Quality Assurance Manager

MICHAEL SLISHER

Granger, IN

Cellular Phone: 574-***-****

Email: ***********@*****.***

www.linkedin.com/pub/mike-slisher/7/867/243

CAREER OBJECTIVE

Quality Management for a Manufacturing Company offering an environment where

my skills and experience can be used to benefit both employer and employees.

SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS

Enhanced existing QMS and mentored Management staff at various levels in

Disciplined Problem-solving Processes at Elkhart Brass Manufacturing.

Implemented objective measurement of external complaints and Disciplined

Problem-solving Process for Corrective Actions at Elkhart Brass leading to

significant improvements in failure modes.

Reduced customer complaints by 75% and third party sort costs by more than

65% within first six months at MPI.

Implemented and achieved both ISO 14001 and ISO 9001:2000 registration while

at Boramco.

Dramatically reduced customer complaints with Boramco's largest customer

thereby achieving significant savings in quality costs.

Started with an empty building and opened the new Troy Facility for Peterson

Spring. Oversaw development and implementation of plans to bring facility into

full compliance with Ford Q1-2002, TS-16969, ISO-14001, and MMOG

requirements.

W hile Plant Manager at Peterson Spring – Three Rivers, negotiated significant

union concessions to UAW contract.

Hired at Camshaft Machine Company as Supervisor for a new automated

production line for Ford 3.8 Liter camshafts. Worked with Engineering and hourly

personnel to bring this on-line and up to full production. Promoted to Quality

management as a direct result of problem-solving efforts on the line.

WORK HISTORY

ELKHART BRASS MANUFACTURING CO.

Director of Quality Control June 2012 – January 2014

Elkhart Brass is one of the world's premier manufacturer of fire-fighting and water dispersion

equipment. Elkhart Brass products are sold and in use world-wide.

MPI INTERNATIONAL, Knox, IN

Quality Assurance Manager January 2008 – June 2012

The nations largest fineblanking product manufacturer for the automotive industry.

BORAMCO, INC., Walkerton, IN

Quality Assurance Manager September 2003 – October 2007

Boramco, Inc. is one of the nation’s few manufacturers of flexible PVC products

utilizing a dip-molding process.

PETERSON SPRING, Troy, MI

Operations Manager May 2002 – September 2003

Opened a new facility with a non-union workforce dedicated to providing a single

OEM customer with automatic transmission retaining rings and sister divisions with

WIP materials.

June 1997 – May 2002

PETERSON SPRING, Three Rivers, MI

Plant Manager March 2000 – May 2002

Quality Assurance Manager June 1997 – March 2000

Peterson Spring - Three Rivers was a manufacturer of snap rings and compression

die springs in a union environment.

July 1988 – June 1997

CAMSHAFT MACHINE COMPANY, Orland, IN

Quality Assurance Manager April 1995 – June 1997

Quality Assurance Supervisor January 1993 – April 1995

Production Supervisor July 1988 – January 1993

A leading independent manufacturer of steel camshafts for the automotive and heavy-

duty OEMs in a non-union environment. Orland Division held Ford’s Q-1 rating,

General Motors’ Targets for Excellence and was a certified Supplier to Caterpillar, Inc.

EDUCATION / TRAINING

University of Michigan School of Engineering.

Kellogg Community College Business Classes.

Successfully completed training in and certified as Lead Assessor to ISO-9000

Standards.

Seminars in implementation of both ISO-9000 and QS9000.

Training in Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing through SME.

Active participant in Saturn’s Synchronous Manufacturing workshop

Achieved Ford’s Q-1 award and Chrysler’s QE award while General Foreman at

Bundy Tubing.

Graduate of Kepner Tregoe Leader Development Institute; certified as an

instructor in Problem Solving, Decision Making.

REFERENCES

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