MATTHEW D. KOWAL

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Farmington, CT 06032 Email: abqx2d@r.postjobfree.com

PROFILE

Master of Business Administration (MBA) credentials, combined with extensive experience in supply chain

management, working with global suppliers to obtain competition pricing, quality products/materials and

operational supply chain infrastructure reliability.

COMPETENCIES

• Strategic Planning • Goal Setting/Performance Metrics

• Global Sourcing • Supplier Quality Training

• Production Support • Kaizen & Value Streaming Events

• Vendor Quality Metrics • Cross-Functional Team Facilitation

• Supplier Monitoring & Reporting • Change Management/Continuous Improvement

WORK EXPERIENCE

OPTIWIND CORPORATION, Torrington, CT 2011 - 2013

A start-up wind turbine manufacturer and developer.

MANAGER, Supply Chain

• Responsible for the sourcing of all products to be used in the production of the company's wind turbine,

including steel tubing, forgings, castings, extrusions, as well as electrical and injection molded parts.

• Performed on-site supplier audits to assist in the development and implementation of process controls

and quality systems.

ENGINE CONTROL SYSTEMS, GOODRICH CORPORATION, West Hartford, CT 2011

SENIOR QUALITY ENGINEER

• Supported and maintained all relevant relationships between Goodrich and its customer as the main

point-of-contact for quality, working with customers including Honeywell and Rolls-Royce.

• Maintained all relevant relationships with the supplier base supporting production of Honeywell and

Rolls-Royce.

Supplier Quality

• Responsible for part and process approval for new and existing products supplied to Goodrich, as well

as the training of supplies to meet company's requirements, Best Practices and standards of excellence.

Customer Quality Liaison

• Directly responsible for investigation and reporting all customer quality-related issues with direct report

to the Vice President of Quality.

• Established collaborative working partnerships with supply vendor to achieve win/win outcomes.

Audit Team Lead

• Team Leader for all Goodrich on and off site quality audits both at supplier and customer locations.

Supplier Support

• Provided on-site support for suppliers, particularly in assembly, metal forming, and surface coating in

production efficiency, corrective actions, part and problem solving.

• Resolved issues including improving tool life, eliminating casting defects, and increasing capacity and

throughput.

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OTIS ELEVATOR, UNITED TECHNOLOGIES, Farmington, CT2006 - 2010

MANAGER, Supply Chain Quality Development

• Responsible for developing and implementing quality systems and improvements throughout the

company's supply base for both product quality and supplier impact.

Supplier Gold Manager

• Led, managed and directed 25 global Otis sites encompassing more than 600 suppliers in a supplier

monitoring and development program design to cover 80% of the more than $2 billion annual supplier

spend.

• Program suppliers provided improved quality levels with less quality defects leading to improved Otis

customer delivery and lowering field installation issues between 3% and 5%.

Supplier Environment Health & Safety Program

• Led, managed and directed 25 global Otis sites encompassing more than 600 suppliers in a program

development at United Technologies to help ensure that the Otis supply base meets minimum

environmental health and safety requirements, resulting in each suppliers' improved understanding of

its local regulations.

• Helped to eliminate employee injuries, as well as an increased awareness in the use of natural resources

by the Otis supply base.

Otis Site Support

• Performed supplier quality training modules at multiple Otis sites to increase the overall understanding

of the Otis supplier requirements, improving the ability of the Otis Supplier Quality Development

Teams (globally) to improve the production and process controls of the suppliers at an earlier stage in

the product development process, leading to better long-term product quality and delivery.

Supplier Support

• Conducted value stream mapping exercises at sites in the United States and China, which decreased

defect rates and/or improved throughput.

• Worked cycle time reduction projects, including training and implementation, that resulted in a

stabilized production processes at Chinese sites through introduction of control plans and statistical

process control.

Part Design, Development and Acceptance

• Member of a cross-functional team managing multiple programs to integrate global Otis and supplier

activities in part acceptance, delivery and design through integrated product development.

• Developed team strategy, supplier quality manual and global contracts using PPAP/APQP/AIAG

related programs.

• Helped to streamline new part approval and has eliminated nearly 100% of the first pass yield rejects

during initial product testing.

ENGINE CONTROL SYSTEMS, GOODRICH CORPORATION, West Hartford, CT 2003 - 2006

TEAM LEADER, Gear Manufacturing 2005 - 2006

• Managed the day-to-day operations for the gear cell manufacturing process from raw material through

finished plated parts.

• Led a team of fifteen Machinists in the cellular manufacturing process to meet necessary production

goals.

• Utilized a Kan-Ban system to ensure product is available for the assembly floor to pull from the

supermarket as needed.

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Lean Practitioner

• Fully-trained to lead and facilitate lean manufacturing events to help implement cellular manufacturing

in a production environment.

• Led and complete all aspects of Kaizen events to facilitate cost reduction within the company.

Production Coordination

• Managed the day-to-day operations of fifteen union employees in the production of aerospace quality

gear, shaft and valves.

• Ensured production levels were satisfied utilizing a Kan-Ban system to maintain the necessary

supermarket style parts inventory for the assembly floor.

QUALITY ENGINEER, Customer & Supplier Quality 2003 - 2005

• Supported and maintained all relevant relationships between Goodrich and its customer as the main

point-of-contact for quality customer, including Honeywell and Rolls-Royce.

• Supported and maintained all relevant relationships with the supply base, supporting production for

Honeywell and Rolls-Royce, and responsible for investigation and closure of all quality issues.

Supplier Quality

• Responsible for part and process approval for new and existing products supplied to Goodrich.

• Responsible for the training of suppliers to meet company's requirements.

Customer Quality Liaison

• Directly responsible for investigation and reporting all customer quality-related issues with direct report

to the Vice President of Quality.

Audit Team Lead

• Team Leader for all Goodrich on and off-site quality audits, both at supplier and customer locations.

Supplier Support

• Provided on-site support for suppliers, particularly in assembly, metal forming and surface coating in

production efficiency, corrective actions, part and problem solving with typical issues included

improving tool life, eliminating casting defects, and increasing capacity and throughput.

PYE & HOGAN MACHINE COMPANY, Old Saybrook, CT 2002

QUALITY MANAGER

BAYER CORPORATION, Plastics Division, Berlin, CT 2000 - 2002

QUALITY ENGINEER

EDUCATION

INDIAN WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY

Master of Business Administration (MBA) in APPLIED MANAGEMENT, 2011

FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY

Bachelor of Science in POLITICAL SCIENCE/ECONOMIC

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