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Click here or scroll down to respond to this candidateDave Richardson PHONE NUMBER AVAILABLEEMAIL AVAILABLE | www.linkedin.com/ Executive Operations - Quality - EngineeringProductive, quality-driven leader and reliability engineer with extensiveindustry experience. Expertise in needs assessment, change management,lean manufacturing, process improvement, and quality control, assurance,and testing. Proven ability to diagnose complex problems and delivereffective solutions and build strong internal and external partnerships.Demonstrated skill in creating an environment that encourages participationwhile establishing accountability, promoting initiative, and facilitatingindividual success. Experienced in failure analysis, cost reduction, RFQ /RFP, ISO9001 / AS9001 Auditing, and ISO27001.Core Strengths Client Relations - Corporate Communications - Financial Analysis - Financial Management Forecasting - Interviewing - Operations Management - Quality Control PCB experience Start-Up Operations - Total Quality Management - Automotive QuaitySelect Career Highlights < Led efforts to obtain and maintain ISO 9001 and TS 16949 certifications < Managed company through a sucsessful Tier!1 Quaification. < Implemented processes and strategies to streamline methods, increase efficiencies, reduce production staffing, decrease costs, and improve quality to achieve company's first sustained profitability. < Reduced wafer breakage of customer material by switching all jobs to more experienced engineers. < Calculated control limits, implemented statistical process control, and initiated specification system and controls. < Collaborated with engineer to develop previously non-existent documented specifications. < Expanded production from about 200 to 500+ lasers per month with no increase in labor cost. < Led development of innovative court case that eliminated illegal clone device importation. < Functioned as lead engineer in small confidential groups assisting in merger/acquisition evaluations. < Gathered devices and technologies to perform competitive analysis (EEPROMs). < Assisted new product teams in determining root cause problems and solutions.Professional OverviewRichardson Consulting, Chandler, Arizona 2008 - PresentPresidentPerformed failure analysis for several clients and taught basic failureanalysis principles. Performed significant line loading studies to reducecycle time and reduce overall WIP. Function as management/ qualityconsultant focusing on costs .. Provide technical engineering resourcesfocusing on non-volatile memory structures and function. Provide qualityconsuting service for automotive qualification attempts. Provide inspectionservices for IPC 610 and other certified inspections. Supported anddeveloped systems for ISO 9000 and AS9100 for registration and upcomingaudits. Revised and modified Supplier audit systems for conformance tospecifications and requirements. < Offer expert witness services for technical and financial litigation.Entrepix, Tempe, Arizona 2006 - 2008Operations / Quality managerMaintained top and bottom line profit and loss responsibility for foundryoperations. Managed all departments and staff. Directed daily activities;identified areas requiring improvement; implemented corrective actions; andinterfaced with customers to resolve problems and issues. Implemented ESDprotocol and procedures. < Led efforts to obtain and maintain ISO 9001 and TS 16949 certifications. < Implemented processes and strategies to streamline methods, increase efficiencies, reduce production staffing, decrease costs, and improve quality to achieve company's first sustained profitability. < Reduced wafer breakage of customer material by switching all jobs to more experienced engineers.Universal Laser, Scottsdale, Arizona 2005 - 2006Operations ManagerManaged activities of staff of 20 engaged in maintenance, engineering, andproduction duties related to machined, aluminum, and extruded products.Maintained top and bottom line responsibility for profit and loss for laseroperations. Addressed and resolved production and inventory issues andconcerns. Aligned lasers, as required. < Calculated control limits, implemented statistical process control, and initiated specification system and controls. < Searched databases to identify optimal targets for maximum power output of laser that could sell for a higher price. < Collaborated with engineer to develop previously non-existent documented specifications. < Expanded production from about 200 to 500+ lasers per month with no increase in labor cost.Richardson Consulting, Chandler, Arizona 1999 - 2005President / CEOProvided management/quality consulting focusing on costs, quality issues,and manufacturing issues. Provided technical engineering resources focusingon non-volatile memory structures and function. Offered expert witnessservices for technical and financial litigation.MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY, Chandler, Arizona ? 05/1986 - 05/1999Worldwide leader in microcontroller production and distribution.Staff Technologist (06/1997 - 05/1999)Served as key technical advisor to President for Mergers and Acquisitions,IP development and internal worldwide operations. Managed staff on fourcontinents for IP protection, and directed activities of departmentattached to legal group for engineering support and problem resolution.Primary source for competitive worldwide information gathering andanalysis. Worked with legal department to develop cases to eliminateimporting and sales of cloned devices. Analyzed experiments to solvetechnical internal problems.Accomplishments: Led the development of an innovative court case that eliminated illegal clone device importation.Acting Director of Quality (06/1993 - 06/1997)Managed worldwide quality department staff on four continents withapproximately 120 employees and $20M budget, overseeing quality/reliabilityand failure analysis. Led teams to obtain ISO, AEC, and QS certifications,and implemented corporate SPC controls for relevant processes. Served asadjunct member of new product/process teams and mentored engineers incareer growth.Oversaw outsourced PCB manufacturing of a few thousand boardsper month.Accomplishments: Directed team in examining field returns and QA rejects to determine and implement root cause solutions. Efforts resulted in achieving lowest failure rates in field of all major competitors to less than 50 ppm. Determined group composite, doubling staff size to reduce time to report for all external failure analysis requests. Realized a decrease in customer quality reject rates and an increase in customer satisfaction. Led the implementation of root cause solutions for many internal and external failure analysis requests. Played key role in developing an erase/write cycling failure model, the first of its kind within the industry. Reengineered one service organization to a value added improvement leader. Developed new qualification procedures and implemented new on- going reliability program..Reliability and Failure Analysis Manager (08/1988 - 06/1993)Provided departmental oversight for customer and internal analysis ofdefective material. Led 25 member staff on two continents with a budget of$8M. Developed new EPROM test methods for quality improvement at reducedcost.Accomplishments: Hired and trained failure analysis staff, doubling group size, and eliminating problem recurrence. Customized reliability reporting for customers on request to assist sales in obtaining new business and establish a relationship between Quality/Reliability and the customer Discovered root cause oxide mechanism resulting in higher quality with lowered cost.Product / Test Engineering Manager (05/1986 - 08/1988)Oversaw production of $175M EPROM product line, with P&L responsibility,and $10M budget in three factories in three countries. Implemented newproducts and technologies for cost reduction and feature enhancement.Reviewed probe and final test yields, and analyzed lower than expectedresults. Worked extensively on replacing ceramic product line with plastic.Accomplishments: Converted line from Ceramic encapsulated re-programmable EPROM products to a lower cost plastic single program product. Efforts resulted in changing line from a major money loser to a profitable line, and established the EPROM as a manufacturable core for the microcontroller line. Developed and implemented several new full array stress tests that significantly improved programming yields, enabling parts to be encapsulated in plastic and become profitable. Achieved first profitability for EPROM products within company.
Lead engineer in small confi07/1980dential groups assisting in Merger/Acquisition Evaluations Gathered devices and technologies to perform competitive analysis (EEPROMs). Assisted new product teams in determining root cause problems and solutions.
AT&T Technologies, Lee'sSummit .Mo ? 09/1984 -05/1986Senior Product EngineerWas product engineer on 256K DRAM line in production. Published internalpaper on a new process optimization technique utilizing large amounts ofdata.Worked on basic yield improvement techniques using internally createdsoftware.Senior Process EngineerWas process engineer assigned to diffusion, CVD, implant sustaining. Workedwith group from corporate on process improvements.Supervised staff of eighton one off shift and worked training younger engeer's in all aspects of theprocess and techniques for sustaining.American Microsystems Inc Pocatello, ID ? 05/1983-09/1984Process EngineerIIIWorked as part of a group of six sustaining a fab operations assigned toDiffusion, CVD and Implant and handled projects as assigned. Worked on lowyield issues and process control.General Instruments - 04/1982-05/1983Senior Diffusion/Yield EngineerWorked as a yield engineer reviewing zero yielding lots. Reviewed otherengineers experiments and analysis Headed program to raise yields on MattelIntellivision console chip set and game chips. Worked closely with productengineering setting limits for probe test programs. Sustaineddiffusion,cvd and implant as needed. Supervised group of 6 engineers forthree fabs in yield enhancement. Purchased new system for analyzingphosphorus.NCR Colorado Springs, Co - 07/1980 - 04/1982Product Engineer for R&D 07/1981-04/1982Worked on new process development/ process optimization for all newproducts coming through the R&D pilot Line. Worked on productcharacterizations of first computer chip set from the company. Interfacedwith all design groups to help forecast wafer starts and needed linecapacity. Supervised one technician.R&D Process Engineer -07/1980-07/1981Worked on development/stableizatioin of four micron silicon gate process.Worked on development of three micron process. Worked on Silicidedevelopment and solved problem of Silicide peeling. Applied for two processrelated patents while there. Studied photolithography and etch while inthe role.Western Electric - 01/1980-07/1980Process EngineerWorked as a process engineer doing process transfer from an existingfacility. Established the prosuction line for this process and implementeda major cost saving by eliminating probe.Education, Certifications, and Technical Skills Completed graduate works in Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics. B.S. in Physics. University of Missouri. Kansas City, Missouri. Pursuing ASQ Certification Certified ISO Auditor Microsoft Office Reliability Modeling for EEPROM Write Erase Cycling |
