This document provides a summary of the qualifications and experience of Jose Luis Barba Meinecke as a bilingual mechanical and electrical engineer with over 15 years of experience in injection molding and plastics molding. He has managed production floors and engineering teams of over 200 people. He is certified in RJG decoupling molding and has developed over 100 new molding processes. His experience includes roles in process engineering, production management, and training.

1. JOSE LUIS BARBA MEINECKE
Tijuana, Baja California.
Mobile: +521-664-331-6874
e-mail: jlbarba2004@hotmail.com
MECHANICAL ELECTRIC ENGINEER PLASTICS MOLDING EXPERT
(RJG CERTIFIED)
SUMMARY
• Bilingual (English-Spanish) Mechanical Electric Engineer; RJG Master Molder Certified.
• 12+ years of experience in people management, with 230 people reporting to me currently.
• 6+ years of experience on fulfillment metrics of yield, production plan, scrap percentage, setup
time.
• 7+ years of experience working based on ISO 13485.
• 9+ years of experience working base on VDA 6.1 & QS9000 (ISO/TS 16949).
• 15+ years of experience in injection molding with experience in molding machines maintenance
and tooling.
• Developed and implemented 100+ new molding processes in 5 different companies.
• Internal trainer – high performance teams. Highly experienced in training full departments in
Molding Engineering.
MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS
♦ Manage MedPlast Tijuana Production Floor.
♦ Manage Duroplast Naucalpan Production Floor.
♦ Manage MedPlast Tijuana Engineering Team (molding process, manufacturing & quality).
♦ Manage Duroplast Naucalpan Engineering Team (molding process & manufacturing).
♦ Train Molding Process Engineers & Process Technicians into Decoupling Molding.
♦ Coordinate MedPlast Tijuana BOM migration to the new system IQMS.
♦ Coordinate Setup and start up of 2 new Stretch Blow Molding Machines from Japan to Mexico
and train process technician team into the operation.
♦ Coordinate CamelBak Bottles liquid color development 2014 & 2015.
♦ Developed from scratch and implemented 100+ new molding process based on de-coupling
molding II for new and used molds at Tyco Electronics, Nypro Healthcare, and MedPlast.
♦ Designed material feed purge system in UPG Tijuana.
♦ Participated in the fulfillment of the Spartanburg-Empalme transfer program on date at Tyco
Electronics.
♦ Coordinate machine maintenance activities and installation of transferred molding machines
during 1 year at Tyco Electronics Emplame, Sonora.
♦ Coached injection molding area (70 machines) during 1 year at Tyco Electronics.
♦ Coached the design, build, installation, and beginning of operations of one autonomous
production unit to inject plastic parts for pharmaceutics industry, a production cell to print
plastics parts and a production cell to paint plastics parts as manufacture manager.
♦ Developed and executed half of the total number of Mold Installation Qualification Protocols for
the Nypro Healthcare Baja new factory transfer (20 machines).
♦ Trained on Injection Molding a full Manufacture Engineering Department and at Duroplast
Puebla.
♦ Coordinated and developed the installation of assembly cells for the manufacture of Back Panel
and the Drawer Box of Chrysler’s PT-Cruiser, the cover for the electric box for Mercedez Benz
trucks and the telephonic connections box of Telmex.
♦ Designed checking fixtures for the project PT-44 Europe version.
♦ Designed packaging for parts of projects PT-Cruiser for Chrysler, GMT-250/257 for General
Motors, electric box for Mercedez Benz trucks, Ford Focus between others.

2. JOSE LUIS BARBA MEINECKE
Tijuana, Baja California.
Mobile: +521-664-331-6874
e-mail: jlbarba2004@hotmail.com
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
UNITED PLASTICS GROUP / MEDPLAST (Tijuana Factory) 04/2014 – Present
Molding Manager
• Manage production floor meeting goals of productivity, labor efficiency, production on time and
scrap on a factory with 30 injection molding machines, 1 injection blow molding machine, 2
injection stretch blow molding machine and 21+ assembly lines (230 production people between
operators, productions leaders and supervisors).
• Manage engineering team (molding process, manufacturing and quality).
• Coordinate engineering team on equipment installation, validation, inspection and start up of
internal molding/assembly lines relocation and new molding/assembly lines installations.
• Coordinate equipment and molding machines maintenance team (Maintenance Manger and
maintenance technicians).
• Coordinate molds repairs (Molding Manager and tool makers).
• Coordinate molding new programs introduction.
• Control and report production scrap, direct labor absorption, down time and SMED.
• Approve new mold design and release from mold makers.
• Support quality inspectors and metrologists.
• Support production planner on production schedule.
Sr. Molding Engineer 04/2010-03-2014
• Coordinate university student interns and engineers to migrate BOM’s from KBM system to
IQMS platform.
• Reduce process scrap, production plan fulfillment, reduce setup time and increase yield.
• Coordinate injection stretch blow molding machine installation, process validation and new part
colors development.
• Approve process validation reports to quality and manufacture engineers.
• Coordinate new injection molding process validation based on Decoupling II methodology.
• Develop new injection-blow molding process.
• Coordinate Jr. Molding Engineer and Process Technicians on validations and factory
production.
• Review new injection mold designs with corporate tooling engineer.
• Train injection molding technicians, manufacture engineers and quality engineers in decoupling
molding fundaments.
• Fix old molding process and help on trouble solutions.
• Work with mold makers in mold problems solutions.
• Design and build robots EOAT.
NYPRO HEALTHCARE BAJA (Tijuana factory) 05/2008 – 03/2010
SR. Molding Engineer
• Develop and validate new injection molding process using Decoupling II methodology.
• Develop validation matrix considering machine occupation and material to be use.
• Work with mold makers in mold problems solutions.
• Train injection molding technicians.
• Create mold Validation Protocols according ISO 13485.
• Validate and start production of injection molding machines at new factory.
• Reception and implementation of new molds, new machines and auxiliary equipment.

3. JOSE LUIS BARBA MEINECKE
Tijuana, Baja California.
Mobile: +521-664-331-6874
e-mail: jlbarba2004@hotmail.com
TYCO ELECTRONICS (Empalme factory) 07/2005 – 04/2008
Molding Engineer 04/2007 – 04/2008
• Coordinate set-up technicians.
• Create new molding process based on de-coupling molding II.
• Reception and run of molds, machines and auxiliary equipment from Spartanburg transference.
• Implementation skills for quick set-up (SMED).
• Work with tool room to fix or make improvements on tools.
• Help production on decisions management.
Production Leader 04/2006 – 03/2007
• Production program fulfillment.
• Coordinate production supervisors.
• Management of workers.
• Get the production measurable.
Maintenance Engineer 07/2005 – 03/2006
• Preventive maintenance program creation for molding machines and auxiliary equipment.
• Corrective maintenance coordination.
• Spare parts list creation.
DUROPLAST 1998 – 05/2005
Process Engineer / Program Manager 2004 – 2005
• Define needs for new projects like JCI/Mercedes Benz, Stanley, work cell to print plastics parts,
and the movement of the project PT-Cruiser from ABC plastics to Duroplast.
• Train process technicians to program Battenfeld machines.
• Train Manufacture Engineering department in how to use the program Manufacturing Pro.
Manufacture Manager (Naucalpan factory) 2003 - 2004
• Work by goals (Yield, scrap control, useful capacity, single minute exchange of die “SMED”,
continuous improvements on production cost).
• Couch Production, Manufacture Engineering, Production data capture, Plant Maintenance and
tools Maintenance.
• Direct negotiations with syndicate.
• Elaborate and controlled the budget.
• Plan and controlled new production projects.
Manufacture Engineer 2002 – 2003
• Program plastic injection machines.
• Design standard nozzle for plastics injection machines.
• Train syndicate people on 5’s and Poka Yokes.
• Give direct attention to clients like JCI, Chrysler, General Motors, Mercedez Benz, 3M México.
• Improve methods for quick change of tools (SMED).
• Develop the statistical process control on plastics injection process.

4. JOSE LUIS BARBA MEINECKE
Tijuana, Baja California.
Mobile: +521-664-331-6874
e-mail: jlbarba2004@hotmail.com
Process Engineer 1998 – 2002
• Create of production works cells.
• Optimize of process.
• Elaborate security documents for internal and external audits.
• Have active participation to develop new projects (APQP).
• Design the packaging for projects parts PT-Cruiser, GMT-250/257 of General Motors and
Electric Box of Mercedez Benz.
• Give direct help to product engineer activities (Parts approbation, standards definition, projects
coordination).
• Control and modified the factory Lay Out.
EDUCATION
BS Degree Mechanical Electrical Engineering, 1998
National Autonomous University of México
ADDITIONAL TRAINING, EXPERIENCE, & CERTIFICATIONS
• Bilingual Spanish-English (85%)
• Quality Engineer Training CQE (in process).
• De-coupling molding II RJG certified [rheological curve, gate seal, mold valance, melt
temperature 30/30 method, clamp force calculation, cavity pressure, etc] (English training in
Clinton Massachusetts).
• Plastics Injection, Gas Assist Injection (Air mold), die and extrusion by compression.
• Sprue pickers and robots for injection machines programming.
• Melt Flipper.
• SolidWorks, Creo/Pro-e and AutoCAD design.
• Internal trainer, high performance teams.
• QS-9000, VDA 6.1, ISO-14,000, ISO/TS-16949, ISO-13485.
• KBM and IQMS platforms.
• Tools design for injection plastics.
• Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, MFG / PRO, Photo Shop, Photo studio.
• Poka yokes, Kanban, Kaizen, Lean Manufacturing.