Donald T. Gibbs Jr.
O'Fallon, MO 63366
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
JOHNSON CONTROLS, INC June 2008 - Present
Earth City, MO Operations QUALITY MANAGER - Plant launch for Chrysler -
St. Louis Assy. (Seating DS New
Launch 09 Cradle -Grave). Setup JCI-Chrysler
Quality Systems, BOS Doc., Supervisor
Quality Lab, Plant Liaison, Quality Team.
Maintain Incoming Quality, Scrap monitoring.
Customer interaction at the plant and
suppliers. Corrective Action, Document
development and updates (CP, PF, PFMEA etc),
Warren, MI Operations Assist and support in a daily containment
coordinator activity.
Shelbyville, KY Operations Assist in a daily SQE activity and launch
support role.
DANA CORP / MAHLE October 2006 - June 2008
Manchester, MO QUALITY ENGINEER - For Misc. Customers
Supplying Piston Rings (Cutting,
(Plant Closed) Plating, Heat Treating), document
development, updates (CP, DFMEA, PFMEA, PF),
Maintain Statistical Program w/Computer system
and software.
COLLINS & AIKMAN December 2002 to October 2006
Columbia, MO Operations QUALITY ENGINEER - for DaimlerChrysler St.
Louis Assy. & MMNA (Plant Closed) Motors
Normal, IL commodities covering Instrument
Panels (RS, PSU, PS-41, ST-22, 2G24, PS24 (New
05' Launch)) and Cradle to Grave on H2 I/P
Assy. and Door Panels. APQP and Continuous
Improvement activities. monitor and maintain
Warranty Activities, Engineering, Dimensional,
Validation, Product Submissions (Powerway &
ISIR). Maintaining Powerway and Covisint
Systems on a daily basis. Customer interaction
and corrective action development from a team
approach. Document development (FMEA's,
Process Flows, Control Plans, Inspection
Instructions, etc.).
TS-16949 Conformance, ISO14000 development.
Direct Reports Audit Group.
TROY DESIGN June 2002 to December 2002
General Motors Corporation H.Q. SUPPLIER QUALITY
ENGINEER - Responsible for
World Wide Purchasing Division Supplier
Development dealing with APQP, Design, Drawings,
Warren, MI Dimensional, GD&T, Specifications, Testing,
Document
Follow-thru, D/PFMEA, Control Plan, Process verification.
Working with suppliers with GM expectations and
system
development
MAGNA INTERNATIONAL May 1998 to June 2002
Intier Automotive (Atreum Div.) SR. QUALITY
ENGINEER - Cradle to Grave -Responsible
Holt, MI for I/P Cockpit development in APQP, D/PFMEA,
Control
Versatrim - Assembly & Sequencing Plan, Process
Flows, Product Submissions (PPAP), Validation
Warren, MI & Auburn Hills, MI testing and
document maintaining, Customer liaison,
Engineering Design development, Variable &
Attribute Data
fixture development.
* Launched first 3 of the Magna's new Assembly
& Sequencing
Programs.
MODERN ENGINEERING June 1996 to May 1998
General Motors Corporation H.Q. RELIABILITY
ENGINEER / FACILITATOR -
Mid-Size Car Group Division Responsible for Instrument Panel Cockpit &
HVAC Quality
Warren, MI Analysis, Design/Process Reliability Fault
Tree Analysis,
D/PFMEA Development, Validation test reports,
Accelerated
Testing, Trade-off Testing, Design review
(preliminary/critical),
Specification/Regulatory Analysis in a
production team format.
EMHART AUTOMOTIVE August 1995 to June 1996
Fasteners Group QUALITY ENGINEER - Responsible for fastener
program
Clinton Township, MI development, product submissions (PPAP),
D/PFMEA,
project tracking, supervising Receiving
Inspection person,
Customer liaison, Engineering / Design
development,
Advanced Quality Planning, QS-9000 continuous
conformance. Advanced Project Management,
Quality system
audits and developing systems to improve
quality performance
to the supply base. Direct Reports: Audit
Group & Rec. Insp.
TEXTRON AUTOMOTIVE August 1993 to May 1995
Interior Components QUALITY ENGINEER - Representative for Textron
to
Port Huron, MI Chrysler and supply base. Responsible for
supplier
(Plant Down-size) development. Product Submissions (PPAP),
D/PFMEA,
Project tracking, Supervisor Receiving
Inspection Group,
Customer liaison, Engineering / Design
development,
Advanced Quality Planning, QS-9000 development,
Advanced
Project Management Training. Direct Reports:
Audit Group
CHIVAS PRODUCTS LIMITED September 1992 to August 1993
Urethane Division QUALITY ENGINEER - Representative for Chivas
to
Sterling Heights, MI Diamond-Star Motors and Mitsubishi Motors.
Responsible
for developing a quality program for GRU Door
assemblies,
early development of Sample Submission Packages
(Control
Plan, FMEA's, Process Flows, etc.), Concept and
development of quality check fixtures, supplier
review and
follow up meetings regarding sub-components.
SIGNET INDUSTRIES, INC. December 1990 to September 1992
Fraser, MI QUALITY ENGINEER - Representative for Signet
to
(Plant Closed) General Motors, Ford Motor Co., Mazda, Toyota,
NUMMI,
GE, Northrup and Tier Suppliers. Responsible
for following
through from concept to completion all business
interactions
and interests as it relates to quality and
engineering design,
layout, documentation (Control Plans, D/PFMEA,
Process
Flows, etc.), submissions, corrective actions,
set-up of SPC
Program for Ford Motor related programs,
Received Q-1 Flag,
and competitive "Targets of Excellence " Score.
September 1989 - December 1990
MANAGER ADV. PLANNING - Representative for
Automotive and Aerospace Programs, covering all areas of
Interaction including engineering, cost and quality.
* Successfully generated more than
$10,000,000.00 in sales.
June 1988 - September 1988 & June 1989 -
September 1989
INTERNSHIP - Quality and Engineering related
work
experience.
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY
B.S. - Plastics Engineering Technology
A.A.S - Plastics Technology
SPECIALIZED TRAINING Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing, QS-9000
Implementation, Supplier Self-Certification,
Project
Management, Design/Process FMEA, Reliability &
Maintainability, QS-9000 Auditor, Control Plan,
Corrective
Action, Lean Manufacturing