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1394 Tularcitos Drive

Residence: (408) 263-7235

Milpitas, California 95035

Cell:  (510) 579-7890

                                   Customer-Driven Quality Professional

bulletDedicated Six Sigma Black Belt problem solver, with a results-driven management style. Driving business excellence through cross-functional teams. Twenty year background as top quality executive in the following competencies:

 ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

bulletCompleted Six Sigma Black Belt Certification through ASQ.Implemented quality programs including customer and supplier collaboration.

 EDUCATION:   University of Missouri

            M.S., Electrical Engineering, Kansas City/Columbia, Missouri

            B.S., Electrical Engineering, Columbia, Missouri

EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHTS:

AQSN, Milpitas, CA

2003 - Present

 

Principal-Chief Quality Officer

 

 

THERMA-WAVE, Fremont, CA

2000 - 2003

 

Director, Corporate Quality Assurance

bulletEstablished a company wide quality function with focus on Customer Satisfaction, New Product Introduction / Design Quality, Supplier Quality and Internal Quality Audits.

bulletReduced defective material inventories from ~$1M to less than $150K.Established Process Improvement Teams to address recognized areas of weakness and to bring business systems into compliance to ISO9001 international & SEMI quality standards.
 
LOGISTIX, Fremont, CA (acquired)

 1999 - 2000

 
Director, Operations Quality, Worldwide Operations
 
bulletResponsible for all Operations Quality world wide in a global multi-facility operation
 

 

ECLIPSE GROUP, Inc., San Jose, CA

1998 - 1999

Senior Consultant (contract)

TANON MANUFACTURING /SMARTFLEX SYSTEMS, Fremont, CA.

Nov. 98 - Feb. 99

bulletDirected the Quality organization through an acquisition and chapter 11-reorganization period.

bulletMaintained successful customer quality interface through the transition period.

 

AG ASSOCIATES, San Jose, CA.  (Acquired by Mattson)

1994 - 1998

Director Corporate Quality

bulletDirected the company's first Customer Satisfaction Measurement program resulting in a 17% improvement overall, VLSI Research Top-10 award for 1998 and a #1 uptime rating.

bulletManaged SEMATECH SSQA / EPIT (product improvement) and ISO 9000 initiatives.Implemented a Supplier Quality Engineering function in support of Demand Flow Technology based on the JcIT certification program.  

bulletAssumed a Manufacturing Technology function, in addition to Quality, to establish structure and documentation to satisfy the SSQA improvement plan.

 

NETWORK COMPUTING DEVICES, INC., Mountain View, CA

1989 - 1994

 

Director of Quality

bulletEstablished the company quality management/reliability program for a new company.

bulletManaged quality system implementation certified to ISO 9001 International Quality Standards after becoming a public company.  

bulletDemonstrated two fold improvement in both quality and reliability of the entire product line.

     

DAISY SYSTEMS, INC., Mountain View, CA

1985 - 1989

Director of Quality Assurance

bulletDeveloped the company’s first quality assurance/ reliability engineering function.

bulletImproved outgoing product quality from 75% to 98%.

bulletAdditional work experience included Corvus Systems, 9 years with Xerox / Diablo Systems (a Xerox Company) in California and Texas, and Bendix Corporation in Kansas City, Mo., including various roles in Quality Management, Manufacturing Engineering, and Operations.

 

CORVUS SYSTEMS, INC., San Jose, CA                                                         

Director of Quality Assurance

bulletManaged the corporate quality functions in multi-location manufacturing facilities.

XEROX CORPORATION, Dallas, TX

bulletSenior Foreman 

bulletSenior Quality Control Engineer

DIABLO SYSTEMS (A Xerox Company) Hayward, CA; Fremont, CA

bulletManager of Manufacturing Engineering  

bulletArea Manager, Manufacturing Quality Assurance

BENDIX CORPORATION, Kansas City, MO

bulletQuality Process Engineer

FURTHER EDUCATION/TRAINING:

bulletExecutive Business Management Certification Program-SJSU Prof. Development – 12/04  

bulletLean Manufacturing Certification Program – Silicon Valley Technical Institute - 8/04Business Fundamentals Course– San Jose State University-Professional Development - 7/04  

bulletSix Sigma Green Belt Training Certificate – Sanmina-SCI - 1/04  

bulletSix Sigma Black Belt Certification Workshop – completed 16 week programTotal Quality Management Course - San Jose State University

bulletGraduate work in Engineering Administration / Executive Management

bulletNorth Texas State University, Denton, Texas

bulletManagement Development Training    

bulletCourses in: Management Development, Cost of Quality, Cost Reduction, Conducting Effective Meetings, Time Management  

bulletZenger-Miller - Leadership 2000 Training  

bulletJcIT - Demand Flow Technology/Business Strategy  

bulletCost-Effective Supply Chain Management program from NAPM

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS / CERTIFICATIONS:

bulletLicensed - Professional Engineer - State of MissouriMember - ASQ (American Society for Quality)  

bulletCertified Six Sigma Black Belt #3250 – ASQ-3/05  

bulletMember –Assessment Standardization Council – SEMIIndustry Advisor – MAB (Manufacturers Advisory Board) – San Jose State University

 

Updated 05/15/12 


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