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Mike Gordon

Mechanical Engineer

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Sammamish, Washington, United States

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Timeline
About me
Director of Mechanical Engineering and DfLSS Black Belt at Microsoft
Education
- University of Washington
  1988 - 1993
  Bachelor of Science Mechanical Engineering
  Activities and Societies: Formula SAE Design Competition Tau Beta Pi - Engineering Honor Society Competed in the 1993 FSAE Design Competition against 71 other cars.Suspension Design Lead and Team Speaker Placed 7th (of 71) overall; placed 1st for 1st year cars. All cars placing higher had competed the previous year as well.
Experience
- Milgard Tempering
  Jun 1992 - Feb 1994
  Mechanical Engineer
  Solo Clean Sheet Design: Built and tested a fully automated glass handling robot that removed 8 sharp edges from window panes of various sizes in 8 seconds. Aided only by a technician. Full responsibility for every aspect including programming, pneumatics and electronics. System met requirements and was used in production.Solo clean sheet design of a one of a kind machine that applied masking film to both sides of a pane of glass and trimmed the masking back 1/4" from each of the 8 edges. Product was successful and was used in production. Show less
- Tektronix
  Mar 1994 - Dec 2000
  Sr. Mechanical Engineer
  Mechanical design, testing and validation of high speed solid ink color printer sub systems.
- Xerox
  Jan 2000 - Jun 2012
  Sr. Mechanical Engineer and DfLSS Black Belt
  Technical manager, system architect and module design lead for various mechanical subsystems in high speed, multi-function solid ink printers.
- Microsoft
  Jun 2012 - now
  Mechanical design, testing and validation of complex, high volume consumer electronics.Subsystem design ownership of customer facing tactile buttons. Subsystem consists of multiple injection molded, CNC machined, die cut, and FPCA parts.Deep dive tolerance analysis: I built four fully automated, parametric, Excel based Monte Carlo models to maximize product quality and minimize cost. Models can be updated with the latest CTF distribution statistics with a single click. Model provides capability metrics (CP, Cpku, Cpkl, Cpk, dpm) and auto updated output histogram.Experiment design and execution that feeds back into the design to improve impact robustness, life cycle reliability and other customer facing metrics.Novel measurement system design and validation for production line measurement of critical to quality product attributes. Show less
  - Director Of Mechanical Engineering
    Apr 2020 - now
  - Principal Mechanical Engineer and DfLSS Black Belt
    Sept 2018 - Apr 2020
  - Sr. Mechanical Engineer and DfLSS Black Belt
    Jun 2012 - Sept 2018
Licenses & Certifications
- DfLSS Black Belt
  Air Academy Associates
- Shainin Red X Apprentice
  Shainin
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Mike Gordon
  Winner, 2011 Xerox Earth Awards - Sustainability Xerox Apr 2011 This award recognizes individuals or teams that participated in projects that seek a balance between economic considerations and the environment without compromising the ability of future generations.I nominated my team for our work on the ColorQube 9300 print process that increased duplex print speed by 66%, reduced volatile organic compounds, reduced customer interventions by 50% and saved Xerox about $8 million over the product life. Land fill waste was reduced by 40%.
- Awarded to Mike Gordon
  Key Achievement Award: Top Contributor on the Phaser 850 Xerox Feb 2000
- Awarded to Mike Gordon
  C.R.E.A.T.E. the future Idea Award for “Failed Jet Compensation in Phase Change Printers” Xerox Jul 1999
- Awarded to Mike Gordon
  Key Achievement Award: Top Contributor on the Phaser 840 Xerox Mar 1999

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