Matthew Vieke
From my partners:
"...the support your team has done is top notch and very professional. The ability to explain the findings, use the evidence to quell any speculation, and provide timely FA results has been fantastic!" -Joe G (Pricipal Application Engineer)
Professional Summary
As a Senior Manager with over 20 years of experience in the semiconductor, automotive, and industrial sectors, I thrive at the intersection of technical expertise and effective leadership. My passion lies in continuous improvement, quality systems, and failure analysis, where I have consistently empowered high-performance teams to achieve exceptional results for our customers and partners.
I believe in the power of "Diligence and Simplicity" as a guiding principle—approaching challenges with a meticulous mindset while striving for streamlined solutions. Whether as an individual contributor or in a leadership role, I focus on building collaborative environments through mentoring and process optimization.
I am now seeking new opportunities to further enhance my technical and leadership skills while delivering high-quality results that delight my customers.
Career Highlights
- Received the Customer Quality Support Excellence Award for using emerging artificial intelligence tools to reduce customer complaints by 20%; saving $75k per quarter.
- Managed project team to standardize sample preparation, electrical verification and AI supported analysis at laboratories in 4 countries; Realizing $8.8M cost avoidance.
- Coordinated site audits, customer surveys, product qualification and safe launch to secure customer component approval for $100M in new business (a division record at that time).
- Successfully launched and managed 5S programs across companies in various fields from metal-stamping to injection-molding to analytical laboratories.
- 5x recipient of “On the Spot” awards to recognize extraordinary achievement in problem-solving and crisis team support.
- 3x recipient of “Your Idea Pays” award for implementing cost-saving improvements in equipment maintenance, industrial automation and artificial intelligence implementations.
Employment History
Infineon Technologies
Livonia, MI | 2006 to present
| Position |
Responsibilities |
| Sr. Manager Failure Analysis (current) |
- Drive & contribute to global projects
- Deploy corporate initiatives
|
| Sr. Staff Failure Analysis Engineer |
- Perform semiconductor failure analysis
- Evaluation, release & maintain new lab equipment
|
| Customer Quality Manager |
- Enable new business by ensuring customer quality expectations are fulfilled
|
| Sr. Staff Failure Analysis Engineer |
- Customer liaison for all quality issues
- Prepare material compliance certs (IMDS, RoHS, REACH)
|
Technology Edge Inc
Kokomo, IN | 2003 to 2006
| Position |
Responsibilities |
| Engineer (at large) |
- Corporate training on 5S and FMEA
- Software development
- Equipment sales & support
|
Education & Training
| Organization |
Location |
Details |
| Nonnast & Kollegen |
Leominster, MA |
Leadership Basics |
| ESD Forum |
Temecula, CA |
Certified ESD Technician |
| Fred Pryor |
Lansing, MI |
Supervising Teams |
| SixSigma.us |
Online |
Six sigma yellow belt |
| AMA |
Livonia, MI |
Situational Leadership |
| AIAG |
Detroit, MI |
REACH Reporting |
| QAI |
Indianapolis, IN |
ISO/TS16949 Internal Quality Auditor |
| TetraTech |
Ann Arbor, MI |
IMDS Standard Training |
| Purdue University |
Kokomo, IN |
BS. Electrical Engineering Technology |
Skill Set
Seven Habits. Project Management. Situational Leadership. Getting Things Done (GTD). Problem Solving. Risk Assessment. Quality management. Excel Data analysis. Document control. Semiconductor analysis (microscopy, SEM, SAM/SAT, electrical verification). 5S. Lean. Auditing. Environmental compliance (IMDS/RoHS/REACH). Calibration. Document Control. ESD Verification. Specification review. Computer programming.