Skills and Qualifications
Experienced Quality Management & Leadership
Lean & Continuous Improvement Trained
Reading & Understanding Drawings / GD&T
NADCAP Experience
Auditing – Creating Special Checklists & Performing Audits
Root Cause Corrective & Preventive Action / Problem Solving
Trend Analysis & Process Improvements
Configuration Management
ITAR & Export Compliance
Course Development & Training Experience
FOD Trained
CERTIFICATIONS
Registrar Accreditation Board (RAB/QSA) Previously Certified ISO9001 & Aerospace AS9100 Auditor #Q04619 and Certified Lead Assessor for Certification Body – Perry Johnson Registrar
Six Sigma Greenbelt Certified
Professional Experience
Hydro Extrusion Sidney, OH Dec 2019 to Present
6 Month to Hire Contract Position with Aerotek
Quality Engineer
Responsible for Program Quality Engineering, IATF16949 / ISO 9001:2015 compliance. Navistar Truck, Navistar Bus, PACCAR, Pacific Car & Foundry Company product lines.
Material Review / Blocked Stock Material responsibility – Disposition of material and Scrap reduction.
Supplier Quality Defect Analysis, Supplier Corrective & Preventive Action / Root Cause.
Magellan Aerospace Middletown, OH Aug 2018 to Nov 2019
Quality Engineering Manager
Managed the Program Quality and Supplier Quality Engineers for our AS9100 QMS
Responsible for Program Quality Engineering, Supplier Quality Engineering, dotted line responsibility for NDT, Inspection, and Metrology
KSM Metal Fabrication Troy, OH May 2016 to Apr 2018
Quality Engineer & Export Compliance Officer
Responsible for the development and maintenance of a Quality Management System.
Created and passed ISO9001:2015 Certification, also created and passed AS9100:2016 Certification.
Created and maintained all Process Turtle Diagrams, Corrective & Preventive Actions, Material Review Board activity, Risk Assessments, and First Article Inspections & submittals to Customers
Responsible for facility ITAR / Export compliance Contract Review.
Honeywell Urbana, OH Feb 2001 to Apr 2016
Advance Manufacturing Engineering Project Engineer
Specialist III Quality & Manufacturing Assurance
Site Records Administrator - Responsible for the Information Governance Records Management for the entire Urbana Site
APB Multiple Platform QE - Responsible for Data collection and analysis of all APB escapes back to the site
Support weekly Customer call and completion of Quality rail items
Responsible for working all Corrective and Preventive actions, Problem Solving APB Production Flow line issues
Responsible for Internal Audits, Customer, Regulatory, and Third-Party CB Audits and Certification Maintenance
Lead Technical Trainer
Lead - Quality Management Systems Document Control
Administrator for Net Inspect (First Article Inspection) and Windows Share Point Sites for Quality and Product engineering
Responsible for maintaining the Urbana Site Supplement for the OEM
Jet Composites Sidney, OH Jan 2000 to Jan 2001
Quality Manager
Single Plant responsibility for QS9000 Tier I Automotive Supplier
Successfully automated all Deviation, PPAP, Process Flow, & PFMEA system
Responsible for all Supplier development
Responsible for all Sidney Plant QS9000 Training and Audits
C V Materials, Ltd Urbana, OH Mar 1998 to Dec 2000
Manager of Quality
Multiple Plant responsibility for ISO 9001/ QS9000 activity.
Reduced Internal & External Customer Complaints by 80%.
Successful Implementation of Six Sigma Methodology to:
Increased productivity by 40%
Reduced Process Loss by 12%
Increased Product Yield by 20%
Developed Pay for Knowledge Program for Manufacturing and Quality Associates
Standardized Engineering Documentation in conjunction with Quality Lab Testing Requirements
Reduced Quality Department overhead costs by 33% and direct costs by approximately 10%
Published Technical paper on ISO Implementation for the Porcelain Enamel Institute
Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc Bellefontaine, OH Aug 1996 to Feb 1998
ISO Manager
Management Representative with the responsibilities for ensuring the establishment of an ISO 9001 Quality system
Upgrade to ISO 9001 Registration from ISO 9002 completed November 1998
Responsible for reporting on the performance of that Quality System to the Executive Management Team for review as a basis for continuous improvement
Responsible for managing the Internal Quality Audit and Corrective / Preventive Action Programs.
Responsible for the International (NAFTA) Switch Product Launch, Quality program APQP, and DCP activities.
Two-time STAR Award recipient for Quality Project Performance and Superior Customer Service Continuous Improvement Award recipient
Quality representative and standing member of four Continuous Improvement Teams
Digitron Inc Dayton, OH Apr 1995 to Aug 1996
Quality Assurance Manager
Managed a department of 40 QA professionals as a (tier one) Ford Motor Supplier.
Maintained Ford Q1 award while introducing an on line SPC system for data collection enabling us to reduce the department size by 60%.
QS9000 Core Team Member, assisted in writing the QS9000 Manual for the Corporation and key member of the implementation team for QS9000.
Responsible for maintaining all PPAP's, FMEA's, Control Plans, and Advanced Quality Planning documentation.
Developed SPC, Blueprint reading, and ISO9001 Training Programs for the company.
Reduce Scrap Costs by 10%.
Copper & Brass Sales, Inc Dayton, OH Jul 1993 to Apr 1995
Quality Assurance Manager
Developed and maintained an ISO 9002 Quality system for the Dayton Branch.
Standardized Quality activity within the 32 company branches to the ISO 9002 Standard.
Created a comprehensive Customer Service database for Customer Complaints and Returns collection and analysis
Reduced Customer Returns by 20%
Established a Corrective and Preventive Action system based on Customer Complaints analysis to root cause, establishing a plan of action for eliminating the customer problem(s)
Performed ISO 9000 Audits for Major Customers as a part of the Customer Service function as well as consulting work for our Indianapolis Branch in their quest for ISO 9002 Registration
Systems Research Laboratories Dayton, OH May 1986 to Jun 1993
Senior Projects Quality Engineer / Systems Auditor
Assess levels of compliance to Mil-Q- 9858A, Far 52.246, and ISO 9000 Quality Systems through audit and sampling techniques.
Establish the requirements for and conduct training programs to assure a working knowledge of and compliance to procedures.
Provide primary interface with Customer's Quality Representatives in matters of Quality Systems compliance.
Trained in Statistical Process Control and Continuous Improvement techniques.
Authored and instructed "PAT", Procedure Awareness Training, a work center training program to acclimate personnel to the latest Mil-specs and company procedures.
SRL IDEAS Award recipient for cost savings and Continuous Improvement.
Provide Quality program support for commercial and military electronics programs. Co-authored company's first Corporate Commercial Workmanship Standard.
Conducted vendor quality surveillance audits in accordance with Customer specifications. Maintained Government and Customer furnished property records
Rockwell International Columbus, OH Jun 1981 to Apr 1986
Atlanta, Georgia
Quality Assurance / Quality Reliability Lead Engineer
Prepared audit and corrective action trend data.
Performed specific management, corporate and customer audits.
Performed finished goods audits on all major programs.
Rockwell Suggestion Award recipient for Manufacturing Order cost savings.
Authored and instructed a supervisory training program, "AQUAINT" Accelerated Quality Audit Internship.
Created and maintained management visibility rooms, monitored and updated material review trend charts.
Planned manufacturing and inspection orders for all aerospace and missile programs.
Liaison between Company and Government Representative Office for acceptance of records.
EDUCATION
Cedarville College Cedarville, OH
B.A. in Education 1979