Chris

10/27/2015
League City, TX

Position Desired

Chemical Engineering
Anywhere in FL; Austin, TX; Houston, TX
Yes

Resume

OBJECTIVE

To obtain a senior production management position where there are opportunities for career advancement through high performance.

EDUCATION

B.S., Chemical Engineering, June 1982, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida.
B.S., Chemistry, June 1980, Florida Institute of Technology.

EXPERIENCE/ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Operations Manager, ONEOK Hydrocarbon Southwest LLC, Mont Belvieu, TX 06/13 – Present

Lead a multi-shift operations team at a NGL fractionation facility to meet company goals for safety, quality, on-time delivery and cost.
• Ensure EH&S compliance while driving EH&S excellence.
• Direct cost effective operations, improving on stream time and equipment utilization.
• Work with marketing and central planning to meet customer expectations for product delivery
• Develop operator performance and optimize online operating procedures and training documentation.
• Winner of 2014 NGL Operations Excellence Leadership Award recognizing excellent group performance based on achieving ESH Targets and team goals supporting organizations key drivers and key activities.

ATMI, Burnet, TX 07/08 - 09/12

Production Manager Blended Chemistries and CVD Materials

Provide production team leadership for a multiple shift specialty chemical manufacturing plant to meet and exceed company goals for safety, quality, delivery, and cost.
• Successfully managed a $10M operational budget and developed capital budget requirements.
• Directed $500K capital expansion project for HCDS new product introduction. Project and product qualification completed under budget and ahead of schedule.
• Directed multi-disciplined team to resolve key customer quality complaint with a multi-million dollar liability claim. Utilized FMEA and 8D problem solving tools and clearly demonstrated to customer that product was not the root cause problem. Customer removed liability claim and thanked team.
• Directed TDMAT capacity improvement team, identifying and resolving area constraints to improve capacity by 40%.
• Led FPY (First Pass Yield) and OTD (On Time Delivery) continuous improvement teams to achieve 95% metrics and exceed company goals.
• Led Customer Complaint Tiger Team utilizing KBM, FMEA, and 8D methodologies to eliminate canister build defect escapes and reducing overall customer complaints by 50%.
• Led MRB team reducing discrepant material inventory from $1.2M to under $50K in under six months.
• Participated and prepared site for successful ISO 9001/14001 and customer audits.

Production Manager, CVD Materials

Led a multiple shift production team of supervisors, engineers, technicians, and operators to meet and exceed company goals for safety, quality, delivery, and cost.
• Champion safety first team attitude and implemented best practices to enhance plant safety. Plant awarded SHARP certification (Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program) by OSHA on initial inspection.
• Successfully managed $4.5M operational budget and prepared annual capital budget needs.
• Implemented continuous improvement and cost savings projects to achieve $721K in cost savings.
• Implemented raw green initiative for CVD manufacturing area, resulting in $500K of annual savings. Program included rework of expired finished goods return material, recycling of distillation process waste streams and process yield improvements for CVD distillation processes.
• Led TiCl4 capacity improvement team, implementing continuous improvement initiatives to improve capacity by 50%.
• Directed $750K TiCl4 capacity expansion project and qualification. Led team through capex submission, contractor bid, design, equipment selection, installation, and qualification.
• Implemented work instruction consolidation and cross training program.
• Resolved TEPO arsenic contamination problem historically responsible for frequent product supply constraints and high rework costs.

Module Shift Manager, Spansion, Austin, TX 09/06 - 07/08 (Company filed for bankruptcy)

Led a production staff of engineers, maintenance technicians, and process technicians to consistently meet or exceed operational metrics for an eight inch flash memory fab.
• Communicated and achieved fab and module goals for hit rate, ships, line yield, and cycle time.
• Expedited priority, static, hold, and development lots to meet schedule.
• Directed preventative maintenance and repair activities on etch tools.
• Established development and cross training plans for production staff.
• Supported installation and qualification of new tools and processes.

Process Engineering Manager, Cypress Semiconductor, Round Rock, TX 09/05 - 09/06 (Plant Closure)

Directed engineering activities for photo/etch area in support of site initiatives.
• Achieved fab line yield, die yield, and cycle time goals.
• Improved tool performance and met OEE goals.
• Mentored and established goals for photo/etch engineers and technicians.
• Sponsored Photo/Etch SPC improving FPY (First Pass Yield) > 90%
• Established Continuous Improvement Team on constraint tool improving availability by 20% in one quarter.
• Implemented Etch Control Plan to eliminate scrap. Team achieved best scrap rate in last three quarters.

Director of Operations, SemiSouth, Starkville, MS 01/05 - 9/05

Directed manufacturing operations for a silicon carbide startup.
• Coordinated production activities and scheduling of R&D runs.
• Provided leadership and technical development for engineers, maintenance techs, and process techs.
• Maintained operating budget for operations group and lead capital equipment procurement activities.
• Managed facilities construction, expansion, tool installation, and improvement projects.
• Initiated TPM/TQM initiatives, predictive maintenance activities.





Production Manager, Intersil Corporation, Palm Bay, FL 07/03 - 12/04

Production Manager for two wafer fabs.
• Directed the production and maintenance activities of 85 employees on a compressed shift.
• Coordinated daily activities with shift supervisors to meet ship, cycle time, and line yield goals.
• Effectively used maintenance resources to minimize equipment downtime and improve throughput.
• Implemented hardware/software improvements on metal etch platform reducing cycle time 23%, and
improving capacity by 33%
• Communicated fab and shift goals to production staff.
• Led Continuous Improvement Team and Cross Training team achieving a 42% reduction in misprocess and
leading wafer fab in best production activities and quality metrics.

Staff Engineer, Sony Semiconductor, San Antonio, TX 07/02 - 07/03 (Plant Closure)

Responsible for design, development, and transfer of new products to production.

Module Shift Manager, Advanced Micro Devices, Austi...

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