Kurt J. Studer

Newberg, OR 503-***-****

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Director of Quality & Manufacturing Engineering

Highly accomplished Director of Quality Manufacturing and Engineering with over 30 years experience leading and managing a variety of operations and projects in a number of industries. Demonstrated success managing on-site operations, production and manufacturing solutions that cut costs and increase operational effectiveness. Effective manager and supervisor, leading teams strategy coordination and maximization of individual performance. Seasoned strategy developer, negotiator and manager, successful at building comprehensive production approaches to enhance productivity, revenue and growth.

Areas of Expertise & Specialization

Cost Reduction & Avoidance

Lean Logistics Mapping

Team Leadership

6 Sigma Black Belt & Lean Practitioner

Global P&L Management

Agile Development, Minitab

Operations Management

IATF 16949, AS9100, 14001, 17025

ITAR /US State Department Consent Agreement

Project Management

Process Redesign & Change Management

Supply Chain Management

Salesforce, SAP, JD Edwards, IBM AS400

Professional Experience & Impact

Teledyne FLIR 2017 – Present

Director of Quality and Reliability

Managed all facets of Quality

Proven Success & Impact:

Serve as global quality subject matter expert for TDY-FLIR for worldwide customer base. Initiated the Lean Culture driving improvements in FPY, Service RTAT, and MTBF

Led overall drop in COPQ by $500K in 1 year by developing a Low Hour Failure Team that drove to root cause and permanent corrective action

Led the development of Failure Reporting, Analysis and Corrective Action System (FRACAS)

Developed training regimen for new engineers that included Failure Modes Effects Analysis, Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerances (GD&T), Fault Tree Analysis and Failure mode, Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA)

Curtiss-Wright Industrial Group - Williams Controls, Inc. 2007 – 2017

Director of Quality & Manufacturing Engineering (2013 2017)

Production leader, tasked with leading all facets of quality and manufacturing engineering for all global locations.

Proven Success & Impact:

Serve as global quality subject matter expert for CW facilities in North America, Europe, Asia and India strategically managing production operations performance, materials management, and logistics distribution and quality assurance procedures. Uphold and promote product safety programs and quality production through LEAN manufacturing initiatives. Implemented root cause and corrective actions to remove production constraints and improve product quality.

Trained, developed and counseled employees, developing associates into a high performing team that led to lowered Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ) from $1M to less than $300K in 2 years.

Defended NHTSA Claims that our products were safe, helping prevent a multi-million dollar recall for all of Curtiss-Wright.

NPI Project Manager (2007 – 2013)

Managed quality control, production, supply chain management and continuous improvement. Reviewed existing operations and business process, implemented improvements, standardizations and production systems.

Proven Success & Impact:

Lead as Volvo Trucks Program Manager, the largest program and customer of Williams Controls at a contract worth $10M per year. Ensure effective and efficient operations collaboration between Engineering, Production, Logistics, Quality, Warranty and Accounts Payable personal.

Developed strategy and allocation of resources for over 100 engineering projects from 2007 to 2013.

Provide leadership to the head sales and marketing team, delving prioritized new opportunities into engineering projects. Set standards for distributor and vendor strategy, as well as customer service.

Led the Safety Steering Committee, helping develop employee safety training and enforcing continuous safety improvement plans.

Implemented an innovative Flex-n-Stretch program that reduced repetitive use injuries.

MasterBrand Cabinets, Inc. 2004 – 2007

Sr. Lean Practitioner (2004 – 2007)

Organized and managed continuous improvement initiatives, fostering productivity in a variety of operations.

Proven Success & Impact:

Through Toyota Production System and 6 Sigma Black Belt certifications, delivered value stream mapping, 6 Sigma Projects, Kaizen Events and 6S Workshops at the Hillsboro, Oregon home facilities and at other North American locations.

Member of leadership team that applied and received Oregon OSHA Voluntary Protection Program Star certificate.

Additional Professional Experience

Radisys Corporation Material Program Manager

Fort James Corporation Foreman

Willamette Industries Korpine Division

Education

Portland State University B.A., Business Administration, Supply & Logistics Management

Portland Community College A.S., General Education, Accounting Specialization

Professional Membership & Community Leadership

City of Sherwood Budget Committee 2014 – 2019

Board of Directors for Sherwood Cruisers 2014 – 2019

Vineyards Home Owners Association President 2006 – 2009

Member of NAPM Oregon 2000 – 2003

Member APICS 2000 – 2003

Supply and Logistics Management Association, Member at PSU 1999 – 2002

Chairman of the Portland Chapter of Ducks Unlimited 1999 – 2002

Board of Director, Pheasants Forever 1999 – 2001

Hood to Coast Relay Captain 1996 – 1998

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