Engineer Project Manager

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Ronald L. Liskey Asbury, Iowa 52002

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QUALITY ENGINEERING MANAGER

Focused, quality and engineering leader with proven ability to coach and develop strong effective teams.

Experienced technical leader with successful experience in R&D engineering, quality engineering,

project management, quality analysis and improvement, and team building.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Critical Thinking Quality Control/Improvement Team Building

Coaching/Mentor Project Management Technical Writing

Customer Relations Supplier Relations Negotiations Skills

Field Service Testing ISO 9000/9001 Risk Assessment/Management

SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS

COACHING

• Encouraged collaboration between engineering and authors in updating and writing new

manuals to meet quality standards. Resulted in engineers better understanding process and

both groups revising process for efficient communication.

• Coached new engineer on standard processes and expectations within company and

department. Resulted in engineer not being terminated, department not losing his expertise,

and in him becoming a valued team member.

DEALT WITH UNEXPECTED & CRITICAL SITUATIONS

• Researched and evaluated alternatives when standard foreign language translation process

would delay overseas shipping of machines. Resulted in manuals being available with

machines to ship on time, meeting a company quality and ISO9000 requirements.

• Managed a project to evaluate a material change by a supplier that was needed to address a

serious field issue. Resulted in quicker approval of change than through standard methods.

LEAD PEOPLE

• Structured and developed process for documentation standardization team within test

engineering department within the ISO9000 quality system. Resulted in more efficiency in

test department documentation, and better understanding of department processes and

ISO9000 requirements.

• Managed the engineering lab team and UAW technicians in understanding and

developing standard quality test processes to meet the ISO9000 requirement. Resulted in

more efficient process, better communications, and reduced repeat testing.

MANAGED PROJECTS

• Evaluated, designed, and implemented a testing program for an unapproved supplier that

had a unique product that was needed in our machines. Resulted in the product being

improved to meet our specifications and approved for use without going through the lengthy

design change process that would have been required with another supplier.. The supplier

subsequently became an approved supplier

• Managed a project using inexperienced “co-op” engineers (interns) to evaluate machines.

Resulted in evaluation completion earlier than estimated and at lower cost.

NEGOTIATED

• Negotiated with program management and supplier when supplier’s product did not meet

quality standards. Resulted in earlier release of machine option with the supplier’s product,

as well as a supplier agreement to improve product quality, saving time and money.

• Negotiated with supplier and program management for payment of supplier cost for re-

engineering of product to improve quality. Resulted in cost savings of over $100K in

internal re-engineering that would have been necessary to change suppliers.

MOTIVATED OTHERS

• Managed and facilitated meetings of the documentation standards team of the electrical test

engineering department to build understanding of the process and benefits. Resulted in more

consistent documentation and more efficient use of engineering time.

• Coached new engineer on the unwritten rules and standard processes within the company.

Resulted in the engineer not being terminated and becoming a valued member of the

electrical test engineering team.

TRAINED / TAUGHT / PRESENTED

• Trained test engineering department on the use of new Internet database program for the

storing and retention of test documentation and results required to meet ISO9000

requirement. Resulted in the department being better prepared for the change and more

efficient when the change was implemented.

• Trained electrical test engineers in the use of new templates and documentation. Resulted in

more efficient process, reduced time spent on documentation for the quality system.

TEAM BUILDING

• Managed and facilitated meetings between engineering and supplier teams that previously

had no standard process for working together, including lunch with open discussions of

Deere and ISO9000 quality requirements. Resulted in the development of an engineering/

supplier team that became more efficient.

• Recognized team members for efforts with awards and lunch for projects completed on time

and under budget. Resulted in more projects meeting schedule and budget.

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Project Manager John Deere Construction & Forestry, Dubuque, Iowa 2006 – 2008

Quality Test Engineer John Deere Construction & Forestry, Dubuque, Iowa 2000 – 2006

Senior Project Technician TRW Automotive, Farmington Hills, Michigan 1991 – 2000

Senior Engineering Technician Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan 1984 – 1990

EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration, Technology Management University of Phoenix, Southfield, Michigan

Bachelor of Business Administration, Quality Management Cleary University, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Electrical Engineering (non-graduate) Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan

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