NAOMI DENESHA
PROVIDENCE,RI
Summary
Results-driven engineering and operations professional with 7+ years of experience leading process improvement, quality systems, and cross-functional technical initiatives within advanced manufacturing environments. Proven track record of driving cost reduction, operational efficiency, defect reduction, and sustainable corrective actions through data-driven problem solving and collaborative leadership. Skilled in process optimization, root-cause analysis, project coordination, quality management systems, and technical documentation. Adept at working across engineering, operations, suppliers, and leadership teams in fast-paced environments, with strong communication and organizational skills supporting both onsite and remote collaboration.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Sr. Process Engineer
Aspen Aerogels
East Providence, RI
01.2024 - Current
- Lead advanced process improvement initiatives for aerogel manufacturing, targeting yield improvement, defect reduction, and process robustness resulting in 1Million USD in Material Cost Savings per year
- Drive structured root-cause analysis and corrective action for high-impact process and quality issues
- Led process optimization initiatives, enhancing production efficiency and reducing waste across operations.
- Drove cross-functional collaboration to streamline engineering processes and improve product quality standards.
- Partner with operations and quality to support scale-up activities and operational excellence initiatives
- Develop and maintain process documentation, control plans, and standard work to ensure repeatability and compliance
Quality Manager
Aspen Aerogels
East Providence, RI
08.2023 - 01.2024
- Led site quality operations, overseeing quality systems, CAPA, nonconformance management, and inspection processes
- Supervised and coached quality personnel, establishing performance expectations and accountability
- Supported internal and external audits and ensured compliance with applicable quality standards
- Collaborated with engineering and operations leadership to align quality objectives with production goals
Process Quality Engineer
Aspen Aerogels
East Providence, RI
12.2022 - 08.2023
- Supported manufacturing operations by bridging process engineering and quality to improve process capability and product conformance
- Investigated process deviations and quality escapes using structured root-cause analysis methodologies
- Implemented corrective and preventive actions to reduce recurring defects and improve yield
- Supported continuous improvement initiatives across manufacturing operations
Process & Quality Engineer
Medicote – Division of BEST Engineered Surface Technologies
Bristol, RI
11.2021 - 11.2022
- Implemented new anodizing and waste-treatment chemical processing methods in collaboration with national suppliers, resulting in $64K chemical cost reduction (2021–2022)
- Designed custom tooling that eliminated part movement between production cells, achieving a 70% cycle time reduction and $22K labor savings over six months
- Led modernization of the quality management system through implementation of real-time electronic shop-floor quality data tracking
- Developed anodizing chemical testing control processes, reducing rework costs by $93K (2021–2022)
- Created technical documentation, specifications, and diagrams to meet regulatory and project requirements
- Established project schedules and monitored milestones across multiple concurrent initiatives
Process Engineer
TPI Composites, Inc.
Warren, RI
05.2018 - 02.2021
- Served as subject-matter expert for VARTM composite manufacturing, assembly, and quality processes
- Led end-to-end manufacturing and quality improvement projects delivering 20% increase in built-in quality and 10% cycle time reduction
- Qualified new material combinations resulting in $375K annual BOM and labor savings
- Collaborated cross-functionally to implement corrective actions yielding $450K+ annual rework labor savings
- Owned qualification and approval of new materials, assemblies, and consumables
Quality Inspector
TPI Composites, Inc.
Warren, RI
09.2017 - 05.2018
- Performed CTQ inspections on large composite assemblies
- Communicated nonconformances through structured discrepancy reporting
Education
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
New England Institute of Technology
East Greenwich, RI09.2018
Skills
- Process optimization & yield improvement
- Cycle time reduction & cost estimation
- DFM/DFA, process control & standard work
- Quality & Regulatory
- ISO 9001:2015, ISO 13485
- Quality auditing & change management
- Project & Leadership
- Cross-functional team leadership
- Personnel supervision & coaching
- Agile & Waterfall project execution
- Supplier collaboration & qualification
- SolidWorks (FEA), AutoCAD, Mastercam
- MS Project, Smartsheet, SharePoint
- Project scheduling
- Project management
- Process flow diagram development
- Computer-aided design
- Process troubleshooting
- Engineering team development
- Mentoring junior engineers
- Documents and reports
- Customer relations
- Continuous improvement
- Project oversight
- Report generation
- Design of experiments
- Operations research
- Design validation
- Problem-solving
- Excellent communication
- Decision-making
- Team building
Awards/Honors
Amazing Women of Wind Award For leadership work on fiberglass pultrusion manufacturing process development, 2021 TPI Q3 Integrity Award For effective quality improvement through design change project work, Best of Tech Award MCT Class of 2018
Timeline
Sr. Process Engineer
Aspen Aerogels
01.2024 - Current
Quality Manager
Aspen Aerogels
08.2023 - 01.2024
Process Quality Engineer
Aspen Aerogels
12.2022 - 08.2023
Process & Quality Engineer
Medicote – Division of BEST Engineered Surface Technologies
11.2021 - 11.2022
Process Engineer
TPI Composites, Inc.
05.2018 - 02.2021
Quality Inspector
TPI Composites, Inc.
09.2017 - 05.2018
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
New England Institute of Technology