Cornelio Abellanas

DEGREES:

• Doctor Engineer in Telecommunications (University of Madrid, SPAIN)

• Master of Science (University of Kent at Canterbury, UK)

• EFQM evaluator (Valencian Foundation for Quality)

CURRENT WORK:

• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt in manufacturing and service companies. Completed project examples:
  • Job scheduling and hourly production display
  • Real time operator feedback (quality & delivery)
  • Component kanban logistics implementation
  • Engineering change application lead time reduction
  • Materials dock to stock lead time reduction
  • Parts planning and procurement value stream optimization
  • 5S implementation in repair workstations
  • Automatic placement line setup time reduction
  • Manufacturing test attended time reduction
  • Suspect defective test cell automatic detection
  • Invoicing error and leadtime reduction
• Quality system auditor on following standards:
  • ISO 9001: 2000
  • AS9100 (Aerospace)
  • ISO/TS 16949 (Automotive)
  • ISO 13485 (Electro-medicine)
• Lecturer in Business Administration in Spanish Universities:
  • ESTEMA
  • CEU
  • ESIC

EXPERIENCE:

• EFQM (European Foundation for Quality Management) and Baldrige (USA) audits and implementation.

• Quality and Process Improvement management in-house training in the following companies:
  • IBM
  • AT&T
  • MSL
  • Philips
  • Volvo Truck
  • Ford
  • Celestica
  • IBC
  • PT Pro
• Management courses lectured in the following countries:
  • France
  • Spain
  • Portugal
  • Belgium
  • The Netherlands
  • Germany
  • Italy
  • Austria
  • Ireland
  • Greece
  • USA
  • South Africa
  • Czech Republic
• Class Management and lecturing at the IBM International Education Centre in Belgium on the following topics:
  • Total quality management
  • ISO 9000
  • EFQM
  • Reliability and Stress screening
  • Six Sigma
  • Statistical process control and capability
  • Design of experiments (Taguchi)
  • Design for manufacturability
  • Business process improvement and re-engineering
  • Lean production
  • Just-In-Time manufacturing and logistics
  • Continuous improvement (Kaizen)
  • Theory of constraints
• Independent business unit management for a tape drive assembly and test line in an IBM Spain local subcontractor. Interface with the IBM development lab in Tucson (USA).

• Engineering management, banking terminal controllers at IBM Spain plant

• Design of a ticket matrix printer for British Railways at the company Ventek Ltd. (Datapoint Computer representative) in London (UK).

• Systems engineer responsible for logic design at Burroughs Machines Ltd. (later Unisys) in Scotland (UK).