Ramon Sanchez
Mechanical Engineering graduate from ITESM Campus Monterrey, with MSc from Harvard, currently pursuing PhD degree. Last worked at Douglas Furniture of California as Corporate Manager.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Skills: | Business, Design, Engineering, Entrepreneurship, Fiction, Industrial Engineering, Intellectual Property, Languages, Law, Leadership, Management, Negotiation, Patents, Product design, Public speaking, Recruitment, Spanish, Writing |
| Location: | Boston, MA, 02115 |
| Groups: | Ignite Clean Energy (ICE) |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup |
| Tags: | bio-fuels, clean tech, micro-algae |
| Schools: | Harvard University |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Douglas Furniture of California LLC |
| Position: | Corporate Manager |
| Time period: | September 2004 - August 2006 |
| Description: | • Managed six engineering departments simultaneously: Research and Development, Product Development Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Test Engineering and Continuous Improvement Projects.
• Created new product introduction procedures that reduced development lead times from 6 months to 28 days • Implemented Design for Manufacturing Guidelines that decreased production set up times from 10 days to 2 days on pilot runs for new products • Saved $3.1 million USD/year by engineering cost reduction features on new and existing products (using recycled materials in some of the features in order to reduce the environmental footprints of the company’s products). • Trained more than 1200 employees in 5 S’s, Continuous Improvement and Lean Manufacturing Practices to create cost reductions, quality improvements and consciousness of environmental impacts of daily activities. • Led Continuous Improvement Projects in production lines using lean manufacturing techniques which reduced production lead times from 6 days to 10 hrs, saved 30 % energy and saved $1.5 million USD/year • Resolved quality and manufacturing problems for internal and external customers • Saved $1.2 million USD/year by increasing material yields in manufacturing operations for all the major commodities (this also decreased the environmental impact of the company’s products) • Supervised daily operating activities such as automated machine programming, drawing generation, manufacturing route sheets generation, visual aids implementation, management of Engineering Change Orders • Organized logistics and product validations for all outsourcing activities to Asian companies |
| Employer: | Rain Bird Corporation (Controls’ Manufacturing Division) |
| Position: | Lead Mechanical Engineer - Sustaining Projects |
| Time period: | November 2003 - September 2004 |
| Description: | • Supported lean manufacturing operations for the electronic controllers’ production lines
• Investigated and solved problems related to electronic and mechanical products in the field • Saved $1.5 million USD/year by negotiating with Asian manufacturers for outsourced products |
| Employer: | Tec de Monterrey, Campus Ciudad Juarez |
| Position: | Professor of Lean Manufacturing and Technology Innovation |
| Time period: | July 2000 - November 2003 |
| Description: | Professor of Lean Manufacturing and Technology Innovation for the industrial engineering undergraduate students at the Tec of Monterrey in Ciudad Juarez
• Prepared and delivered classes for undergraduate and graduate students in several engineering programs • Won the Best Teacher Award 2002 for creating the first Technology Innovation Class in Mexico • Selected to teach the Lean Manufacturing Module in the Manufacturing Engineering Certification Program offered by the Graduate and Extension School |
| Employer: | Delphi Technologies |
| Position: | Forward Products Lead Engineer |
| Time period: | February 2000 - November 2003 |
| Description: | • Designed and integrated cutting-edge technologies and manufacturing systems into new products for the automotive, anti-pollution, industrial and medical markets
• Led the development team that won the National Technology Award 2002 in Mexico • Launched more than 16 sensors and electronic products into the market -conceptual design to mass production • Saved $3 million USD/year by assembling the first project management package to apply for tax incentives to the innovation development from the Mexican federal government • Decreased product development time by 3 months using Robust Engineering (Taguchi Methods) in the design, construction and testing of new products’ prototypes • Performed Finite Element Analysis (FEA) for sensors and actuators (structural, vibrations, thermal and flow) • Achieved total compliance in the implementation of Lean Techniques, Design for Manufacturing, GD & T and Stack Up Analysis for all of the development projects • Prepared all the Design and Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA’s) and Process Flow Diagrams for new products and technologies at the development and early manufacturing stages • Promoted registration of patents as the resident Intellectual Property Specialist • Tested all new automotive and medical prototypes and designed all fixtures and test equipment in compliance with governmental and industrial regulations • Saved $1 million USD/year by eliminating non-value added activities and re-arranging the layout of the technical center’s tool room to decrease lead time for custom made manufactured parts |
EDUCATION
| University: | Harvard University |
| Time period: | 2006 - 2009 |
| Degree: | Environmental Health, PhD |
| University: | Harvard University |
| Time period: | 2005 - 2007 |
| Degree: | Environmental Health Management, MSc |
INFORMATION
| Memberships: | • President - Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science SACNAS, Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) Chapter (2006-2008)
• Executive Board Member- Harvard University Mexican Association, Harvard School of Public Health Coordinator • Treasurer and founding member of the Environmental Health Club, Harvard School of Public Health (2007-2009) • Chairman of the Diversity and Outreach Board in World Region XII of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (January 2001- December 2003). Member of the ASME Regional Operating Board (2001-2003) • President of the Engineering Graduate Students at ITESM Campus Monterrey (Tec de Monterrey, 1998-1999) |
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Jamil Khan
Aspiring entrepreneur with a wide variety of business experience. ~4 years with the Boston Consulting Group and 5 years with Procter & Gamble in biz dev and product management. Graduate of Harvard Business School. Strong Clean Tech network.
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