Quality Engineer

Professional Experience:

Quality Manager, December 2001 - Present

Contech Forgings, LLC (Formerly - Kaiser Aluminum Greenwood Forge)

**** ******* *** *****, *********, SC 29646 - Telephone: (864) 229-

8700

Responsibilities:

. Quality Management System, customer satisfaction, Advanced

Product Quality Planning (APQP), Production Part Approval Process

(PPAP) for customers and suppliers, gauge design, and quality lab

(calibration and CMM).

. Management of seven reporting associates.

. Maintaining Nonconforming Material (NMR), Chemistry and Tensile

Access databases.

. Support the manufacturing operation's continuous cost and quality

improvement goals by assisting in the design and modification of

new and existing equipment and processes.

. Perform statistical analysis, evaluation of new materials,

maintenance of process documents and procedures, tracking and

analysis of process variables.

. Recommend new equipment for purchase.

. Relate to engineering the quality requirements of new product

design.

. Communicate to and assist engineering in resolving quality issues

with manufactured products.

. Support 5S and lean manufacturing goals, and safety initiatives.

. Manage the selection and monitoring of suppliers

. Met assigned budget objectives and support the management of

strategic planning for future expenditures in accordance with

long-term objectives.

. Conduct required training and mentoring of production associates.

Accomplishments:

. Led transition team from QS-9000 to ISO/TS-16949:2000, completed

in November 2003.

. Assisted in increased revenue $20MM.

. Developed and implemented an Access database for Non-conforming

Material Report (NMR).

. Revised process flow to eliminate three non-value added process

steps for two products.

. Assisted in the transition from third party to in-house NDT

inspection process.

. Created and initiated Deviation and Engineering Change

procedures.

. Implemented FARO laser scanning inspection process.

. Customer complaints reduced by 89%

. Improved external PPM by 82%

Senior Product Engineer, December 1978 - December 2001

Tyco Electronics (Formerly - AMP Incorporated)

3900 Reidsville Rd, Winston-Salem, NC 27101 - Telephone 336-***-****

Responsibilities:

. Launched new programs from development to manufacturing,

including product design, tooling release, testing and

qualification, and manufacturing for both the computer and

automotive industry.

. Interfaced with many of the industry's leading companies such as

Chrysler, Compaq, Daimler, Digital, Ford, General Motors,

Hewlett Packard, Honda, Intel, Motorola, Sun Microsystems, and

Toyota.

. International experience working with various manufacturing

divisions in Germany, Great Britain, Japan, Mexico, Scotland,

Singapore and Taiwan.

Accomplishments:

. Worked in Singapore and Taiwan to establish engineering support

and manufacturing for CPU connectors.

. Conducted engineering study on insertion and extraction forces

for CPU connectors used in company design news and sales aid,

"PGA Sockets: A Study in Forces".

. Co-awarded United States Patent 5697803 for ZIF PGA socket with

hold open mechanism to correct a quality issue for Intel's CPU

connector.

. Redesigned ZIF PGA CPU connector assembly to reduce number of

components and assembly time. Eliminated pressed on retaining

washers to a snap together assembly, eliminating a major quality

issue for Intel.

. Resolved major quality problem causing Intel 20% field failures

with ZIF PGA connectors manufactured in Taiwan. Levers would not

fully actuate or latch the CPU in place.

. Successfully tooled additional manufacturing of product line

from Japanese Division for automotive industry.

. Successfully launched RF (Radio Frequency) connector program

with production in Mexico and USA.

Education:

. North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University -

Greensboro, NC

Bachelor of Science - Industrial Technology (Manufacturing), December

1984

. Davidson County Community College - Lexington, NC

Associate in Applied Science - Mechanical Technology, June 1974

Computer Skills:

. Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Power Point, Access and Outlook

. Microsoft Project

. Minitab Statistical Software

. Internet Explorer

Training:

Kaiser Aluminum:

. Training Within Industry - Job Instruction

. Team Champion Training

. Lean Product Development and The Quality Connection

. Kaiser Metallurgical Processes - Advanced

. Pyrometry Training Program

. ISO/TS-16949:2002 Internal Auditor

Tyco Electronics (AMP Incorporated):

. Finite Element Methods

. Monte Carlo Techniques

. Design for Manufacturability

. Communications - Wake Forest University

. Elements of Metallurgy

. Basic Management Training

. Plastic Part Design

. Connector Design

. Project Management

. Basic Geometric Tolerancing

. Economic Decision Making

. Basic Quality Control and Statistics for Engineers

. Pro/Engineer Production Drawing

Professional Affiliations:

. American Society for Quality - ASQ Member Number: 64015430

. LinkedIn.com - http://www.linkedin.com/in/ray0smith

Community Service:

. Youth Sunday School Director for 23 years at Ardmore Baptist, Winston-

Salem, NC

. Angel Tree Project for underprivileged children - Sedge Garden

Elementary School

. Partners In Education participant for sponsored elementary school -

Sedge Garden Elem. School

. Santa for elementary school and children's hospital - Sedge Garden

Elementary School and Brenner Children's Hospital

. Co-founder of Arcadia community soccer league - Davidson County, NC

. USSF certified soccer referee for 8 years

. Men and Women's, Varsity and Junior Varsity soccer coach - North

Davidson Senior High

. Soup Kitchen holiday volunteer - Greenwood, SC

. Meal on Wheels holiday volunteer - Greenwood, SC

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