Engineer Six Sigma
Resume:
This resume excerpt last updated August ****
Chemical Engineer certified as a Quality Engineer (CQE) and Six Sigma Black
Belt (SSBB) by the American Society for Quality, with
over a decade of experience within an ISO 9001:2000 and OSHA Star Certified, Fortune 50 company.
Professional experience encompasses the technologies and processes
in primary alkaline and lithium battery manufacturing and supply chain quality management of global contract manufacturing sites in Europe and throughout Asia, with specialization in China. Experience also includes operations management of bulk chemical compounding and processing.
Roles & duties have spanned
positions of increasing responsibility ranging from a Production Supervisor
responsible for over 20 Mechanics and Machine Operators, to Quality Engineer
with managerial responsibilities over technicians and laboratory environments in
Failure Analysis and Chemical Analysis Labs, to Process Engineer using DMAIC
problem solving and Lean Manufacturing principles, leading and co-leading Rapid
Improvement/ Kaizen Events, and project execution for process innovation, cost
reduction, and efficiency improvement. Experience includes project quality
management roles in areas of battery-grade steel,
electroplating operations, lighting products, and
new product chemistries.
Experience includes role as internal company-wide trainer/ facilitator of InfinityQS
statistical process control software and of quantitative courses in statistical
process control for both general workforce training as well as Six Sigma Black
Belt programs.
Fluent in Mandarin Chinese (speaking).
B.S. - Chemical
Engineering (1999) Johns Hopkins University; Baltimore, MD
ASQ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt, American
Society for Quality
Six Sigma Black Belt,
Integral Concepts, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI
CQE, Certified Quality Engineer, American Society for
Quality
Sustaining Lean Manufacturing Certificate, Columbus State University, Columbus, GA
EIT, Engineer-In-Training, State of Georgia
American Society for Quality -
Chair, New York/ New Jersey Metropolitan Section (2011 - 2013)National Society of Professional Engineers -
National Director - Young Engineers, NSPE Board of Directors (2011-2013) Chair Elect, Professional Engineers in Industry National Executive Committee (2012-2013)
Statistical Process Control (SPC);
Lean Manufacturing (Certificate of Completion from Columbus State University);
Failure Modes &
Effects Analysis (FMEA); DMAIC methodology; Design of Experiments (DOE)
Selected Presentations & Seminars
Supply Chain Quality Management in China: Leveraging Cultural Convergence to Transition Challenges to Collaboration
(Ellis R. Ott Conference, American Society for Quality, Fordham University)
SPC and the Silent Spring: InfinityQS in RoHS, REACH and other Environmental Sustainability Mandates
(Infusion: InfinityQS User Group Conference San Antonio, TX)
Social Darwinism Across a Wire: The Criticality of Quality Management from a Distance in the Modern Era
(Quality Measurement Conference Orlando, FL)
Emperors & Entrepreneurs: Cultural Convergence and the Business of Supply Chain Quality Management in Modern China
(Quality Measurement Conference Orlando, FL)
Six Sigma DMAIC: Statistical Process Control s Role in a Chinese Factory
(Columbia University, Dept. Industrial Operations and Research; Guest Lecturer New York, NY)
Ariadne & The Minotaur: Navigating your Company s Six Sigma DMAIC Program using InfinityQS
(Infusion: InfinityQS User Group Conference Chantilly, VA October 2008)
InfinityQS and Supply Chain Quality Management in China s Pearl River Delta
(Infusion: InfinityQS User Group Conference Chantilly, VA)
Confessions of a Control Freak: Six Sigma & Industrial Quality in the Modern Era
(Columbia University, Dept. Industrial Operations and Research; Guest Lecturer New York, NY)
Basics of Six Sigma & DMAIC
(New Jersey Transit Kearny, NJ)
Six Sigma: A Traveler s Guide and Case Study
(Ellis R. Ott Conference, American Society for Quality, Rutgers University Newark, NJ)
High Volume Data Management: What your SPC Database and the Great Library of Alexandria Might Have in Common
(Infusion: InfinityQS User Group Conference Chantilly, VA)
The Melancholy Engineer s Guide to Gauging Blissfully
(Infusion: InfinityQS User Group Conference Chantilly, VA)
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