rafael gamez

* Staff focus factory manager responsible for the operation of a $500M/yr sales, 900+ employees facility dedicated to build disposable and reusable sensors used with our own OEM oximetry equipments under ISO-13485 and FDA standards. * Accountable for the attainment and improvement of key performance indicators (Safety, Delivery, Quality, Cost) * Head of a +50 local resources running the factory operations (manufacturing, engineering, maintenance, continuous improvement, floor control and demand planning reporting to me) * Internal auditor for GMPs under ISO-13485 and FDA standards * Responsible for providing the right amount of manufacturing capacity to fit the demand allocated to the business unit quarterly through the MPS signal and yearly through the Supply Plan

* Plant Manager of a 200+ employees site dedicated to build breast biopsy medical devices in a controlled environment under ISO-13485 and FDA 21 CFR 820 standards. * Responsible of the site’s performance reporting to the headquarters senior leadership * 1.2M USD YOY 2014-2015 improvement through efficiency in usage of materials, labor productivity * Productivity going from 80% to 93% (as per ERP, based on run rates) ramping up to 98% goal * Utilization going from 35% during last NPIs up to 81% in sustaining mode * Scrap reduction of $1.1M for 2014 or 50% YOY 2013, $250K for 2015 or 14% YOY 2014 * Speeding up the implementation of Danaher’s DBS model after acquisition * Labor efficiency for +$200K and layout efficiency for 2,500 sq ft or 20% of the available space * 2015 prize to the division with the biggest profit growth in 2015 and faster Lean conversion * 2016 top 4th best improved plant for Operations and EHS

* Operations Manager for one site making plastics & silicone molding and one site assembling medical devices in controlled room environments under ISO-13485 and FDA 21 CFR 820 standards * Leading +3000 indirect and direct reports * Improving Key Performance Indicators * Responsible for observation & improvement of P&L, budgets, variance control included * Responsible for continuous improvement plans through Lean, TPS and 6Sigma * Lead organizational & cultural change through a thorough approach to GMPs, Lean & 6S techniques * Clean up past due CAPAs from previous internal and external audits to our Quality System * Personal contributions or coaching on projects leading to savings for a total of $1.5M USD for 2009

* Operations Superintendent & Program Manager for plastics molding and medical devices integration; Black Belt Lean–6Sigma * Management of human, material and technical resources at the molding and assembly areas inside a FDA, ISO 9000 and ISO 13485 certified company dedicated to manufacturing of medical devices * Leading +150 indirect and direct reports * Application of (and trainer for) Lean–TPS & 6Sigma principles on day to day operations: Kaizen, 5S, Visual Factory-Andon, PDCA, VSM, Pull, OPF, Kanban, Std Work, SMED, TPM, Leveled Production, Pokayoke, RCA, ANOVA, DOE, etc. * Customer Management Relationship. Daily and weekly meetings to manage product supply for the OEM located in USA * Program & Project Management * Planning of raw materials, production schedule and finished goods necessary to accomplish with customer service goals * Industrial engineering. Labor balance, Layout improvement, Workstation design, etc. * Product & process engineering, real-time performance indicators tracking * Scrap reduction project from 8.2% to 2.1% and from 41.5K USD/mo to 9.1K USD/mo. (YOY)

* Responsible for HP and IBM personal and enterprise computing product families pre/post-sale technical support to prominent national financial customers. Daily interaction with HP and IBM technical, sales and R&D teams at NA and EU. 50% travelling, US & MX mainly. * HP international certification for HP-9000 & HP-UX 9 pre/post sales technical support. * Responsible of repair services, specialized consulting, system integration, networking, operating systems (Win, Unix) and applications. * Technical support and service training to regional branch offices.

* Manager of the bigger worldwide BlackBerry outsourced manufacturing operations at Guadalajara, MX EMS. * Coordinate execution of two facilities doing SMT/ASY and Config and Pack operations. * Owner of site's operation, performance metrics and the healthy relationship with the partner at all levels. * Accountable for meeting on-time delivery, quality, cost and continuous improvement goals. * Accountable for improving the site's customer service & NPI performance. * Lead the local RIM resources to ensure that all the requirements / specifications are met. * Responsible for driving the qualification and ramp-up of new products in-site. * Ensure manufacturing capacity and resources at the site to support RIM's demand in quarterly basis (MPS) and yearly basis (supply plan). * Work with the respective groups within RIM to ensure the proper support to the local operations.

* Operations Chief for plastics molding, metal stamping and assembly/integration operations * Management of human, material and technical resources for the molding, sheet metal stamping, assembly, warehouses and tool room areas inside a company dedicated to the automotive spare parts manufacturing. * Leading +60 indirect and direct reports. * Introduction of Industrial Engineering basics and Lean–TPS Manufacturing principles. Kaizen, 5S, Visual Factory-Andon, PDCA, VSM, Pull, OPF, Kanban, Std Work, SMED, TPM, Leveled Production, Pokayoke, RCA. * Introduction of a Quality System based on ISO-9000.

* Project introduction, Product & process engineering for 3 Dell products integrating sheet metal stamping, plastics molding and box-build assembly inside an ISO-9000, ISO-14000 and QS-9000 certified production facility. * Leading +250 indirect and direct reports. * Customer Relationship Management. * New Product Introduction and Box-build assembly coordination. * Industrial Engineering: Layout design, operations and material flow design, workmanship training, pokayoke design, etc.

* Business Process Analyst, Project Manager and Systems Integrator for IT projects serving internal and external customers. * PMI – PMP methodology applied to the ITS Project Integration. * Implementation of several projects for administrative, manufacturing, warehouses and tool room areas. * ERP and IT Systems Administration, Training, Technical Support to final users.