Sr Engineer 03912wa

02-08-2002 Resides in Washington

Salary: US $

Relocate: Yes

On the Market: Looking

Industry: Optical Components

03912 Sr. Engineer Optical Washington

SUMMARY
"A leader who continues to develop and demonstrate a broad business understanding, demonstrating the ability to communicate across functional areas, exhibits strong problem solving skills, sound judgment, and the willingness to accept increasing responsibility."  "Confidential", Manger, Tektronix.

EDUCATION
M.B.A. Portland State University, Beta Gamma Sigma Honors
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Oregon State University
B.S. Physics/Mathematics, Linfield College

LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE
Ø       Chief Engineer/Engineering Supervisor responsible for developing the strategic and technical roadmap of a line of new optical components and packages targeted for Telect products serving the Telecommunication and CATV industries.
Ø       Developed business plans and assisted in strategic planning sessions associated with Telect's vision for optical component packaging. Analysis typically included industry/market analysis, competitive analysis, technical feasibility and pro-forma analysis.
Ø       Completed an optical component technology roadmap. Performed an external analysis of optical components and packages along with an internal optical technology competency analysis. Utilized this technology roadmap as the basis for defining optical test equipment requirements for capital budgeting and planning requirements.
Ø       Developed Telect engineering team's optical testing knowledge and led efforts for optical component testing per Bellcore/Telcordia standards.
Ø       Completed an onsite assessment of manufacturing, field service and repair operations of a newly acquired facility in Berlin, Germany to facilitate the integration of redundant business processes.
Ø       Manufacturing program lead for a Windows CE based platform product that will be used to operate several independent products targeted for testing fiber optic, metallic and wireless applications. (website link: NetTek)
Ø       Manufacturing program lead for a field-rugged Metallic Time-Domain Reflectometer and POTS test instrument. Work closely with entire engineering team to track and resolve DFM issues. Led manufacturing personnel in developing procedures for ECB functional board testing, final assembly, automated calibration and performance verification to support long-term production of the product. (website link: TS200)
ENGINEERING ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Ø       Manufacturing/Mechanical engineering responsible for designing, specifying and implementing production equipment required for a linear flow production process associated with a $40M low-volume-high-mix product line.
Ø       Manufacturing/Mechanical engineering on a team assigned to develop and implement a sub-assembly outsourcing model that resulted in identifying $873,689 manufacturing cost reduction opportunities and reduced cycle time by 2,708 hours.
Ø       Project lead for the redesign and ECB re-layout of an existing product to resolve last-time buy issues.
Ø       Lead engineer responsible for mechanical design, analysis, material selection and manufacturing process development for a customer specified OTDR rack-mount design.
Ø       Mechanical engineering lead responsible for designing a new LCD mounting method to resolve last-time buy issues with an established product.
Ø       Developed test method to identify failure criteria associated with a series of optical connectors. Identified root-cause failure, implemented immediate short-term corrective action and worked with the supplier to implement a long-term redesign.
Ø       Developed test plans for FCC and IEC EMC compliance testing for current production instruments.
Ø       Developed Pro-Engineer, FEA, AutoCAD 3-D design skills.


INTERNET PROJECTS
As a means of understanding the value of the Internet to the operation of a company along with seeking to understand HOW to apply Internet technology to the operations of a company, the following projects have built my understanding of the Internet and added E-commerce and online Marketing benefits to the following companies.
Ø       Program Manager: Tektronix "project-Confidential"
Ø       Developer: "Confidential"
Ø       Developer: "Confidential"
Ø       Current Project: "Confidential"

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
"Confidential"- Optical Products Group                                            2000-2001
Chief Engineer/Engineering Supervisor

Tektronix, Inc - "Confidential"                                             1999-2000
Program Manager

Tektronix, Inc                                                                  1992-1999
Senior Mechanical/Manufacturing Engineer

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