Thomas A. Harrigan

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Career Objective

To acquire a position that affords me the opportunity to bring my technical expertise,

problem solving skills and

willingness to learn to make an organization successful.

Employment History

Quality Manager 1994 – Current Kern-Liebers USA, Inc. Holland, Ohio

Responsible for all quality activities for Kern-Liebers North American operations.

Responsible for multi-plant product launches and full PPAP approvals.

Extensive travel to customer locations as well as supplier locations for problem resolution

and or auditing of processes.

TS16949 Management representative for all plants.

Achieved QS9000 registration in May 1997, TS16949 in June 2004.

Developed Kern-Liebers corporate quality policy, procedures and work instructions.

Developed continuous improvement initiatives that are used corporate wide.

Quality Manager 1993 – 1994 Johnson Controls, Inc. Plymouth, Michigan

Implemented quality system for new plant startup.

Developed and audited supply base activities for new product launch and product

approval process.

Developed quality plans for each product launch program for Ford, GM, and Chrysler.

Quality Assurance Supervisor 1990 – 1993 Delta USA Corp. Monroe, Michigan

Responsible for all quality activities in the plant from initial launches to customer

approvals.

Conducted quality training and kaizen activities for the department, achieved Ford’s Q1

rating for the company.

Developed programming for Brown & Sharpe CMM for the department.

Education

Associates Degree in Industrial/Quality Engineering University of Toledo

Quality major with industrial engineering minor

Certified Quality Control Technician Purdue University Ft. Wayne, Indiana

Certification program at Indiana/Purdue campus

Associates Degree in Electronics Engineering Technology ITT Technical Institute Ft.

Wayne, Indiana

Electronics major

Training

ASQ-Certified Quality Auditor, Certification No. 33348

RABQSA-QMS Certified Provisional Auditor

Certification in Microsoft Access 1, 2 and Advanced

Certification in Brown & Sharpe CMM operations

Certification in Metallurgical techniques and Physical Testing

Certification in Microsoft Word, Excel and Project

Certification in Geometric Tolerance & Dimensioning

Certification in Technical Report Writing

Certification in Failure Analysis Techniques

Computer Skills

Microsoft Word Microsoft Project Minitab-Statistical Software

Microsoft Excel Microsoft Access Visio

Microsoft PowerPoint SAP

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