Objective
To contract with manufacturing companies to define areas of quality concern, and employ a data-driven improvement approach to optimize, stabilize and control processes and designs
Education
University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN
BS in Mechanical Engineering; Minors: German, Math
June 2004
Goethe Institute, Berlin, Germany
July 2001
Engineering
Experience
Quality Engineer, Cirrus Design, Duluth, MN
July 2007 – July 2009
• Managed the certification of parts and processes for the composite aircraft assembly line
• Overhauled tool certification process by employing DMAIC and Lean Six Sigma methods
• Streamlined inspection systems to evaluate and communicate production issues
• Improved nonconformance response time through weekly metric reports (CAPA)
• Established controls on critical processes to detect statistically out of control variation (SPC)
Product Engineer, Medtronic, Fridley, MN
Jan. 2006 – June 2007
• Determined long-term capability (Cpk) of cardiac devices through measurement and analysis
• Developed and executed test plans, then analyzed results using statistical tools such as ANOVA
• Managed multi-site, cross-functional team in FMEA exercise and implemented risk mitigations
• Led audits and supplier testing to prevent costly production stoppages and product failures
Design Engineer, Goodrich Sensor Systems, Burnsville, MN
Feb. 2004 – Jan. 2006
• Eliminated $105,000 per year in scrapped hardware by improving cockpit door camera design
• Saved $108,000 annually by creating a language independent test plan for a camera supplier
• Recovered $45,000 of unusable inventory through the implementation of a rework plan
Intern, 3M, Saint Paul, MN
Jan. 2003 – Mar. 2004
• Assisted senior researchers by executing and documenting experiments in a polymers lab
Leadership
Member, ROCORI school board
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