chemical technician

JOHN L. WHITNEY

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East Bridgewater, MA 02333

E-mail: *************@**********.***

PROFILE

Chemical technician with 20+ years of experience in QC, testing, and coating of

fabric and leather. Helped maintain ISO 9001:2008 standards. Participated in

implementing Lean techniques. Able to effectively communicate with peers across all

organizational levels.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Fabric Testing Quality Control Fabric Coating

Management Production Planning Technical Writing

Color Matching Training

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Bureau Veritas, Taunton, MA 2002-2011

* Bureau Veritas is a global leader in testing, inspection, and

certification. Color Technician

*Tested and evaluated customer fabrics.

*Applied Lean techniques to

accomplish work in two departments. *Maintained quality

standards. *Reduced

nonconformities with corrective/preventive actions using root cause

analysis.

*Matched fabric colors.

Barbour Corp., Brockton, MA 1994-2001

*Barbour Corp. is a leader in custom leather finishing.

Leather Finisher

*Finished and colored leather shoulders to customer

specifications. *Managed, operated, and maintained automatic

coating spray lines. *Matched colors.

National Coating Corp., Rockland, MA 1986-1992

*National Coating is a certified custom water/solvent-based coating and saturating

contractor.

Chemical Engineer

*Assisted research director with development of custom coatings for paper

and cloth.

*Managed quality assurance program.

*Wrote product specification and operator procedure

manuals for production department.

*Introduced TQM and root cause

analysis. *Directed Hazard

Communication Program. *Trained

quality assurance and production personnel.

EDUCATION

B.S. in Chemical Engineering

Northeastern University, Boston, MA

CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

Personal High School Math Tutor 2001-2013

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