Raymond Velazquez Jr.

5 Lucaya Circle, Burlington, Ma. 01803

Executive Offices: 617.206.4300
Immediately Available: Experienced Leader with a Passion for Results!
Objective: Position Operations/Quality/Manufacturing Manager
HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS
* 15 years of hands-on operations management and optimization experience.
* Very strong leadership skills including change management methods
* Organizational skills including project management .
* Able to lead and influence in large matrix style management structures !
RELEVANT SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
Leadership Skills
* Successfully lead the revamping of Hewlett Packard's Medical products group Qu
ality System currently regulated by the FDA. 350 participants and over 8000 docu
ments created to comply.
* Developed and installed, synchronized production constraint management (TOC) s
ystem to produce record breaking production output performance.
* Successful transferred entire manufacturing operation ( including 128 employee
s who were redeployed to Andover Mass) from Waltham Massachusetts to Loveland C
olorado. 3 months ahead of schedule without losing one shipment.
Operational/Quality Skills
* Successfully employed Taguchi methods, Deming principles and various lean manu
facturing techniques such as Poke-a-Yoke. Jidoka ,Kaizen and Just in time to sav
e over 6 Million dollars of waste.
* As a change agent I was able to help turn around the failing quality system at
HP's Medical products group who had currently failed to meet FDA requirements..
Complexity Management Skills
* Developed teaching system to address Complexity management ( Both Detail and D
ynamic Complexity).
* Designed optimal floor cell layout for maximum efficiency using simple concept
s of propinquity
* Particpated in Auto Jidoka reviews of large contract manufacturers in Asia
* Very familiar with world class outsourcing strategies and tactics
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
6/08 -12/09 SigmaQuest Inc Chelmsford ,Ma
Major Manufacturing Quality Account director- This business was acquired by Ca
mstar Inc.
7/07-6/08 Agilent Technologies
Eastern Region Sales Director - Responsible for Sales in US East,
Canada and South East Asia
Ray successfully transitioned from Hardware sales
to Software solutions this year in a very difficult economic environment. He is
comfortable hunting down and partnering with key decision makers in highly comp
lex business sales environment.
8/01 - 7/07 Agilent Technologies Andover ,Ma
Service Business Development Manager - IBM, EMC,Lucent and Philips Medical
Ray has experience accelerating revenue streams by creating and delivering mass
customized technology services to large original equipment manufacturers. Ray i
s an entrepreneur at heart who has the benefit of corporate experience to help h
im sell in those complex sales environments.
* He expanded hardware sales by creating services sales and delivery channel he
sold 15 times the normal services sales component
* He sold over 10 million dollars in services and hardware within an18 month per
iod.
* Ray sold new product introduction and global deployment services worth $650,00
0.
8/99-8/01 Agilent Technologies Andover ,Ma
Sales Engineer
Ray scans the market and acquires the best opportunities for revenue expansion
. Ray has basically created a thriving start-up operation with little or now for
mal support.
* Ray exceeded $10 million in sales in the first three years. Exceeding target b
y an average 65% per year.
* He expanded into 4 new accounts for a 2.5 million increase in revenue
* Sold the first Software repair product in the USA.
1984-8/99 Hewlett Packard Medical Products Group
FDA Design Team Response Leader
Ray understands how the FDA regulates Medical Device Manufacturers
* Ray co- create the baseline quality architecture for HP's Medical Products Gr
oup organization
* Ray took a full leadership role in responding to direct FDA officer audit obse
rvations.
* Ray understands the context and nature of the how companies need to comply wit
h the FDA regulatory apparatus.
* Ray created over 150 compliant documents to meet and exceed FDA expectations w
hile training over 350 employees .

Experience 1984-8/99 Hewlett Packard Medical Products Group

Manufacturing Production Supervisor
Ray understands how to be effective with customers and efficient with proc
esses.
* Managed 60 employees on two 1st and 2nd shift both operators technician and
maintenance personnel.
* Managed budget and capacity output of 7 productions supporting a 1.8 Billion d
ollar medical electronics business.
* Taught Quality/lean principles such as Juran ,Taguchi and Constraint manageme
nt to direct staff . Ray achieved Green Belt level Six Sigma status.
* Received personal recognition for outstanding performance from customer engine
ering team
Hewlett Packard Medical Products Group
Industrial Engineer
Ray has reality-based experience in start-up like situations and knows how to us
e classical tools to get results.
* Was a key process engineering interface for new product introduction and ramp
procedures
* He Applied Statistical Quality Control , and "Lean Manufacturing" techniques
and avoided Two Million dollars in scrap.
* As a project manager he completed technology transfer of 300 products from Wal
tham Ma. to Loveland Colorado, 3 months ahead of schedule.
* As a manager Ray successfully managed 60 employees during internal start-up o
f a Surface Mount technology center on both 2nd and 3rd shift.
* Ramped production from million to 8 million units in 3 months.
EDUCATION
M.B.A. Boston University, 1998
B.S. Electronic Engineering Technology - Wentworth Institute of Technology- 1985
A.S. Electronic Engineering Technology - Wentworth Institute of Technology- 1983