Executive Profile:

Quality Professional with more than 20 years’ of experience and knowledge in manufacturing environments. As an ISO9000 Subject Matter Expert; designed, implemented and maintained Quality Management Systems in several industries.

Skill Highlights:

Proven experience in establishing and maintaining ISO-9001 and TS-16949 Quality Management Systems, having installed and maintained ISO9000 certified Quality Management Systems in three different manufacturing industries. Managed Quality Control / Quality Assurance Departments with as many as 35 employees.

Certified Quality Management Systems Lead Auditor (Exemplar Global).

Lean and Six Sigma project champion.

Expert in procedure development and process documentation.

Skilled in Corrective Action; (CAPA) initiation and response systems including 8D, 7-D & 5Y

Hands-on knowledge of; FMEA, Control Plans, APQP and PPAP development, inspection planning and supervision for receiving, in-process, final & first article inspections.

Green Belt; Trained in Lean Six Sigma / DAMIC project management. Experienced and successful project champion

Work History:

Flint Group

Lebanon, Ohio 45039

Quality Control Lab Supervisor / Quality Manager

June 2009 to Current

Established an ISO9000:2008 Quality Management System and became certified in less than one year, saving $30,000 for the company by delivering the certification under-budget and ahead of schedule.

Supervise and maintain a Quality Control Laboratory that tests more than 8,500 batches of ink a year with 24 hour a day coverage.

Created and maintain Document Control, Corrective Action and Internal Quality Audit systems for the Lebanon facility that have helped reduce the Cost of Quality by more than 18% over the last 3 years.

Act as ISO9001 “Subject Matter Expert” for the North American Packaging Division of Flint Group, providing expertise and experience to any ISO9000 project.

Behm Quartz Industries

Dayton, Ohio

Quality Engineer

December 2007 to January 2009

Installed an ISO9001 Quality Management System in less than six months and completed third party registration in within 12 months.

Used Lean Six Sigma techniques to improve first time yield by 20% in one year.

Re-engineered the non-conforming materials reporting system; reducing input errors by 90% and corrective action response time by five days.

Mancor Ohio

Dayton, Ohio

Senior Quality Engineer

February 2006 to December 2007

Reestablished a faltering QS9000 Quality Management System in this Heavy Truck / Automotive Components Supplier and transitioned to the new ISO9001 standard.

Champion of the Cost of Quality Reduction Team that slashed CoQ by 31% in my first year with the company.

Leader of Lean Manufacturing Quality Improvement and Corrective Action Team that helped reduce customer rejects by 91% between February of 2006 and December 2007

Product Action International

Indianapolis, Indiana

Senior Quality Engineer

April 2004 to February 2006

Provided Process Control Auditing and System Assessments in accordance with the related Customer (OEM) requirements.

Reviewed and validated corrective actions and process control systems.

“GAP” analysis of the customer’s current Quality Management Systems and documentation relative to the international standards.

Provided expertise and assistance in the development of FMEA’s, Control Plans and PPAP’s.

MSC – Engineered Materials and Solutions Group

Middletown, Ohio

Quality Control Manager

January 1997 to April 2004

Established an ISO/QS9000 Quality Management System in less than one year and maintained that certification for more than six years, until the plant closed in 2004

Developed a new test data recording system that reduced input errors by 80%.

Deer Park Die & Stamping Incorporated

Fairfield, Ohio

Quality Assurance Manager

March 1993 to January 1997

Team Leader in the development and installation of Certified ISO9001 Quality Management System.

Developed a “Certified Vendor” system that dropped rejections of raw material by 80% and reduced inspection costs by 13% over two years.

Developed new “Finished Good” inspection process that reduced part rejections to the medical device industry by 23% the first year.

Education:

Vanderbilt University, Trained as a Six Sigma Green Belt by Vanderbilt University

University of Cincinnati, College of Business Administration; Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

ASQ certified: Quality Engineer #30348.

ASQ certified: Quality Auditor #09990.

Certified Quality Management Systems Lead Auditor (Exemplar Global) #5372

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