Benton Cruiz

Senior Packaging Engineer Contract Conbsultant @Medtronic

Fontana, CA, US
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WORK HISTORY

Oct 2013 — Present

Senior Packaging Engineer Contract Conbsultant @Medtronic

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Santa Rosa, CA, US

Packaging engineering, design and development of medical device packaging for US/UK/.EU/China/Mexico:Concepting, designing, prototyping and sampling packaging (primary/secondary and tertiary)Artios Cad, AlphaCorr, Graphite, Score user: Pouches, lidded Tyvik trays, folding/corrugated cartons for sterile and non-sterile claas ll and class medical device product packaging:Supporting: Packaging and Labeling/R&D Engineering Department Staff,BUs and partners domestically and globally.Interfacing/ engineering, design and development and manufacturability with vendors/Suppliersboth locally and globally.

EDUCATION

1997 — 1998

Cal State Long Beach

Associate of Science (A.S.), Computed Aided Design

2013 — 2014

Ashley University

Bachelor's Degree, Engineering Technology, General

1981 — 1984

University of Redlands

Organizational Management

1971 — 1973

La Trade Technical College

Certificate of Completion, Electro-mechanical Design Drafting

1974 — 1981

Los Angeles Trade Technical College

Associate of Science, Mechanical Engineering

1996 — 1997

Walker Technical College

Associate of Science, Computer Science (4.0 GPA)

SKILLS

IsoEngineeringSupplier ManagementSupplierQuality AssuranceMedical DevicesWordProductionManufacturing ManagementStructural Packaging SamplesCadNegotiationMicrosoft OfficeDesign ControlsMaterial HandlingExcelProduct DesignCorrugatedSix SigmaInjection MoldingSpcVendorShippingMaterialsValidationProcess ImprovementContinuous ImprovementLean ManufacturingLogisticsTestingPackaging EngineeringPlanningProblem SolvingIndustrial EngineeringOutsourcingAdobe Creative SuiteConsumer ProductsPhotoshopDesign of ExperimentsManufacturing

ABOUT BENTON CRUIZ

Retail, Medical Device, Cosmetics, Retail/Consumer, Electronic Accessories PC/Cell Phone, Military DOD and Commerical Packaging Engineering and Design, using Artios Cad/Alpha Corr/Graphite/Score/Tops P:ro/CAPE/Solidedge/Draftsight and AutoCad: Generating packaging designs, concepts, detail drawings and die linesStructural Packaging Samples: Generate handcut and Kongsberg/Colex and Grafphtech America cutting tables: Producing packaging prototype samplesPackaging Optimazating: Packaging,Palletization, Containerization Using Tops Pro,Cape.Equipment: Sanity Study, SOP, SOW, ROI: Equipment/Mold Multi-Vac/Flow Wrap (horizontal/Vertical),(Blisters/Pouches/Wraps)Purchases, modifications, Movement:internar/external, Installation, Validation (ISO 11607 Package Validation Testing) Parts I & Parts II. Specialties: OBE (Out-of-Box-Experience) and Innovative packaging concepts, engineering and design for retail (refresh and new) product packaging launches.

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