Fordie Bethoney
Attleboro, Ma. 02703
SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE:
. 23 years experience in Quality Control as a Quality Engineer /
Incoming Inspection Supervisor / Precision Mechanical Inspector.
. Responsible for implementing quality programs, quality control
standards, statistical quality control sampling plans, calibration
processors and
. Procedures, developing and revising quality manuals, first article
mold verification to conform to military and/or customer
specifications.
. Designed fixtures and jigs to interface with suppliers in problem
machining and/or inspection of parts.
. Source inspection with suppliers, also to qualify certifiable vendors.
. Auditing suppliers for approval of current good manufacturing practice
regulations. (GMPs)
. Utilizing a complete knowledge of all precision inspection equipment,
manufacturing processes and techniques. As well as all tools necessary
to perform any inspection to military and/or customer specifications
such as:
o B&S CMM
o Comparators
o Micro-Hite
o Non-contact gages
o All hand surface plate equipment
o OGP Smart Scope
o Optical gauging equipment to tolerances of less than .000005
o Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing, with positioning to
.001RFS.
EXPERIENCE:
Fordie Bethoney Co. Plainville, MA 2010 -
Present
Self Employed Owner
. All phases of residential remolding
Armstrong Pharmaceuticals West Roxbury, MA 2003 - 2009
Quality Engineer
. Manufactured Drug Inhalers
. Supervisor of inspection
department.
. Conducted internal and external quality
audits.
. Overlooked mechanical aspects of design.
. Reported directly to Vice President
Textron Woburn, MA 1999-2003
Quality Inspector
. Worked on SFW warhead Launchers
. Conducted 1st article inspection in accordance with military standards
. Performed CMM Inspections
. Conducted all Mechanical inspections.
ADE Norwood, MA 1997
-1999
Quality Inspection (Robotic Wafer Inspection Systems)
. Inspection of first article parts.
. Developed fixtures and jigs for test methods.
BLH Canton, MA 1996 -
1997
Quality Engineer
. Revising critical Dimensioning and Tolerancing Blue Prints
. LPT Compression Load Beams
. Obaws (747 Landing Gear)
Below are contract positions that I have held prior to 1996 all positions
were at least 6 months in Duration
Johnson & Johnson Orthopedics
Precision Mechanical Inspector
. Inspected metal that was used in producing Artificial Bone & Joint
. Utilized OGP Smart scope inspection
. Responsible for all incoming inspections.
Northern Research -
Quality
Inspector
. Conducted First article inspections in accordance with military
guidelines on torpedo launchers for the navy.
Barry Controls
Precision Mechanical inspector
. Inspected all incoming parts for the 22/osprey, all inspections were
in accordance with Mil Specs
Ciba Corning Diagnostics
Quality Inspector
. Inspected Blood Gas Analyses Equipment
. Qualifying plastic
molds
. Conducted first article inspections for Prototype
EDUCATION:
Sylvania Technical Institute
Northeastern University
Boston Society for Quality Control
Institute for Engineering and Design
Brown & Sharp (Tutor for Windows)