Zachary O. Steele (Quality Excellence)

Phone: 505-***-**** or Email: acfjos@r.postjobfree.com

Current Location: Charlotte NC

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Many years experience in Quality / Project engineering with years as:

Quality Engineer, Project Manager, Project engineer, Operations Mgr., and

M.E... I have extensive knowledge and experience with: Gage R&R,

Statistical analysis, AS 9100 compliance, ISO certifications, as well as

the following Quality skills: VOC, CAPA, Poke Yoke, 5 Whys, 5S/6S, Cause

and Effect, Blue Print reading, First Article Inspections, Pareto Analysis

as well as, implementation of Lean Principles, SPC, TQM, and Six Sigma

(DMAIC)

PROFESSIONAL

EXPERIENCE

Lions Gate Security Inc. Jan

2014 - Present

VP of Sales and Marketing (Eastern Regions USA)

Developed and implemented Eastern USA Start-up

. Direct and coordinate company sales and marketing functions

. Developed and coordinate sales selling cycle and methodology

. Direct and oversee the company marketing function to identify and develop

new customers

. Research and develop strategies and plans which identify marketing

opportunities

. Analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of sales, methods, cost, results

. Develop and manage sales and marketing budgets

. Plan and coordinate

Jacobsen Mowers - a Textron Company Jul

2013 - Dec 2013

Supplier Quality

Developed and installed supplier improvement programs for Key suppliers

. Lead teams of engineers and productions personnel to resolve supplier

related issues

. Worked with manufacturing to introduce (Supplier related) Quality

improvements

. Lead team of Engineers and Project manager to implement Supplier Quality

metrics

. Implemented weekly supplier quality meetings

. Ensured ISO/TS 16949 compliance APQP/ PPAP

. Improved customer satisfaction by use of C.I. Program

. Provided extensive Technical and program management support

. Responsible for Supplier Quality development and maintenance, as well as

Process Quality control and monitoring, and Also responsible for APQP,

And PPAP and control plan generation and maintenance and non-conforming

material (NCM) management

Reason for leaving

Successful completion of 6 month Contract assignment.

Cummins Power Generation May

2011 - Dec 2012

Quality Leader (Americas)

. Developed and installed Quality Reporting system

. Defined KPI and developed methods for monthly reporting.

. Completed Cummins 6 Sigma Training classes (Green Belt & Six Sigma

Sponsor)

. Developed Quality report document to define standardized monthly quality

metrics then exported Quality data Quality reporting processes to

Europe, Singapore, Mexico, Canada, and Brazil

. Worked with Suppliers to resolve Sheet Metal forming, Machined Parts,

Bar, Quality issues

Reason for leaving

CEO announced plan to lay off 1,500 employees Oct 2012. I was laid off

\due to lack of seniority.

Goodrich Aerospace Burnsville MN Jul

2010 - Dec 2010

Supplier Development Engineer (SQE) Corporate Project

Electronic manufacturing of Aerospace systems for US Government. - Provider

of Aerospace electronics system

. Supported PCB / Electronics / Box Assembly and mechanical Supplier

Development for new and existing suppliers who augment Goodrich

operations and production capabilities at the Goodrich campus

. Planned scheduled and visits to Key Goodrich Suppliers and performed

Supplier Deep Dive risk assessment and review of internal business

systems such as: continuous improvement and quality systems, tooling and

equipment capacity studies, review of material acquisition methods,

personnel, financial review

. Part of the assessment team and commodity managers to recommend and

monitor changes and Improvements at suppliers

. Ensured that recommended changes were documented and tracked utilizing

the Goodrich Supplier development software

. Designed summary reports to record Assessment findings which were

presented to local management, then sent up the chain for review by the

Executive Leadership Team

. Technical specification review and resolution

Reason for leaving

Successful completion of 6 month Contract assignment.

Honeywell Aerospace Albuquerque NM (Aerospace contract)

Oct 2008 - Sep 2009

Senior Advanced Manufacturing Engineer (A.M.E.) Corporate wide project

Aerospace systems for US Government - Project Engineer for Military Systems

electronics provider. Responsible for delivering innovation in technology

through advanced design and manufacturing processes, and global

collaboration with industry, academia and government (118K worldwide

employees / 92 plant locations)

. Utilized specific Six Sigma, Producibility, DAMAIC, Green Belt, MRL and

ERP tools, to understand the condition of manufacturing operations, then

recommend process improvements.

. Extensive experience with SAP data mining using SQL queries and Excel

Pivot tables

. Developed and implemented plans for process improvements and acted as

Team Lead in cross-functional projects to reduce manufacturing cost,

lowering the Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ) metric

. Obtained Honeywell Six Sigma/Lean Green Belt certification

Reason for leaving

In 2010 Honeywell implemented massive layoffs, downsizing, furlough

programs, designed to reduce headcount.

I was laid off due to lack of seniority and lost of Government Aerospace

contracts.

Sensus Metering Systems Inc. Uniontown PA and Raleigh NC

Dec 2006 - Jul 2008

International Operations / Project Manager / Project Engineer

Energy industry - Provider of RF meter reading technology for plants in

Uniontown PA, Norwalk OH, Chihuahua Mexico and Juarez Mexico.

. Responsible for the successful planning and implementation of transfer to

Maquiladora plants in several Mexican cities

. Had strategic responsibility for implementation and expanding the Multi-

million operations by over 200% per month

. Managed a diverse, multi-functional International support group which

included development engineers, planning group, metrology engineers,

technicians and logistics personnel

. Reviewed and monitored project progress to assure quality and adherence

to requirements of contract documents.

. Implemented Production process improvements resulting in significant cost

savings and cycle time reductions

. Conducted daily production planning meetings for two sites in Mexico and

two USA facilities.

Reason for leaving

Mexican Drug cartel presence and assassinations in Juarez during 2007 and

2008 made daily trips unsafe.

USA Government proclaimed Juarez Mexico Unsafe for American citizens.

Sparton Electronics Jackson MI (Jackson Mi. Plant Closed)

Apr 2004 - Dec 2006

QE/QC Supervisor, Project engineer for MRB and RMA

Aerospace Electronics Supplier utilizing ISO 9000-2000 & ISO 13485 and ROHS

compliant processes

Project Engineer responsible for utilizing FMEA, Control Plans and IPC

610 to predict process shifts, avoid manufacturing defects, and steer SPC

operations

Tier 1 Supplier for Aerospace PCB and Box Assembly utilizing FMEA,

Control Plans and IPC 610 to predict

Process shifts, avoid manufacturing defects, and drive SPC processes

Responsible for the implementation, monitoring and continuous improvement

of the quality engineering and quality assurance systems at leading

aeronautical electronics contract manufacturing facility providing high

reliability product for FAA and NASA applications

Responsible for the overall development and implementation of

manufacturing strategies and quality systems

Provided hands-on support for resolving complex production issues as well

as technical liaison with customers and suppliers

Ensure all business units/work cell performance metrics are monitored

using quality trend charting, Pareto and defect data analysis techniques

. Team Leader for Sparton Electronics' first Six Sigma Green Belt team' in

2005 utilizing DMAIC GB projects, DFSS product development projects and

Transactional Value Stream Mapping

. Trained all employees in the use of Six Sigma and Lean principles

. Mentoring other Green Belts on their own projects, while providing

technical support in the application of statistical analysis tools

. Implemented new 'QA based training cell' that drove defect detection and

defect reduction, saving approximately $35,000 per year

Reason for leaving

Plant closed.

Solectron Charlotte NC Aug

2002 - Jul 2003

Senior Test and Repair Technician

Contract Electronics Manufacturing facility

. Debug repair of RMA (returned) Cisco Server mother boards and daughter

cards

Performed in-circuit and functional test of Cisco Server boards

Reason for leaving

Successful completion of contract assignment.

Solectron Columbia Apr

2001 - Aug 2002

Supply Chain Sr. Quality Engineer / Project Engineer

OEM Electronics Manufacturing

. Generated Quality Work instructions and procedures

. Successfully teamed with RMA coordinator to authenticate, disposition and

repair all RMAs from Customers

. Extensive contact with customers to progress reports on continuous

improvement tasks

Efforts resulted in maintaining customer satisfaction which led to

contract renewals

Reason for leaving

Successful completion of contract assignment.

Sanmina / NCI Alabama Feb

2000 - Jan 2001

Quality Engineer and SMT (ROHS) Project Engineer

Contract Electronic Circuit Board and Assembly

. Quality Engineer responsible for data collection and developing QA data

report metrics targeted at driving defect reduction by using root cause

corrective action and DMAIC techniques

. Team Leader on 'bone-pile' inventory recovery project that eventually

saved the company well over $1,000,000

IBM (Locations): Burlington VT, East Fishkill NY / Poughkeepsie NY,

May 1981 - Feb 1998

Manassas VA, Charlotte NC

Worked full time at IBM (during day) while taking undergrad Engineer

classes at night

. Quality Control inspection

- High magnification inspection of silicon circuitry

. Quality Engineer (Process Quality)

- Developed Procedures

- Used Quality data to drive performance improvements

- Review and analysis of data then generate monthly management reports for

management team

. IBM Fast Track (approx. 7 years) Management resource training

Fast Tract Assignments included

1. Supplier Improvement Engineer

Responsible for Supplier performance/improvement at IBM Bromont Canada

& Vendor Bucks County Pa

2. Reliability Lab

Optimized process then transferred operations From New York to

Manassas VA

Impact shock testing

3. Project leader For Corporate Wide Statistical Process Control (SPC)

initiative

Installed SPC processes / X-Bar and R Control Charts

Trained Engineers/ managers, operators on SPC, principle, ideas,

techniques

Used SPC to drive improvements

4. Project Lead for Malcolm Baldrige Award committee (Charlotte NC)

circa 1991

Won Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award

5. IBM Manager (3rd Shift)

Managed manufacturing dept., test dept., technicians, Maintenance

department

Extensive IBM training at corporate headquarters

Reason for leaving

IBM exited the computer manufacturing business, sold locations to CEM

companies and laid off or downsized thousands of employees. I was among

the thousands.

CERTIFICATIONS

Green Belt certification projects at: 1 MMTC 2005 (Detroit MI)

2 Honeywell Aerospace 2009 (Albuquerque NM)

3 Cummins Power Gen. 2011 (Fridley MN)

EDUCATION

Southern Illinois University Carbondale Illinois BS Industrial

Engineering Technology

. Strayer University RTP Campus - class of 2013 MBA International

Business

. Over 240 hours of continuing professional development classes

. Expert level Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite: Word, Excel,

PowerPoint, Visio as well as Outlook / E-mail

. Over 10 years of Proven Project and Time Management Skills

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