Richard J Agnew

Experience

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  IBM

  Jan 1984 - Jan 2000

  Manufacturing Engineer - Polymer Mfg Eng Depart.

  Coordinated the manufacturing engineering of tooling and parts for plastic and metal assemblies through complete life cycle, for multiple types of business machines. • Provided recommendations for material selection, tooling and part design manufacturability, and cost savings.• Coordinated supplier tooling and part activities – quotation and sourcing, design and build, engineering change management, production process qualification, capacity management, and process / quality problem resolution. • Supported procurement in successful supplier negotiations using part cost analysis estimating tools.• Worked with manufacturing and supplier teams in U.S., Mexico, Japan, Belgium, and China to establish worldwide sourcing strategies, tooling introduction, and capital planning for notebook products.• Established new molding and painting supplier sourcing in Guadalajara, Mx, for IBM assembly facility.• Successfully managed the introduction of new materials and processes for cam mechanism, keyboard assembly, and chassis of award winning IBM ThinkPad 701c “Butterfly” notebook.• Provided engineering services to IBM medical-healthcare customer, Medtronic, for new Heart Monitor / PC product. Responsible for tooling and part management, of chassis and internal part assemblies from initial design to production. Show less

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  Lenovo

  Jan 2005 - Nov 2015

  Mechanical Engineer - Technical Evaluation Center

  Competitive analysis of mechanical parts and assemblies relating to design, manufacturing processes, cost, and sourcing for: notebook, tablet, server, workstation, and desktop computers. Extensive knowledge of engineering plastics materials and molding - including carbon fiber, Magnesium die casting, sheet metal, cosmetic and auxillary operations, EMI-RFI shielding, cables and wireless antennas, thermal solutions, cost estimating and production tooling. • Support business groups product planning by providing strategic input and benchmarking of competitor products, per schedule, to development, marketing, sales, procurement, serviceability, and usability functions:o Recommendations drove implementation of improved customer serviceability designs on new products.o Dell and HP Mechanical design reports. Competitor “Yoga Hinge” design report. o Provided input for new Ultrabook and Premium Consumer notebook and tablet markets designs.• Completed cost estimates for entire ThinkPad Series portfolio products with support to procurement supplier negotiations resulting in cost savings and avoidance exceeding $10M annually.• Contribute to establishing multi-million dollar budgets and cost targets for future ThinkPad products annually.• Provided mechanical input to DTX, DFX industry analyst workshop on ThinkPad E Series resulting in over $2M cost savings and avoidance, • Identify and communicate industry trends and new mechanical materials and process technologies for competitive advantage, by:o Analyze and communicate consultant data of engineering resins for supplier negotiations.o Supplier on site visits and meetings, ( RocTool, ACON, Kasui, PolyOne, Sabic, EcoTech, Solvay, Sony, Compal) • Mechanical team leadership:o Costimator estimating software database - maintain material and process updates, training, and testing.o Acquire and maintain calibration, inspection, and teardown equipment for competitive analysis lab. Show less