1. Quinton Candelaria
6831 E. Diamond St. Scottsdale AZ, 85257
E-mail: qcandela@asu.edu
Phone: (480) 313-8595
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Industrial Engineer
Industrial Engineering graduate with hands on experience with lean manufacturing,
conducting cost reduction projects, applying and implementing six sigma principles, and
increasing process efficiency. I also have knowledge on inventory control, system
dynamics engineering, simulating stochastic systems, stochastic operations research, and
probability and statistics.
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Core Competencies
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Statistical Analysis ● Lean Manufacturing ● Managing Workers
Process Optimization ● Cost Analysis ● Cause and Effect Analysis
Time Studies ● VSM ● 5s
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Education
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12/13 B.S.E. Industrial Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287
IE Core G.P.A.: 3.2
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Work Experience
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J Levine Auction & Appraisal Warehouse Manager 7/14 - Present
• Assess, organize, and manage the logistics of ingoing and outgoing items to assure
destination is correct and on time.
• Manage 2-6 workers at any given time to assure efficiency, safety, and continuous
production.
• Implemented 5s and first-in-first-out ideology in warehouse in addition to many
new procedures to improve efficiency.
• Conduct weekly continuous improvement meetings with department heads to
devise and implement process improvement projects across the company and in
other departments.
• Conduct cost reduction strategies by analyzing and studying trends of areas and
items that are wasting money due to over handling.
o Created cost analysis template to show true cost and return on investment on
each type of different item sold at auction.
ME Elecmetal Process Engineer Intern 5/13 – 7/14

2. • Increased process efficiency using statistical analysis and thermal measurement on
collected data, resulting in reduced man hours and effective scheduling.
o Presented project/published paper at annual SFSA conference in Chicago
• Eliminated main bottleneck on assembly line by conducting time studies, creating
metrics, and working with workers on attacking consistent problems.
• Developed, tracked, and updated plant wide metrics to implement continuous
improvement goals
• Conducted and presented monthly continuous improvement meetings on metrics &
machine downtime and cost reduction projects with other engineers, managers, and
supervisors
• Created and analyzed value stream maps to visualize and track process flow and
lean out potential areas of improvements
• Standardized plant wide work instructions to continuously improve process
consistency
• Input, update, & maintain product costs and Build of Materials
• Updated costing for parts and performed quotes for new jobs
• Composed queries from company database for other engineers and supervisors in
various departments
Sharp Creek Contracting Intern 5/11- 5/13
• Assisted in developing a strategy to generate new business
• Implemented 5S throughout office and yard
• Performed material take-offs for estimating commercial grading and paving
projects
• Reading and understanding blueprints, filing office, field laborer
U.S.S.F. Certified Soccer Referee 4/06 – Present
• Decision making, communication, time management, problem solving
• Ensuring safety, teamwork, authority, good sportsmanship, and mandating rules
and regulations
• Conflict management with people, players, other referees, coaches, and parents
• Annual classes, tests, and recertification
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Computing Skills
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Applications: Minitab, Graphical Analysis, AnyLogic, Arena, Microsoft Visio,
Word, Excel, Power Point, Project, Access
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Awards and Honors
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Dec. 2013 SFSA Schumo Intern Project Competition Winner

3. 2012 - Present Institute of Industrial Engineering Chapter member
2012 - 2013 MAES Latinos in Science and Engineering
2009-2013 Arizona State University - University Scholarship
References available upon request