Brett Seelin

Brett Seelin

acemvm@r.postjobfree.com • 320 Grove Street, Ramsey, NJ 07446 • 551-***-****

Summary

Globally minded Quality Assurance Professional, with a proven track record promoting

organizational “Quality Awareness”, advocating customer requirements, implementing Quality

Management Systems, eliminating waste and driving productivity, is seeking a growth oriented

opportunity with an organization driven to be an industry leader.

Experience

Praxair Electronics

560 Route 303, Orangeburg, NY 10962

Sr. Quality Assurance Manager & Analytical Lab Manager, October 2006 – To Present

Responsibilities

• Leading the Global Quality Council for five facilities located in Asia, Europe and the United States.

• Managing two departments, Quality Assurance and the Analytical Laboratory, with nine associates

and a budget of $1.8 million.

• Holding monthly associate meetings, providing updates on the status of the quality system and

training.

• Planning quality events, dedicated to quality training and building quality consciousness.

• Environmental compliance and social responsibility with regard to RoHS, Reach and EICC and

Conflict Minerals.

• Planning and conducting supplier audits.

• Driving continuous improvement through the use of ISO 9001, ISO/TS 16949, LEAN and Six Sigma

methodologies.

• Customer complaint resolution, ranging from highly technical problems to minor issues.

Accomplishments

• Established the business metrics KPI monitoring system using the global intranet.

• Developed a “Quality Awareness” program, improving employee quality ownership.

• Obtained 3rd party ISO 9001 certification at our offsite manufacturing location in only nine months,

with no disruption to manufacturing and incurring minimal costs.

• Grew market share by 90% for our European location by successfully aligning the quality standards

VDA 6.3 and ISO/TS 16949.

• Managed a global IT project converting outdated third party laboratory information management

software, into the Oracle Quality Module, preventing quality escapes by verifying test results against

customer requirements.

• Expanded the use of the Oracle Quality Module throughout manufacturing, collecting quality data

real time.

• Certified Six Sigma Greenbelt and LEAN Specialist.

• Continuously receiving high praise and quality awards from customers and registrar audits, including

the Quality Operating System Plus (QOS +), The Preferred Quality Supplier (PQS) from Intel.

Computer Crafts, Inc.

57 Thomas Road, Hawthorne, NJ 07506

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Quality Assurance Manager, February 2001 to October 2006

Responsibilities & Accomplishments, NJ 07506-0644

• Transformed the organization’s quality culture through the use of ISO 9001, LEAN

manufacturing techniques, control plans, process audits and networked inspection systems.

Reduced customer complaints to zero in 3 years.

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Converted the entire product offering to be RoHS compliant.

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Created an ISO 9001 compliant database utilizing Microsoft Access for R&D, document

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control, control of nonconforming material and corrective & preventive actions.

Drove a productivity project which saved 60% of connector polishing costs in the first year by

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developing a new lower cost supplier and process error proofing.

Implemented an on line final inspection system, incorporating serialized traceability and

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defect identification. This system provided real time defect reporting to any PC.

Obtained ASA100 certification for the aviation spare parts division.

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Participated in technical sales presentations to major OEM’s and at trade shows.

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Member of ASTM F 40 committee.

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Lawson Mardon USA Inc.

10 Clifton Boulevard, Clifton, NJ 07011

Director of Quality Assurance, October 1999 to January 2001

Responsibilities & Accomplishments,

Quality Systems oversight for three facilities located in New Jersey, North Carolina and California. Managed

the physical and analytical laboratories, integrated the QMS software with the MRP system, resolved customer

and supply chain issues and represented the organization during customer and supplier audits. Additional

activities included interfacing with Marketing and the design group.

Seton Leather Co.

849 Broadway, Newark, NJ 07104

Quality Assurance Manager, September 1996 to October 1999

Responsibilities & Accomplishments,

Implemented ISO 9001 and QS 9000 for facilities in Newark, NJ and Saxton, PA, coordinated management and

employee update meetings, conducted training, served as the technical liaison between tanning and finishing

resolving technical and quality issues and established online SPC.

Atlantic Tubing Co.

200 Ram Ridge Road, Chestnut Ridge NY, 10977

Quality Assurance Manager, July 1995 to September 1996.

Implemented ISO 9001 and established the physical testing laboratory .

Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL)

1285 Walt Whitman Road, Melville NY, 11747

3rd party safety testing and quality systems registrar

Project Engineer

and Certified Quality Systems Auditor, August 1990 to March 1995

As an Engineer, responsibilities included determining test plans and writing technical reports for Portable

Lamps and Fixtures. Additional successes included conducting a complete File Review driving record income

levels for the department and developing a new method for measuring ultraviolet light exposure. As a Certified

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Brett Seelin

Quality systems Auditor, I Conducted over fifty domestic and international audits while serving as a Total

Quality Management (TQM) facilitator for five continuous improvement teams.

Estee Lauder Inc.

125 Pinelawn Road, Melville NY, 11747

Cosmetic Chemist

(Dunhill Temps), September 1989 to July 1990

Performed research and development for lipstick and mascara, color matching, pilot scale up and established

lab standards used for quality benchmarking.

Education

State University of New York at Albany

Bachelor of Science in Physics/Chemistry, May 1989

• Worked on a team developing a new system for producing thin-film semiconductors,

using Low Temperature Metal Organic Chemical Deposition (LTMOCVD).

• Conducted independent research in Low Temperature Superconductivity.

Interests

Marine Aquariums, Sailing, Gardening, Music, Tennis and Automobiles

Quality Toolbox

Quality Systems Safety, Environmental and Information Technology

Sustainability

ISO 9001 Electronic Industry Code of Oracle and the Oracle

Conduct (EICC) Quality Module

ISO/TS 16949 Conflict Minerals QSI (Quality Management)

VDA 6.3 RoHS NWA Quality Analyst (SPC)

LEAN / Six Sigma REACH QI Analyst (SPC)

AS 9100 / NADCAP Sony Green Mini Tab (SPC)

Lead Quality Systems Auditor UL Safety Standards Microsoft Office

since 1993

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