Quality Control

Kenneth E Little, MBA

Hayward, Ca. ***** 510-***-**** ********@*****.***

Seeking Quality Engineering

Results-driven customer oriented, energetic, I am looking for right

solutions to take care of customers.

Professional Experience:

Quality Specialist (Semi Conductor) SQA Services Inc, Ca (1/08~Present)

SQA Services Inc, contracts a variety of Quality Services:

. FAI Source Inspection at variety of suppliers.

. Track MRB activity with one supplier.

. Develop Quality Control Plans.

. Complete and email Daily Report on Yield and Defect issues.

Sales Representative ADT Securities, Pleasanton, Ca. (2/05~1/08)

ADT Securities Full Sales, Installation, and Service Alarm Company:

Sales Associate Fry's Electronics, Fremont Ca. (10/03~2/05)

Fry's Electronics Sells Computers, Consumer Electronics and Home

Appliances:

Quality Control Manager (Medical Device) Philips Medical Systems,

Milpitas, Ca. (12/00~9/02)

Philips Medical Systems manufactures Medical Devices:

. Managed a team of five QC people that thoroughly monitored and assured

quality.

. Achieved Certification as Quality Manager (CQM) from ASQ.

. Maintained 100% calibration requirements for production tools.

. Implemented significant improvements to production quality processes, and

procedures.

. Achieved major reduction in non-conforming material by reorganizing

staging and processing.

. Assisted in teamwork performing 100% scheduled process and hardware

validations.

. Accomplished weekly auditing requirements to assure manufacturing met FDA

820 GMP Standards.

. Directed Root Cause Analysis with various quality tools that developed

Corrective Actions.

. Trained personnel in Quality, Manufacturing, and Engineering on process

quality improvements.

Senior Quality Engineer (Semi Conductor) LTD Ceramics Inc., Newark, Ca.

(6/99~12/00)

LTD Ceramics Inc. manufactures components for Semi-Conductor Companies:

. Major improvement in quality by making SPC Control Charting required for

every machinists.

. Help develop ISO-9001 procedures.

. Implemented Process Qualification Program, resulting in better products

to customers.

. Statistical analysis and charting of progress for customers projects.

. Closely monitored quality and delivery of current suppliers, while

evaluating new suppliers.

. Directed team that developed Failure Modes Effects Analysis on all phases

of manufacturing.

Quality Manager (Semi Conductor) AJAX Custom Manufacturing, Burlingame,

Ca. (8/98~ 6/99)

AJAX Custom Manufacturing manufactures components for Semi-Conductor

Companies:

. Managed Quality Control Documentation for CAPA and production processes.

. 100% inspection of in-house jigs and fixtures to assure meeting customer

product requirements.

. Developed Procedures, Work Instructions, and Inspection Requirements to

SSQA Standard.

. Helped customers solve problems with product by assisting in their re-

engineering projects.

Supplier Quality Engineer (Semi Conductor) Applied Materials, Santa

Clara, Ca. (6/94~8/98)

Applied Materials manufactures Semi-Conductor Capital Equipment:

. Achieved ZERO defects in Quality and Delivery from one supplier through

extensive effort.

. Accomplished 20% reduction in component costs from suppliers, over two

year time-frame.

. Met 100% SSQA requirements regarding scheduled auditing of suppliers.

. 100% elimination, recurring cracking of ceramic bushings, through Design

of Experiment efforts.

. Provided 100% weekly trend data charting to suppliers for posting to

improve operator knowledge.

. Developed and taught Six Sigma to suppliers to improve their production

quality output.

Quality Engineer (Medical Device) LaserScope Surgical Systems, San Jose,

Ca. (11/93~5/94)

LaserScope Surgical Systems manufactured Laser Surgical Equipment:

. Instrumental in developing statistical analysis and reports on failures

of returned product.

. Help define ECO to meet FDA 820 GMP Standards.

. Monitored production operations to develop guidelines for ISO-9000

procedures.

Quality Manager (Medical Device) MetaLaser Technologies Inc., Pleasanton,

Ca. (1/92~10/93)

MetaLaser Technologies Inc. manufactured Laser Surgical Equipment:

. Lowered supplier rejects from 40% down to less than 1% (major

improvement).

. ECO control of all drawings, assist engineering in new product

development.

. Product Quality Management of Systems shipped to Doctors.

Quality Supervisor (Computer) Decision Data, Fremont, CA. (6/80 - 6/91)

Decision Data repaired computers -IBM Mini's and PC, Tape and Disk Drives

. Developed Quality Control procedures with statistical analysis

. Monitored production to establish statistical tracking of type of

failures repaired.

. Audited suppliers resulting in improvements in their Quality Control.

. Designed packaging changes and prevented damages that could have tallied

above $100,000

Educational & Certification Achievements:

Was Certified as CQE and CQM, but now expired. ASQ Classes & Testing

San Jose

MBA in Technology Management University of Phoenix San Jose

BSBA Bachelor's in Business Administration University of Phoenix San

Jose

Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing Applied Materials Santa Clara

Six Sigma Applied Materials Santa Clara

ISO-9000 Procedures and Auditing ASQ Classes San Jose

Certificate in Quality Management DeAnza College Cupertino

AA in Supervision Chabot College, Hayward

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