Resident Director Engineering Consultant

James L. Hutchins

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Objective: Quality Assurance and/or Mission Assurance management where working with high performance teams to create imaginative solutions to technically challenging anomalies.

Profile: Self starter former US Marine with a strong analytic style to evaluate, develop, implement, and refine cost-effective manufacturing and quality systems and procedures. Adept at assessing vendors to optimize proficiency and comply with specifications and contracts. Mission oriented to meet project schedules and functional requirements to boost quality, reduce costs and ensure the customers satisfaction. Proven cable independent leader to integrate quality, manufacturing, and other departments into a cohesive team for the best interests of the client. Experienced in time/cost estimates for projects and program proposals.

Flexible and versatile with a demonstrated poised composure and ability to analyze and streamline projects and programs.

Skills Summary:

Quality Systems Engineering, Quality Management Systems

R&D, T&E, & Prototyping, Production Management Scheduling

Clean Room Assy & Test, Inspection Technology,

Manufacturing Quality Assurance, Program/Project Management

Vendor/Supplier Liaison, Strategic Quality Planning, Team Building Leadership, Configuration Management, Production Process Improvement, Customer Interaction/Support, Supply Chain Management, Policy Development/Implementation,

Procurement/Logistic Support, Automated Test Procedures

Professional Experience:

Over 20 years expert detail oriented integration, consolidation and simplification of processes and procedures that meet customers, military standards, SEI/CMMI and ISO 9000 expectations.

A expert trainer in Quality Principles and auditing practices to enhance employee activities. Allowing the integration of quality principles. A successful integrater of TQM/CPI techniques within and between functional organizations.

Employment History:

QAMentor NYC, New York

Director Quality Assurance and Mission Assurance 2015 to Present

Wrote E-learning guides for Quality, Auditing and Mission Assurance

JLH& Associates, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand

Director and Consultant 2011 to 2015

Demonstrated value of record keeping along the lines of good Quality Principles to assist several schools to achieve their ASEAN certification.

POC, Torrance, California

Consultant Software Quality Assurance Engineer 2011

Conducted gap analysis for SEI/CMMI Level 3 assessment

Ducommon, Monrovia, California

Quality Engineering Consultant 2011

Rewrote receiving inspection plans based on released documents as a simplified processes

James L. Hutchins

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Boeing Corporation, Various locations including Anaheim, California, Huntsville, Alabama, Tucson and Mesa, Arizona

Quality and Mission Assurance Engineering 1998-2009

Taught combined AS 9100, SEI/CMMI and ISO compliant Quality Principles to functional personnel to enhance project output.

Conducted Supplier Quality Management auditing function on multiple projects

Performed Time Management studies and reviewed technical documentation for compliance to Statement of Work and internally imposed requirements..

Product Assurance Lead for quality team of SQA, Configuration Management, Project Planning and Data Management

Ameritech, Hoffman Estates, Illinois 1998

Corporate SQA Consultant

Mentored Software Quality Section personnel to broad SQA functions for developmental organizations

Hamilton Standard, Windsor Locks, Connecticut 1997-1998

Software Quality Assurance consultant

Developed lessons and trained multiple project personnel. Incorporated process changes to the command media for conformance to ISO-9000-3.

Northrop Grumman, Palmdale, California 1988-1997

Software Quality Specialist

Developed and executed quality systems to support hardware and software development from preliminary engineering to product delivery on the B2 program.

Supervised operations to ensure quality is built in from conception through R&D, testing and evaluation, prototyping and production.

Increased QA proficiency through Total Quality Management/ Continuous Process Improvement (TQM/CPI) techniques and tools.

Quality Lead for development and sell off of a LRU Lab testing working close to management to ensure training of inspectors for Quality Engineering professional advancement.

Los Alamos Technical Associates 1996-1988

Sr. Reliability Engineer

Built and led the team responsible for design of a control system for customer logistics engineering work efforts and data flow.

Conducted analysis of FMEA, MTTR and MTBF studies, failure reporting and corrective action systems.

Responsible for 200% increase of data flow.

Educational and Supplemental Training:

B.S. Electronics Technology, Chapman University, California 1981 g.p.a 2.89

M.S. Quality Assurance, California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson, California 2009. g.p.a. 3.35

Management Information Systems, University of California, Bakersfield, California 1985 g.p.a. 4.0

Certified Quality Management Program, University of California, Northridge, California 1996 seminar

ISO 9000-2000 Professional development training University of Alabama, Huntsville, Alabama 2002 seminar

Program Management Planning, Villanova University, Philadelphia, PA. 2002. g.p.a 4.0

SEI/CMMI training Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2007 seminar

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