Michael Brakefield

Experience

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  Tokyo Electron America

  Jun 2000 - Jul 2006

  Quality Manager

  Oversaw the quality department and inspection lab. Facilitator for problem solving and decision making process (Kepner-Tregoe). Project manager for the business continuity program. Confidential information management (CIM) improvement team leader. TEA group leader for standardizing quality policies, procedures and practices throughout the world. Project manager for TEA’s Copper Task Force / TEL Representative on SEMATECH’s Cu Task Force.

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  QuantumClean

  Jul 2006 - Oct 2012

  Director of Quality

  Oversaw the quality management system for 7 sites. Developed and drove strategic quality planning for company. Developed, implemented and maintained the business continuity plan for the company. Designed, implemented and maintained a formal change control system.

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  Cabot Microelectronics (formally NexPlanar)

  Oct 2012 - Jul 2017

  Quality Manager

  Oversaw quality department and incoming and failure analysis labs. Facilitated corrective action meetings with cross-functional teams using various problem solving tools (8D, Kepner-Tregoe). Lead FMEA teams to reduce risk to all products and processes. Cross-functional continual improvement team leader to reduce variability in all processes using Six Sigma techniques. Represented the local site on the global ISO9001:2015 transition team.

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  CoorsTek, Inc.

  Jan 2018 - Jul 2019

  Quality Manager

  Oversaw the Quality Management System for the Worcester site. Lead the Quality Department consisting of 3 engineers and 2 specialists. Facilitate corrective action meetings with cross-functional teams using various problem-solving techniques (8D, Kepner-Tregoe). Lead teams to reduce risk across all processes and products (Risk and Opportunity Management, FMEA, etc.). Cross-functional team leader for the Management of Change process. Train all employees on the Quality Management processes (corrective action, management of change, document control, etc.). Lead the Leadership review meetings. Show less

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  SCHOTT

  Jul 2020 - now

  Quality Manager
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  Ascensus Specialties

  Dec 2021 - now

  Quality and Logistics Manager