SOHEIL ETEMAD

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SUMMARY

·                Experienced and extensively trained in Design, Production, Development Engineering, Quality Assurance and Project Management.

·                Qualified by extensive experience and expertise in: Plastic Design, Sheet metal Fabrication, Statistical Process Control, Advance Quality Planning and Reliability goals and standards.

·                Innovative, creative and profit oriented business professional willing to assume responsibility and solve problems quickly.

·                Team player with excellent communication skills and ability to motivate and engage associates in achieving customer satisfaction and business goals.

·                Successful in negotiating favorable design and construction contracts.

·                US Patent holder for 3 unique features in the GE Horizontal Axis washer / dryer.

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

EMERSON PROCESS MANAGEMENT – Louisville, KY                                                                       2008 – August, 2015

WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION / Refrigeration Group - Evansville, IN

CATERPILLAR CORPORATION, Lafayette, IN

Six Sigma Black Belt –Quality Assurance Manager / Supervisor                

·                Supported product development efforts by preparing quality plans, reviewing design plans and overseeing qualification and verification/validation process.

·                Delivered quality plan for new product concepts by integrating customer needs and expectations into the design and development.

·                Processed DFMEA, PFMEA, DVP&R, corrective actions and customer quality concerns.

·                Served on the integrated product team for design validation and release of new parts and subassemblies.

·                Managed all aspects of quality improvements at the new site in one of Caterpillar’s overseas plant.

 

GENERAL ELECTRIC CONSUMER & INDUSTRIAL

             

Lead Systems/Product Engineer, GE Appliances, Louisville, KY2004-2008

Design Engineer, GE Appliances, Louisville, KY1999-2001

Intern and Contract Quality Engineer, GE Plastics and GE Appliances-Cooking,  IN, KY1988-1991

·                Used Six Sigma methodology to design, release and implement parts for new dryer introduction and utilize current manufacturing process and tools.

·                Designed and Installed two Electro-mechanical test fixtures for the Reliability test eliminating human interaction.

·                Managed all aspects of the product design and development of the Profile Horizontal Axis Dryer Program.

·                Developed and proved feasibility of a unique dryer load sensing approach improving the initial dry time estimate accuracy 40% by implementing a unique calculation process

·                Led dryer sound reduction projects and successfully reduced sound level by 5 dB and maintained price point. 

·                Ensured product designs meet technical specification requirements, including marketing features, claims, product appearance, performance, reliability, cost, SCR goals, CTQ Z-scores, project schedule, resource commitments, serviceability requirements and product safety.

·                Ensured thorough documentation of all design work including drawings, tolerance loops, bill of materials, problem and action lists, design record books, risk management, FRACAS reports and safety reviews.

·               Revised the GE dryer design engineering B-Course lecture package and led the presentation to a group of 25 Edison program members.

·               Led the presentation introducing new GE dryer to 100+ GE sales team members.

·               Determined the reliability requirements of systems and components to achieve customer, company and governmental agency reliability objectives.

·               Suggested design methods and statistical process control procedures for gaining required product reliability.

 

 

 

WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION, OHIO2001-2004

Senior Product / Quality Assurance Engineering Manager

·                           Evaluated Marketing requests for new products determining manufacturing and cost feasibility.

·                           Provided technical assistance to Sales, Marketing and Customer Service improving product quality.

·                           Changed the manufacturing process order for 4 Whirlpool models saving in excess of $2 million.

·                Completed four projects using the Whirlpool’s C2C [Concept to Customer] methodology and met the project time line and budget requirements. 

·                Reduced the headcounts of dryer assembly lines by 20% by using revolving table for parts’ transfer and using the lean manufacturing concepts such as eliminating waste and 5S.

·                           Improved dryer parts / components & processes using the DOE concept and Factorial screening concept.   

·                Designed and developed components for testing of two new Electronic Washer controls involving multiple plastic and sheet metal parts.

·                Established reliability goals, conducted life predictions and accelerated testing predictions, and meeting part reliability goals for new parts.

·                           Improved dryer belt assembly method, resulting in reduction in service calls and savings in excess of $1 million.

 

WAKO ELECTRONICS, Louisville, KY1991-1999

Lead Product / Quality Assurance Engineer

·                Planned, scheduled, initiated, and followed up quality engineering methods and procedures improving and maintaining product quality.

·                Specified dimensions and characteristics to be inspected, provided techniques to be followed and documentation to maintain to achieve quality standards.

·                Applied and implemented the Quality and Design related corrective and preventive actions using the 8-D process for automotive standards and requirements.

·                Led company through ISO-9001/QS-9000 registration process and subsequent audits with no significant nonconformance citations in ongoing audits. 

·                           Implemented disciplines and created a predictive and preventive quality system.

·                            Prepared cost studies, wrote machine and tool specifications, and follow up actions.

·                           Custom designed innovative cost efficient water sealed thermostat for defrosting.

·                           Conceived and patented highly profitable design for the nickel temperature sensors.

·                           Responsible for nickel winding improvement (6-Sigma Project) resulting in saving in excess of 500K annually.

·                Designed and developed the three and seven inch platinum temperature sensors primarily used for control of the range temperatures.

·                           Held Quality responsibilities for dual injection molding program.

·                            Worked extensively with agencies such as UL, CSA, VDE, BEAB, IEC, AHAM, for component tests and product listing.

·                           Supervised, trained, coached and evaluated Engineers, Technical Assistants, and University Interns.

·                           Managed several projects enhancing the existing designs of the electromechanical products.

·                           Qualified materials, suppliers, contract packers by assessing against written standards and specifications.

·                           Prepared sketches and drawings for costing - created cost sheets and bills of material.

·                           Consulted directly with the customer to discuss the design, cost, and spec issues.

·                           Supervised production to assure customer specs were maintained and resolved production problems.

·               Worked intensively with the Design and Quality engineers of major automotive companies Ford and Chrysler for product Design and Quality enhancement.

EDUCATION/TRAINING

B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky

·                            Caterpillar Corporation: Diesel Engine Training

·                            Black Belt Certification - Whirlpool Operational Excellence Program

·                            Certified DFSS & DMAIC Green Belt – General Electric Consumer & Industrial

·                            GEA Training:  Design for Six Sigma [DFSS] , Design for Reliability [DFR].

·                Design of Experiments [DOE], Statistical Process Control [SPC], DFMEA and PFMEA, ANSI Standards, Lean Manufacturing Principals, TQM, TS16949, ISO-9001, QS-9000, APQP, PPAP, Value Engineering, GR&R,

GD&T, 8-D Customer complaints & corrective actions, Taguchi Robust Design, Fault Tree Analysis.

·                Implemented ISO9000/QS9000 Engineering procedures in accordance with the QS9000, APQP, reference manuals.

·                Working knowledge of Auto-Cad, Intergraph, Design-Cad, Solid Edge, Primavera Project Management Software, Lotus, Microsoft Word, Word Perfect, Power Point and Advanced Excel, Minitab and JUMP.