Manager Quality

Kevin L. Damron, ASP

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League City, Texas 77573

Home: 281-***-****; Cell: 281-***-****

e-mail: ********@****.***

Summary

Experienced Safety and Quality Professional with very strong detail

oriented skills and experience in enhancing a company's safety and quality

management programs. Skilled in merging the scientific and technical

aspects of a R&D environment with the requirements of business operations

and management. Emphasize team building and employee interaction and

education in order to strengthen safety programs and discover areas of cost

savings.

Core Competencies

. Associate Safety Professional (ASP)

. ISO 9000 Lead Internal Auditor

. Experienced Trainer

. OSHA Recordkeeper

. Detail Oriented Administrator

. Proven Cost Saver

. Contract Administrator

. Biomedical Laboratory Researcher

. Biomedical Research Facilities Manager

. Safety & Quality Programs Developer

. Strong technical/proposal writing and presentation skills

. Skilled in Microsoft Office

. OSHA VPP STAR experience

Work Experience

May 2003 - April 2010. Enterprise Advisory Services, Inc. (Easi), Houston,

Texas.

Corporate Safety and Quality Manager: Managed, developed, directed,

and implemented safety and quality goals, programs, and objectives for a

multi-State corporation which specializes in support services contracts in

both the Government (i.e. NASA and the Department of Energy) and

commercial business sectors. Primary interface between the corporation

and its contracts with various state and federal agencies on all matters

pertaining to the Safety, Health, Environmental, and Quality programs.

. Led the Corporate Office in achieving ISO 9001:2000 registration.

. Developed new employee training and incentive programs in Safety and

ISO

. Conducted Safety and ISO inspections, audits, and training.

. Managed the ISO Non-conformance and Corrective/Preventative Action

Reporting System

. Investigated mishaps and developed root cause analysis

Baseline Operations Readiness Planner/Scheduler for one of Easi's

government contracts associated with NASA/Johnson Space Center's Space

Life Sciences Directorate. Managed laboratory equipment preventive

maintenance schedules, contract/facility enhancements, augmentation,

reduction, reconfiguration to satisfy NASA's requirements.

. Directly responsible for saving over $300,000 to the contract through

reviewing and initiating various process improvements.

. Developed and tracked annual budgets utilizing an Earned Value

Management System

. Managed and monitored subcontracts, service agreements, leases, and

databases

. Wrote and reviewed chemical hygiene and other safety plans

January 1984 - April 2003. Wyle Laboratories, Houston, Texas.

Various Scientist/Engineer positions with a biomedical and engineering R&D

corporation supporting NASA/Johnson Space Center's Space Life Sciences

Research Laboratories. Over a 19 year period, these multiple positions

provided the following experience:

. 6 years in managing a biomedical research facility,

. 10 years in occupational safety and health experience,

. 14 years in administration of a biomedical research department, and

. 5 years in Biotechnology laboratory research.

Plus, actively participated and supported both Wyle and NASA Johnson Space

Center in achieving OSHA VPP Star status.

Education

. B.S. Biology, Baylor University, Waco, Texas.

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