Stan Reisman

Houston, Texas 77072

sreisman1956@hotmail.com
www.linkedin.com/in/StanReisman

832-495-2260 ( Cell )
Career Summary: Electrical engineer with over 25 years of industrial experience managing,
developing, & maintaining test and manufacturing operations both domestic and international,
supply chain engineering, quality management & control, project management, change
management, repair and design.
I believe the key to success is to right size all aspects of any organization
Career accomplishments;

Achieved out-of-box failure rates less than 1 in 10,000 for seismic data acquisition
modules through a partnership with contact manufacturer.
Development of a repair depot ( RMA ) providing two week turnaround on returned
modules. This was achieved through empowerment of highly trained functional
employees.
Reduced production test time that contributed to a 40 % reduction in product cost through
continuous improvement efforts of manufacturing test development.
Development of HALT / HASS product test cases for seismic equipment.
Saved $ 2,000,000 annually through design, construction, and deployment of a system
test simulator that uses product testing product methodologies.
Saved $ 500,000 annually by implementing global integration assembly and test
operations for seismic equipment.
Satisfied rapid manufacturing, by developing test facilities to provide 6500 wireless
seismic stations in four weeks, resulting from an alliance with a contract manufacturing
partner.
An average of 10% production process yield improvement through the application of lean
& six sigma techniques and root cause analysis.
Development of a Solar Powered AC power station for use in emergency home - powerloss situations, remote commercial & construction scenarios, and the recreational
industry.

Critical Skills:
Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Project, Excel, Word, LotusNotes, Syteline, MACOLA,
SigmaQuest, lean manufacturing
Google Sketch-Up 7, Visio, AutoCAD, Pro-Engineer, VersaCAD
LabView, TestStand, C, C++, Unix, BASIC, FORTRAN, VAX-VMS, RSX11M-Plus,
Assembly Language
Teradyne, H.P., Genrad, Zehntel, Fairchild, Schlumberger, LTX, ADAR, Virginia Panel, IDI,
QA
Test Fixture designer. Connector based and / or pogo pin.
Professional Experience:
Wireless Seismic Inc. Manufacturer of Seismic Equipment

2/2010 to 9/2015

Position : Manager, Manufacturing Test Engineering

Primary Duties :
Supervisory Responsibility for department of two engineers, and three technicians.
Development, management, and maintenance of production Test Solutions for Wireless Seismic
land based seismic equipment for all in-house and contact manufacturing scenarios.
Selection, evaluation, and regular auditing of all contract manufacturers, suppliers, and vendors.
Development of repair depot for customer returns, including procedures, training manuals,
training, staffing, and scheduling.
Recruiting and development of new employees, mentoring of new / younger engineers.
Initiate and manage new product introduction from engineering to manufacturing. Champion
change management process.
Supply Chain engineering activities with suppliers. Evaluating lead times, best costing
practices, to maximize profits, minimize costs, while maintain on-time delivery and product
quality.
Quality Management. Incoming inspections, supplier quality audits. Failure mode analysis
leading to product improvements, lower costs, improved efficiency, and the highest possible
quality.

Solar Power System Designer-Consultant

4/2009 to 9/2009
Position : Designer, solar power system with battery back up
Design of portable solar power systems for residential use, and commercial power systems for
Fasco Inc.

ION Geophysical
6/2007 to 3/2009
Position : Senior Global Operations Engineering Manager.
Responsible for design, support, management, and support of domestic and international
manufacturing and test operations. Develop and manage business and technical relationships with
contract manufacturers and other vendors. Insure that best practices are utilized in all production
to maximize profitability and efficiency. Designed, implemented, and staffed an internal
production facility to provide rapid manufacturing and prototyping capability.
A 12 % improvement in internal production process yields were measured as compared
to the existing contract manufacturer.

BPM Microsystems
10/2004 to 6/2007
Position : Quality Assurance Manager.
Managed company quality assurance and quality control program. Supervised staff of 10
engineers, technicians, and field service specialists.
Provided valuable product conformance metrics through the development of a test system
that uses National Instruments hardware, a LabView software routine, and Virginia Panel
mass connection technology.
Obtained updated CE mark for entire product line through leadership of a cross
functional team to investigate CE, TV, UL, CSA, RoHS, etc.
Bovie Medical Inc.
9/2003 to 9/2004
Position : Test Engineer.
Developed test solutions for electronic medical equipment ( electrosurgical generators ).

Doubled production capacity through the development of an automated production test

sequencer.
Developed & conducted production test technician training course.

Sabbatical:
Retail/Restaurant Management.
Dollar tree, staff of 6, schedules, inventory, P&L
Dollar General, staff of 7, schedules, inventory, P&L
Pizza Hut, staff of 12, schedules, inventory, P&L

5/2000 to 9/2003

Lucent Technologies
11/1983 to 5/2000
Position : International Technology Transfer Engineer
Developed technology transfers domestically, and in China, Brazil, & India
Concurrent : Repair Depot Engineer / Manufacturing Capital Manager
Saved salaries of 100 engineers through charge back to customers for repair of
telecommunications products.
Provided best-in-class manufacturing equipment for 10 Lucent facilities both
domestic and international, through effective management of manufacturing capital .
Including facilities management, maintenance, and capital additions.
Concurrent : Test Engineer / Test Fixture Design Engineer.
Developed and maintained in-circuit test programs for telecommunications products.
Designed in-circuit, functional, & mixed mode test fixtures.
Managed staff of 10 machinists, assemblers and wiring technicians for test fixtures
built in-house.
Education:
Master of Science, Electrical Engineering ( MSEE ). Clemson University, Clemson South
Carolina. Conferred August 1995
Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering ( BSEE ). University of Oklahoma, Norman
Oklahoma. Conferred May 1991
Diploma, Industrial Electronics, Oklahoma State University, Okmulgee Oklahoma
Conferred September 1976
Professional Registration :
Professional Engineer State of Oklahoma Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors, 1992
Interests :
Billiards
Motorcycles
NASCAR
References
Available Upon Request

2015 SDR