Quality Assurance Manager

|Frank Fox |

|***** Buck Road N.E |Seattle, WA **340 |360-***-**** |*.***@****.*** |

|Quality Assurance/Operational Excellence |

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|Quality Assurance/Operations Leader with a proven track record leading product |

|development, manufacturing and continual improvement programs for high volume |

|products in the Aerospace, Electronics, Automotive, and Medical Device industries. |

|Expert at introducing state-of-the-art technology products into complex |

|international supply chains. Skilled at establishing Operational Excellence |

|initiatives within culturally diverse environments resulting in streamlined |

|management systems and manufacturing processes, improved efficiency and |

|productivity with reduced costs and improved quality. |

|Key qualifications include: |

|Quality Management Systems Development |Six Sigma (DMAIC and DFSS ) |

|Regulatory Compliance |Lean Manufacturing |

|Joint Ventures and International |Strategic Planning |

|Partnerships |Multi-site Global Operations |

|International Supplier Development & | |

|Management | |

|Bachelor of Arts Organizational Development Spring Arbor University |

| Mechanical Engineering University of Cincinnati |

|PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE |

|B/E AEROSPACE CM, Miami FL January, 2011 |

|Director of Operational Excellence |

|Responsible for creating and aligning business operating systems and operating |

|mechanisms to improve corporate performance through Lean Sigma initiatives in a |

|multi-site, global organization. Build internal Lean Sigma capabilities through |

|targeted improvement activities, training and strategy deployment. |

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|Launched a Lean Enterprise initiative resulting in: |

|Improved On Time Delivery performance from 60% to 91% |

|Reduced overall cycle time by 60%, overtime by 31% and backorders by 34% |

|YTD cost savings greater than $2,800,000 |

|2011 Supplier of the Year Award from Goodrich Aerospace for improvements in |

|quality, cost and delivery. |

|2012 Supplier of the Year Award from Honeywell Aerospace for improvements in |

|quality, cost and delivery |

|MICROVISION, INC., Redmond, WA 4/2005 - 8/2010 |

|Manager Corporate Quality Assurance |

|Directed the activities of the MVIS Quality Assurance Department in the development|

|and manufacture of laser based scanning and projection systems for use in the |

|Aerospace, Electronics, Automotive, and Medical Device industries. Responsible for|

|aligning product strategy and operational process execution at all levels, |

|strategic and tactical, planning, staffing, budgets, systems planning and |

|implementation. This included operational administration and oversight from |

|concept through end of product life covering Design for Six Sigma, Lean Sigma |

|Manufacturing practices, Manufacturing & Sourcing Quality, Document Control |

|Administration, Change Management, Continual Improvement of business processes, |

|Regulatory Compliance (FDA Compliance) and Customer Relations Management. |

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|Reorganized Corporate Quality Assurance to bring an emerging technology to market |

|by transferring manufacturing to an Asian Pacific model and staffing a Supplier |

|Quality Assurance Team based in China. |

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|Implemented a Lean Manufacturing Program, which reduced lead time and manufacturing|

|defects by 75% and customer returns by 90%. |

|Developed a Business Process Improvement Program resulting in a reduction in Month |

|End Financial Reporting lead time by 50% and reduced lead time to hire by 60%. |

|Improved net promoter score by 20 points. |

|Instituted Design for Six Sigma techniques into the development of laser based |

|scanning and projection systems. |

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|LITTELFUSE, INC., Des Plaines, Illinois 7/2004 - 2/2005 |

|Director Global Quality |

|Responsible for the implementation of Total Quality Management (TQM) across 10 |

|manufacturing facilities and 3 Global Distribution Centers in 11 countries. |

|Developed an organizational structure to support the TQM, Lean and Six Sigma |

|programs including staffing, budgets and cross-functional reporting relationships. |

|Provided leadership to move the organization from a commodity selling approach to a|

|Total Solution Provider based on a design win and customer centric culture. |

|Frank Fox |

|37911 Buck Road N.E |Hansville, WA 98340 |360-***-**** |*.***@****.*** |

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|LIFESCAN, INC., A JOHNSON & JOHNSON COMPANY, Milpitas, CA 5/2002 - 6/2004 |

|Manager Process Excellence/Lean Manufacturing |

|Managed all aspects of the Process Excellence initiative in Instrument Operations, |

|Global Supply Chain Operations and Sourcing. Utilized Lean and Six Sigma |

|techniques to remediate compliance issues, implement cost reduction initiatives and|

|develop business process improvements. |

|Mentored Green and Black Belts in Lean Six Sigma techniques, resulting in annual |

|savings of $5,000,000. |

|Instituted the Contract Manufacturing Business Continuity System using Design for |

|Six Sigma. |

|Implemented CPFR strategy, which improved Sales & Operational Planning accuracy by |

|50%. |

|Transferred Instrument Operations to China based contract manufacturing services, |

|which delivered $12,000,000 in annual cost savings |

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|PALM, INC., Santa Clara, CA 3/2001 - 5/2002 |

|Manager Quality Engineering |

|Directed the activities of Supplier Quality Engineering, allocated resources to |

|manage Contract Manufacturing and Component Suppliers in Asia to support |

|manufacturing and distribution from China. Coordinated the activities of the |

|Quality Assurance Department to support the launch of new products. |

|Initiated Lean Manufacturing techniques in Global Supply Chain Management. |

|Identified & qualified appropriately sized China based Contract Manufacturers for |

|specific niche product markets. |

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|DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION 4/1997 - 3/2001 |

|Program Manager Product Engineering, Dayton, OH 8/2000 - 3/2001 |

|Directed all activities associated with the introduction of new products from |

|concept to launch. Led cross-functional teams from design concepts through final |

|production approval. |

|Manager Product & Quality Engineering, Curitiba, Brazil 2/99 - 8/2000 |

|Relocated to Brazil to establish a Quality Assurance Department and launch a joint |

|venture engine plant in Curitiba, Brazil. Worked with the Program Manager to |

|develop metrics based on Chrysler and Toyota Production System Best Practices. |

|Quality Assurance Supervisor, Dayton, OH 4/97 - 2/99 |

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|DENSO MANUFACTURING, Battle Creek, MI 10/92 - 4/97 |

|Advanced Supplier Quality Assurance Engineer |

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|GENERAL ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT ENGINES, Evendale, OH 5/78 - 10/92 |

|Sourcing Quality Engineer - Global Sourcing |

|Manufacturing Engineer - Laser Development and Manufacturing |

|Manufacturing Lead Supervisor - Laser Development and Manufacturing |

|Technical Support Operations - Design Engineering |

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|PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS AND TRAINING |

|Master Black Belt Leadership Training |Certified Quality Auditor |

|Certified Six Sigma Black Belt |Lean Manufacturing |

|Certified Quality Manager | |

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