Education: Coastline Community College, Fountain Valley, CA.
Completed Certificate Program for Quality Assurance, 1996
ASQ Certified Quality Engineer. 12/05/98
Certification #38778
Member #01067644
Experience:
GKN/ASTECH, Santa Ana, Ca. 1/14 to
9/14
Senior Quality Engineer
> Lead Quality Engineer for Boeing 737 Max Titanium Inner Wall project
> Responsible for review of planning and creating inspection reports
for manufacturing
> Lead all Quality activities for development of inspection related
activities
> Participate as Quality representative in weekly meetings with
customer for Quality issues
> Responsible for disposition and reporting of nonconformance data
ITT Cannon, Santa Ana, Ca. 4/11 to
12/13
Quality Engineer (Level 3)
> Customer Quality Engineer for Boeing Company/Liaison for ITT Nogales,
Mexico facility
> Responsible for internal/external corrective actions
> Interfacing with customer representatives for Quality related issues
> Monitoring rejections through customer data base
> Reporting monthly to Management
> Team leader for Quality Now initiative-Preparing/conducting audits
in preparation for upcoming AS9100 revision C audit.
> Perform contract and proposal review for customer contracts
> Drawing review for requirements.
HITCO Carbon Composites, Gardenia, Ca. 3/10 to
4/11
Quality Engineer (Level 3)
> Lead Quality Engineer for Alenia Program (WP12-13)
> Organizing QA activities relating to development, manufacture and
testing of Composite Component aircraft parts.
> Support MRB activity for disposition and customer submittal of non
conforming material
> Support Integrated Production Team for all Quality related activities
> Review/Disposition Customer Returned Material
> Customer interface through bi-monthly Corrective Action Board
meetings
Vought Aircraft Industries, Hawthorne, Ca.
08/08 to 03/10
Quality Engineer (Level 3)
> Prepare First Article Reports per AS9102 requirements for 747-
8 aircraft.
> Review planning, tool orders, and drawing requirements in
preparation of first article reports.
> Material Review Board Analyst
> Review nonconformances for accuracy prior to Engineering
disposition.
> Review completed Engineering disposition and plan Manufacturing
and Quality job steps accordingly prior to routing to
manufacturing for completion of nonconformance disposition.
GKN Aerospace Transparency Systems, formerly Pilkington Aerospace,
Garden Grove, Ca.
4/94 to 9/00 and 6/01 to 08/06 and 08/07 to 08/08
Quality Engineer
> Organizing QA activities relating to design, manufacture and
testing of military and commercial aircraft windshields, canopies
and windows
> Leading foundation team(s) for problem solving utilizing seven-
step process with excellent oral and written communication,
including management of inspection personnel.
> Monitoring various departments' quality objectives and
reporting to upper management
> Maintaining compliance to AS9100 requirements
> Including other responsibilities for Quality Engineering:
planning, customer interface, warranty claims and related
investigations, process trouble shooting and problem solving,
statistical process control (SPC), material review board (MRB)
coordination F-15 framing, corrective actions, supplier quality
assurance (SQA)
> Secret government clearance for work on Lockheed Martin F-35 joint
strike fighter-R&D on F-35 program.
> Proficient in MS Office Applications, AS400 and MRP
Eaton Aerospace Sensing & Control, Costa Mesa, Ca.
08/06 to 08/07
Sr. Quality Engineer
> Analyze/Investigate customer returned material for
cause/corrective action
> Development Quality Engineer for Embraer VLJ Project
> Analyze Monthly scrap costs for corrective actions board
> Support MRB activity for disposition and customer submittal
of non conforming material
> Support Lean Manufacturing process. (First pass yield, scrap
reduction)
FCI USA, Inc., Cypress, Ca. 9/00 to
6/01
Quality Engineer
> Support internal and external corrective actions
> Assist Material Review Board activity
> Interface with customers for problem solving and corrective
action
> Identify areas for process improvement through quality audits
> Oversee activity in receiving, in-process and final
inspection
> Responsible for maintaining ISO 9002 requirements
McDonnell Douglas, Long Beach, Ca.
6/88 to 4/94
Quality Engineer from 5/90 to 4/94, Grade 1 Mechanic 6/88 to 5/90
> Supported all Process Variability Reduction Team Projects
> Performed special projects supporting Inspection Reduction,
Process Base Management, Work Cell, Corrective Action Board,
Corrective Action and Material Review Board activities
> Worked in obtaining Corrective Action for the MRB as per Mil-
Q-9858 and Mil-Std 1520
> Researched and identified problems arising from aircraft
assembly process
> Recommended solutions for nonconformances to Production,
Planning, Engineering and Tooling
> Coordinated with suppliers, DAC components and Intercomponents for
obtaining and monitoring corrective action generated outside the
Vertical Business Unit for cost reduction at assembly
Achievements:
> Assisted in leading company through ISO 9001 certification process
within a seven-month schedule. Responsibilities included: rewrite
of Quality Procedures, coordinated in developing and implementing
procedures that successfully passed the registration audit in
1997. Assisted in AS9100 registration audit in 2004.
> Prepared company quality system that passed numerous companies'
principal customers and regulatory audits such as FAA ASCEP, CASE,
and Boeing's Advance Quality System D1-9000
> Received multiple Recognition of Outstanding Performance
Certificates from Program Directors for work accomplishments
> Developed corrective action process for Main Landing Gear Pod
Structure. Plan was implemented to prevent schedule delays caused
by nonconformances generated by backline manufacturing. This plan
saved 1,500 man-hours of rework and repair hours per aircraft.
> Certified in: Repairing Surface Defects, Torque, Coining-Stress
expansion, Sealing Material/Methods, Training in Advanced
Craftsmanship School for the MD-11 Program