Alex Solakian

Alex Solakian

Rental Technician

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Quality Assurance Engineer 3 at Kubota Manufacturing of America

  • Education

    • Georgia Southern University

      2010 - 2014
      Logistics

      Activities and Societies: Eagle Motorsports Formula and Baja SAE Team Management Associate August 2010 - August 2011 Formula SAE Vice President August 2011 - August 2012 Fundraising Chair and Baja SAE Co-Captain August 2012 - August 2013 Baja SAE Ergonomics and Driver Controls Lead Engineer August 2013 - August 2014 Started my college career at Georgia Southern completing entry engineering and logistics courses

    • Kennesaw State University

      2014 - 2016
      Industrial Engineering Technology Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management

      Activities and Societies: Electric Vehicle Team Formula SAE Electric Team Captain June 2015 - July 2016 KSU Motorsports FSAE 2014-2016 Completed my college career at Kennesaw State University - Marietta by acquiring a B.S. of Industrial Engineering Technology and a concentration in logisticsGraduated Cum Laude

  • Experience

    • Patrick Rentals and Sales INC

      May 2012 - Aug 2014
      Rental Technician

       Delivered/ set-up various items rented (tents, machinery, etc) Serviced all rental equipment by performing regular maintenance and intricate repairs Sought customers’ needs in pieces of equipment

    • Peachtree Distributing Inc

      Aug 2014 - Jun 2016
      Warehouse Worker

       Inventoried stock Items Assisted customers in finding products, answering questions, and assembling items Shipped and received all LTL freight

    • KUBOTA MANUFACTURING OF AMERICA CORP

      Feb 2017 - Aug 2019

      Manufacturing operations administrator/support specialist/liaison between manufacturing operations, upper management, and other internal departments. Heavy focus on production metrics and data analysis to promote efficient manufacturing of product. Manufacturing operations administrator/support specialist/liaison between manufacturing operations, upper management, and other internal departments. Heavy focus on production metrics and data analysis to promote efficient manufacturing of product.

      • Manufacturing Support Engineer 2

        Jul 2019 - Aug 2019
      • Manufacturing Support Engineer 1

        Feb 2017 - Jul 2019
    • Kubota Industrial Equipment Corporation

      Aug 2019 - Oct 2021

      Creative problem solving for current field issues on Kubota Front End Loaders, Backhoes and L-Series Tractors. Focus in warranty parts and claims submitted by customers and using root cause analysis techniques with suppliers, manufacturing, and R&D. Post production quality and warranty testing for loaders, backhoes, mid-sized tractors, and skid steers.Focused in development and implementation of test procedures, work instructions, technical documents, design changes, and warranty parts analysis for post production quality issues that have been reported in the field. Investigate and resolve quality issues on pre, current and post production of front end loader and backhoe assemblies, L-series tractors, and skid steer loaders.Quantitative and creative problem solving based on global customer filed issues that require manufacturing response to ensure delivery of quality product.

      • Quality Assurance Engineer 3

        May 2021 - Oct 2021
      • Quality Assurance Engineer 2

        Dec 2019 - May 2021
      • Quality Control Engineer 2

        Aug 2019 - Dec 2019
    • KUBOTA Manufacturing of America

      Sept 2021 - now

      Review and analyze incoming warranty issues for Kubota L01 and L02 Tractor, and SSV65 and SSV75 Skid steer loader products. Order return parts back for review with manufacturing, suppliers, and R&D. Compare end customer issues to manufacturing process to create corrective actions to minimize defects leaving the manufacturing facility. Support dealers and customers warranty investigation with new model introduction into the field. Review and analyze incoming warranty issues for Kubota RTV products. Order return parts back for review with manufacturing, suppliers, and R&D. Compare end customer issues to manufacturing process to create corrective actions to minimize defects leaving the manufacturing facility. Support dealers and customers warranty investigation with new model introduction into the field.

      • Quality Assurance Engineer 3

        Feb 2022 - now
      • Quality Assurance Engineer 3

        Sept 2021 - Feb 2022
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Lean Six Sigma White Belt Certification

      Aveta Business Institute
      Jan 2022
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Alex Solakian
      Kubota Environmental Encouragement Award - 2021 - Oct 2021 Kubota Industrial Equipment (KIE) uses a liquid paint process for 2 manufacturing lines; this one plant produces the most volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs) of all the Kubota manufacturing lines in the state of Georgia.The project involved multiple departments; manufacturing engineering, quality assurance, manufacturing, and environmental and spanned multiple months due to simulated production runs, and quality testing.My involvement was to… Show more Kubota Industrial Equipment (KIE) uses a liquid paint process for 2 manufacturing lines; this one plant produces the most volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs) of all the Kubota manufacturing lines in the state of Georgia.The project involved multiple departments; manufacturing engineering, quality assurance, manufacturing, and environmental and spanned multiple months due to simulated production runs, and quality testing.My involvement was to evaluate the current and the new paint formulas by completing a battery of non-destructive and destructive tests on sample paint panels followed by scoring the results in accordance to company paint standards. Show less