Dongwoo Ku
Anyang-si
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Data Automation Manager
MERCK KGaA
1 2021
- Led the Manufacturing Intelligence team(5 FTE) globally to enable digitalization across +15 semiconductor plants worldwide, resulting in €5MM savings for Semi-materials business through batch automation and site digitization
- Spearheaded €2MM the digital transformation projects for Pyeongtaek, Banwol, Branchburg, and Shizuoka plants with multi-functional and multi-culture teams; achieving holistic process improvements including batch process automation, data analysis for quality prediction, and visualization
- Designed +10 Manufacturing Intelligence apps such as Batch Genealogy and Raw Material Review Board to eliminate data silos between enterprise systems(SAP, LIMS) automating legacy workflows, resulting in a 50% reduction in information checking time
- Built more than 50 integrated and robust data pipelines on Palantir Foundry for customer engagement projects with Micron, Samsung, CXMT, GF, and Intel, with manufacturing, quality, and supply chain, to reduce manual work cost, resulting in a work time performance was improved by 50%
Solution Consultant; Head of Product Business Development
TURCK
01.2016 - 01.2020
- Consulted with over 100 manufacturing sites on enterprise-wide IIoT projects, delivering tailor-made solutions that generated $3MM in business value over five years
- Recognized as a Top 3 Expert in the APAC regional Turck Engineering Skills Assessment for IIoT expertise
- Developed a Smart Factory demo showcasing the convergence of operational technology and AWS IoT services, featured at the AWS Summit Korea 2020.
1st Lieutenant; Head of Airplane Maintenance Department
REPUBLIC OF KOREA AIR FORCE
01.2012 - 01.2015
- Managed a team of over 40 aircraft maintenance crews without any accidents for three years
- Led to a 35% reduction in equipment defects and $140KM savings in unnecessary expenses through Six Sigma Green Belt projects.
Education
Master of Applied Data Science -
SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY
Bachelor of Mechatronics Engineering - undefined
HANDONG UNIVERSITY
Skills
Entire stack engineering capabilities
PLC
HMI
SCADA
Industrial network interface development
Front-end applications using Python or C# languages
Designing automated data pipelines for collecting shop floor data(Excel in SharePoint or Machine data) to the cloud environment
Developing dashboards using Foundry, Tableau, and AWS IoT SiteWise for process management
Volunteer Activities
Raised $10K for volunteer activities through cold calling and volunteered to teach basic education to underprivileged children in Solapur, India, for one year in 2010.
Timeline
Solution Consultant; Head of Product Business Development
TURCK
01.2016 - 01.2020
1st Lieutenant; Head of Airplane Maintenance Department
REPUBLIC OF KOREA AIR FORCE
01.2012 - 01.2015
Data Automation Manager
MERCK KGaA
1 2021
Master of Applied Data Science -
SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY
Bachelor of Mechatronics Engineering - undefined
HANDONG UNIVERSITY