KINGSFORD YEBOAH
PepsiCo
Alexandria,VA
1
Certification
4
years of professional experience
Work History
R&D Packaging Engineering
1 Year 1 Month- Developed a Power BI growth-trend analytics tool using Rainforest market data and MS Access to evaluate five beverage categories, identifying emerging brands, growth-driving attributes, and distribution/velocity trends to support R&D innovation, portfolio strategy, and packaging commercialization.
- Analyzed packaging performance, commercialization, and market data across emerging brands and SKUs, identifying packaging, design, and consumer trends that informed R&D portfolio prioritization, innovation strategy, and early-stage packaging development.
- Supported Technical Brand Stewardship and Supply Assurance by executing packaging validation, performance testing, risk assessments, and line trials across multiple beverage manufacturing sites, ensuring packaging specifications, quality standards, regulatory compliance, and supply continuity.
- Collaborated with R&D, Operations, Quality, Procurement, and Manufacturing to manage packaging specifications, technical documentation, trial execution, and commercialization activities, using data-driven recommendations to improve product quality, mitigate supply risks, and accelerate time-to-market.
Performance & Operations Excellence Co-op
11 Months- Developed Cdecarbonization roadmaps for distribution centers, reducing energy consumption and identifying pathways to net-zero emissions, resulting in $15,000 annual savings.
- Developed decarbonization roadmaps for distribution centers, reducing energy consumption and outlining pathways to net-zero emissions with $15,000 annual savings.
- Directed global Customer Service Week 2024 across four regions, boosting participation by 25% and securing a 90% survey response rate.
E2E Integration Co-op
1 Year 2 Months- Recommended process improvements for NPI workflows, enhancing scalability and reducing lead times by 7% through data-driven analysis.
- Applied Lean Six Sigma and data analytics to resolve process bottlenecks, which strengthened supply chain reliability.
- Leveraged Alteryx for process modeling and collaborated across supply chain functions to enhance operational readiness for product launches.
Etch Process Support Engineer
2 Years- Directed the transition of breakthrough etch technology from New Product Introduction (NPI) to High-Volume Manufacturing (HVM) by driving yield improvement, maximizing tool uptime, and collaborating cross-functionally with development and production teams to resolve hardware and process constraints.
- Improved process stability and yield readiness, achieving 85% process efficiency across 12 etch production chambers, by conducting daily SPC-based analysis of tool performance, defect density, and cycle time using Python, JMP, and Excel.
- Identified yield limiters and process deviations, reducing repeat customer returns, by analyzing fab defect data, chamber health metrics, and electrical trends while leading structured 8D root-cause investigations and implementing validated corrective actions.
- Established process windows for first-of-a-kind etch equipment and facilitated tool qualification by applying Design of Experiments (DOE) and destructive/non-destructive testing to define hardware specifications, while developing Python-based algorithms for high-volume fab datasets to drive sustained process control and particle performance improvements.
Education
Master of Science - Industrial Engineering
Bachelor of Science - Chemical Engineering
Skills
Data & Analytics: Alteryx
Packaging Optimization
Excel
JMP
MATLAB
Python (ML/AI)
R
Tableau
IBM SPSS
Engineering & R&D: Process Development
Product Engineering
Packaging Production
Metrology
Design Control
Yield analysis
Quality management
Operations & Business: Project Management
Supply Chain Management
Product strategy
Risk assessment
Customer service
Certification
- Lean Yellow Belt Certification
Timeline
R&D Packaging Engineering
PepsiCo
07.2025 - 08.2026Read More
Performance & Operations Excellence Co-op
Johnson & Johnson
08.2024 - 07.2025Read More
E2E Integration Co-op
Johnson & Johnson
05.2024 - 07.2025Read More
Etch Process Support Engineer
Applied Materials
08.2022 - 08.2024Read More
New York University
Master of Science from Industrial Engineering
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University of Virginia
Bachelor of Science from Chemical Engineering
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