MICHAEL L. MERTEN
GOVERNMENT, INSPECTION, ADMINISTRATIVE, OFFICE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE.
ITT Automotive, Fletcher, North Carolina
Quality Assurance Technician (July 1998 – May 1999)
• Responsible for quality control of automotive braking systems
Acted as 2nd shift supervisor when foreman not present
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• Product lines included: disc brake and emergency brake systems
• Tracked and implemented solutions to quality control issues
Westbrook Manufacturing Company, Dayton, Ohio
Quality Assurance Technician / Inspector (October 1996 – March 1998)
• Areas of responsibility included: Machine shop, airbag and wiring departments
• Worked with operators, foreman and management to solve quality problems
• Inspected automotive parts with calipers, micrometers, indicators and CMM (programmable –
Sheffield Cordax)
• Burst test and seam test (GM – airbags)
• Performed visual and dimensional checks on wiring harness assemblies
Carmichael Machine Company, Springfield, Ohio
Quality Assurance Inspector (July 1994 – September 1996)
• Approved set-up jobs, inspected production on mills, CNC machines and automatics
• Set-up SPC data collectors
• Measured and inspected parts with calipers, micrometers, indicators, height gages, sine bars,
bore gages and CMM
Furrow Building Materials Company, Dayton, Ohio
Salesperson (January 1992 – January 1994)
• Responsible for sales of building materials to homeowners and contractors
• Trained new employees within areas of responsibility
• Received the Red Arrow sales award for contributing to the stores increase in sales
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio
Civilian, Logistics Management Specialist GS-9 (June 1986 – October 1989)
• Rotated into different Air Force offices in HQ AFLC, ASD and AFALC as a schedule-B
career intern
• Promoted to GS-7 and GS-9 grade levels
• Worked projects in Integrated Logistics Support, Logistics Support Analysis and helped in the
development of acquisition logistics policies, support and integration
• Prepared a wide variety of correspondence and participated in meetings, committees and
traveled to various Air Force Logistics Centers in the United States
• Logistics Management Specialist career intern rotations included:
• FB-l11 Systems Program Office
• Support Equipment Division
• Logistics Support Analysis
• Air Force One System Program Office