Alex Gerrard

About Alex Gerrard

With over 15 years of experience in engineering, quality, and project management, I am a senior quality engineering project manager at Applied Materials, a global leader in semiconductor materials engineering solutions. My core competencies include managing supplier development projects, solving problems using the 8D framework, developing commodity quality management strategies, and designing reliability into products using risk analysis FMECA tools. I also have strong skills in process simulation, design of experiments, software development, and sustaining excellence methods.I am passionate about using technology and a quality framework to drive down risk and realize market value. I have successfully led international teams to resolve new materials processing issues, managed worldwide LED manufacturing programs, and directed path finding efforts to eliminate the high cost component of substrate materials. My mission is to align the supply base to achieve corporate quality goals, assess product and serviceability risk on new and legacy product lines, and contribute to the innovation and growth of the semiconductor industry. I am always eager to learn new skills and technologies, and I have obtained certifications in connecting with executives, agile at work, and negotiation skills from LinkedIn.

Experience

1. Senior Quality Engineering Project Manager

   Applied Materials

   Jan 2015 — Present

   Managed supplier development projects • Solved problems using the 8D framework• Developing commodity quality management strategies• Designing reliability into products using risk analysis FMECA tools• Constructing reliability studies using engineering principles • Aligning the supply base to achieve corporate quality goals• Assessing product and serviceability risk on new and legacy product lines

Education

• University of Florida

  Doctor of Philosophy and Master Degrees, Chemical Engineering

  2005

• Missouri University of Science and Technology

  Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering

  1999

Skills

• Materials Science
• Failure Analysis
• Semiconductor Industry
• Jmp
• Cvd
• Cmos
• Photonics
• Spc
• Business Analysis
• Business Process Improvement
• Html
• Python
• Simulations
• Process Development
• Microsoft Office
• Xml
• Sensors
• Characterization
• Perl
• Product Engineering
• Lithography
• Process Integration
• R
• Metrology
• Data Mining
• Yield
• Business Process
• Mems
• Business Process Design
• Statistics
• R&D
• Surface Science
• Analytics
• Surface Chemistry
• Scripting
• Photolithography
• Engineering Management
• Sql
• Business Intelligence
• Semiconductors