Ala Alliftawi

About Ala Alliftawi

More than 12 years of experience in the engineering field, combining high-level process control and improvement skills with solid leadership and problem-solving expertise. Extensive experience with managing multiple projects, focusing on the continuous improvement of SPC for manufacturing processes, in addition to problem-solving and employee training/performance management. Specialties: • Class 100 Clean room• Total productivity Maintenance (TPM)• Kaizen and 5’s, and Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) • Lean Manufacturing• Plasma Etch• Dry Oxidation process• Anneal Process• ION Implant• Chemical Mechanical Polish (CMP)• Wafer inspection metrology • Wire sawing\\ Wafer polishing• Grinding\\ Lappingt

Experience

1. Sustaining Engineering

   Cree

   Jul 2010 — Present

   Lead a team responsible for all aspects of yield, quality and cost of a high volume manufacturing department to process semiconductor wafers.• Demonstrate successful management of process control in a fast-paced, high volume manufacturing department as well as a demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally to solve problems across business units and departments.• Thrive in a fast paced, deadline-oriented manufacturing environment and work constructively with a team of manufacturing personnel, engineers and technicians. • Responsibly for problem solving sustaining engineer with the capacity to quickly grasp and resolve a wide range of technical challenges• Manage the continuous improvement of SPC for manufacturing processes and all departmental aspects of yield, cost and quality• Manage and prioritize process improvement activities through pareto, cost and hands-on data analysis• Analysis of process and manufacturing data, as well as preparation of summaries (both written and verbal) for distribution internally to the operations team • Demonstrated process decision making ability based on timely, thorough and relevant data analysis• Yield improvement through identification and elimination of root cause yield drivers• Leadership of multiple projects related to yield, cost or throughput improvement involving work with manufacturing, R&D and equipment teams• Mentoring, coaching, performance management and training of engineers and/or process technicians• Establish procedures and qualification plan for bringing new processes on line and refining existing ones• Lead and solve problems through a DMAIC approach• Establish manufacturing and engineering procedures, protocols, qualification plans and OCAPs • Provide troubleshooting assistance for manufacturing processes • Support downstream customers to drive value-add to the company

Education

• University of Phoenix

  MBA, Business

  2008 — 2010

• University of Phoenix

  Master of Business Administration ( MBA)

  2008 — 2010

Skills

• Ms Project
• Product Management
• Spc
• Ion Implantation
• Design of Experiments
• Manufacturing
• Microsoft Access
• Failure Analysis
• Semiconductor Industry
• 5s
• Engineering
• Characterization
• Kaizen
• Computerized Maintenance Management System
• Kaizen and 5’s, and Overall Equipment Effectiveness (Oee
• Microsoft Visio
• Lean Manufacturing
• Grinding\ Lapping
• Microsoft Office
• Wafer Cleaning
• Total Productivity Maintenance (Tpm)
• R&D
• Yield
• Chemical Cleaning
• Quality Assurance
• Chemical Mechanical Polishing
• Process Improvement
• Process Engineering
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Scrubbers
• Engineering Management
• Microsoft Project
• Visio
• Wafer Inspection Metrology
• Manufacturing Execution Systems
• Anneal Process
• Class 100 Clean Room
• Product Development
• Continuous Improvement
• Metrology