Miguel Rivera Resume Aug 2016

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MIGUEL RIVERA Calexico, CA, USA 92231 USA (760)-890-5163 [email protected] SUMMARY Bilingual Operations Manager with 19 years of experience in U.S. and Mexico world class plastic manufacturing. Extensive experience in leading the different departments of an injection molding and assembly plant operation including tooling, engineering, new product introduction, production planning, purchasing and inventory control. Masters Degree in Manufacturing System and fluent in English and Spanish. RJG Master Molder II certification. Authorized to work in U.S. and Mexico for any employer (U.S. Permanent Resident). PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Gaming Partners International (Sonora, Mexico) 2/14- Present Operations Manager Management of an injection molding facility including maintenance, new product introduction, tooling, engineering, inventory control, and quality departments. Main responsibilities and achievements include: Product and technology integration between the facility in Mexico and France. Supported the increase of revenue in the molding department from 2.4M to 6.2M in 2015 with an increase of gross margin from 2% to 34.5%. Coordinated a global team of people for the successful transfer of a complete molding facility from Hong Kong to Mexico that included 11 molding machines, 30 mold bases and 250 products. Act as the internal plastics expert for developing new products for the gaming industry. Implement process control procedures and quality systems in the molding area. Provide Scientific Molding training to technical personnel. Propose capital investments based on manufacturing strategy. Directed Design for Moldability and Design for Assembly projects. Ensure production planning activities are thorough and coordinated with sales, purchasing and logistics. Consultant 08/10 – 01/14 Consultant work for medical manufacturing companies in the plastic injection molding and engineering areas. Accellent, medical device company. (Upland,CA) 04/07- 07/10

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MIGUEL RIVERACalexico, CA, USA 92231

USA (760)[email protected]

SUMMARYBilingual Operations Manager with 19 years of experience in U.S. and Mexico world class plastic manufacturing. Extensive experience in leading the different departments of an injection molding and assembly plant operation including tooling, engineering, new product introduction, production planning, purchasing and inventory control. Masters Degree in Manufacturing System and fluent in English and Spanish. RJG Master Molder II certification. Authorized to work in U.S. and Mexico for any employer (U.S. Permanent Resident).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCEGaming Partners International (Sonora, Mexico) 2/14-PresentOperations ManagerManagement of an injection molding facility including maintenance, new product introduction, tooling, engineering, inventory control, and quality departments. Main responsibilities and achievements include:

Product and technology integration between the facility in Mexico and France. Supported the increase of revenue in the molding department from 2.4M to 6.2M in 2015 with an

increase of gross margin from 2% to 34.5%. Coordinated a global team of people for the successful transfer of a complete molding facility from

Hong Kong to Mexico that included 11 molding machines, 30 mold bases and 250 products. Act as the internal plastics expert for developing new products for the gaming industry. Implement process control procedures and quality systems in the molding area. Provide Scientific Molding training to technical personnel. Propose capital investments based on manufacturing strategy. Directed Design for Moldability and Design for Assembly projects. Ensure production planning activities are thorough and coordinated with sales, purchasing and

logistics. Consultant 08/10 – 01/14Consultant work for medical manufacturing companies in the plastic injection molding and engineering areas.

Accellent, medical device company. (Upland,CA) 04/07-07/10Sr. Manufacturing Engineer, Injection Molding Managed all aspects of manufacturing engineering in a medical custom molding facility. Work in a cross-functional team environment with quality, production, customer service and sales personnel to address customer issues and expectations.

Develop, transferred and qualify injection molding tools for thermoplastic materials using Scientific Molding principles.

Write, perform and evaluate IQ/OQ/PQ validation protocols to comply with FDA and internal quality standards.

Assisted in quoting engineering changes and new tooling. Robotic equipment selection and validation including End of Arm tooling. Write, review and approve Engineering Change Notifications (ECN’s) to comply with ISO 13485. Perform Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA) analysis for assembly components. Manufacturing responsibility for cardiac surgery device assembly line including personnel training,

Manufacturing Process Instructions development, continuous improvement, fixture manufacturing and design improvements.

Act as a key technical interface with customers, resin suppliers and mold vendors. Support plastics manufacturing operation and provide technical leadership for troubleshooting processes.

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MIGUEL RIVERA

UFE Incorporated, Custom Injection Molding (El Paso, TX) 04/05-04/07Engineering Manager, Injection Molding Promoted from the UFE Inc. plant in Monterrey, Mexico to lead the technical support departments of the plant. Responsible of Project and Process Engineering, Tool Room and Maintenance. Managed tool evaluation and qualification using Scientific Molding principles. Assignments included purchasing of injection molding machines and ancillary equipment. Implemented practices and procedures to comply with TS16949 requirements.

Coordinated and executed a plant relocation of 25 molding machines and re-qualification of 60 automotive tools in 4 months with limited resources while keeping 100% on-time shipping schedule.

Controlled manufacturing order related variations to near zero dollars in a high precision, high volume injection molding facility.

Qualified 70+ new and transferred molds for the automotive, appliance, medical and irrigation industries.

Implemented cost savings and productivity improvement projects for $90,000 in one year. Example of these projects include resin changes and conversion of tools from cold to hot runners.

UFE Incorporated , Custom Injection Molding (Monterrey, Mexico) 10/99-04/05Manufacturing and Project Engineer, Injection Molding Acted as a key technical interface with suppliers and customers in Asia, U.S. and Mexico to qualify new molds and to develop, troubleshoot and optimize processes. Responsible for all aspects of initial manufacturing process documentation (BOMs, routings, setup sheets). Managed the Engineering Change Order (ECO) process and documentation. Evaluated engineering design changes in plastic parts and injection tooling. Identified and prepared Capital Expenditure requests for the acquisition of injection molding equipment.

Qualified 50+ new and transferred molds for the automotive, consumer, and appliance industries using Scientific Molding principles and process monitoring for automated defective part segregation.

Coordinated the transfer of 3 product assembly lines. Duties included hiring, training and supervising assembly personnel, layout design and line setup with emphasis on mistake proof fixtures.

Design and execution of continuous improvement, cost savings and productivity projects.

EDUCATIONInstituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM), Graduate School of Engineering.Master in Sciences in Manufacturing Systems, Product Design, Plastics.Centro de Enseñanza Tecnica y Superior (CETYS), Mexicali, BC.B.S. Industrial EngineeringUniversity of Pittsburgh, School of Engineering.B.S. Industrial Engineering (exchange student).

TRAININGFinance, Cetys University, January 2016Master Molder II Certified, RJG, Traverse City, MI, November 2014Master Molder I Certified, RJG, Traverse City, MI, March 2014Systematic Molding, RJG Inc., El Paso, TX, 2006Scientific Molding, John Klees and John Bozelli, Menomonie, WI, 2001Six Sigma Quality, ITESM, Monterrey MX, 2003Plastics Engineering, ITESM, Monterrey MX 2003

OTHERUltrasonic Welding, Pad Printing, DOE, Minitab, Insert Molding, RJG E-Dart, IQMS, BAAN, Solidworks, Moldflow, Office, MS Project.Fully bilingual English and Spanish.