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Street Address Flat Rock Trace
Bluffton, SC Street Address
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TECHNICAL WRITER
DYNAMIC TECHNICAL WRITER WITH EXTENSIVE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (R&D)
EXPERIENCE ADVANCING PRODUCT INNOVATIONS FROM CONCEPTION THROUGH
COMMERCIALIZATION. RAPID CAREER PROGRESSION THROUGH QUALITY ASSURANCE,
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT, AND R&D MANAGEMENT WITH INCREASING LEVELS OF SCOPE AND
RESPONSIBILITY. EMPHASIZES CROSS-FUNCTIONAL COLLABORATION WITH SUPPLIERS
AND CUSTOMERS. TACKLES COMPLEX AND CHALLENGING TASKS WITH EFFICIENCY.
ACTIVELY SUPPORTS HIGH-PERFORMANCE TEAM ENVIRONMENTS, EFFECTIVE ALLOCATION
OF RESOURCES, AND FISCAL GOAL ACHIEVEMENT.
|Product Testing and Launch |Process Evaluation |
|Design of Experiment Methodology |Team Leadership |
|Lab Management |Procedural and Process Documentation|
Professional Experience
DURACELL, Inc., Bethel, CT 1991 - 2013
PRINCIPAL RESEARCHER 2004 - 2013
Managed daily operations in alkaline experimental cell build group.
Created training materials and documentation for incoming equipment, saving
outside vendor costs. Performed acceptability tests on incoming equipment.
Assisted in manufacture of experimental cell designs; average 120K - 150K
cells per year. Participated in weekly peer reviews for upcoming
experimental work.
. Produced online training programs for equipment used to create alkaline
batteries for 7 plants, leading to consistently produced product
worldwide.
. Led weekly meeting to proactively allocate resources for upcoming
programs and projects.
. Developed process monograph that detailed equipment, raw materials,
settings, and quality assurance tests for worldwide use in successful
creation of reduced particle-size spun zinc.
. Executed significant process, quality, and turnaround time improvements
by establishing and revising quality assurance procedures (QAP),
cataloging all tooling for reference in work orders, developing
preventative maintenance schedules, and monitoring operator training.
. Integrated checkweigher system that ensured 100% inspection of
experimental and control groups built for several R&D groups, increasing
feedback and reducing material and manpower costs.
. Investigated and recommended Radio Frequency Identification vendors for
implementing system of tracking fixed asset movement within company R&D
site and surplus storage site, reducing manpower costs.
. Monitored Preventative Maintenance system to satisfy current ISO9001
standards.
Technologist 1991 - 2004
Facilitated R&D location change involving design / build / calibration of
new test system and hands-on delivery of several unique alkaline battery
programs.
. Created and deployed documentation for unique alkaline battery program
that promoted consistent operations.
. Issued and tracked ISO9001 training and Preventative Maintenance
documentation that ensured corporate compliance
. IDENTIFIED AND MITIGATED ROOT CAUSE OF PERFORMANCE ISSUES WITH NYLON
CLOSURES, INVOLVING FORCE REQUIRED TO DECRIMP CLOSURES, BY DEVELOPING
EARLY STAGE PROTOTYPE THAT LOWERED INTERNAL PRESSURE TO ACCEPTABLE LEVELS.
. Created all documentation for several unique battery programs
(procedural, quality assurance, testing parameters) that promoted
operational consistency.
. Investigated and recommended different approaches for unique alkaline
battery construction through prototype creation that ensured most
economical approach was investigated.
. Selected optimal materials for unique rechargeable battery via data
acquisition, ran cell test system and created result reports for entire
rechargeable group that increased inception through commercialization
speed.
. Co-created Duracell Job Safety Analysis database as part of global JSA
team that significantly reduced plant accident incidents.
R&W PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, Wilmington, MA 1986 - 1991
SUPERVISOR 1986 - 1991
Managed 12 groundkeepers for Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
(MBTA) contract, overseeing 20+ acre park and 12 subway stops running from
Jamaica Plain to Franklin.
. Ensured weekly contract obligations were met, contributing to achievement
of financial goals.
. Interacted with MBTA contact to schedule and implement obligations beyond
scope of original contract.
. Aligned with minority employment association, partnering with community
members accounting for 50% of groundskeeper crew.
Education and Professional Development
BS, Business Communications, Bentley College, Waltham, MA
Technical Writing Certification, University of Lowell, Lowell, MA
COMPANY SPONSORED TRAINING
Experimental Design for Productivity & Quality in R&D
DOE
PATENTS
US Patent 7,351,495 Awarded 4/1/08: Co-inventor
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