Miguel is responsible for the development of heat treatment manufacturing lines at John Deere Mexico and has collaborated with different John Deere sites around the globe on developing better heat treatment processes. He is currently enrolled on several HT symposiums and participating on a Six Sigma contest for heat treatment lines. Day to day, Miguel demonstrates his commitment to heat treatment processes, seeking cost reductions and improvements to product quality, using tools like Six Sigma. He has experience in a materials laboratory performing failure analysis, mechanical testing, and metallographic tests. He is a reference within the company in technical knowledge. His responsibilities are not limited to heat treatments; he is also in charge of forging and hardfacing processes, as well as machining and turning, where his materials knowledge has helped close gaps and and reduce costs. Today the John Deere factory that employs Miguel is on path to become a global excellence center for heat treatment manufacturing to support all John Deere sites in the world.
Nominated by: John Deere
