D.G. Schumacher has over 32 years of experience in manufacturing engineering for hard disk drives (HDDs) at IBM, Hitachi, and HGST. He has led teams developing manufacturing systems, production equipment, early manufacturing involvement, and the integration of automated assembly lines. Schumacher holds an MS in Mechanical Engineering from Santa Clara University and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin. Prior to IBM, he worked as a development engineer at General Electric Nuclear Division modeling reactor systems.

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Education:
o IBM Corporate Technical Institutes; Manufacturing Technology Institute November 1986
o Santa Clara University: MS Mechanical Engineering December 1979
o University Of Wisconsin: BS Mechanical Engineering May 1974
Major Awards:
o IBM Outstanding Technical Achievement Awards:
- Deployment Of Factory Operations Executive in SSD Singapore July 1997
- 3390 HDA Process and Equipment Integration December 1990
o IBM Market Driven Quality Awards:
- 339X HDA ETN Process Definition and Implementation October 1994
- APTOS Product Introduction Team Award October 1992
Professional Experience Overview:
o 07/2013 - Present: Retired; voluntary separation from HGST (a Western Digital Company)
o 03/1982 – 07/2013: IBM Storage Systems Division San Jose, CA.; acquired by Hitachi in 2003;
acquired by Western Digital Corporation in March 2012. (Principal Engineer)
My 32 year career with IBM / Hitachi / HGST has been in the HDD (Hard Disk Drive)
Manufacturing Engineering (ME) organization. I have been blessed to work with a diverse world
wide team with members from several countries including Japan, Singapore, Thailand, England,
Germany, and the United States. My responsibilities have been broad and often challenging. Listed
below is a brief summary of major responsibilities over the years in descending chronological order.
- Manufacturing System Management For Enterprise Products: Update and maintain HDD &
SSD manufacturing systems for new product introductions and current products to assure precise
configuration and customer unique control. Work with IT for new system features as needed.
- HDD Production Equipment Team Lead: Provide team direction to HDD tooling engineers,
oversee and organize new product line introductions, and coordinate capital plans and schedules
for new production line introductions.
- Early Manufacturing Involvement Team Lead: Work directly with manufacturing tooling
engineers, the manufacturing sites, and product development engineers to influence new product
development for manufacturing efficiency and quality gains.
- Prime ME For Product E/C Review and Manufacturing Process Documentation: Coordinate
product engineering change reviews with ME personnel and grant ME approval after closure.
Administer Process Change Notice (PCN) system, and review/approve all PCN’s for ME org.
- Manufacturing Task Force Lead and/or ME Rep. For Many Key Issues Over The Years
- 339X HDD Manufacturing Line Integration: Work with all involved engineering groups to
integrate automated workstation, automated conveyor, data acquisition and control systems in
the first IBM fully automated HDD assembly and test manufacturing line.
- 339X Test SAT Automation Equipment (Autoload) Team Leader
- 338X Disk Assembly Automation Process & Equipment Engineer
o 06/1974 – 03/1982: General Electric Nuclear Division, San Jose, CA. (Senior Engineer)
Development Engineer for Reactor Safety Systems and Licensing Calculations:

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- Design experiments, design and build test equipment, conduct experiments, correlate data, and
issue technical reports to understand and describe nuclear reactor thermal hydraulic behavior that
Professional Experience Overview(continued)
o 06/1974 – 03/1982: General Electric Nuclear Division, San Jose, CA (continued)
is critical in performing reactor licensing calculations.
- Create a computer model describing the flow of water spray droplets in a reactor core plenum
during emergency cooling conditions for use in reactor licensing calculations.
Strengths:
o Mature, well rounded, and experienced engineering professional
o Excellent written and verbal communication skills
o Team player; working well with individuals, groups, and organizations
o Open minded and solution oriented
o Dedicated to high quality deliverables in all assigned projects
Employment Considerations:
I have been retired since July of 2013, and I am not now seeking full time employment. Part time
employment however may be a possibility depending on the position details.
Personal:
o Marital/Family Status: Married with one child.
o Residence Location: San Jose California , ZIP 95120
o Contact Information:
- Phone: (408) 268-9585 (home)
(408) 219-9960 (cell)
- Email: dgschu@comcast.net