive\" history for about 5

  000 patrons during the 2016 event

  the organization's profits go to local charites.

  Spokane Entertainer's Guild

• 2009

  The SCOPE Mounted Patrol is the eyes and ears of the Spokane County Sheriff. Mounted on horses

  the Team rides through back country trails

  local malls

  parades and many other events to spread good will in the community and provide a \"kinder

  gentler\" image for law enforcement. We especially enjoy interaction with children!

  Spokane County Sheriff's Mounted Patrol (SCOPE)

  Manufacturing Engineering

  Telecommunications

  Lean Manufacturing

  MRP

  Program Management

  Process Simulation

  Risk Management

  Continuous Improvement

  Leadership

  Quality Control

  Electronics

  Engineering

  Engineering Management

  Six Sigma

  Manufacturing

  Product Development

  cGMP manufacturing

  Mergers

  Cross-functional Team Leadership

  Process Engineering

  Dunlop

  John A.

  Dunlop

  KeyTronicEMS

  Flyback Energy

  Exotic Metals Forming Co LLC

• 2001

  Cymer

  Inc

  Eastern Washington University

  Whitworth University

  •\tStrategic direction and day-to-day management of high power (DUV) laser engineering teams (total of 12 direct reports) including design and machining of exotic metals for electrodes\n•\tApplied Six Sigma quality techniques and experimental design optimization\n\tSaved approximately $5M per year using value engineering efforts\n•\tDeveloped high performance chamber engineering team (7 direct reports)

  and provided technical direction and project management for stage-gate projects

  Sr. Director Engineering

  Greater San Diego Area

  Cymer

  Inc

• 1999

  Novellus Systems

  Honeywell

  Illumina

  Lead Junior

  Senior

  and MBA students in study of operations management including Operational Excellence

  ERP

  and Global Supply Chain Management.

  Adjunct Professor of Operations Management

  Spokane

  Washington Area

  Eastern Washington University

  Airway Heights

  WA

  Provides technical and team leadership for up to 40 people in operations

  lean engineering

  and production control for an aerospace startup plant. Designed and implemented single piece product flow

  installed poka- yoke methods to prevent assembly errors. Recruited

  hired and trained up to six team members per week

  while consistently meeting an aggressive ramp of customer requirements for titanium ducting used in commercial

  passenger and military airplanes. Innovative and continuous improvement of business and production processes using operational excellence techniques including Lean and Theory of Constraints.

  Operational Excellence Leader

  Exotic Metals Forming Co LLC

  Phoenix

  Arizona

  Provided leadership and management of capital equipment development engineering teams (15 engineers and scientists)\nLed mechanical engineering and process engineering team to a breakthrough new Olympian wafer carrier product that enabled the success of a new generation of Chemical Mechanical Processing equipment - the SpeedFam-IPEC Auriga.

  Sr. Technical Manager

  Novellus Systems

  San Diego

  CA

  Directed annual operating expense budget of more than $4M. Managed team of more than 45 people

  including assemblers

  technicians

  engineers

  supervisors

  and managers. Manufactured products valued at more than $84M annually. Implemented ISO 13485 and FDA cGMP for clinical transformation of RUO to diagnostic processes.\n•\tConducted strategic planning and execution to meet nearly continuous production ramps

  meeting stretch production goals in 23 out of 24 quarters. \n•\tMet growth objectives by building team of 14 engineers and 31 production associates.\n•\tChampioned companywide programs in Lean and Six Sigma methodology for both services and manufacturing. Led more than 24 teammates in continuous improvement (kaizen) efforts. Worked with 9-Six Sigma and 5-Lean Black Belt teams (in 2 locations and several different focus areas). Average annual savings of about $100k per team.\n•\tIntegrated teams and production lines from acquisitions (Cyvera

  Solexa

  and Helixis) enabling reliable production of new products and establishing Illumina’s culture of high productivity balanced with high quality in a collaborative environment that employed every person’s capabilities and contributions.\n•\t Transferred a production line overseas without missing production objectives

  thus taking advantage of many tax and location/facility incentives provided by Singapore.

  Director

  Manufacturing Engineering and Instrument Production

  Illumina

  Spokane

  WA

  I have the privilege to lead students in their study of Operations Management in the School of Continuing Studies.

  Adjunct Professor

  Whitworth University

  Recruited and led teams of metallurgical

  chemical

  and mechanical engineers to support production of very high quality

  high technology

  and high mix – low volume products. Ensured conformance with HOS (similar to the Toyota Production System – TPS). \n•\tTrained team members and applied Lean and Six Sigma techniques to ensure products consistently exceeded semiconductor industry and customer requirements.\n•\tJustified doubling the number of Process Engineers

  then hired needed engineers. Led the team to provide first year payback of approximately 150% of loaded engineering costs. Applied new engineers to eliminate approximately $20k per week of in process scrap

  while simultaneously improving product metallurgy and eliminating a significant source of defective devices - that had threatened disqualification by multiple customers.

  Site Engineering Manager

  Spokane

  Washington Area

  Honeywell

  Managed all aspects of internal and customer relationships for assigned programs. Turned customer requirements and specifications into contract manufactured products that contained molded or formed plastics

  mechanical

  or electronic components. \n•\tMet 100% of customer's quality and delivery requirements while maximizing KTC’s value contribution by being a low-cost producer.

  Program Manager

  Spokane

  Washington Area

  KeyTronicEMS

• 1995

  Heraeus

  •\tProvided project vision and directed investment of $5 million to produce new technology and unique aluminum

  titanium and copper alloy metal products for semiconductor fabrication. In an extremely short time achieved qualification by Intel

  AMD

  IBM and other leading customers for supply of extremely high quality and high value added production materials. This qualification required extreme trust in our products because the cost of any quality problem was estimated at approximately $1 million per hour!\n•\tRecruited

  developed

  trained

  and managed a team of 16 people\n•\tPromoted from Project Manager to General Manager

  Heraeus

  Flyback Energy

  Provided operations leadership for contract manufacturing

  pilot production

  and elements of marketing for a startup energy efficiency company.\n•\tEstablished contract manufacturing (CM) and initiated pilot production of flagship product.\n•\tEvaluated product positioning by conducting competitor analyses and competitive product benchmarking.

  Chief Operating Officer

  Spokane

  Washington Area

• 1989

  http://www.pmi.org/\nPMI is the world’s largest not-for-profit membership association for the project management profession. PMI’s worldwide advocacy for project management is reinforced by globally recognized standards and certification program.\nPMI’s Project Management Professional (PMP)® credential is the most important industry-recognized certification for project managers. Globally recognized and demanded

  the PMP® demonstrates the experience

  education and competency to lead and direct projects.\n

  Project Management Institute (PMI)

  Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)

  http://www.sme.org\nSME connects all those who are passionate about making things that improve our world. As a nonprofit organization

  SME has served practitioners

  companies

  educators

  government and communities across the manufacturing spectrum for more than 80 years.

  ASM

  http://www.asminternational.org\nASM is everything material

  the society dedicated to serving the materials science and engineering profession. Through a network of 36

  000 members worldwide

  ASM provides authoritative information and knowledge on materials and processes

  from the structural to the nanoscale.\n

  Masters in Engineering Management

  Engineering Management

  Project Management

  Quality Management

• 1976

  BS Metallurgical Engineering

  Physical Metallurgy

  Extractive Metallurgy

  Mining Engineering

  Alpha Sigma Mu