Engineer Quality

Ali Ahmady

Phone: 316-***-**** E-mail: *********@*****.***

SUMMARY

• Master and PhD in Industrial and System Engineering focused on data mining in Quality Engineering

• Eight years experience in Quality Engineering

• American Society for Quality (ASQ) Certified Quality Engineer(CQE)

• American Society for Quality Certified Six Sigma Black Belt (CSSBB)

• QFD Institute Quality Function Deployment Green Belt

• Experience with ISO 9001, Internal audits, Six Sigma Tools and Projects with ability to train others

• Excellent Analytical -Statistical and non- Statistical Data Analysis skills

• International award and papers in Quality Engineering

• Experience with SPC, 8D problem solving, MSA, and NPD in a fast paced manufacturing environment

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Industrial and System Engineering -Wichita State University (WSU), Wichita, KS - Dec 2010, GPA: 3.84

M.Sc., Industrial and System Engineering - Esfahan University of Technology, Esfahan, Iran - Feb 1998

B.Sc., Industrial and System Engineering - Iran University of Science & Technology, Tehran, Iran - Dec 1994

CERTIFICATES

• ASQ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt,#9654, American Society for Quality, USA, 2010, recertified 2012

• ASQ Certified Quality Engineer (CQE), #54530,American Society for Quality, USA, 2009, recertified 2012

• Quality Function Deployment Green Belt, Cert #453053960,QFD Institute, Germany & USA, 2002&2010

• 3 Dimensional Motion Capture and Analysis System (Human Factor Analysis), Oxford, U.K, 2003

• Internal Audit Certificate, Iran Group of Surveyors, Iran, 2002

• Problem Solving Certificate, # QT01/029/10,Management Development Institute, Iran, 2001

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Rubicon Technology (Electronic Materials Manufacturer), Chicago, IL 7/2011 - 2/2013

Quality Engineer

• Implemented statistical analysis, Statistical Process Control Charts, Cpk analysis, etc. using Minitab

• Perform gauge R&R(Measurement System Analysis-MSA) studies on the shop-floor

• Develop and maintain QC inspection standards to train QC inspectors

• Compile & write training material to conduct training sessions on quality engineering

• Take the lead to develop corrective/preventive action reports(CAPA): team up with engineers to analyze and

investigate customer quality complaints/RMAs, determine root cause, and identify the improvement action items

• Involve in customers' audits(system/process) and followed up the action items till they got effectively completed

• Maintain, update, and release engineering drawings based on customer requirements

• Review process planning, to ensure compliance with drawing, specification and contractual requirements

• Review manufacturing plans and preliminary control plans for gaps prior to actual run through Creating/ updating

production travelers and work instructions for shop-floor use

• Troubleshooting of QC measurement instruments gauges

• Trend scrap and failure rates on a weekly basis to identify projects for continuous improvement/cost reduction

• Maintain the calibration system of the metrology tools according to ISO 17025 standard

• Maintain ISO 9001:2008 QM System including annual surveillance assessments/recertification through

conducting internal audits, identify non-conformance and proper corrective/preventive actions

• Responsible for incoming material quality from suppliers and product surveillance program

• Working with Process Engineers to develop engineering test to accomplish process development, improvement,

and cost reduction through suppliers qualification

1/3

• Identify, investigate, and determine final disposition of non-conformances-MRB disposition

• Developed process FMEA& control plans for new products to meet the customer requirements

• Work with management team (Sales, Operation, and Engineering) on New Product Development process

• Played a critical role to qualify transferred manufacturing processes due to facilities relocation by developing test

plans, sample t- test, and cpk analysis

• Play a vital role in quality review board for new product qualification and handling customer quality waivers

• Responsible for analyzing the weekly products shipment data to monitor any trend/shift in the variation of the

process for the important product parameters

• Produce reports, presentations, audits, and statistical summaries as directed or necessary

LSI (Chassis Manufacturer)-WSU, Wichita, KS 1/2006 – 5/2006

Lean Manufacturing Engineer- Internship

• Reduced lead time, amount of inventory, and created better utilization of space, using lean manufacturing

techniques such as Value Stream Map (VSM), Swim Lane, re-design of facility layout, and 5S Implementation in

Material Review Board (MRB) area and Disposition Material Crib (DMC) lab parts.

Wichita State University, Wichita, KS 1/2006-

6/2011

GRA-Statistical and Non- Statistical Data Analyst in Quality Engineering

• PhD Research Dissertation in Quality Engineering- Quality through product/ service design &development(QFD

and Kansei Engineering)

• Developed and implemented new approach to analyze customer survey data to incorporate customer needs into

product/ service design and development process using Rough Set Theory and statistical analysis

Federal Aviation Administration, Safety Improvement Project Team Member

• An application of data mining using statistical analysis methods, Safety Improvement in Small-engine Planes

through Detecting and Preventing Carbon Monoxide Exposure, $565000 / 3.5 year project

Teaching Assistant for Production System Graduate Course

Management Development Institute, Tehran, Iran 7/1997-8/2005

Quality Systems Engineer

• Provided Quality Management Systems through creating company quality documentation,

such as quality manuals, quality procedures, etc. for wide range of industries such as Alloy Steel company, Battery

manufacturer, Tile (ceramic) manufacturer, Electricity Distributer Company, etc.

• Developed and Presented TQM practical workshops, public, in-house, and audit on-site

• Quality Consultation on Customer-Oriented Product Development Courses (Quality Function

Deployment, Voice of Customer, Measuring/Analyzing/Improving Customer Satisfaction, ISO 9000 requirements,

Statistical Quality Control (SQC), etc.) to improve trends toward TQM

Alloy Steel Company& YU, Yazd, Iran 2/1999 – 1/2002

Head of Research Team

•Feasibility Study of Electric Vehicle Production in Iran (Feb 1999- March 2001)

Directed market study including demand and production analysis and forecasting for project

Performed stages including market, technical, economical, and financial studies of the plant

•Investigation of Downstream Alloy Steel Industries- Feasibility Study Group (Apr 2001- Jan 2002)

Gathered industrial data and information for 350 products and used AHP analysis to identify the most

advantageous products (13 products) which consumed alloy steel as the main material

Conducted feasibility studies for each of these products

Pars Kani Company, Tehran, Iran 9/ 2000 – 8/2001

Industrial Feasibility Studies Engineer

2

Ali Ahmady

•Opal Glassware Production Project, $100 million / 4 year project (Joint project: Iran and France)

- Conducted market feasibility study, resulting in securing $60 million loan

Pars Minoo Company (Food industry), Tehran, Iran 2/1994 – 9/1995

Project Control Engineer-Intern

• Designed/ implemented control project system, construction of company's gymnasium, $1 million

Successfully finished project in 15-20% less time and cost than scheduled

Supervised and tracked site schedule progress and updates

Identified /monitored project critical path, and compared predicted and actual schedules and made adjustment

Speed Company (Medical Device Manufacturer), Tehran, Iran 2/1993 – 2/1994

Industrial Engineer –Intern

• Lead time reduction through facility layout improvement

• Work study and time measurement

IE Department, YU, Yazd, Iran, Manager (Sept 2002-Sept 2004) and Faculty 12/1998 -

8/2005

• •

Statistical Quality Control Facilities Planning

•

• •

Probability Theory and Motion and Time Study and

Taught:

Applications Lab

• •

Statistics Methods for Engineers Production Planning and

Control

ADDITIONAL PROJECTS

WSU, Human Factor Group, Wichita, KS, Usability Study Team Member 1/2011- 6/2011

• “myWSU Portal” Usability Study

WSU, IE Dept, Wichita, KS, Analysis of Decision Processes 1/2007-

6/2007

• Analyzed a Decision Situation: Building a Corn or Switch Grass Bio-Ethanol Plant using techniques such as:

After-Tax Uniform Equivalent Cash Flow model, Statistical Analysis (Regression, Correlation),Simulation

(ARENA) and Decision Tree, Multi-attribute analysis (SMART, AHP)

WSU, IE Dept, Wichita, KS, Design of Experiment 1/2007- 6/2007

Calorie Burning on Cardiovascular Equipment

WSU, IE Dept, Wichita, KS, Modeling and Analysis of Discrete Systems 1/2007- 6/2007

Queuing system modeling and Simulation analysis of a service industry- Food Serving System

Esfahan University of Technology, Esfahan, Iran, Master Research Project 9/1996 -

2/1998

Quality improvement using Quality Function Deployment for Persian handmade carpet

SOFTWARE SYSTEMS

• MS-Office: Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Outlook, Visio

• Statistics, DOE, Reliability and Risk Analysis: Minitab, SPSS, Statgraghic, @ Risk, Design-Expert

• Project Control: MS-Project, ARENA (Simulation), Precision Tree(Decision Analysis)

HONORS AND AWARDS

• Winner of International 2010 Akao Scholarship Award of $3500, QFD Institute, USA, 2010

o The best Student QFD Paper of the year 2010

o Developed new approach for customer segmentation in QFD

o Award personally presented by Dr. Yoji Akao, founder of QFD

3/3

• Ollie A. & J.O. Heskett Graduate Fellowship Award of $2000, Graduate School, WSU, 2010

• Winner of Best Graduate Project of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Department, WSU, 2010

• 1stplace, APICS, Achieved through “User’s Psychological Feelings in Webpage Design”, 2009

• 3rdplace, Automotive Society of Engineers (SAE), "Determination of Carbon Monoxide Detector Location in

General Aviation Aircraft to Improve Safety "WSU, 2010

MEMBERSHIPS

• American Society for Quality (ASQ), 2008-Present

• Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE), 2007-Present

PUBLICATIONS & REFERENCES-UPON REQUEST

4

Contact this candidate