SUMMARY

●Quality Manager for Body and Paint, Senior Quality and Manufacturing Engineer with over 45 years of experience in the automotive industry

EXPERIENCE

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Lear Corp.

Roscommon, MI

Supervisor / Advanced Quality Engineer

responsibilities are metal stamping and welding of Seat Structures for Chrysler WD/WK,Mercedes and Stampings for General Motor A1XX, A2XX, T1XX, D2XX, D2C2 and CK also Supplier Quality Engineer, developing G, D & T,Tool run offs and Run at Rates, PPAP, APQP, Mini Tab and Gage R&R’s

6/2014 – 01/2016

TAC Manufacturing

Jackson, MI

Senior Supplier Quality Engineer

Senior Supplier Quality Engineer responsibilities were Stamping, Welding, Molding and PC Boards PPAP, APQP for Ford, Toyota and GM, on Steering Columns, IP and Consoles. Supplier were in North American, Canada and Mexico

05/2013 – 06/2014

Nexteer

Saginaw, MI

Advanced Quality Engineer / Senior Supplier Quality Engineer

●Senior Supplier Quality Engineer responsibilities were for Sheet metal stamping and welding of steering gear and columns along with painted interior trim metal parts developing G,D & T,Tool run offs and Run at Rates, PPAP, APQP supplier were in North America and Canada

1989 – 2013

General Motors

Quality Manager / Quality Launch Manager / Senior Supplier Quality Engineer / Supervisor and Manufacturing Engineer

●Quality Manager, responsibilities included but not limited to managing the long term and day to day active of the Quality supervisors, Quality Engineers and Quality Techs in all areas of the plant along with all necessary documentations.

●Quality Launch Manager of the body shop and Body paint department quality system for the GMT 560 and GMT 345 launched processes to include but not limited to welding, brazing, metal stamping / fabrication, packaging, assembly, tube fabrication, metal preparation, all aspects of automation

●As a Supervisor for quality confirmation, technical support liaison between product, stamping

Developed and implemented manufacturing throughput, optimizing and improvements for body shops, paint and general assembly.

●Senior Supplier Quality Engineer responsibilities were for frames, cradles, control arms, Sheet metal stampings, Body painted components and assembly’s and suspension modules.

●worked with suppliers on DFMEA, PFMEA, control plans, developing G,D and T, Gage R & Rs, Tooling Run at Rates, PPAP, APQP, DOE, TS 16949, QSB, Drill Deep and Wide / 5 Ways, JES

●Achieved certification as Red X journeyman and master candidate; completed 9 Red X projects, improving vehicle quality by reducing wind noise, improving ride and handling as well as fit issues and reduced warranty cost by $340 million

1985 – 1989

Hawtal-Whiting

Product and Manufacturing Liaison

● Worked on the Buick Reatta at Lansing Craft Center

1980 – 1985

Chrysler Truck Center

Tooling Engineer

●Responsible for roof and body side

EDUCATION

Macomb Community College

Associates Degree, Mechanical Design

CERTIFICATIONS / LICENSES

●GM-GMS

●Practical and Effective Problem Solving

●RED X Journeyman (Shainin)

●Project Management

●Advanced G,D,& T