About
The goal of this blog is to explore and explain some of the trends in management and decision making and in particular to look for underlying principles and best practices.
Bruce Ramsay
Bruce Ramsay authors and manages this blog.
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Bruce has more than 25 years experience in systems architecture, engineering management, and general business management.
Accomplishments:
- Developed gap reduction system which improves production efficiency by 5-10%
- Developed distributed controls architecture
- Reduced manufacturing cost $100k per system
- Reduced install time by 2-3 weeks
- 95% reduction in initial wiring errors
- Almost 100% reduction in installation wiring errors
- Led development of systems which coat 3×6 meter glass on 30-45 second cycle time
- Patents granted in substrate handling
Inline Vacuum Deposition System for applying thin films to glass
- Led development of a number of flat glass cluster tools for the display industry
- Developed completely new system in less than a year
- Managed $25M program
- Led software, electrical, and mechanical teams
- Patents granted in electron beam evaporation
.7m Flat Glass Cluster Tool
Skills Areas
- System architecture
- Cost analysis and cost management
- Project and Program management
- Vacuum system design and manufacture
- Physical vapor deposition including: sputter and electron beam
Contact:
email bruce (at) coherentthinking (dot) org
