Gregory A Yount 5315 Coyote Dr, Frederick, CO 80504 Mobile: 3037209763; Home: 3037721493
Summary: Highly creative and uniquely versatile Senior Engineer with 18 years of experience and leadership in all facets of international New Product Introductions and Project Management including product development and quality, seeking challenging opportunities in Colorado.
EDUCATION, CERTIFICATIONS AND SIGNIFICANT TRAINING B.S. Industrial Technology, Focus on Design and Machining, Minor in German Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL, Magna cum Laude, 1994 ● Lean Enterprise Academy, June 2010,Value Stream Mapping, DFM, Poka Yoke, Bosch, 20036 ● PFMEA/DFMEA Creation and Management, Bosch, 1996, Barden/FAG Bearings, 2008 ● Experience in ISO9001/TS16949, AS9100, QS9000 Quality Management systems ● Bilingual, German and English, read, write and speak ● Project Management, MS Project, Robert Bosch Corporation, 1997 ● Advanced GD&T, Barden Corp.Naugatuck Valley College, 2008 ● AutoCAD, MiniTab v15, UniCAM, MS Office, SAP, Syspro, SQL ● Selftaught ProE, SolideEdge CAD, MS Access ● Mahr MahrSurf XC2 Surface Contour System, MMQ100 Form Measuring System
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Vapor Tehchnologies, Inc. , Senior Manufacturing Engineer 06/1306/13 Responsibilities: Carry out DFM activities in preparation for launch of high volume continuous throughput PVD Coating line, and provide input to design and build team to improve the End User experience and reliability. UQM Technologies, Inc., Longmont, CO 07/1001/13 Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Motor Production Cell Responsibilities: Project lead for launch of highvolume, highefficiency automotive drive motor for the Electric Vehicle Market. Plan and implement manufacturing methodologies and ideas into a company with no history of high volume production. Assist in prototype builds, tooling design, production documentation. ● Taught self MS Access programming, and developed production shipping database which crossreferenced SQL Server to ensure all shipped units were linked to successful test data and build data, and prohibited shipment of duplicate Serial Numbers FAG/Barden Bearings Inc., Danbury, CT 09/06 – 07/10 Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Bearing Production Cell Responsibilities: Project Manager of $7 Million unique, lowmix, highvolume, highprecision automotive ceramic ball bearing, launched successfully into a lowvolume, superhigh precision aerospace/medical bearing environment. Plan, develop and establish all processes for fully automated bearing Grinding and Assembly Cell. Lead and control all PFMEA and Control Plan activities. Mentor junior engineers. Capital Equipment.
● Implemented Lean Methodologies into department. Initially the Lean rollout project was slated for another department, but I drove our Lean Champion toward my department which was in the process of launching a highly lucrative new product. Overcame management reluctance and structural issues at Barden, drove a new critical mindset and challenging set of expectations at all business levels, to improve focus on all aspects of the Value Stream. Drove implementation of 5S throughout the department. Increased output by 75%, eliminated mixed product issues, and effectively eliminated backlog . Managed the efforts of outside process experts to reduce the need for continuous resetting of the process, as well as training in more effective changeover methods. ● Used SMED to develop modular tooling approach to drastically reduce setup and
Yount, Gregory, Page 2 adjustment time/quality ● Drove a paradigm shift in the focus on quality, including modernization of metrology system at all levels of the organization during a major midlaunch quality spill, drove efforts to revamp metrology process and quality documentation, averted major shutdown of customer. Continuously challenged outdated ideas, daily routines and mindset of managers, supervisors and employees in an effort to achieve World Class standards.
Robert Bosch Corporation, Anderson, SC 02/95 – 08/06 Senior Development Engineer, Anderson, SC (12/05 – 08/06) Responsibilities: Planned and introduced new UniCAM Software in microhybrid ECU group to replace manual programming and process setup with machinegenerated assembly and test programs, resulting in annual savings of $1.7 Million, and eliminating human error. This was achieved despite no previous experience in CAM or software programming. Promoted to Senior Development Engineer due to this project and previous sensor project. Acted solely as Quality, Manufacturing, and Development Engineer roles during product transfer to Mexico. Despite numerous issues, all goals were achieved. Managed all CAPA activities per TS16949. Product Development Engineer, Anderson, SC (04/01 – 12/05) Responsibilities: Product Development Project Manager and Validation Test Manager for the North American launch of a new generation Hall speed sensor. Local product Program Manager, led FA e...
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