Experience:
(Aug. **** July ****) Accelerated Process Systems
Coatings Manager: Utilize prescribed specifications to visually inspect in-process and completed products. Able to operate various measuring devices for evaluation of products throughout coating process. Manage shop personnel to facilitate coating operations to meet quality standards and customer schedule. Performed safety inspections of equipment and gave safety orientations to new personnel.
(Nov. 2010-July 2011, Feb. 2015 July 2016) Gartner Coatings
Quality Manager/Safety & Shop Manager: Utilize prescribed specifications to visually inspect in-process and completed products. Able to operate various measuring devices for evaluation of products throughout coating process. Manage shop personnel to facilitate coating operations to meet quality standards and customer schedule. Performed safety inspections of equipment and gave safety orientations to new personnel.
(Nov. 2012 Jan. 2015) PPG Protective & Marine Coatings
Field Technical Representative: Ensure PPG customer satisfaction by providing technical service in customer facilities on a wide range of products and application techniques. Provide sales support to maintain and expand business at existing accounts and to assist with launches / start-ups of new accounts. Assisted in the development and commercialization of new products and services.
(Sept. 1993 – Sept. 2012) Huntington Ingalls Shipbuilding Avondale Operations
Quality Engineer II: Develops and maintains quality evaluations, control systems and protocols for finished or unfinished material products. Collaborates with other departments to ensure quality standards are utilized. Responsible for inspecting, testing and evaluating products and production equipment. Analyze processes and procedures to ensure project costs and standards are met. Audits quality systems for deficiency identification and correction. Ensures that corrective measures meet and/or exceed reliability standards and that documentation is compliant with requirements.
Quality Assurance Technician/Inspector: Utilize prescribed specifications to visually inspect in-process and completed products. Able to operate various measuring devices for evaluation of products. Interprets blueprints, diagrams, customer specifications, drawings and/or inspection instructions. Proficient in reading dial indicators, preset micrometers, and other equipment as part of the inspection process. Monitors and verifies quality in accordance with statistical processes and/or procedures.
Qualifications and Certifications:
NACE CIP Level 1, 2, and Peer Review (Since Feb. 2008)
Security Clearance with Huntington Ingalls Shipbuilding
TWIC Card
Proficient in reading technical drawings and blueprints, and Microsoft Office
Education: Delgado Community College
Major Studies: Applied Sciences
L.W. Higgins High School
Major Studies: Business and Air Force Jr. ROTC
Graduated May 1993
References Available Upon Request