Roger Fuentes
Anaheim,California
Summary
High-performing programmer with over 16 years of experience delivering successful improvements for business operations, profitability, and team development. Highly skilled in thriving in fast-paced and changing environments. Dedicated to sustaining operational accuracy and delivering results for optimal profitability.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Applications Engineer
Tsugami America
Fullerton, California
08.2023 - Current
- Developed turn-key solutions for Swiss/mill-turn market to enhance operational efficiency.
- Analyzed tooling and work holding options to ensure stable manufacturing processes.
- Utilize Esprit and Mastercam to programming swiss machine models and millturns
- Created reports to showcase process stability and improvements.
- Collaborated with OEM tool vendors to provide optimal tooling solutions.
- Conducted presales activities, including customer visits, machine assessments, and part processing recommendations.
- Managed project budgets, itineraries, and expenses to ensure financial compliance.
- Traveled throughout US and Mexico to effectively address customer needs.
- Trained customers at their facilities, ensuring successful turnkey run-offs.
- Coordinated open house event demonstrations to highlight machine capabilities and draw in potential customers
Machine Shop Manager
WCM manufacturing
Cypress, CA
06.2021 - 08.2023
- Responsible for all daily operations of the shop floor. Including shop scheduling, quoting, material procurement, and qc department.
- Program all machines for the shop floor, including 5-axis Haas mills, Star Swiss machines, Haas lathes, Okuma mills, and Haas gantry machines.
- Monitor reports to ensure productivity between morning and night shift.
- Program Mitutoyo CMM using Mcosmos software.
- Hired,terminate, and train new personnel to meet company protocol
- identify areas of deficiency and strategize plans to boost productivity company moral, and skill level.
- Assist the shop floor with set ups and troubleshooting
- performed root cause analysis, ncrs and key performance indicators
- build a strong team by having weekly meetings and constant training.
- Monitored resources to control budget and overtime.
- implement policies to manage quality and company policies.
- planned shop travelers, price estimates, cost analysis and maintain the shop schedule
- Meet with customer and establish milestone goals for their projects
- approve employee time cards and overtime.
- work with engineers to design fixtures or feedback to resolve customer issues with the product line
- maintain workflow by monitoring shop daily production and observing equipment is up to standards.
Operations Manager
Custom Machining Service, Hills
Laguna, California
09.2018 - 06.2021
- Scheduling and insuring the success of morning, evening, and weekend shifts
- Establish short term, midterm, and long goals for the business
- Oversee all departments to facilitate all operations through the use of project management
- Standardized company protocol and quality policy
- Set goals for all departments to achieve and oversee the progress of all phase the projects
- Using Lean manufacturing principles, helped eliminate waste, thus increasing company profit, reducing cycle and set up time, and eliminating excessive inventory
- Oversaw the project of implementing ISO:90001
- Improve employee moral through kaizen events, 6 Sigma core principles, 5s and a positive professional company culture
- Establish production department objectives in the areas of quality, safety, productivity, and cost while seeking continuous improvement in all areas
- Ensure operational compliance with company policies and regulatory requirements in the areas of safety, employment, quality, work rules, good manufacturing practices
- Work with new and potential customers during presentations, tours, and reviews by providing expertise in the area of production operations
- Actively coach, develop and provide performance feedback/actions to associates and support staff
- Use corrective action to identify areas of improvements
- Analyze production bottlenecks and inefficiencies while seeking solution and use strategic planning, resource allocation, production methods
- Collect data to find areas of waste and overtime
- Conducts root failure analysis to improve process and resolve product defects
- Build and maintain customer relations to help generate new leads
- Create cost analysis reports for budget spending, labor efficiency, material efficiency, and timely employee reviews
- Establish deadlines and goals for departments and work collectively with all departments to reach performance targets for the organization.
Shop Foreman
Q-Mark Manufacturing
Rancho Santa Margarita
09.2013 - 05.2018
- Supervise manufacturing department to ensure production numbers are met and enforce all established safety, company policies and procedures
- Implement Kaizen methodology among employees and monitors continuous improvement by employees
- Manage, drive, and oversee continuous improvement projects
- Oversee work order management, material flow and material handling to ensure efficient utilization of resources
- Develop new methods of reducing cost/avoiding cost by identifying bottlenecks while maintaining quality standards
- Manage all aspects of the product development including proof of concept, engineering, packaging, cost, sales and marketing, tooling, QC, programming and production
- Implement and enforce 5s system to help maintain a clean and safe environment
- Train new employees to comply with company procedures and safety procedures and mentor them to give a sense of direction and focus
- Comply with ISO9001 requirements by performing internal audits, interacting with customers about nonconforming returns
- Utilize all available resources such as Solidworks, CMM, customer feedback and interaction, and product patterns for the research of new product development
- Use Solidworks to create manufacturing and assembly CAD prints with Solidworks PDM system
- Utilize Solidworks to create CAD model assemblies, fixtures, jigs for manufacturing and assembly departments
- Use PartMaker to program Citizen Swiss machines
- Use Featurecam to create a toolpaths that utilize maximum efficiency and up to date machining standards
- Implemented MSC tool vending machine system
- Use J.I.T techniques to ensure on time delivery
- Set up and run Daewoo gang lathe, and Swiss L20 screw machine to manufacture parts for CMMS
- Set up Okuma mill turn with sub spindle and Y axis
- Set up and run Brother 5 axis vertical mill, DMG with Siemens control
- Write macro and variable programs to facilitate manufacturing process
- Primarily work with stainless 303,titanium,aluminum 6061, nylon, stainless 430f, PTFE, Acetal , acrylic, tolerances ranging from .001 to .0002
- Set up Zeiss CMM with CALYPSO to inspect parts
- Use Markforged 3d printer to 3d print fixtures for Cmm and shop set ups
- Set up CNC Axiom Router
Weekend Shift cnc lathe operator
RBC Bearings
05.2014 - 12.2015
- Supervise team of 3 to ensure safety guidelines and proper operation of robotic cell is running efficiently
- Use Fanuc Robot to operate Okuma Genos Lathe and Hardinge ID Grinders
- Use of Keyence optical comparator, Renishaw equator, thread roll gauges, air gauges to ensure quality control is met
- Implement the use of Tool life management and tool load for Okuma Genos Lathe
- Work with management to bring new ideas to the automation team.
Cnc mill/lathe Machinist
Ascent Manufacturing
01.2013 - 09.2013
- 9 months
- Reason for leaving: company moved
- Set up Cnc 5 axis, 3 axis mills and Mill turn lathes to run production jobs relating to military and aerospace tolerances
- Use MastercamX7 to create 2d toolpaths for mill and lathes
- Machine tight tolerance parts out of Inconel, Monel, stainless 15-5, titanium and stainless 403,4140
- Set up and operate Mazak Millturn Integrex lathe, Yamaseiki lathe and Doosan lathe
- Set up and operate Mazak 5 axis CNC mill
- Set Haas VF3 axis vertical mill with rotary table
- Operate Brown and sharpe Cmm using Pc Dmis to inspect parts
- Operate conventional Bridge port mill, Hardinge lathe, saws, and drill presses
- Verify and inspect parts to follow ITAR and ISO 9100 company specifications
- Edit program if changes need to be made to match geometry of part
- Deburr and visual inspect completed parts, clean work area while machines are running
- Monitor tool life management of insert and work with management to maximize toolpath efficiency
- Communicate with management to suggest alternate methods to reduce operations.
CNC Machinist
Deltronic Corporation
01.2007 - 01.2013
- 6 years
- Reason for leaving: seeking better opportunities
- Machine close tolerance parts related to medical, aerospace, and gear industry
- In charge of training new employees in the operating procedures of machine safety, and follow quality control requirements
- Run and set up Fanuc control Mitsubishi CNC OD grinder, Cincinnati wire EDM, and surface grind head treated material to manufacture parts ranging from .050 to 4” in diameter and tolerances as close as .00005
- In charge of tool crib using a SPC system, conduct daily cycle counts and physical inventory, expedite jobs
- Operate conventional machines such as lathes, grinders, and honing machines
- Operate Mazak lathe using conversational Mazatrol program
- Edit and evaluate Cnc programs using Fanuc control to perform to blueprint
- Follow first article inspection procedures to meet ISO:13485
Education
Associate Degree - Business Administration
Santa Ana Community College
01.2014
High school diploma -
Garden Grove High School
01.2007
Skills
- Mastercam, Partmaker, Featurecam, Solidworks, Fusion360,Esprit
- Microsoft word, excel, access, Teams
- Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Animate
- Quickbooks
- PHP Coding, MySQL Database
- Customer Service and Sales
- Lean six sigma certified
- Zeiss CMM Certified
- Fork lift Certified
- Interal ISO audit certified
- Mitutoyo CMM certified
- Jobboss ERP, Macola, Salesforce,
- ISO,ITAR experience
Timeline
Applications Engineer
Tsugami America
08.2023 - Current
Machine Shop Manager
WCM manufacturing
06.2021 - 08.2023
Operations Manager
Custom Machining Service, Hills
09.2018 - 06.2021
Weekend Shift cnc lathe operator
RBC Bearings
05.2014 - 12.2015
Shop Foreman
Q-Mark Manufacturing
09.2013 - 05.2018
Cnc mill/lathe Machinist
Ascent Manufacturing
01.2013 - 09.2013
CNC Machinist
Deltronic Corporation
01.2007 - 01.2013
Associate Degree - Business Administration
Santa Ana Community College
High school diploma -
Garden Grove High School