Owner, Better Process Podcast
Fort Collins, Colorado Area
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- Owner at Better Process Podcast
- Producibility Engineer at Woodward Governor
- Six Sigma Black Belt at Woodward Governor
- Past
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- Process Engineer at Network Photonics
- Manufacturing Engineer at Exabyte
- Education
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- University of Colorado at Boulder
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- Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
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Ken Rayment’s Summary
With a varied manufacturing background, I started the Better Process Podcast to talk about the innovation and progress small and mid-sized manufacturing firms make in this country. Here is the byline for the show: "Did you know that manufacturing in the US could, on its own, be the 8th largest economy in the world? We interview people from manufacturing and logistics from all across the US. Come join us for a short sprint through the industry that keeps America prosperous!"
Ken Rayment’s Specialties:
Varied and general manufacturing background.
Ken Rayment’s Experience
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Owner
Better Process Podcast
(Mechanical or Industrial Engineering industry)
Currently holds this position
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Producibility Engineer
Woodward Governor
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; WGOV; Mechanical or Industrial Engineering industry)
February 2004 — Present (4 years 4 months)
Responsible for New Product Introductions (NPI). Projects include an electro-mechanical flow valve for Natural Gas delivery to a Fuel Cell for hydrogen production, and an electro-mechanical fuel control valve for a high-pressure pump. Responsible for tooling concepts, process flow, measurement system analysis, capability studies, first article inspections, process FMEAs, and control plans.
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Six Sigma Black Belt
Woodward Governor
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; WGOV; Mechanical or Industrial Engineering industry)
February 2004 — Present (4 years 4 months)
Responsible for engineering process changes using DMAIC principles.
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Process Engineer
Network Photonics
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Mechanical or Industrial Engineering industry)
November 2000 — April 2003 (2 years 6 months)
Responsible for process, data collection, process control, configuration management and clean room facility. Lead process documentation and engineering change implementation (Agile), implementation of demand flow technology (JcIT), shopfloor control (MES) system (Wonderware), database design and data management (Oracle, Perl), web-based reporting including real-time charting (Visual Basic and .asp), barcode reader and labeling, and tool control (LabView).
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Manufacturing Engineer
Exabyte
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; exbt; Mechanical or Industrial Engineering industry)
September 1991 — August 1997 (6 years)
Responsible for line design, set-up, maintenance, statistical process control (SPC) monitoring, Access database query development and continuous process improvements. In a 13 month period our team reduced hours worked per unit from 14 to under 3 while 90 day return rate dropped from 6.6% to 0.4%. Moved ¼ inch drive product line to Singapore and Malaysia.
Ken Rayment’s Education
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University of Colorado at Boulder
- Activities and Societies:
- Pi Tau Sigma
Additional Information
Ken Rayment’s Websites:
Ken Rayment’s Interests:
manufacturing, ERP, technology related to manufacturing, innovation in manufacturing, tooling, testing, labview
Ken Rayment’s Groups:
On the board of Action-Works.org - Providing engaging math and science to youth.
Ken Rayment’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- expertise requests
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