resume 9-11-2015

1. Kathleen Pipkorn
325 Kitty Hawk Road #316 Alameda, CA. 94501
510-522-3464 (home) 415-308-3594 (cell)
e-mail: kpipkorn@yahoo.com
Objective: A position in the manufacturing field that utilizes my talents while letting
me pursue a MS in Management.
Summary of Qualification:
• Willing to go the extra mile to make production goals.
• Responsible and dependable, works well with a team atmosphere as well as individually.
• Proficient in customer service, document control, and quality control.
• Capable of assigning processes to job orders and delegating work to employees.
Experience:
Thermo-Fusion Inc. Nov 2011- Aug 2014
Hayward, CA. 94545
Supervisor
• 3rd
shift production supervisor
Therm-X of California May 2010- Sept 2011
Hayward, Ca. 94544
Assembler and Braze technician
Self Contracting-Self Employed 2005-May 2010
Bodycote Thermal Processing 2000-2005
Fremont, CA. 94538
Supervisor
• 3rd
shift production supervisor and trouble-shooter.
• Customer service duties including job quoting and job scheduling.
• ISO Team member and internal auditor.
• Quality control including all processes and documentations.
* Developed the company Emergency Response Manual.
* Organized and maintained the precious metal inventories and did monthly reports to
management.
* Re-organized the Document Control Department including customer blue prints,
customer history files, and quality control logs for ISO certification.
* Organized and maintained the Material Safety Data Sheets as mandated by
CalOSHA.
* Troubleshot a problematic brazing project and implemented a more efficient
process that produced a product with significantly greater yield.
* Recommended and implemented a Non-Conformance Report into the operating
practices of production.

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AlphaBraze Inc. 1996-2000
Fremont, CA. 94538
Supervisor
• Member of the start up team that organized the operations of this new company.
• 3rd
shift supervisor and collaborated in training new employees all of whom met and/or
exceeded the company standards.
• Performed shipping and receiving duties including order entry.
• Quoted customer jobs and coordinated job scheduling.
• Hazardous Materials Alternate and Emergency Response Team member.
• Received continual raises and promotions with additional responsibilities.
* Complemented on a continual basis by satisfied customers who in turn referred
potential customers.
* Initiated a recycling program for various materials including office products as well
as precious metal alloys used in the shop.
Thermo-Fusion Inc. 1978-1996
Hayward, CA. 94545
Supervisor
• Performed furnace operator duties for heat treating, brazing, and nitriding which
included both vacuum and atmospheric type furnaces.
• Performed shipping and receiving including order entry.
• Responded to and resolved customer concerns regarding scheduling problems.
• Initiated purchase orders for various materials used in production processes.
* Received continual raises for exceptional dedication and a stable work record.
Skills:
Computer (Word and Excel), Fax and copy machines, Phone answering and paging,
Micrometers, scales, gauges, aqueous ultrasonic washer, Rockwell & Brinnel testers,
Atmospheric & Vacuum furnaces, Oxygen-Acetylene torch, Forklift, and Overhead crane.
Education:
Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Wisconsin in La Crosse, Wisconsin
Additional certificates of completion for the following courses and/or seminars:
Fundamentals of Ferrous Metallurgy; Elements of Metallurgy; Heat Treating of Steel;
Metallurgy for the Non-Metallurgist; Practical Heat Treating; Joining of Advanced
Engineering Materials; Bob Ray's Brazing Seminar; and Successful Women Supervisors
Completion of 30+ MTI online courses with certification.
Attendance in various Star12 seminars and webinars for supervisor training.
Affiliations:
ASM International member from 4/1985 to 4/2005
Interest and Hobbies:

3. Arts, various charities, hiking, playing softball, the ocean and underwater life.
References available on request