ARUN kumar

COPPELL TX *****

(CELL) 972-***-****

EMAIL: ablmqa@r.postjobfree.com

MASTER BLACK BELT - QUALITY MANAGER

PROACTIVE, CHANGE AGENT WITH 16 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN QUALITY, RELIABILITY,

AND SIX SIGMA PROCESS, INCLUDING LEAN EVENTS, LEADING DEVELOPMENT AND

IMPLEMENTATION OF STRATEGIES THAT SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONAL OPERATING,

FINANCIAL, AND QUALITY OBJECTIVES. SKILLED CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT LEADER

IN THE DMAIC PROBLEM SOLVING METHODOLOGY, PROVIDING TRAINING, MENTORING AND

COACHING TO BLACK BELTS, AND GREEN BELT CANDIDATES AT ALL LEVELS WITHIN THE

ORGANIZATION FROM HOURLY ASSOCIATES TO PLANT MANAGEMENT. CHANGE AGENT

FACILITATOR OF LEAN MANUFACTURING ACTIVITIES, LEADING TEAMS TO ACHIEVE

SUSTAINABLE RESULTS, RESOLVING CONFLICTS, AND BUILDING CONSENSUS.

o ASQ CQM, CQE, CRE, CQA, CQIA, CSSBB and CSSGB certifications.

National Level ASQ Top 5% Cumulative Certification Award.

o Textron Six Sigma Master Black Belt and Certified Black Belt.

o Gold Medal for Best Outgoing Student and highest GPA in BS Degree.

Systems Engineering Six Sigma Black Belt Root Cause Analysis (8D,

5-Phase)

Team Cost Saving Project Manager - Suppliers

Building/Mentoring Initiatives

Lean/Kaizen Design for Six Sigma Design of Experiments

Facilitator

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

MEDTRONIC CORPORATION, FORT WORTH, TX 2010

Medtronic is world leader in medical devices.

Consultant Quality Engineer

o Completed FDA, and Medtronic training on specifications, procedures,

and standards for the medical device industry. Including quality,

hazards, complaint processing, supplier management, CAPA, and other

standards.

o Identify; verify type, risk classification, and document suppliers

for Medtronic Fort Worth that will be published on the Approved

Supplier List (ASL).

o Audit, and organize files (6S), for all Suppliers's included on ASL.

Contact suppliers, and Complete Supplier Risk Assessment, Suppliers

Self Assessment, Confidential Disclosure agreements, and Supplier

Status forms for key suppliers. Revised, and streamlined Supplier

Management specification.

BELL HELICOPTER TEXTROn / AAI Corporation, Fort Worth, TX 2004-

2010

Bell Helicopter is a leader in the global helicopter industry and the

pioneer of tiltrotor aircraft, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Textron

Inc.

Master Black Belt / Black Belt / QA Engineer Specialist

o Directed Black Belts and Green Belts enterprise-wide towards project

completion and served as mentor and provided support.

o Supported Six Sigma Deployment including development of Green and

Black Belts, facilitator of Kaizen and 5S, introduction of DMAIC

tools in decision making process, including PFMEA, 8D, VSM and

Statistical Analysis (Minitab).

o Developed and documented the business case for key continuous

improvement initiatives that identify hard financial and customer

service benefits, and gain business and executive leadership buy in.

o Supported, mentored and developed Green Belts in the Six Sigma

methodology and ensure/certify Green Belt project closure.

o Trained and developed employees in application and use of a variety

of performance improvement tools such as DMAIC as well as application

of Lean & Six Sigma tools by acting as a Process/Lean Six Sigma

subject matter expert.

o Guided teams with corrective action plans, tracked results and

followed-up to ensure timely closure of corrective actions including

process, product and systems audits, as well as internal audits for

compliance with customer mandated Quality Management Systems.

Notable Achievements

o MORE THAN $10 MILLION DOLLARS SAVINGS AND EARNED TOP PERFORMER AT

ENTERPRISE LEVEL THREE (3) CONSECUTIVE YEARS WITH MORE THAN 40 SIX

SIGMA PROJECTS TO IMPROVE QUALITY, REDUCE COST AND SUPPORT CUSTOMER

NEEDS.

o Mentored Black Belts and Green Belts to certification. Certified 38

Green Belts and 4 Black Belts at all levels.

o Key Executive member of Six Sigma Council to support organization six

sigma deployment and change management.

o Trained more than 75 Green Belts per year and Lead Instructor /

Trainer for Six Sigma Green Belt Program within AAI Textron Six Sigma

organization.

AMX CORPORATION, Richardson, TX 2002-2004

AMX is a control technology company that provides hardware and software

solutions to simplify the way people interact with technology.

Quality & Reliability Engineer

o Reliability prediction and support of new product roll out on

innovative control systems.

o Supported Supplier Quality Engineering efforts and provided

enterprise wide quality support for internal quality inspection and

execution of quality plans.

o Acted as a proactive quality resource to partner with operations

managers to identify, plan and implement process improvement

solutions, guiding use of failure analysis tools at the enterprise

level.

Notable Achievements

o REDUCED AVERAGE INCOMING DEFECTS BY 25% WITH ALL CONTRACT

MANUFACTURERS, RESULTING IN 15% IMPROVEMENT IN ON-TIME DELIVERY TO

END CUSTOMERS.

o Developed contract manufacturers to correct nonconforming incoming

product shipments, including on-site auditing of vendor facilities.

o Established visual acceptance limits, Standard Work Instructions,

PFMEA, Control Plans, Process Flow Diagrams for New Product Launch.

o Established Quality Test Lab for incoming receiving inspection,

development of written procedures compliant with AMX Engineering

standards, composure of Standardized Work Instructions from training

manuals and routine tests practices.

MARCONI TELECOM / JABIL CIRCUITS, Bedford, TX 1999-2002

Marconi specializes in Telecommunications Services and support end

customers. Jabil is a provider of electronic manufacturing services, and

designs and manufactures electronic circuit boards for major OEMs including

Telecommunication providers.

Quality Engineer

o Key member of the transition team involved in Marconi Communications

to Jabil Circuit Inc., transition, accountable for producing

performance reports.

o Instituted quality metrics such as DPMO, DPM, and other productivity

measures and used statistical data collection system (CDACS).

o Presented analysis of the data to both internal and external

customers.

o Performed FMEA on the product test failures and applied reliability

prediction techniques to identify root cause at Jabil Circuits. This

resulted in increased business and 20% improved profits.

o Re-engineered and streamlined to improve productivity of Marconi

Communications/Jabil Circuit by $2.5 million per year. Modified

business process, improved layout, in addition to creating best

practices.

o Consistently achieved target quality metrics such as DPMO and DPM

through the use of quality improvement tools such as 8D problem

solving techniques at Jabil Circuits.

CORNING CABLE SYSTEMS, Keller, TX 1999-2000

Corning Cable Systems LLC is part of Corning Incorporated's

Telecommunications segment, and offers the broadest range of end-to-end

fiber optic and copper product solutions for telecommunications networks.

Quality Engineer

o Reduced 20% defects in Optical Hardware, Connectors area & metal

Fabrication Shop departments.

o Generated quality plans for new products and implemented quality

metrics for manufacturing, development and marketing departments.

o Initiated a team effort to perform Failure Mode and Effect Analysis

(FMEA) on MTRJ, First Link, and Field Installable 12 Fiber MTP

Connector new product development.

Notable Achievements

o DEVELOPED RISK MANAGEMENT PROCESS TO HANDLE NEW PRODUCT TRANSITION

FROM CONCEPT TO PRODUCTION.

o Reduced variation in Connector Manufacturing Process and Improved

process capability by 25%.

TELEDYNE CASTINGS SERVICE, LaPorte, IN 1995-1998

Teledyne Castings Service is a diversified manufacturing company serving

global markets with specialty metals, aerospace, electronic, industrial,

and consumer products.

Quality Control Manager / Metallurgist

o Re-engineered the Teledyne Inc. manufacturing process and designed

the wire injection systems, resulted in cost savings of $750K per

year.

o Implemented recycling programs at both Teledyne Inc. & Wagner

Castings Co. metal forming processes, resulted in cost savings of

$800K per year.

o Designed, developed and automated model at Teledyne Inc. for

identifying ductile and gray iron charge makeup using Visual Basic.

This model resulted in raw material savings of $25K per year.

Notable Achievements

o CONDUCTED FMEA & DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS IN COLLABORATION WITH GE & GM

ENGINE BLOCKS (CUSTOMERS) TO YIELD A COST SAVINGS OF $2.5 MILLION AND

30% INCREASED BUSINESS.

o Worked with Production and Materials personnel to resolve issues

pertaining to drawing interpretations, acceptance criteria and

engineering changes, rework and manufacturing specifications.

WAGNER CASTINGS, Decatur, IL 1994

Manufacturer for Automotive ductile and gray iron castings. CMM Inspector

/ Metallurgist

FUSION WELDING ELECTRODE, Chennai, India 1991-1992

Welding Electrode Manufacturing Company. Service Engineer

EDUCATION AND RELATED CURRICULUM

M.S., MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING, BRADLEY UNIVERSITY, PEORIA, IL

B.S., Metallurgical Engineering, PSG Tech, Tamil Nadu, India

Certified Black Belt through American Society for Quality

Master Black Belt and Certified Black Belt through Textron Six Sigma

Various Quality Related Courses

Design of Experiments, PFMEA, Process Walk, 8D Problem Solving, Lean

Manufacturing Value Stream mapping, GD&T, ISO9000 Internal Auditor Training

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