Lynda Watson

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Employment History

Quality Engineer IV

Crane Electronics

November, 2014 January, 2017

Technical quality expert for Space Systems.

Quality Manager

Merrimac Industries

June, 2011 November, 2014

Merrimac Industries

Summary: Merrimac Industries is a Crane Electronics Group Company who specializes in passive electronic devices for space, aerospace, and commercial products.

Reduced the incoming inspection backlog from 400K to less than 100K in the first 6 month.

Improved the review of contracts and specifications from weeks to a 48-hour turnaround.

Quality Assurance Engineer

CoorsTek

September, 2007 June 2011

Summary: Formerly known as Saint Gobain Ceramics, one of the leading companies in Technical Ceramics

As Facilitator for Lean Manufacturing, conducted a six-sigma kaizen increasing productivity by 25%, reduced waste by 30% and reduced WIP by up to 50% in a 5-day event.

Lead Automotive Quality resulting in improved customer rating within the first reporting period.

Quality Manager

Rolls-Royce Naval Marine, Inc

October, 2005 – September, 2007

Lead effort to obtain ISO certification resulting the in the passing the certification audit in 5 months.

Initiated internal audit program resulting in "best practice" program in two months.

Oversaw six-sigma program at facility resulting in the successful completion of two projects preventing lost service sales orders in over a six month period.

Quality Assurance Engineer

Freudenberg-NOK

November, 2003 October, 2005

Summary: In 1989, Freudenberg-NOK G.P is a tier 1 supplier to the automotive industry.

Improved relations with GM contact resulting in the resolution of quality issues in program start-up for the G6 in 6 months.

Lead quality program for new product design for Chrysler with initial audit acceptance of the product.

Senior Supplier Quality Engineer

INA Bearing

January, 2001 November, 2003

INA Bearing USA

Summary: INA, part of the Schaeffler Group, is the second largest producer of bearings worldwide.

Project Manager for two new needle-bearing applications for Harley Davidson motorcycles that came in under budget and delivered in the 6-month project lifecycle.

Developed and implemented a supplier quality system that recovered more than $200K in the first year.

Automotive Segment Leader

INA Bearing

August, 2000 January, 2001

Using teamwork and open-door management methods increased overall production by 15% while reducing manpower by 10% within 8 months.

Reduced department deficit by 800K in 8 months.

Taper Roller Bearing Manufacturing Area Manager

Koyo Corporation

January, 1997 August, 2000

Koyo Corporation of USA Taper Roller Bearing Manufacturing Area Manager 1/1997 to 1/2000

Summary: Koyo Corporation of U.S.A is a major supplier of bearings to the automotive industry and is a Tier 1 and Tier 2 supplier to Toyota, Honda, Ford, General Motors, Chrysler, and BMW.

Reduced overtime from 20+ percent per month to less than 2% while still maintaining 100% production output in the first six months as production manager.

Reduced total scrap by 15%, and total Customer claims from 52 per annum to 11 within 9 months.

Instituted improvements through project planning; selected projects increased overall productivity an average of 22%.

Taper Roller Bearing Quality Management Engineer

1/1996 to 1/1997

Instituted color-coding system for customer submissions reducing the submission time from two weeks to one day within two months.

Systems Quality Engineer

Behr GmbH & Co.

January, 1995 January, 1996

KG Systems Quality Engineer 1/1995 to 1/1996

Summary: Behr Group is a global original equipment manufacturer of air conditioning and engine cooling systems for passenger cars and commercial vehicles

Performed gap analysis of quality system to Automotive Quality Standards resulting in the generation of a team to obtain certification in one month.

Oversaw the document generation for the new quality system resulting in all necessary documents being generated in 10 months, 8 months earlier than project schedule.

Senior Principal Engineer

UNISYS CORPORATION

October, 1989 October, 1994

Summary: Unisys has a legacy of supporting NASA's missions for more than 35 years.

Supported the NASA Office of Flight Assurance for the Explorer Projects consisting of three individual spacecrafts and the International Space Topographical Project resulting in on-time delivery and successful testing of experiments over a two-and-a-half-year period.

Generated the Performance Assurance Requirement for the X-ray Time Explorer (XTE) and the Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) resulting in the reduction of time to generate Quality Program Requirement documents to two weeks from four months within 10 months.

Production and Quality Manager

FERRANTI INTERNATIONAL, PLC

November, 1986 October, 1989

Summary: In 1987 Ferranti purchased International Signal and Control (ISC), a Pennsylvania based defense contractor

Generated quality programs for international clientele resulting in first pass acceptance and signed contracts within the first year of joining the company.

Reviewed purchased component specifications and identified specified components not capable of meeting environmental requirements causing field trial failures resulting in the replacement of the components and successful first article testing saving a $19M contract in three months.

Senior Quality Engineer

TIMES FIBER COMMUNICATIONS

January, 1985 October, 1985

Summary: The company was the first to incorporate fiber optics to anti-theft cable TV systems.

Set-up and maintained reliability and environmental test facility improving the real-life test capability in three months.

Performed analysis of field failures resulting in the recall of units with the defective microchip saving the company from a total product recall in the first two months of joining the team.

Field Service Engineer/Electrical Design Engineer

GENERAL ELECTRIC ORDNANCE SYSTEMS

January, 1983 January, 1985

Summary: A Division of General Electric located in Pittsfield that supported the design, installation and field service support for the Bradley Fighting Vehicle and Trident Nuclear Submarines.

Oversaw the installation of electronic fire control system at Electric Boat Shipyard resulting in an improved method to install overhead and under deck cables decreasing installation from 10 days to 2 days.

Designed the floating ground fault detection system for the Trident II submarine resulting in a 0.001% error rating in eleven months.

Education

University of Massachusetts

B.S.E.E,

Degree date: 1982

Certifications

J-STD-001 Trainer

Six Sigma Black Belt

Lean Six Sigma Facilitator

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