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Ronald Andrews |
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
Bausch & Lomb,
Senior Process Engineer 2006 - present
Designed
and
accredited new and improved processes for contact
lenses.
• Major contributions to
new manufacturing process
with projected first year revenue well above $10M.
• Assisted accreditation
of automated line that
resulted in savings of $1M/year.
• Developed electrostatic
treatment to reduce
defects with potential savings of $500K/yr.
• Refined cure
requirements of existing system
enabling a line speed-up saving $450K/yr.
• Statistical consultant
for other engineers and
scientists.
• Designed rapid curing
technology that enables continuous
thermal curing.
• Developed improved
control of contact lens
mechanical properties.
•
Developed dry processing techniques for
experimental lenses.
Eastman Kodak
Company, Rochester, NY
Principal Engineer (equialent) 1996 - 2005
Designed
new
products. Led technical project teams
• Designed a new product
with innovative structure
that resulted in $6M/year in new business.
• Led team that developed
novel replacement for
existing fluorosurfactant to avoid environmental
concerns, improve quality and
reduce waste.
• Created and managed
budgets in excess of $1M.
• Designed new simplified
formula that enhanced
product features and increased productivity by 40%,
resulting in multi-million
dollar cost reduction.
• Led project teams to
refine existing technology
that reduced cost of materials by $1.5M.
•
Designed new formula that reduced annual cost by
$1.3M while providing new advertising claims.
Senior Development Engineer 1992 - 1996
Scaled research formulas to
fit manufacturing facilities for new products.
Designed for improved
manufacturability. Mistake-proofed formula-transfer
process.
• State-of-the-art
products
introduced on time and within budget.
• Eliminated formula
transfer errors saving about $250K/year.
Senior
Product Engineer 1989-1992
Specified, scheduled, and reviewed acceptance testing for new plant. Led teams to write corrective action guidelines (CAG’s), disposition rules, and ISO-9002 documentation.
• Installed innovative
learning curve schedule that
increased efficiency of new plant start-up.
•
Integrated ISO-9002 procedures with high
performance work teams so that operators made most
quality decisions.
Product
Engineer 1984-1989
Implemented statistical
process control and quality improvements to
support production. Maintained and
delivered customized formulas, ensuring product
quality.
• Reduced variability of
key product measurements by
80%.
• Implemented improved
formulas to improve product
stability.
• Wrote
software utility that was still in use 15
years later.