Engineer Quality Control

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Nashville, TN 37205 E-Mail:

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Jeff Spodnik

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Summary Penchant for both qualitative and quantitative analyzes with intense desire to establish cause and

effect relationships for maximizing efficiencies

• Technical proficiency with a wide variety of numerical and statistical software; aggressively

seeking to expand knowledge base for evolution of enhanced problem solving

• Creative and entrepreneurial spirit that aggressively seeks best solution based on quality and

interpretation of data

• Servant-style leadership that fosters collaborative effort with both internal & external customers

Career Advancement 2007–present Zeledyne/Carlex Corporation, LLC Nashville, TN

Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Windshield Fabrication

• Increased throughput by 20% through cycle rate, uptime, & yield

• Helped reduce bracket-to-box scrap on high cost products from 30% to 15%

• Worked with team to successfully launch new vinyl, paint, & value-add products

2001–2006 Visteon/ACH Corporation Nashville, TN

Operations Superintendent, Body Glass Fabrication

• Increased productivity by 40% to generate Best in Class manufacturing operation.

• Improved $30 million annual budget performance from –10% to +15%.

• Reduced department quality rejects from 785 to 9 parts per million.

• Lowered OSHA-recordable injuries by 75%.

1999–2000 Visteon Corporation Nashville, TN

Advanced Technologist, Research and Development

• Led technology exchange in Japan that opened $3 million market in Europe.

• Identified design flaw following launch worth $2.5M in annual warranty costs.

• Conducted competitor benchmarking for application of lean manufacturing.

1998–1999 Ford Motor Company Nashville, TN

Customer Liaison, Quality Control

• Received Global Quality Award saving $750K in annual warranty costs.

• Implemented automated SPC, skilled in FMEA, PPAP, & QS/ISO systems.

• Developed statistical skill set (DOE, hypothesis testing, etc.) for problem solving.

1994–1997 Ford Motor Company Nashville, TN

Industrial Engineer, Facilities Management

• Authored, cost-justified, installed, & launched facility projects to $2 million.

• Performed time studies and authored detailed budget proposals to $45 million.

1989–1993 Ford Motor Company Nashville, TN

Process Engineer, Cut/Grind/Bend/Temper

• Redesigned tempering furnace to reduce scrap & downtime by 15%.

• Developed new products with Concept-to-Customer manufacturing skill set.

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Education M.B.A., Belmont University

• M.S., Material Science, Vanderbilt University

Expertise APQP, DFMEA, FMEA, PPAP, Fishbone, 8D, Control Plan, Gage R & R, ISO, QS, TS, DOE, SPC,

5S, JIT, Kaizen, 5 Why, Error Proofing, Poka Yoke, Time Study, Process Flow, Bottleneck, Lean, Six

Sigma, SOP, Batching, In-Line, DFM, TPM, Ergonomics, JSA

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