Russel Fugal

Experience

I have 10 years of experience in the highly demanding semiconductor manufacturing industry.

• Production Downtime Scheduling – 5 years
• Project Management – 7 years
• Factory Automation – 10 years
• Equipment Maintenance – 4 years
• Project Man-hour Estimation – 7 years

EdTech Innovator – Sara.ai

2015 – Present,            Passion Project

Product Design, iOS Development, Passion for Education

Sales and System Engineer and Project Manager – Murata Machinery

2012 – Present

Customer facing “hero”. Innovatively meeting the customers’ needs

Implementation project-manager for over $100M of Automation Equipment

Successfully planning and scheduling over 3,000 man-hours of high-cost and critical production downtime

Managing multiple projects employing up to 180 people

Scheduling Consultant – Independent Contractor

2011 – 2012

Scheduler for a $40 Million Factory Automation project

Operations Support Manager – Roth Rau Ortner USA

2010 – 2011

Primary responsibilities included man-hour estimation, budget estimation, sales, and project planning

Project Manager – Roth Rau Ortner USA

2009 – 2010

Completed a 10,000 man-hour $1 Million project on time and 15% below budget

Maintenance Technician and Equipment Specialist – Ortner USA

2007 – 2009

Performed and supervised Equipment-Installation, Preventative-Maintenance, and Equipment-Modifications

Education & Credentials

I am an avid autodidact. I believe in the power of education, and am naturally curious:

• PMP certification from the Project Management Institute
• Completed hundreds of hours of coursework at Udacity and othersCompleted over 60 credit hours at BYU with a 3.4 GPA

• Mobile App Development (Java, Swift)

• Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence (Python, Octave, Keras)

• Psychology and Cognitive Development

• Completed 7 credit hours at SFCC with a 4.0 GPA, Graduating with AS in May’18
• Graduated an EMT-Basic class, top of the class, at age 16

Skills & Interests

A Generalist by preference but I can develop focused Specialty when driven or particularly inspired. I have practical experience in a very diverse graph of skill sets and knowledge areas. I have studied:

anthropology, economy, sociobiology, cognitive psychology,

microbiology, meteorology, machine learning, project management,

material science, thermodynamics, quantum mechanics, statics,

organizational behavior, statistics, orbital mechanics, flow hacking,

software architecture, edaphology, and ecohydrology to name a few.

I am dedicated, methodical, thoughtful, occasionally distracted but typically productive.

I read and speak Mandarin Chinese, and I have basic proficiency in Japanese and French.

I hiked the following mountains:

• Lone Peak
• Kings Peak
• Mt. Timpanogos
• White Dome
• Hunchback Mountain
• Santa Fe Baldy
• Wheeler Peak
• and more …