Quality Assurance Management

Russell A. Zawacki 330-***-****

*** ***** *****, *****, **** 44320 ***************@*****.***

Professional Profile

My Professional Background and Education includes experience and knowledge related to:

1. Laboratory and Facility Quality Assurance, Health and Safety, and Environmental

System Requirements

1. General Analytical/Chemical/Physical/Mechanical Laboratory Techniques

2. Laboratory Management and Supervision of Technical Personnel

3. Internal and External Systems Auditing Principles and Methodologies

4. ISO9001/AS9100RevC Certified Lead Auditor

5. Elastomers Compounding and Polymer Science

6. Statistical Principles, Lean and 5S Methodologies

7. Microsoft Office Computer Software Applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, Access)

Professional Experience

Custom Products Corporation, Glenwillow, Ohio

Contract Packaging and Inventory Management Service Provider

July 2012 – Present

Quality Manager

Achievements:

1. Serving as Quality Manager for 3 separate co-owned facilities: Custom Products

Corporation (CPC), Contract Packaging Corporation of America (CPCA) and Emerald

Valley Parkway Partners (EVPP)

2. Implemented 5S Waste Reduction program throughout all 3 facilities

3. Developing and Implementing Third Party Approval of ISO9001:2008 Quality Management

System

Responsibilities:

•

Development and Implementation of ISO9001:2008 Certified Quality

Management System (Certification Audit Scheduled for spring 2014

• Corrective/Preventive Action and Continual Improvement Management

• Internal and Supplier Quality Management System Auditing

1. Management of 9 Quality Control Technicians

• Facility Quality Assurance Representative

RFD Beaufort Inc. (Survitec Group), Sharon Center, Ohio

Manufacturer of Marine and Aerospace Survival Equipment

January 2001 – May 2012

Quality Manager / Compliance Prime

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Achievements:

4. Developed, Implemented, Maintained and Sustained Third Party Approval of

ISO9001:2008 and European Community Marine Equipment Directive Quality

Management System

1. Appointed Company Representative and Point of Contact with U.S. Coast Guard and

Department of Defense Contracting Officers and Quality Assurance Representatives

2. Appointed Company Representative for U.S. Air Force Flight Crew Safety Garment

Research and Development Program and U.S. Navy Submarine Escape and Immersion

Equipment Recycling Project

3. Appointed Company Compliance Prime (representative and point of contact) for Survitec

International Regulatory Compliance Program

4. Chaired Bi-Annual QMS Management Review and Weekly Quality Progress Management

Meetings

5. Managed the Quality Assurance/Control Operations that completely re-outfitted the entire

U.S. Naval Fleet with over 7,500 Life Rafts over the past 10 years with 100% On-Time

Delivery and 0% Defect Rate

Responsibilities:

• ISO9000/AS9100 QMS Compliance (U.S. DoD, U.S.C.G., EC MED)

• Corrective/Preventive Action and Continual Improvement Management

• Internal and Supplier Quality Management System Auditing

2. Management of 2 Quality Engineers and 12 Quality Control Technicians

• Facility Quality Assurance Representative

• Product Compliance and Configuration Control

Michael Day Enterprises, Wadsworth, Ohio

Engineering Thermoplastics Compounding

June 1989 – August 2000

Quality/Health and Safety/Environmental Manager

Achievements:

5. Developed, Implemented, Maintained and Sustained American Association for Laboratory

Accreditation (A2LA) Approval to ISO17025

1. Managed Project to become first U.S. Independent Compounder of Engineering

Thermoplastics to achieve A2LA Accreditation

1. Developed, Implemented, Maintained and Sustained Third Party Approval of

ISO9001/QS9000/Ford Q9000/Chrysler Pentastar Automotive Quality Management

System Requirements

6. Member of Society of Automotive Engineers Plastic Resins Committee

1. Managed project to become first U.S. Compounder of Engineering Thermoplastics to

convert Physical/Mechanical Testing Laboratory from ASTM to ISO specimens and

testing methods.

7. Managed physical development of new expanded facility and relocation of testing

laboratory without loss of time or productivity

Responsibilities:

• Physical/Mechanical R&D and QC A2LA Laboratory Compliance

1. Facility ISO9000/QS9000 QMS Compliance (Ford, GM, Chrysler)

1. Automotive Product Approvals (PPAP’s, PFMEA’s, Statistical Reporting)

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3. Occupational Health and Safety Compliance

• Environmental Regulatory Compliance

• Product Compliance

Robbins & Myers Inc., Springfield Ohio

Moyno Progressing Cavity Pump Division

October 1984 – June 1989

Elastomers Development Laboratory Supervisor

Achievements:

6. Established Elastomers Development Laboratory from ground up

1. Allowed competitive edge compared to using commercially available rubber

compounds

Responsibilities:

• Elastomers Development Laboratory Management

2. Supervision of 2 testing technicians

The Ohio Rubber Company, Willoughby, Ohio

Industrial Products Division

June 1979 – October 1984

Elastomers Development Laboratory Technician

Achievements:

7. Appointed Senior Technician for the Automotive Flammability Compliance Program

2. Appointed Senior Technician for the NASA Space Shuttle Ablative Materials Testing

Program

Responsibilities:

• Elastomers Development Laboratory Testing

3. Lab Batch Rubber Compounding and Prototype Molding

Education

Clark State Technical College, Springfield Ohio

Studies towards an AS in Electrical Engineering with Major in Digital Structures;

transferred to The University of Akron towards BS in Industrial Quality Management;

completion pending.

References

References are available upon request.

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