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• Lean 6-Sigma Black Belt • Manufacturing Engineering experience in several high tech, high volume, high mix, ISO9000 industries. • MBA and Engineering degrees with previous CQE/CPIM certifications • Team leader and proven manager. Specialties: • Organization wide problem solving. • Introduction and scale-up of new products and process technologies. • Process control and analysis, timely reporting and training for knowledge based change management. • Visual process management. • Lean 6-sigma SPC/DOE/FMEA/DMAIC/etc… • Fluent with advanced MRP/ERP systems • ISO9000

Process Engineer @ • Champion improvements in plastic smartcard manufacturing. • Help to realize global manufacturing strategies through shared development of process capabilities, mix of equipments and quality controls. • Partner with internal/external suppliers and customers to streamline materials, equipment, processes, methods and specifications. • Accomplished the merging of industrialized products and processes from formerly competing plants – machinery/materials/processes/quality systems/documentation/culture. From July 2004 to Present (11 years 4 months) Montgomeryville, PAManufacturing Engineering Manager @ • Managed technical support function for RF component manufacturing in two, ISO certified, factories in New Jersey and Costa Rica. From 2000 to 2003 (3 years) Cherry Hill, NJProcess Engineer @ • Process Engineer responsible for metal sputtering processes applied to high volume compact disc manufacturing. From 1992 to 2000 (8 years) Pitman, NJDevelopment Engineer @ • Lithium battery development for Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn among other medical and defense related purposes. • Presented at the 35th IEEE Power Sources Symposium. From 1991 to 1992 (1 year) Horsham, PA

MBA, Business Administration @ University of Delaware From 1997 to 1999 BEE, electrical engineering @ Villanova University From 1986 to 1990 Walter DePalma is skilled in: Six Sigma, Process Improvement, Engineering, Process Engineering, Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen, Root Cause Analysis, Continuous Improvement, Cross-functional Team..., Value Stream Mapping, Change Management, Testing, Manufacturing..., Operational Excellence, Electronics, Iso 9000, SPC, Training, 5S, Analysis, DMAIC, Engineering Management, Manufacturing, Design of Experiments, Quality Assurance, Project Management, Leadership, Quality Management, FMEA, Black Belt, ERP, Project Finance, Communication, Financial Metrics, Management