MARK BRUNS -- Resume
ASQ CSQE, CRE, CQE
825 Grove Avenue, Garner, Iowa (507) 458-2641
mzacharybruns@yahoo.com
CAREER SKILLS
* Systems Engineering / Project Management
* Supplier evaluation / development
* Six Sigma Black Belt / LEAN Mfg 5S
* APQP / FMEA / Control Plan / Process Sign-Off
* Productivity improvement / cost reduction
* Automotive / defense / industrial product development/launch
* Material / process / electronic failure analysis
* Measurement systems analysis / Gage R&R
* Reliability / Quality Engineering
* Manufacturing / Industrial Engineering
* Warranty service / product support / diagnostics
* Availability / maintainability / testability engineering
* Control systems / measurement / instrumentation
* Development of technical training programs
* Business planning / accounting / marketing
* Financial analysis / re-organization / ESOP
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Senior Manufacturing Engineer
September 2006 - Present Suntron / Nortech Systems, Garner, IA
* Leadership and coordination of continuous improvement initiative; coordination of efforts with customers, colleges, local firms
* Mfg engineering, project mgmt and customer support for specialized low-volume high-mix electronic printed circuit assemblies
* Business development activities in industrial automation, agricultural electronics, alternative energy
Project Quality Engineer
July 2000 - August 2006 TRW Automotive Electronics, Body Controls Systems, North America
* Launch, Supplier Development, Six Sigma Black Belt, Throughput Optimization, Failure Analysis, Warranty Service for automotive projects
- 1996 AN/DN (Dakota, Durango) - QE support, service, downsizing, transfer to Ettrick
- 1996 XJ (Jeep Cherokee) - production, service, QE support, transfer to Ettrick
- 1998 BR (Dodge RAM) - production, service, QE support, optimization, transfer
- 2001 KJ (Jeep Liberty) - supplier development, QE support, launch thru transfer
- 2001 DN Front (Durango) -- supplier development, QE support, launch thru transfer
- 2001 DN Rear (Durango) -- supplier development, QE support, launch thru transfer
- 2004 HB Manual (Durango) -- supplier development, QE support, launch thru transfer
- 2004 HB ATC (Durango) - flagship product, sup dev, QE support, launch thru transfer
- 2004 HB Manual (Durango) -- supplier development, QE support, launch thru transfer
- 2004 HB Rear (Durango) -- supplier development, QE support, launch thru transfer
- 2007 HG/HB 3Z ATC (Durango/Chrysler SUV) - flagship product, sup dev, QE support
- 2007 Short Single Zone (Core multi-platform incl Liberty, Siebring, minivan) - all above
- 2008 Short Dual Zone (Core multi-vehicle incl Liberty, Siebring, minivan) - all abo
- 2009 HEV (Chrysler SUV project using hybrid electric technology) - systems rqmts mgmt
Engineering Manager / Configuration Manager
January 2000 - April 2000 Turtle Mountain Mfg Company, Belcourt, ND
* Prepared financial restructuring plan for TMMC Board, Turtle Mountain Chippewa Tribal Council and BIA
* Reduced expenses by over $0.5 M; doubled monthly revenue while cutting personnel by 60%
IT Director / Quality Manager / Engineer
June 1998 - January 2000 Valley Machining Company, Rock Valley, IA
* Successful completion of ISO 9002 registration project leading to triple-digit annual growth
* Implementation of networked enterprise resource planning software with EDI capability
* Development of a structured machinist / engineering training and competency evaluation program
Quality Assurance Supervisor
December 1995- June 1998 Double HH Mfg, Hope Haven, Rock Valley, IA
* Development of quality assurance system; implementation of QS-9000 compliant quality system
* Tenfold reduction in scrap/rework; greater than tenfold reduction in customer rejections
EDUCATION
* Iowa State University Systems Engineering / Agricultural Economics (MS / Ph.D, in-process)
* Iowa State University Ames, IA, Agricultural Engineering (BS, 1985)
VOLUNTEER ACTIVITY
* Seasons Hospice providing direct assistance to caregivers and finding ways to help people living with terminal illness
* Lead Publisher for the team of industry volunteers working to produce the Automotive Extension to the Project Management Body of Knowledge(r), a project jointly sanctioned by Automotive Industry Action Group and the Project Management Institute(r).
* Member of the Examination Review committee for the designation of Certified Software Quality Engineer for American Society for Quality
* Engineers Without Borders(tm) helping to co-founding professional chapter (MN) and serving as initial Project Manager for the EWB-Mali biodiesel project
* Technical writer, SQE: MIFOS Open Source Project for automating microfinance MIS systems supported by Grameen Foundation.
* Developed Sustain Fund as a socially-responsible investment vehicle for creating economic opportunities for disadvantaged citizens
Kaizen: Opportunities For Personal Improvement
A personal agenda for trying to clean up my life ...
- I try to remember to celebrate the mystery of Christ's life, spend more time in prayer and ENJOY life without losing perspective or acting like I am some sort of the martyr. Since there is a LOT for me to do, I do not think I have time to be your slave!
- I must be the change that I wish to see in the world. As a business and industrial process engineer find software interesting because software involves systems, methods, processes, communication that are necessarily logical and executable.
- I aggressively seek inspiration from others because truly great ideas are easier, less costly to obtain than ever before. We live in fantastic times that are getting better with every second -- we should be very ashamed of ourselves when we do not appreciate the magic of sharing thoughts with others.
- If the secret to meditation is to maintain constant focus on the breath, then the secret to prayer must be constant listening. So I am working to be a better, more active, more empathetic listener. The rules are simple: 1) Clarify, focus, 2) Use gifts with discipline, 3) Reflect, study, improve, 4) Serve others, 5) Pull up the stake, 6) Perfect the present, 7) 100% honesty, 8) Zero tolerance, 9) Invest, 10) Listen to get better at listening.
- I believes in constantly reducing waste through everyone's effort and using business process re-engineeering to attain agility, I try to spend at least some of my time thinking as an industrial engineer studying methods so that our work can be more usable, efficient and meaningful work can be.
- Perhaps, there is a need for thick-skinned, crude, demanding SOB at certain dysfunctional ecclesiastical situations, but mostly, I need to stop being an mindless self-centered jerk ... and instead spend more time thinking about promoting other peoples ventures, ideas, agendas.
- I invest in proven tools and coaches to remind myself to stay focused on principles and not doing the most important, most courageous things.
- Accidents, mistakes and misunderstandings happen, but I try to avoid wasting any energy by being angry ... I immediately to forgive others as I admit my mistakes and ask for forgiveness.
- There is NO EXCUSE for not smiling, laughing, enjoying ... it is important to resist the tendency to take things too seriously.
- When I reflect upon the things that I really enjoy and appreciate, I realize that I need to spend more time THINKING artfully and differently and less time buying and consuming.
Manifesto!
Free, creative enterprise ... prayer, faith, diligence
Without doubt, the cross, salvation, sacrifice, resurrection, redemption and being born again are central to my faith as a Christian, but the same God who created and directed John Yoder, also led me to be an economist, engineer and farmer. There are important differences and similarities.
First of all, anger, hatred, suspicion, jealously and frustration cause suffering. All of these arise out of a lack of awareness, compassion and mindfulness. Prayer is not primarily about one's personal requests (e.g. "God, do X for me."), rather prayer must involve active listening to God and, for those who can act, prayer life must involve deliberate, creative, prayerful actions to bring about more awareness, compassion and mindfulness.
Secondly, misplaced patience with a goal not directly aligned with one's faith is not patience. Such patience is idiocy, or perhaps an element of evil, laziness and cowardice, too! We should be impatient with those activities that we feel may be at odds with what what we are called to do.
Finally, faith is not something that can be given, forced or coerced. Faith is not just a simple of instructions, routines or rituals that one just mindlessly accepts and follows. Faith is dynamic, unique and living. I respect the faith of my parents, but my faith must be different. A more robust faith involves an element of risk, exploration and growth in an environment of search, conflict, choice, mistakes, freedom, liberty.
My prayers, actions, impatience, faith and diligence is reflected in my intention is to work more aggressively foster free enterprise and rehabilitation. I am quite confident that if I share what opportunities, investments and solutions I have with them, I will be able to enjoy my life with them and, God willing, I will have the strength, ability and energy to continue help provide for others and myself.
The lack of meaning in our lives is DRIVEN by the fact we no longer live in a truly creative and free enterpise society. Ideas and initiative do not matter as much as conforming to social, political and economic conventions. No one e
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