1. Earl C Wilkerson
945 Via Principale
New Braunfels, Texas 78132
713-304-1523
E-mail – ecwilkerson@yahoo.com
Objective: Quality Control Manager Position
1958 – 1968 United States Navy
Responsibilities:
Airborne Early Warning Squadrons One & Three; Air Controller, Weather Recon.
Naval Air Station Atlanta Georgia; Flight Operations Dispatcher.
USS Intrepid CV-11; Air Controller – Helicopters and Fixed Wing.
USS William C Lawe DD-763; Leading Petty Officer – DASH Weapon System, Lead
Technician Avionics & Guidance Systems, Shipboard Electronics Division Officer, and
Chief Master-at-Arms.
1968 – 1971 Cincinnati Milling Machine Company
Responsibilities:
Cimtrol Division – Service Engineer
Troubleshoot & repair Customer Cincinnati NC Machine Tools specifically the
Positioning & Contouring Controls.
1971 – 1972 AR Industries
Responsibilities:
NC Programmer – 3 Axis Avey Turret Mill with GE 1050 Control, also, Design work on
Box Folding Machine.
1972 – 1972 Quadri Corporation (Project)
Memory Manufacturer
Responsibilities:
Electronics Engineer – Design an Automated Wire Wrapping Machine for the
manufacture of Computer ROM – based on NC Machine.
1972 – 1973 Motorola Inc. (Project)
Responsibilities:
Electronics Engineer – Design & Implement a Gold Plating Controller to make the
Plating of IC Bases more consistent and to Recover excess Gold in the Plating Process.
1973 – 1981 Cincinnati Milacron
NC Field Service
Responsibilities:
Service Specialist – Coordinate all aspects of implementation of the ACNC Controls,
from a Service viewpoint. Provide Tech Support to Service Engineers and Customers in
the field.
2. Turning Division
Responsibilities:
Quality Manager – Setup a complete Quality Program to both improve Quality and
reduce Quality Costs. Added a Quality Engineering Function. Setup Statistical Inspection
Program. Implemented Waste Costs Analysis & Reduction Program. Setup &
Implemented Vendor Quality Program. Designed & Implemented Reliability Test
Program. Developed, setup & Implemented Service Reporting System to analyze &
reduce Field Costs. Based this Program on MIL-Q-9858 and utilizing MIL-I-45662A
Calibration Control.
NOTE: This Program achieved:
1. $10,300,000/yr. Reduction in Quality Costs average over 5 years!
2. Reliability Performance of Cinturn improved approximately 10 times!
3. Division Profit Margin improved from just over 10% to over 25%!
1991 – 1984 Mitsui Machine Tool Sales
Houston Sales Office
Responsibilities:
Operation Manager – Office Administration, Field Service, Sales Project Engineering,
and Machine Tool Shows & leads.
Melville NY Office
OKK & OM Division
Responsibilities:
Operation Manager – OKK & OM Field Service, Sales Project Engineering, Marketing,
Machine Tool Shows, Advertising and Sales Support.
1984 – 1985 Nichols Machinery
Responsibilities
Operations Manager – Manage all Operations of Machine Tool Rebuild functions, Sales,
Quotes, Manufacturing, Assembly, and Training.
1985 – 1990 LTV Missiles & Electronics
Responsibilities:
Quality Engineer – Chairman Material Review Board for Non-conforming material,
Chairman VT1 Missile Project, Chairman Binary Chemical Weapon System, MLRS
Rocket System, Auditor, QDR solution Coordination, and MLRS Rocket Assembly
Procedures.
1990 –1994 Daniel Valve Co.
Responsibilities:
NC Machine Maintenance Technician – Troubleshoot & Repair the Electrical &
Electronic Systems of the NC and CNC controlled Machine Tools. Implemented Quality
Requirements into the Machine Tool and Accessories procurement process.
1994 – 1998 Hillary Machinery Co.
Cincinnati Distributor
Responsibilities:
Service Engineer – Troubleshoot & Repair Cincinnati Machine Tools sold by Hillary
Machinery in Texas. Establish Procedures for Troubleshooting & Repair of A2100
Control.
3. 1998 – Present Wilkerson Machine Tool Services
Reponsibilities:
Owner/Service Engineer – Troubleshoot & Repair all Makes & Brands of Machine Tools
in the Southeast US, including Oklahoma & Texas. Implemented Troubleshooting
Reporting System based on NAVSEA SE000-00EIM-160 Electronics Installation &
Maintenance Book, Section 2-4 Troubleshooting for Corrective Maintenance. The
Application of the Principles of the Troubleshooting Reporting System and of Procedures
gathered and/or developed has resulted in a more thorough and complete Corrective
Action with reduced costs to the Customer. More than a 1000 Corrective Actions have
taken place.
Education
Military Service Schools
Airman Prep School
Airborne Early Warning Air Control Class A School
Radar Class A School w/Basic Electronics
Radar Class B School w/Advanced Electronics
Radar Operations Class B School
DASH Weapons System – Avionics & Guidance
Management Schools - AMA
Quality Control Management
Plant Management
Southern Arkansas University
Quality Engineering
Reliability Engineering
Suffolk Community College
College Algebra
Calculus
RPG Programming
Fortran Programming
Certification
ASQC Certified Quality Engineer