Mark Toffle has over 25 years of experience in engineering roles, most recently as a Senior Six Sigma Black Belt at Seagate Technology where he led multiple process improvement projects resulting in millions of dollars in savings annually. He has a Master's and Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Minnesota and has received several awards for his work, including Invention and Achievement Awards from Seagate as well as being inducted into their Patent Hall of Fame. Toffle has extensive experience developing and optimizing manufacturing processes under strict FDA/GMP guidelines and is proficient in statistical analysis, design of experiments, and CAD/CAM software.

1. MARK A. TOFFLE
7001 24th
St. W, St. Louis Park, MN 55426
952-512-1532, 612-817-3582
mtoffle@comcast.net
Six Sigma Black Belt Process/Project Engineer
Experience:
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, INC., Shakopee, MN
 Recipient of Seagate Invention and Achievement Award
 Recipient of Seagate Patent Hall of Fame Award
Senior Staff Six Sigma Black Belt, Servo Format Engineering, 6/2005 to Present
 Lead Architect and Project Manager for multi-disc writers with proven increased
capacity of over 2000% with minimal capital investment.
 Process development for alternative atmosphere STW, multi disc burnishing, solvent
cleaning, air filtration systems.
 Black Belt Lean Deep Dive lead to reduce material flow time 96.4%
 Black Belt Project lead for 98% media contamination source reduction.
 Black Belt Project lead for optical clock for over $6 million savings per year
 Black Belt Project lead for Preamp Chip delamination for >$200K savings per year.
 Black Belt Project lead for Pneumatics subsystem redesign.
 Black Belt Project lead for regression analysis of spindle air bearing mass flow, Error
motion measurement, and AEM amplitude reduction.
 Trained in Minitab, Crystal Ball, JMP, Solidworks (11 years experience).
 Process Engineer for MicroE and Heidenhain Servo System and Encoder Alignment
Optimization
Manager, Servo Format Mechanical Engineering R&D 6/2000 to 6/2005:
 Responsible for Mechanical Project Engineering for R&D of advanced STW systems
used for Enterprise, Personal, and Consumer storage products.
 Oversee, Direct, Coordinate, and Appraise five (5) designers, four (4) engineers, and
one technician for design, development, analysis, and troubleshooting of projects as well
as for internal and supplier manufacturing.
 Initiated pilot builds for new processes, internal inventory control, and central MDW
project data repository.
 Prepare and/or review Component and System Specifications, SOPs, and ECRs.
 Prepare multiple overlapping project plans and work with cross functional virtual team(s)
and vendors from worldwide locations to meet schedules.
 Accountable and Responsible for the initiation, Power Point presentation of results and
successful completion of Technical Development Plans (TDPs) for advanced project
concepts.
 Prepare and Evaluate DOEs per Six Sigma process.
 Assist Engineers in performing finite element analysis of components via SDRC and
Solidworks.
Staff Engineer/ Assistant Manager, 5/96 to 6/2000:
 Vibration testing, analysis and control, vibration isolation and specification.
 Oversee the design, research and development for high density disc drive servo track
writers.
 Development, evaluation, and documentation of processes.

2. SMITHS MEDICAL/SIMS DELTEC
Arden Hills, MN
Senior Process Engineer, 1/92 to 5/96
 Developed and Validate manufacturing processes, fixtures and SOPs for sixteen (16)
new product lines under strict FDA/GMP guidelines (including PAC II single and Dual
products).
 Set up, perform, and review designed experiments for processes affecting implantable
medical devices (eg. cleaning, passivation, TIG welding, molding, ultrasonic welding,
EFD dispensing, pressure decay testing).
 Implemented SPC to stabilize finishing processes which reduced production time over
50 percent
 Tested and implemented replacement processes and equipment for Freon 113
replacements.
 Evaluated, purchased, and developed new automated equipment and designed fixtures
for manufacturing with CADKEY and SDRC.
 Supervised one designer.
 Designed, developed with key vendors, and tested advanced port components to reduce
scrap and eliminate in-house processing.
 Prepared SOPs, IPs, master specifications, ECOs, Process Evaluations, Validations,
and Gantt charts.
 Devised, developed, and implemented a new SOP system to reduce portal ECO volume
to 10 percent of former system.
EDUCATION:
Institute of Technology
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
Master of Mechanical Engineering
 Coursework including design of experiments, vibration, surface finishing, and
microcontamination technology
Institute of Technology
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering
 Coursework including design, stress analysis, materials selection, automatic control,
finite elements
ACHIEVEMENTS:
 Recipient of Seagate 2002 Invention and Achievement Award
 Recipient of Seagate Patent Hall of Fame Award, 2006
 Over twenty (20) Patents Received
 Received a 2011 Readers Views Award for the Childrens Book entitled, The
Raindrop Who Lost His Cloud about how everyone, big and small, can accomplish
great things