Mark McCollum
16701 E. 113th Ct. Commerce City, CO 80022 720-240-4757 markjmccollum[at]gmail.com

Sr. Process Engineering Manager expert in the design and delivery of high-performance process systems and quality. Leader, mentor, and coach of engineering and technical staff in advanced techniques and continuous optimization. Proficient in spearheading new process designs and reviewing complete process balance for smooth operation, throughput, and safety including operational requirements for personnel, instrumentation, and automation. Manage and model recipe and process sequence for best cost/throughput. Write and manage specifications and operator instructions. Key qualifications include:
Strategic & Operational Planning
Identify Performance Needs in Cooperation with Stakeholders
Construction and Critical Path Time-line Management.
Hands-on Engineering Leadership of team
Expert communicator and presenter


EXPERIENCE
Colorado School of Mines, Adjunct Professor, part-time 2010
Multi-discipline lab instructor

Tech-Trainer, President 1998 Present
Consulting firm serving manufacturing and process engineering to develop advanced concepts and techniques.
Reviewed and corrected a critical thermal process for a start-up company allowing them to re-start their manufacturing line.
Trained global engineering and support staff for state-of-the-art real-time in-process monitoring and manufacturing measurements.
Designed a course for Ph.D. researchers in Manufacturing Engineering focusing on Lean Manufacturing, Manufacturing Quality, SPC, CP/CPK, Design of Experiments, and other Quality Metrics including six-sigma methods.
Featured as key global technical expert and keynote lecturer for 5 large multimedia presentations as key technical speaker for sales engineers in Hawaii and France for to train sales professionals about critical new and process sequence (thousands of steps) and why each one was critical for customer needs.
Created specifications for processes in a world-class thermal and chemical process plant to ensure proper sequence conforming to ISO standards.
Created and delivered an intense proprietary attorney training course to introduce contracted intellectual property lawyers to critical technical process and safety issues.
Developed and delivered a basic electronics and electrostatic discharge safety, yield-loss and quality-awareness class for technicians and manufacturing staff for a major surveillance equipment manufacturing company.
Developed on-line course for Avaya covering all of Avayas network, telephony, and VOIP process management tools

Signal Internet, President 2006 Present
Design and manage installation processes including cost management and scheduling.
Manage customer care, training, and service.


University of California, Berkeley, Extension Instructor 1997 2005
Taught process courses for Certificate and Corporate Training in Process Engineering.
Taught practical analog circuit design to seasoned professional digital designers

Northwestern Polytechnic University, Assistant Professor 1997 - 1999
Taught a variety of undergraduate classes.

Spectrian Corp, Senior Yield Engineering 1996 - 1998
Designed dozens of processes including process flow diagrams, defining heat and material balance, process specifications (pressure vessels, pumps, compressors, heat exchangers, and fired heaters) including establishing a brand new process plant including construction, installation, and operational testing.
Developed thermal and chemical process equipment and optimized selected design and maintained in production while continuously improving throughput and yield
Supervised and mentored manufacturing technicians.
Responsible for effective use of personnel and technical quality.
Led safety team of manufacturing leaders and technicians in process safety.
Improved process yield and led change projects in manufacturing through creative engineering and designed experiments.
Scheduled operations, maintenance, and toxic waste handling.
ISO compliance team leading to ISO certification.
Decreased process variation through process improvements and statistical techniques.
Eliminated manufacturing variations through continuous process redesign.
Set up all run sheets and automated Statistical Process Control system used continuously for runtime quality.
Developed and maintained manufacturing and vendor specifications.

EPI Systems, Customer Service Manager 1995 - 1996
Responsible for worldwide customer communication and care, training, safety, system installation, service, and visitor hospitality for complex process systems
Expert customer contact for new system application, understanding, safety and process trouble shooting.
Initiated a quality program.

National Institute of Standards and Tech., Materials Growth Manager 1990 - 1995
Responsible for the design, operations, and HAZMAT of the chemical beam process facility.
Headed safety team in process facility design and emergency procedures.
Built new thermal process deposition system.
Grew Bragg reflectors and other AlGaAs multilayer structures for lasers, optical devices (VCSELs), and process metrology development.
Trained in hazards review including HAZOP, FMEA, and WHAT IF analysis.
Experienced with scheduling, maintenance, and extended procurement litigation. Chaired the U.S. group for users of Emcore process equipment.

Semiconductor Research Group, Research Assistant 1985 1990
Prof. Gregory E. Stillman, Advisor
National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center for Compound Semiconductor Microelectronics
Developed new processes for improved throughput and output quality including several new processes that are used globally to this day.

Delco Electronics, Product Engineer 1983 1985
Engineer for FM radio IC processes including operation, packaging, test, yield, and cost savings using Statistical Process Control and Statistical Design of Experiments.
Led production floor safety work team.
Saved manufacturing over $400K per year through test improvements.

Educational Record
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN
Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, February, 1990
M. S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, July, 1987
B. S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 1983