K. George Varghese

**** ******** *****, ******* ***, CA 957**-***-*** 5260 ade6ps@r.postjobfree.com linkedin.com/in/k-george-varghese-52a8376 PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

An effective Engineering and Quality Performance Excellence Professional who meets challenges skillfully and creates positive impact. An energetic leader with a solid reputation for improving productivity and efficiency through quality initiatives. A creative problem solver with a proven record of success setting strategic direction, executing to plan, and developing and leading teams to achieve peak performance in fast paced, challenging environments. CORE COMPETENCIES

Strategic Planning, Startups/Turnarounds Quality Assurance and Continuous Improvement Data Analytics Internal Auditor, Creative thinking, Continuous Learning Customer and Vendor Relationship Flowchart, Pareto Chart, Cause and Effect Equipment Preventive Maintenance Planning CPM, RCA, FMEA, SPC, Cp/Cpk, Gage R&R Employee Engagement, Training and Coaching Six Sigma, Lean Tools, Best Practices EXPERIENCE

Manufacturing Process and Quality Assurance Engineer Since June 17, 2019

Kreysler and Associates – Vallejo, California

Construction and Manufacturing Company

Involved in the manufacturing and Quality process from mold to completed Fiber glass reinforced polymer (FRP) product that has never been done earlier. This will be the façade for the very prestigious George Lucas Museum of Narrative Arts (LMNA) building project in Los Angeles.

Introduced 5S, Kaizen and Non-Compliance Report (NCR).

Oversee and participate in the tool room inclusion and set up inventory management.

Instrumental in introducing the training system with internal certification for personnel.

Reviewed and re-formatted SOP’s.

Inspect faulty mechanical equipment and provide suggestions for improvement.

Introduced Gage R&R for Faro CMM, Process Capability, SPC and trained key personnel on continuous improvement.

Interface with customer, other vendors and attend weekly conference calls.

Improve process in different sections in the piece flow route from CNC machine to Final QC of the product. Company Lead – Service Quality & Training

Oct 2013 to Apr 2016

Allied Horizontal Wireline Services – Houston, Texas Advanced from Service Quality Manager through positions of increased responsibility. Led 12 Service Quality/Training team members, supporting Operations in 8 Districts, each with high demanding client base.

Designed KPI linked to daily operations for key decision makers to review trends, initiate and implement corrective actions to close gaps related to business plan, goals and issues.

Cutback in non-productive time (NPT), increase in operating efficiency to 98%, improvement of customer confidence and acquisition of new business through Service Quality Blitz.

Attained over $2 million in saving and considerable commercial advantage in the market through developed vendor strategic relationship, from manufacture to commercialization of the product. 2

Directed field employee development through utilization of team collaborative work e.g. classroom and on-job training, mentoring, standard operating procedures, operations and safety manuals, training videos, intranet learning modules, field audits and knowledge management.

Supported and promoted the quality assurance program with adherence to company requirements. Managed continuous improvement projects through work with key district contacts. Developed test strategies for qualifying new technology. Investigated product/service quality issues. Technical Manager/Field Service Coordinator

May 2003 to Sep 2013

Halliburton Energy Services – Bakersfield-USA, Thailand, Nigeria. From 1984 to 2013, advanced in the company through positions of increased accountability from Operations Engineer, Training, Safety Coordination, Business Development, Operation, Technical and Quality Management. These were in different countries where multiple roles undertaken, within three product service lines.

Increased employee accountability through technical and quality training. Led collaborative efforts with Engineers and coordinators to identify and resolve product/service quality issues. Re-occurrence of employee- controlled errors dropped to zero.

Continuous incremental improvements, and NPT curtailed, with average service operating efficiency maintained around 98%. Performance of condition-based maintenance, equipment functionality, detailed pre-job preparation, and calibration, improved operation KPI trends in the positive direction.

85% success in 2 years with driving organizational change in Reservoir Performance Monitoring, a Halliburton newly acquired fiber optic company. Planned and deployed a fiber optic project ‘StimWatch’ (outcome of a co- innovated process) for a customer in Bakersfield. StimWatch received the Global meritorious award in 2005 and since been a revenue generator.

Led, trained and mentored five 5S events and attended four Kaizen events. Participated as a member of Halliburton’s Corporate and District’s audit team. Tracked asset as a Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) asset assessor.

Improved employee’s job-specific competencies, groomed field employees to think out of the box and accept greater responsibilities. Ensured knowledge trickled down to provide new employees a higher pedestal, to start and grow from. Trained, coached and mentored over 50 Engineers and 90 Operators, while working in India, Malaysia, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Algeria, Thailand, Nigeria and the USA. EDUCATION

MBA, University of California, Irvine, California. Bachelor of Engineering (Electronics), Bangalore University, Bangalore, India. CERTIFICATION

ASQ Certified Manager of Quality/Operational Excellence (CMQ/OE) ASQ Certified Quality Auditor (CQA), ASQ Six Sigma Green Belt (SSGB) ISO 9001:2015 Internal Auditor, AS9100D Lead Auditor, Six Sigma Black Belt, Business Data and Analytics COMPUTER SKILLS

MS Office, TapRoot (Root Cause Analysis), SAP, SharePoint, Minitab Basic knowledge with all the following applications -TSQL/DBA, R for Data Analytics, Python, Tableau, VBA, MS Project Management, GD&T, AutoCAD

PROFESSIONAL AFFLIATIONS

American Society for Quality (ASQ), Project Management Institute (PMI)