Manager Quality

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Cover Letter: Gary M Nemetz

Dear Hiring Manager,

I am pleased to offer my skills for the role of Quality Manager/Engineer. My reputation for accomplishments in time and under budget are uncompromised. I would be grateful for the opportunity to share how I can manage your in-house and supplier quality assurance requirements. With extensive experience in all aspects of business, including quality, engineering, manufacturing, finance and marketing, I can provide a persuasive interface both within your organization, and with the end customer. As a self-starter and team player, I have extensive experience in a fast paced, highly technical environment. I have a proven track record of proactively implementing new processes and procedures while effectively managing projects, programs and organizational development and growth. I have an entrepreneurial focus with excellent judgement, and superior abilities in problem solving, negotiating, conflict resolution, risk mitigation, multi- tasking, planning, and leadership. With exceptional written, oral, presentation, and interpersonal skills, I interface and collaborate extremely well with subordinates, senior management, and customers. My passion for setting and achieving strategic initiatives and finding solutions to complex technical or business problems brings high added value to my employer. I have additional capabilities in financial management: purchasing, inventory turns and control, obsolescence management, budgeting, cost accounting, cost reduction, pricing, forecasting and cash flow management, as well as an ability to manage a P&L and balance sheet.

My recent experience includes the achievement of successful accreditation and qualification to AS9100C and ISO9001:2008 with Design at my current employer, with subsequent annual re-certifications. My leadership drives the quality expectations for internal and external quality levels. I take the lead for developing process controls and improvements, inspection, six sigma objectives, SPC, training, FMEA, NCR, CAPA, and supplier process and product quality. I lead the tracking, management and reporting of quality initiatives and anticipate problem areas and performance issues that affect the reliability, manufacturablity, and availability of purchased or internally produced parts. My passion for excellence and my integrity and commitment to the highest level of quality is contagious. I would be grateful to have discussions with the appropriate individuals in your organization. Please feel free to contact me at any time via cell phone

602-***-****, or email at ****.******@*****.***. Resume of: Gary M. Nemetz

Summary: Successful technical and quality assurance manager/engineer looking for an opportunity to apply my extensive quality skills to grow an existing or new position into a dynamic and rewarding opportunity with profitable results for my employer. Skills:

• Experienced domestic and international quality assurance

• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills within the company, with the customer, and vendors

• Solid business and financial acumen: P&L, balance sheet, product cost, cashflow, product and services pricing, taxes, variance control

• Self-starter and team player

• Excellent strategic business vision, thinker, and planner

• Broad technical skills – design, development, manufacturing, field service, quality, electrical, mechanical, software

• Contract management experience including: negotiations, proposal writing, statement of work, preliminary and critical design reviews, terms and conditions, product pricing, risk management, presentations, field service management, government approvals, ITAR, POC

• Quality and reliability management – AS9100C, ISO900:2008, UL, CE, and MIL-STD certifications

• Experienced in Middle East contracts: UAE, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Jordan, and Egypt Experience:

2007 – present: Vice President of Engineering, Cantine Armament Inc., Smyrna, TN Lead the design development, manufacturing and qualification of $35M of advanced weapons control systems for rotor and fixed wing aircraft. Integrated nearly fifty (50) aircraft in domestic and middle east markets. Drove the design of user friendly interface controls with complex electrical and mechanical fire control assemblies and cabling for rockets, missiles, and guns. Confined by ITAR regulations, first articles were qualified and delivered in less than eight months. Directed the certification of products to MIL-STD-461F and MIL-STD-810G. Developed and implemented new processes, methods and quality systems for a successful qualification and certification to AS9100C and ISO9001:2008 with design.

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1987 - 2007: President, Power Technologies Inc., Tempe, AZ Started this custom power supply company from the ground floor. Developed, qualified and delivered more than 35 UL and CE approved high density, high reliability power supplies for communications and satellite applications. The company was continuously profitable with positive cash flow while achieving (arguably) the highest gross margins in the industry. 1984 -1987: General Manager, Lambda Electronics, Corpus Christi, TX Managed one domestic and one international power supply and integrated circuit division to renewed profitability thru administrative, engineering, production, improved yields, and sales growth. The two-year turnaround resulted in a $2M profit on $15M in sales, from a

$2M loss on $13M in sales.

1978 – 1984: Director of Integrated Circuit Operations, Medtronic, Tempe, AZ Introduced microprocessors to implantable electronics for life support applications. Drove the improvement in technology from discrete semiconductor to microprocessor based control for sophisticated implantable pacemaker designs. Planned and executed a board of directors approved construction of a vertically integrated semiconductor wafer fabrication facility. Improved the quality, availability and cost of custom controllers for implantable products. Availability was shortened to months from years, reliability metrics improved to 99.999% from 99.2%, and costs were decreased by nearly 20% while functionality nearly tripled. Education: BS Electrical Engineering University of NH, MS Electrical Engineering Northeastern University Contact: Cell: 602-***-**** E-mail: ****.******@*****.*** Address: 146 E Gail Dr., Gilbert, AZ. 85296

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