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Thomas Faretra




1 day ago
2/1/2010
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About Thomas Faretra

New Product Introductions Manufacturing and Test, Factory Support Equipment, Process and Reliability Engineer. Electronics Engineer possessing diverse background in defense, pharmaceutical, biomedical, commercial, and process industries with emphases on quality, testing, process standardization and improvement. Strong conceptual talent, excellent communication skills, and proven ability working in cross-cultural and cross-functional teams. Expertise in engineering product, process and factory functions in environments including Research and Design, Manufacturing, System Integration and Final Test.

Work Experience

  • Jun 2001 - Jul 2009
  • Teradyne, Inc.
  • NPI Pilot Line Test Engineer
  • North Reading MA

Supported systems & introduced New High Voltage and High Current DC Product options in FLEX, UltraFLEX, and IntegraFLEX SOC Test System platforms. + Key member of international cross-functional teams with design groups in Asia & Europe. + Identified prototype performance issues through extensive troubleshooting to achieve design goals. + Developed equipment and processes resulting in 25% process-time reduction over plan. + Piloted 95% yield in first-run product test processes, validating new product manufacturing processes. + Administered MS Access yield reporting databases providing defect & resolution tracking systems. + Transferred new product to volume operations process teams under budget and ahead of schedule.

Education

  • 1978 - 1986
  • Wentworth Institute of Technology
  • Boston MA

BSET, Electronic Engineering Technology, 1986. ASET, Electronic Engineering Technology, 1982. Associate in Applied Science, Electronic Technology, 1980.

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Sto imparando l'italiano

Skills/Certifications

I am learning LabVIEW with a goal of obtaining my "CLAD".

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