Hakan Karan

Experience

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  INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

  Jan 1985 - Sept 1989

  Component Engineer

  Managed all active, passive and electro-mechanical components used inIBM/RSD products. Also responsible for vendor qualification, vendor contact,and maintaining the approved data base to current level. Resolved process issuesrelated to component problems.Developed complete kit purchasing program for 40 assemblies to procurecomponents by assembly. This resulted in a more organized componentpurchasing with less personal.Redesigned 40,000 record part database. This resulted in the deletion orconsolidation of over 20,000 duplicate, inactive, inaccurate, and obsolete records.Create test procedures for receiving inspection test equipment and calibration.Wrote test software for this equipmentLed the manufacturing team to implement Continuous Flow Manufacturing(CFM) on the prototype line. This resulted in decreasing inventory, reduced thethrough put time, and reduced the floor space and number of people. Show less

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  ROLM / IBM

  Jan 1985 - Jan 1989

  Component Engineer
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  Ampex

  Jan 1989 - Jan 1992

  Component Engineer
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  AMPEX CORPORATION

  Oct 1990 - Jan 1992

  Senior Component / Sustaining Engineer

  Responsible for sustaining the Ampex Digital Optic (ADO) and Electronic StillStore (ESS) product lines.Managed all active and passive components used in Ampex Equipment products.Evaluated components for function, manufacturability, quality, and reliability.Consolidated the number of components and increased the auto insertionpercentage. Also redesigned some of the circuitry to use the state of the artcomponents. This resulted in a cost saving of $500,000.Generate preferred part list and vendor database for new products, which was anearly cost reduction in the design stage.Involved with the design for manufacturability (DFM) team to improve designguidelines. Show less

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  ADVANCED ENERGY INDUSTRIES

  Jan 1992 - Oct 2007

  Director of Component

  Compliance Engineering;Certify over 70 different power supply platforms to many different internationalstandards by using and understanding the safety and EMC standards.Managed Compliance Engineering to achieve European Union CE mark andUL/CSA certification for all Advanced Energy products.Received category certification with CSA, which resulted $300,000 cost savingper year on agency fees.Set up the EMC and product safety lab for Advanced Energy.Familiar with Low Voltage Directive (LVD) for European CE mark as well asUL1950, 1010 and 1012 standards.Managed group of 4 Compliance Engineers and a Compliance Technician.Component Engineering;Managed Component Engineering to accomplish Advanced Energy componentdata base, data base structure.Responsible for component failure analysis, part shortages, second sourcing andcomponent selection resource for Design Engineering on new designs.Standardize the component descriptions and create component classificationstructure. This helped to search for components easily.Create manufacturing purge and deviation systems as well as componentqualification system.Create Critical Component list and the procedure for this list.Managed 3 Component Engineers.Supplier Quality Engineering;Create Supplier Certification Program (SCP) to be able to control supplier’squality and supplier partnership.Create Supplier Call Back Process (SCP) to formally communicate with suppliersand to answer their questions.Generate Supplier Audit program and audit questioner. These audits conductannually.Construct supplier qualification system and supplier qualification team.Managed 6 Supplier Quality Engineers as well as 3 Incoming Inspectors, 1 MRB(Material Review Board) specialist and 1 First Article Specialist.Create processes and procedures for Incoming Inspection, MRB and first articleprocess. Show less

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  Advanced Energy

  Jan 1992 - Oct 2007

  Component/Compliance Engineering Mgr
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  Ramtron Corporation

  Jan 2007 - Nov 2014

  Dir. of Materials
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  Ramtron International Corporation

  Oct 2007 - Nov 2014

  Management

  Program Management and Process AutomationManaged all new product development launch program from concept to massproduction.Architect the Item Master for the companyWorking on many process automations such as Engineering Change, Correctiveand Preventive Action, Deviation, Purge, RMA, Product Hold, ElectronicTraveler, Barcoding, Training recordsDirector of MaterialsManaged Ramtron’s entire supply chain for 8 quartersWith 95% or higher on time delivery,6 turns a year material turn rateImplemented a Kanban program with the main supplierCreated an automated ERP/MRP systemImplemented the Supplier Quality ProgramRepresent the company for ISO9001:2008 program Show less

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  DISH Network

  Nov 2014 - now

  Senior Business Operation Manager - Quality