Bryon Walters

640 W. Siddonsburg Road

Dillsburg, PA 17019

 

Phone: H (717) 432-8975 or C (717) 756-8556            Email: bryonw640@comcast.net

CAREER SUMMARY

Degreed engineer with extensive experience in: various engineering capacities (Product Design, Development, Process, Maintenance, Manufacturing and Quality), System Analyst and Project Management. Industries include Consumer, Medical Devices, Pharmaceutical, Military, Aerospace and Defense, GIS and Telecommunications. Project management responsibility for: product concept design to release to production, equipment evaluation/purchase/installation, production equipment/product line transfers, software/hardware installation   

 

QUALIFICATIONS/HIGHLIGHTS

 

·              Cradle-to-grave product line experience including several new products launches.

·  Fourteen years of Mil Spec connector experience (AMP and TE)

·  Three U.S. Patents granted and over a dozen PIDs submitted. Including one in the Patriot Missile. (AMP and GE)

·              Extremely diverse exposure and hands-on experience implementing QA and Manufacturing methodologies:

·  Lean Manufacturing, JIT, VAM, SPC. (AMP)

·  Ford’s Quality Program, cGMPs, SOP/IQ/OQ/PQ, automated SPC. (AR and Pfizer)

·  Six Sigma Training. (GE)

·  DMR’s writing. (Synthes)

·  Qualification Testing, 5s Principles and UL. (TE Connectivity)

·              Participated and/or facilitated:

·  Design, ITAR, DFARs, Customer Spec reviews. (AMP and TE)

·  Material Reviews Board /CAPA (AMP, TE and AR)

·              Developed materials, procedures and trained operators for insert molding, soldering, adhesives bonding, potting compounds, and cleaning methods as well as in process inspection. (AMP, AR and TE Connectivity)

·              Selected to move from product development to manufacturing to resolve problems with new and existing designs for MIL-C-Filtered connector. Up to 100% failure rate in production. Revised product design, developed alternative manufacturing methods and materials, smaller lot sizes and documented in process inspection. Resulted in reduced rework/ greatly improve production rate and shipping product on time. (AMP)

·              Successfully completed VITA 67 product qualification/validation testing including, help writing product spec, test plan protocol, coordinate components, fixture design and build, trouble-shooting and coordinate testing. (TE)

·              Product line transfer from development to production involving print review. (TE)

·              Resolved vendor issues that threatened product line shut down. (TE)

·              Conducted New Product Development reviewed for release to production. Trouble-shooting, including resolution of a 10-plus-year-old customer complaint. (TE)

·              Saved thousands of dollars in cost savings from fixture designs, needless testing and unsafe products. (TE)

·              Developed and submitted quotations on new products. (AMP,TE)

 

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EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

 

Project Manager / Process Engineer                                  (Contract 3/2015-3/2016)

Pfizer                                                                                                             Carlisle, PA

Managed small to mid-size projects up to $200,000. Wrote: URS, IQ, OQ and PQ, SOP, and CAPA and Change Control. Clean-in- Place process development.

 

Product Engineer/Special Projects/Development             (Contract 6/2007-11/2008,
TE Connectivity AD&M Division         Mt Joy, PA                                  6/2010-7/16/2012)              

Engineering support for Military Aerospace and Marine connectors. Duties included but not limited to: Customer spec reviews, trouble-shooting, product line transfer from development to product engineering, Qualification of new products, new product proposals, ECR/ECN, CAPA and answering customer inquiries.

 

Self-Employed (part-time)                                                                   (6/1999-Present) Big B’s Glove and Safety Wear                                                                     Dillsburg, PA

Buying and selling gloves and safety wear to small businesses and the general public

 

Micro Station CAD Operator        (Contract 10/2004-2005,1/2007-6/2007)

RJE Telecom, OSP Telecomm                                                                          York, PA

Design Verizon’s OSP for Fiber to Premise using Micro Station

 

EWO CAD Operator                                                              (Contract 3/2004-10/2004) Sprint, OSP Telecomm                                                                                  Carlisle, PA

Reviewed discrepancies and made corrections such that engineering drawings and data base agreed

 

Design Engineer                                                            (Contract 9/2001-5/2002) PENN STATE ERRI, ArcView GIS                                                                  State College, PA

Design maps in Arc View of all the counties/townships projects involving soil erosion polluting streams

 

QA/Document Control Specialist                                        (Contract 11/2000-3/2001) Synthes, Medical Devices                                                                     West Chester, PA

Reviewed all documentation pertaining to a medical devise (including product drawings, routings, BOM’s, material specs) for accuracy, made corrections as needed and wrote Devise Master Records

 

Design Engineer                                                                     (Contract 7/1998-4/1999) GE Appliance (GEA), Range Division                                                         Louisville, KY

Part of the design team for Sears Kenmore Premier Oven upgrades, including: dual halogen lights and Stainless Steel skin

 

Process Engineer                                                                 (Contract 3/1996-11/1997) Adhesive Research (AR), Pharmaceutical Tapes and Adhesives              Glen Rock, PA

Trouble shooting and trained/certified operators on the use of Beta-gage. IQ,OQ & PQ writing and execution. Procedure writing. Capital equipment justification & purchasing.

 

Maintenance Engineer                                                                 (Full Time1994-1996)

Harristown Development Corporation,                                               Harristown Development Corporation                                                        Harrisburg, PA

In charge of the mechanical system (heating, AC, potable water and fire system) for a 23-story building

 

Product/Development/Methods Engineer & System Analyst   (Full Time1981-1991)

AMP Incorporated                                                                                      Harrisburg, PA              Various engineering roles in the design and manufacturing of electrical connectors.                 

 

 

 

EDUCATION

 

B.S. Mechanical Engineering                 Widener University, Chester, PA

Post-graduate courses taken System Simulation and Statistics. Certificate courses: computers, accounting, networking, managerial techniques, engineering, quality and manufacturing methods. Class work in AutoCAD v2010 and Solid Works v2008-2009.

 

 

Skills/Training/Keywords

Manufacturing/Process: cGMP, SOP(s), DMR(s), 5S+1, 6 Sigma, DFSS, JIT, VAM, TQM, ISO, DMR(s), Prototype - Mass Production tooling/processes, developed operator procedures, instructions and inspection for: electronic soldering, material handling, heating processes, fixturing, cleaning methods, adhesives, potting compounds, plasma treatment, batch mixing operations, stamping, plant floor layouts, BOM(s) and Routing(s) writing and CERs justifications.

 

Products: Powder Supplement, Pressure-sensitive adhesive tape, medical patches, strips for Bayer's glucose monitoring device.  Medical devices: pins, screws, surgical equipment. VITA RF Modules, Copalum, Military, Aerospace (Goddard Space Flight) and commercial electronic connector, including designs in plastic and metal shells for: MIL 24308 and 39029 Amplimite, high voltage low current, filtered and EMP electronic connector systems, Type 11 contacts, High Current Circular Pin and Socket connector system for IBM. GE's 120-volt halogen lights for inside oven use.

 

Quality:  MRBs and Document Control, CAPA, Change Control, IQ/OQ/PQ Validations, Customer Spec reviews, SPC, Statistical On-line computerize scanning beta gauge and vision system, High voltage corona testing, hi-pot testing, dimensional testing, OTDR measurements, Voice and data communications circuit testing, R&R testing, Pareto analysis, (Consumer, Military, ISO and FDA & FAA) Audits, develop quality standards and procedures, failure analyses.

 

Training:  GT&D, 2010 Course work in Solid Works and AUTOCAD. Installation of hardware and software, CAD (Micro Station), Word Processing, Software Based ECR/ECO and Customer Log tracking, Spreadsheets, E-mail, Internet, DOS, Windows (3.11, 95, 98, 2000, ME, XP and NT), Flowchart, MS Project, Digital Imaging, ARCVIEW GIS and several custom packages (e.g., Verizon - ICGS, Sprint - EWO, LFE beta Gauge software, JDE, SAP and AMS production management software, Project Management and AMPs contact design program).

 

Customers: Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Southwest Research Institute, BAE, Space System Loral, Raytheon, Northrop Grumman, Bell Helicopter, Honeywell and Verizon Sprint.