Michael Fraser
1622 Lac Sir John
Lachute
Quebec
Canada
J8H 4M5
Tel:(450)562-3419
Fax:(450)562-0411
Email:mfraser445@sympatico.ca
BASc. in Mechanical Engineering - University of Toronto.
Career Objective.
My primary objective is to assist others to boost their
business prospects by improving the quality of
their products and services. This objective will
be achieved through the application of management
experience in industry, sustained by engineering training,
and computer hardware and software skills.
Qualifications.
Over 20 years experience in high technology
manufacturing and quality assurance, with wide
experience and demonstrated competence in these
areas:
* Leadership of others by example, encouragement, and persuasion.
* Organizing available resources for optimum effectiveness at
lowest cost.
* Analysis of technical issues and business situations.
* Planning new projects, processes and procedures.
* Perception of cost-effective solutions to problems.
* Communication by clear, concise, and informative presentations.
* Coordinating the efforts of diverse groups to achieve desired
objectives.
* Adapting quickly to new circumstances, and economic conditions.
Selected Achievements.
Managed the test program of the Space Station Remote
Manipulator (SSRMS) through the various phases of
strength, stiffness, fatigue,and thermal testing at the
National Research Council, and at the David Florida Laboratories.
Documented, analyzed, and reported the results of the
testing of SSRMS in the manner prescribed by the
Canadian Space Agency and SPAR for space flight qualification.
This test program provided all the results and data sought,
and SSRMS was accepted by NASA for integration into the
International Space Station.
Persuaded the IRAP Industrial Technology Advisor and his
NRC associates, that Sysprime Inc. had not only
the technical abilities, but also the financial resources
to carry out the Non-Contact Probe project.
This was of crucial influence in their decision to approve
the project and allocate $75,000 to it.
Conceived the idea of a Non-Contact CMM Probe as an
answer to the difficulties of measuring the internal
features of partially enclosed devices. I had read
about an NRC laser ranging system called "BIRIS", which
appeared to offer possibilities. We took the
idea to NRC who said that the Non-Contact Probe was a new,
but feasible application of "BIRIS", and that they
would be willing to participate in its development.
Re-organized the assembly and test process for personal
computers manufactured by AES Data Inc. to
introduce automatic in-line assembly and testing
in place of the existing manual process.
This improvement more than tripled productivity, and at
the same time increased the quality and consistency of the product.
Wrote a proposal to Innotech Aviation for the
installation of an AQAP-1 quality assurance system. I
had learned at previous meetings with management that Innotech
had tried,but failed to get certification twice before.
This information enabled us to formulate a more effective strategy
for Innotech. As a result, Sysprime sold over $100,000 worth of
consulting services, which culminated in the certification of
Innotech.
As president of Sijolm Inc., (a voluntary community
organization) we reversed an annual operating loss by
doing three things. Firstly, we persuaded residents to contribute
a one-time assessment to defray a deficit in the accounts;
secondly, we negotiated a substantial increase
in a road maintenance subvention with the municipality; thirdly,
we streamlined services to reduce costs. These measures received
unanimous approval of the municipality, and ultimately
a 93% participation by the community.
Experience.
Consultant - FRE Composites Inc. (1993 to 1998)
As Project Engineer for the manufacture and testing of
the Space Station Remote Manipulator System, (SSRMS),
I scheduled and coordinated the test program at the
National Research Council. My duties also covered the
supervision of the production and quality assurance of
hardware and test software for SSRMS, for Radarsat External
Support Structures, and for other space related products.
Consultant - Sysprime Inc. (1990 to 1993)
We developed sources of funding for new products and
services. To fully exploit the expanded opportunities
presented by these new products and services we automated the
accounting and re-organized the control systems of the company.
Director of Production - Philips Electronics Ltd. (1989
to 1990)
We managed a 3-shift operation of about 500 people
producing from 1000 to 1400 personal computers per day.
I was directly responsible for product quality, labour efficiency,
and output volume.
Manufacturing Manager - AES Data Inc. (1986 to 1989)
Our major products were personal computers, printers,
and cables, and our profits at this time were being eroded by
intense competition.We decided, therefore, that our best, and only
course lay in reducing costs. I accomplished my part
of this by sub-contracting those assembly operations
where we were inefficient, and by introducing
just-in-time supply of parts to reduce inventories.
Through our combined efforts we were able to reduce
production costs by more than 50%.
Manufacturing Engineering Manager - AES Data Inc.
(1980 to 1986)
In this capacity I supervised both the test
engineering and industrial engineering groups. We
re-arranged the entire plant and converted it to
semi-automatic operation over a 3 month period
without interrupting production. This resulted
in a large increase of productivity, and made
substantial reductions in cost possible later on.
ALSO:
Omicron Telesystems Inc. (1968 to 1980)
Canadian Aviation Electronics (1960 to 1968)
Professional Development.
* Business Management. * Français, Langue des
Affaires.
* Statistical Process Control. · Computer
languages:
* ACCPAC Financial Reporting. Qbasic, C, C++.
* Français Écrit, Intermédiaire.