Thomas C Coleman

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Main: 631-***-**** E-mail: ablug8@r.postjobfree.com

Linked In Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/thomas-coleman/24/80/97b

Objective

To obtain a Quality management or Manufacturing Engineering position within

an organization striving to be world class. This will allow me to reduce

or eliminate any inefficiency, and to help improve quality within the

manufacturing process.

Professional Experience

RFI Corporation, Bay Shore, New York 2008 to Present

Quality Assurance & Test Manager

Currently the QMS (Quality Management System) Representative for RFI

Corporation. These Responsibilities include;

.Development of the structure of the AS9100 QMS manual (including all of

the flow back down procedures), which was previously fragmented. Resulted

in a previous AS9100 score of 78 was improved to 94 within six (6) months.

.Ensure the QMS is adhered to and updated to reflect any process changes

that may occur.

.Managing the Incoming/Final inspection & Test team for product flow and

adherence to the Quality System.

.The review of customer's contract QA notes to ensure the product meets the

required integrity requirements.

.Track various production and Quality metrics and take the necessary

corrective actions, using Lean & Six Sigma tools, to trends that have a

negative effect on the business model.

.Responsibility of the stringent testing that is required for Government

QPL (Qualified Parts List) Hardware.

Suffolk County Community College, Brentwood, New York 2007 to Present

Adjunct Instructor

Created curriculum for instruct the following Advanced Manufacturing

training modules;

.Hand Soldering Skill Techniques

.Lean Manufacturing

.Six Sigma

.Mechatronics (Robotics)

GE Aviation, United States of America, Bohemia, New York 1996 to 2008

Manufacturing Engineering team leader

Manufacturing Engineering team leader. Responsibilities include;

.Choose, and purchase capital equipment.

.Conduct daily management task in the absence of the department manager.

.PCB (printed circuit board) outsource supplier and process improvement

audits. The goal is to aid the supplier with process improvements to insure

that GE Aviation receives a high quality product.

.Responsible for creating the PCB manufacturing process.

Cont.

Siefer Institute - American Society for Quality, Hauppauge, New York

2005 to 2008

Trainer

Provided training & consulting for the following companies;

.Switching Power, Inc

.Curtiss Wright Flow Control

.Dayton T. Brown

Education and Training

Associate (in process) 1984 - Present

Suffolk County Community College - Broadcast Telecommunications

H.S. Diploma 1982

Longwood High School - General Studies

Additional Skills

.Design For Manufacturing - (DFM) Created an internal GE Aviation DFM

standard for design engineering.

.Failure Review Board - (FRB) Identify the root cause of the failure(s).

Then implement process changes to eliminate future failures.

.Quality Management Systems Auditor - (QMS) Conduct quarterly audits of

various in-house processes

.Single Process Initiative - (SPI) Responsible for converting GE Aviation

from obsolete MIL standards to IPC class 3 standards.

.Six Sigma & Lean Manufacturing/Enterprise

Licenses and Certifications

.Quality Management System (QMS) Auditor, Feb 2007

.Boot Camp A & B Certification for Manufacturing, June 2007

.IPC-610 Certified Instructor - (CIT), Jul 2004

.IPC-J-STD 001 Certified Instructor - (CIT), May 2004

.IPC-J-STD 001 Certified Instructor - (CIT), Jul 2006 (Recertification)

References

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