TONY D. CAO
Alhambra
Summary
Results-driven CNC Machinist at B and E Manufacturing, adept in optimizing production efficiency and quality assurance. Proven expertise in machine operation and troubleshooting, achieving over 80% production efficiency. Strong analytical skills complemented by effective communication, enhancing team collaboration and operational success in high-stakes manufacturing environments.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
CNC Machinist
B and E Manufacturing
Garden Grove
03.2025 - Current
- Operated and maintained CNC lathe machines while producing hydraulic fittings for aerospace applications
- Managed to optimize quality and specifications of hydraulic fittings according to customer needs through meticulous troubleshooting and maintenance of machines
- Achieved over 80% efficiency production rate overall through strategic planning and prioritization
- A Lisi Aerospace Company
Physics and Math Tutor
Franklin Educational Services
Newport Beach
04.2021 - Current
- Tutoring high school and college students that are enrolled in math and physics courses
- Aided in increasing students' grades in their physics and math courses by holding one on one tutorial sessions and providing them effective study strategies on how to fully comprehend and apply concepts to homework problems
- Newport Beach
Manufacturing Operations Staff
Paramount Dental Studio
Huntington Beach
02.2023 - 03.2025
- Managed and maintained six 3D printers by making sure the printers were printing 3D designed models of teeth accurately and processing the printed models with IPA alcohol
- Nested and milled designed crowns, implants, bridges, and inlays using a CAD program designed specifically for carefully nesting modeled teeth and checked for accuracy as the teeth are milling according to the initial design specifications
- Formed and implemented new standard operating procedures on how to mill and nest teeth throughout the yearly long production process in an efficient, timely manner
- Huntington Beach
Manufacturing Engineer Intern
MedAlliance Swiss Medical Technology
Irvine
07.2022 - 09.2022
- Underwent training procedures on learning how dynaflex sleeves and catheters were coated with a specific/ideal amount of sirolimus drug content
- Analyzed sleeves and catheters that were coated with an amount of sirolimus drug content that was measured to be outside the ideal range using UV-Vis and HPLC detectors and attempting to find the root causes behind the errors of the coating process
- Measured the lengths of sleeves and catheters that failed the coating process and inputting all relevant data into Microsoft excel spreadsheet for further data analysis
- Performed calculations regarding the typical rate of nitrogen consumption inside the cleaning room to aid in their decision-making process on how future nitrogen usage should be handled
- Irvine
Physics 2 Peer Tutor
University of California, Irvine
09.2016 - 03.2019
- Assisted teaching assistants and professors with tutoring students during tutorial sessions for an introductory physics course intended for incoming freshmen majoring in STEM
- Aided students in enhancing their profound comprehension of the course material by guiding them through tutorial assignments with relevant questions and providing them effective study methods
Education
Masters of Science - Physics
California State University, Los Angeles
12.2022
Bachelor of Science - Physics
University of California, Irvine
06.2019
Skills
- Manufacturing
- Microsoft Office
- Excel
- Research
- Analysis
- Data Collection
- Statistics
- Equipment Calibration
- Data Entry
- Standard Operating Procedures
- Quality assurance
- Troubleshooting techniques
- Production planning
- Machine operation
- Multi-axis machining
- Tolerance analysis
- Geometric dimensioning and tolerancing
- Waste elimination
- Blueprint interpretation
Projects
Worked one summer with UCI professor on neutrino oscillations and derived PMNS formulas to construct a formula for neutrinos oscillations with CP violation involving sterile neutrinos Worked one summer as a UCI SURP Fellow on baryogenesis and used neutrinos to explain matter and antimatter asymmetry Completed a senior honors thesis on matter and antimatter asymmetry/baryogenesis Worked on Hubble Constant Problem and attempting to explain the issue using dark energy for one year Completed a presentation via poster of baryogenesis using neutrinos at the UCI symposium with funding from the UCI Summer Fellowship Program
Honors And Awards
- UCI SURP Fellowship Summer 2018
- UCI Dean's Honor List Spring 2016, Fall 2017 - Fall 2018
- Graduated with Departmental Honors in Physics and Sigma Pi Sigma Spring 2019
Timeline
CNC Machinist
B and E Manufacturing
03.2025 - Current
Manufacturing Operations Staff
Paramount Dental Studio
02.2023 - 03.2025
Manufacturing Engineer Intern
MedAlliance Swiss Medical Technology
07.2022 - 09.2022
Physics and Math Tutor
Franklin Educational Services
04.2021 - Current
Physics 2 Peer Tutor
University of California, Irvine
09.2016 - 03.2019
Masters of Science - Physics
California State University, Los Angeles
Bachelor of Science - Physics
University of California, Irvine