Management Quality

Michael P. Keller

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Manufacturing Management and Quality Management System Professional

Manufacturing Quality Planning Operations Configuration Management

Senior Manufacturing Leader with management, quality, planning, operations and configuration management experience in aerospace engineering, manufacturing and production environment. Hands-on, highly collaborative cross-functional team leader focused on driving results through identification/removal of barriers and continuous improvement. Recognized for project management leadership in the initial development of a Comprehensive Business Continuity plan covering all aspects of disaster and business recovery.

Professional Experience

L-3 Communications, Murray Hill, Manhattan, New York City 1987 – 2016

A $13B Aerospace company manufacturing command & control, communications, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems for the U.S. Government intelligence agencies, NASA and commercial customers.

L-3 Communications, Platform Integration Division, Waco, Texas

Sr. Manager, Manufacturing 2010 - 2016

Direct and lead the manufacturing operations, managing 150+ employees including subordinate supervisors supporting a campus of over 1400 employees delivering more than $2.3B in annual sales for the division. Responsible for production of aircraft mission subsystem and VIP/Head-of-State interior parts, assemblies and interior furnishings, and refurbishment parts.

Responsible for manufacturing manpower forecasting, hiring, on-boarding, training and employee career development.

Lead $5M manufacturing capital planning, procurement and implementation with cross-functional Industrial Engineering, Facilities, Finance, EHS, IT, Procurement and site leadership team.

Successful collaborative continuous improvement projects:

oConsolidated mainstream machine shop with quick-response back shop; improved synergy and utilization of manufacturing machine and personnel resources.

oCentrally located inspectors and quality engineers within manufacturing shops; improved quality, synergy, team work and throughput.

oSupported development of manufacturing shop capacity planning tool.

oCoordination with engineering, planning and quality to improve manufacturability of designs, work instructions, and clarity of acceptance criteria.

Responsible for achieving safety, cost, schedule, and quality goals; and compliance with AS 9100 Quality Management System and DCMA 8210 Ground and Flight Operations Instruction.

Collaborated manufacturing labor estimates on new pursuits with pricing and estimating; and monthly estimates-at-completion with program cost/control analysts.

Co-developed program budget vs actual performance and scope tracking tool.

Project Manager, Business Continuity Plan 2002 – 2016

Direct and lead key business process organizational leaders in the development of a comprehensive Business Continuity Plan including disaster recovery, alternative business process strategies, and planning to restore business to normal operations.

Recognized for effective leadership in the initial development of the plan; and annual review, revision and table top exercises.

Recognized for success in supporting periodic L-3 Aircraft Systems sector and corporate level business continuity plan audits.

Manager, Production Planning, Scheduling and Support 1992 – 2010

Lead planning, scheduling, material management, production control and tool crib activities in support of campus wide manufacturing and production operations; managed 50+ employees including subordinate supervisors supporting 600+ manufacturing and production technicians.

Collaborated with L-3 Mission Integration Division counterparts in the implementation of SAP business system.

Responsible for compliance with approved DCAA and Sarbane-Oxley SAP business system processes; and MMAS material management and traceability, and AS 9100 product realization requirements.

Co-developed material availability and action item tracking tool

Lead site-wide tool crib inventory management, issuance, and control activities in support of 500+ aircraft production technicians.

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FAA Designated Engineering Representative 1992 – 2013

Lead FAA flammability compliance and conformity efforts on twenty-one VVIP aircraft interior projects; four Boeing and three Airbus wide-body aircraft; fourteen Boeing business jets.

Responsible for reviewing designs for material requirements and applicable flammability testing.

Coordinated flow-down of flammability requirements to suppliers; reviewed and approved supplier test plans

Conducted flammability evaluation, witnessed flammability testing, and provided DER/DAS approval of flammability test plans and reports.

Set up and obtained FAA approval for in-house flammability test process and lab.

FAA Certification Project Manager and Supervisor, Configuration and Data Management 1990 – 1992

Lead FAA airworthiness certification activities resulting in successfully obtaining Supplemental Type Certificate from the FAA on three 747-400 interior configurations, and Gulfstream GIII and 747 E-4B mission system upgrades. Lead site-wide configuration and data management activities.

Established Certification Basis and compliance matrix to relevant FAA regulations for each program.

Liaison between FAA and FAA Designated Engineering Representatives for design approval and product conformity in accordance with FAA airworthiness regulations.

Lead configuration change control activities; customer waivers, deviations, and formal change proposals; configuration change board; management and processing of contract data deliverable activities.

Improved engineering change order process; trained all affected cross-functional organizations.

Quality Assurance 1987 – 1990

I was the Quality Assurance representative on multiple government and commercial programs responsible for contract quality requirements planning; flow-down of quality requirements to cross-functional organizations; and assuring compliance to program quality requirements.

Responsible for incorporation of contract quality and customer inspection requirements into manufacturing and production work documents; and flow-down of quality requirements to suppliers.

Responsible for on-site vendor quality system surveys and follow-on surveillance.

Lead Material Review Board activities among cross-functional organizations; defect root cause and preventive action evaluation; continuous improvement to drive overall quality improvement.

Member of the L-3 Platform Integration Division ISO 9001 Quality Management System initial certification leadership team charged with developing policies, procedures, and controls resulting in L-3 PID being recognized as an ISO 9001 certified company.

Otis Engineering Corporation, Carrollton, TX 1975 – 1986

A Dallas based Halliburton oil tool and equipment manufacturer.

Quality Assurance

I was responsible for quality assurance activities at satellite facilities, including cross-functional collaboration with engineering, manufacturing, quality control and procurement. Vendor and Customer inspection and audit interface; policies and procedures audits; problem resolution/corrective action; inspection planning; vendor surveillance and MRB.

Education

Mountain View Jr. College, Dallas, TX

Associates in Applied Arts & Sciences – Quality Control, 1982

Nine Mid-Management CEUs, 1982

Brookhaven Jr. College, Dallas, TX

18 Mid-Management CEUs, 1983

Community Involvement

Deacon, Webb Chapel Church of Christ, Farmers Branch, TX, 1986 – 1989

Little League Football, Baseball and Softball Coaching, 1983 – 1986

Professional Certifications

FAA Designated Engineering Representative, 1992 – 2013

Mechanical Systems & Equipment, Authorized Areas/Delegated Functions – FAR 25, 29; N5 (Flammability per FAR 25, Appendix F, Part I) and receptacle fire containment testing approval per FAR 25.853(h) and FAR 29.853(h)

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