Amber Pitkin

Experience

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  Pima Community College

  May 2003 - May 2005

  Adjunct Faculty

  Taught undergraduate lecture and laboratories for general chemistry courses in a community college setting.

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  Climax Molybdenum - Technology Center

  Jan 2005 - May 2013

  Manage the laboratory, including increasing efficiency and improving turnaround time, tracking progress of goals, analyzing samples when necessary, and hiring new employees. I also look for opportunities for continual improvement, and conduct document review and revisions for ISO 9000 certification, as well as Safety and Environmental best practices for certifications. I analyzed samples, developed methods for new materials on existing equipment, or implemented new equipment as needed. Operated the Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), the DC-Arc (Emission Spectrometer), and Cilas Laser Particle Size Analyzer.

  • Laboratory Supervisor

    May 2011 - May 2013

  • Chemist II

    Jan 2005 - May 2011
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  Kinetics Climax

  May 2013 - Oct 2014

  Sr. Production Manager
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  Pioneer Metal Finishing

  Jul 2015 - Feb 2016

  Process Control Supervisor

  Main responsibilities include management of quality systems, environmental compliance, and chemistry departments at the Portland facilities (Anodizing shop and Plating shop) for Pioneer.

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  FormFactor Inc.

  Feb 2016 - Jul 2019

  • Sr Operations Supervisor - Assembly & Test

    Oct 2017 - Jul 2019

  • Sr Operations Supervisor - Fab

    Feb 2016 - Oct 2017
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  Onsemi

  Jul 2019 - Jun 2022

  • Quality Process Engineer

    Sept 2021 - Jun 2022

  • Production Shift Manager

    Jul 2019 - Sept 2021
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  Wolfspeed

  Jun 2022 - now

  QMS Manager - Global Quality

  Manager of Quality Management Systems for the Global Quality team. This includes oversight of the Document Control team, the Reporting team (metrics and dashboard creation), and administration of our QMS software - EtQ Reliance.