Wendy H. Finnerty

ASQ Fellow, Certified Quality Manager, CQA

Exemplar Global Certified Lead Auditor

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Blairstown, New Jersey 07825

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acwrma@r.postjobfree.com

Capabilities:

. Organizational agility - key strength is ability to get things done

through formal channels and informal networks. Very good at

communicating and working effectively with people at all levels,

within and outside an organization.

. Strategic thinking - because of involvement in various organizations

as well as globally within an organization, I keep up with current

business issues, the latest tools and solutions that can be applied,

and am very successful in inspiring others to work on proactive

initiatives.

. Integrity and trust - often consulted on confidential and sensitive

issues because of a long-standing reputation for helping people who

were not comfortable with other routes.

. Customer focus - one of my key roles is to help organizations

emphasize dedication to customers.

. Process management and problem solving - working in the field of

quality for virtually my entire career, my practice is to look at

things in terms of process and profit.

. Negotiating and presentation skills - conducted hundreds of training

programs and gave presentations to employees at all levels and groups

of all sizes.

Accomplishments:

. Assembled and led the multi-organizational team which created an

innovative new ISO certification (RC 14001) for the chemical industry.

. Organized and led the internal auditors within a Fortune 100 multi-

national company to achieve synergies, common audit practices and

shared resources for internal audits throughout all businesses of the

company, such as: textiles, agricultural, cosmetics, vitamins, fiber

products, chemicals, pharmaceutical, FDA & cGMP governed products,

plastics, automotive parts and paints, dyes, pigments, distribution

and all service organizations (i.e., Treasury, Purchasing,

Engineering, R&D, Human Resources, etc.) Through this group, the

company benefited from the available pool of resources, and all

auditors involved developed additional expertise in many other types

of businesses and service organizations.

. Developed and implemented successful corporate-wide internal

benchmarking project, the results of which were copyrighted,

published, and utilized.

. Improved communication and modified company culture as CEO's liaison

with all employees.

. Helped solve complex issues with business group representatives and

their key customers.

. Initiated and trained all service function employees in quality

topics, specific to their needs.

. Developed a successful company-wide approach to sharing best practices

for over a decade.

. For outstanding leadership, was presented the 2001 QAD Quality Auditor

of the Year award.

. For outstanding instruction and lasting contribution, was presented a

Certificate of Appreciation from ASQ - June 30, 2008.

Professional Experience

Wendy Finnerty Consulting, Blairstown, N.J. 2006 - present

Owner/Lead Consultant - clients included Bayer, Evonik Degussa Corp.,

General Dynamics, Avery Dennison & others (full-time & part-

time)/implemented complete management systems for EHS/Responsible Care &

Quality, conducted training, conducted internal and external audits, set up

documentation and CAPA systems, handled recalls and product audits

Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance, Inc.,

Houston, TX 2011 - 2015

Lead Assessor (full-time & contract)/conducted hundreds of management

system audit days for ISO 9001 and other ISO standards (EHS-related, for

example) at chemical, medical device, and dozens of other industry types

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Flanders, N.J. 2008 - 2011

Quality Systems and Compliance Manager/Site Management Representative,

conducted

internal audits, administrator for site CAPA system, responsible for

content of site documentation system

STR-Registrar LLC, Belvidere, New Jersey 2005 - 2008

QMS Lead Auditor/conducted dozens of management system audits for

multiple industry types

Excel Partnership, Inc., Sandy Hook, Connecticut 2004 - 2005

Senior Consultant &Trainer/became certified and taught numerous

accredited management

system audits, and consulted on EHS and Quality system improvements

BASF Corporation, Mount Olive, New Jersey & Styropor Manufacturing Plant in

South Brunswick, New Jersey (technical/lab, mfg., varied business,

corporate, and international experiences through employment with BASF)

1981 - 2004

Director, Corporate Quality January 2002 - March 2004,

Corporate Quality Manager May 1995 - January 2002,

Quality Manager, Corporate Functions November 1990 - May 1995,

Quality Auditor/Chemicals Division August 1989 - November

1990,

Quality Control/Quality Assurance Coordinator March 1983 - August

1989,

Accounts Payable, Purchasing Administration October 1981 - March

1983/

through the above roles, have worked in QC labs, audited suppliers and

conducted internal audits, overseen the quality management systems for

North America, worked with parent company as a member of international

quality team, represented North America on Responsible Care/EHS management

system creation with industry association colleages from other companies,

oversaw the pilot and successful implementation of this new EHS system at

one of our Company's Sites, coordinated corporate-wide benchmarking and

knowledge sharing, acted as internal consultant for individual sites and

businesses, conducted hundreds of training programs on the use of quality

tools, team-building, other improvement techniques and Responsible

Care/EHS topics

Credentials

Quality Auditor, Cert. 919 ASQ 1989 - present

Certified Quality Trainer BASF 09/14/90

Certified SPC Instructor Barber Consulting Resources, Inc.

12/06/90

Team Building Facilitator BASF 04/15/91

Certified Program Leader Kepner-Tregoe 04/1992

Certified Instructor DDI 09/01/95

Certified Quality Manager, Cert. 1182 ASQ 1996 - present

Trained EFQM Assessor European Foundation for QM 01/1997

Sr. Examiner, State Baldrige Program Quality New Jersey (QNJ)

1998 -2000

QMS Lead Auditor Exemplar Global

2002 - present

Fellow ASQ

2002 - present

Certified Home Stager ODD & SDP

2004 - present

NJ Licensed Real Estate Salesperson Weichert, Realtors

2005 - present

Education

Warren National University - BS Major: Quality Control (2008)

Mercer County Community College - AAS Major: Business Administration

(1982)

Excel Partnership, Inc. - Completed numerous accredited courses prior to

teaching them publicly.

BASF - Completed numerous internal and public training seminars and

courses.

Papers and Presentations

Title of Presentation Name of Conference/Group Date

Benchmarking NJ Quality Assurance Assoc. 1997

Internal Benchmarking at BASF American Productivity & 1998

Quality Center

Responsible Care( Certification American Chemistry Council 2001

Combining ISO 14001 and Resp. American Chemistry Council 2002

Care(

Numerous presentations on Various conferences and 2003 -

integrated management meetings 2005

systems-EHS & Quality

Other Professional Affiliations

Title/Position Dates Held Organization Significant

Contribution

Member 1994 - 2004 Amer. Productivity Benchmarking and

and Quality Center best practices

brought to BASF

Lead Examiner 1995 - 1996 North Jersey ASQ Evaluated No. Jersey

Quality Award firms to quality

Committee award criteria

Quality Audit 1997-1999 American Society for Highest membership

Division Chair Quality ever & initiated

many programs

Sr. Examiner 1997- 2000 Quality New Jersey Evaluated New Jersey

firms to quality

award criteria

Auditor 1998 - 2005 Registrar Oversee auditor

Certification Board Accreditation Board certification

(ACB) process; evaluate

appeals

Chair of Quality 1999 - 2004 Amer. Chem. Council Developed methods to

Council apply automotive

standards

General Technical 1999 - 2000 American Society for Facilitated

Committee - Deputy Quality benchmarking and

Chair greater

participation

Chair of RC( cert. 2000 - 2004 Amer. Chem. Council Developed &

team implemented process

for RC14000 cert.

Member, Ethics 2001 - 2004 American Society for Resolved ethical

Committee Quality issues brought to

the committee

Chair, Membership 2001 - 2004 American Society for Raised membership

Comm. Quality numbers through

innovative programs

I initiated

Member, Board of 2003 - 2005 American Society for Coordinated BoD

Directors Quality objectives with ASQ

staff projects

Member, Responsible 2003 - 2004 Amer. Chem. Council Helped integrate 2

Care( Team mgmt. system

approaches

Volunteer & Part-Time Jobs/Projects and Hobbies

United Methodist Church of Mount Tabor, New Jersey - Chaired many

committees

during the years of 1995 - 2005: Pastor-Parish Relations, Evangelism,

Finance,

Membership and was Asst. Superintendent of Sunday School.

United Methodist Church of New Jersey - Lay Member at Large - 2002 to 2010.

Horse Farm Owner - Board and care for horses, give riding lessons, pasture

management responsibilities - 2003 to present.

NRA - Certified Instructor; participated in numerous volunteer training

events for

organizations such as the Boy Scouts, women's and minority groups -

since 2004.

As a licensed N.J. Real Estate agent, and "Certified Stager", I have

"staged", and/or

handled the Real Estate transactions for dozens of homes - 2005 to

present.

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