- BS Aerospace Engineer with five years experience in the filament winding business since obtaining BS.
- Reduced manufacturing costs by standardizing filament winding process through improvements to cure cycle, integration of new equipment and retraining Operators.
- Improved ability to react to product life cycles by creating laminating prototype cell reducing lead time by 75%.
- Supported new market oppts by facilitating new high temp high stress thermosets for oil and medical markets.
- Reduced overall labor cost 90% through redesign of a Fanuc robotic system which increased machine output in off-hours and process productivity reducing Operator interface and quality inspections.
- Supported introduction of lean mfgr and other process improvements by re-defining data collection and analysis techniques.
- Worked with customers to design, test and produce filament wound structures for oil, water purification electrical and medical markets.
- Expanded product offerings by designing fixtures for filament wound operation using CAD software and hand calculations.
- Implemented qualification processes for development of new high temp resins and process control.
- Mentored Engineers and Technicians in understanding composite materials, data gathering, report creation and project completion.
- Refined product delivery deadlines by improvements in the ERP system reducing schedule conflicts, cost and risk management.