Quality Assurance Chula Vista

Leonard I. Antick, Ph.D.

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Chula Vista, CA 91910

Email: ********@*****.***

Direct: 619-***-****

Summary/Overview:

Strong Managerial, Organizational, and Industrial Engineering expertise specializing in turn-around, planned expansion, cost reduction and/or consolidation of operations, Quality Assurance and Compliance to organizationally accepted ISO norms specified and applicable to a wide swath of commercial/industrial, FDA, aerospace, military, programs and applications, including extensive involvement in Preventive/Corrective Action, etc. Experienced in the development of high yielding supporting operations integrating into related areas and functions. A focus on continuous improvement and development of process-related, as well as technological solutions, to resolve repetitive issues. Cognizant of team building opportunities including internal and external stakeholders.

Professional/Business Experience:

Manufacturer’s Resource, LLC, Chula Vista, CA May/2018 to Dec/2023

A manufacturing service company, initiated for two (2) specific contracts (non-disclosure) on upgrading compliance (audit result issues) and implement certain efficiencies thereof. The original operational concept was to specialize in supporting operations from “Stockroom to Shipping Dock.” Following the timely and successful completion of the contractual work orders. The company was involuntarily inactive for a short period due to COVID-19, and subsequently reinvigorated immediately thereafter.

Reason for Leaving: A temporary experiment with possible retirement.

Systems Design Associates, San Jose, and Kearny Mesa, CA Jan/2012 to May/2018

A reasonably high frequency of temporary technical assignments, of varying duration and based on my industrial engineering and manufacturing management background. These projects consisted of the following: logistics, supply chain issues, Quality Assurance-based corrective/preventive action planning and implementation, manufacturing product flow, ISO-9001application and compliance issues, product delivery problems, product line conversion, design for model to line manufacturing, discovery/correction of manufacturing-induced defects, indented bill of materials redesign and rewrite, updates, corrections and supporting documentation.

Reason for Leaving: The local office revenues reversed, Kearney Mesa offices subsequently closed.

San Diego Manufacturing Extension Center (SanMEC), San Diego, CA

President/CEO (former) Senior Consulting Engineer, Field Operations Oct/2003 to Dec/2008

Per contractual agreement, I remained on-staff as a managerial consultant to Dec/2008 while retaining previous role as Senior Consulting Engineer, Field Operations, with the existing client base in San Diego County and Baja California and Sonora, Mexico.

Reason for Leaving: Sold remaining business interest to industry competitor.

Business Specialist/Lead Industrial Engineer - Manufacturing/Operations Oct/1998 to Sept/2003

Managerial assistance to small and medium-sized companies with manufacturing and supporting operations: industrial/manufacturing engineering, production control, warehouse/inventory control, traffic, administrative support, quality assurance, etc. Areas included: automotive tier one/two and after-market suppliers, pc peripherals, precision machining, data management & storage, shipping and warehousing software, test equipment calibration and utilization, new product development, logistics, etc. Initial responsibilities were centered around the ISO-9001/ISO:14001 implementation efforts of the organizations efforts in bolstering local manufacturing.

Training/support, statistical reporting, organizational structure analysis, work assignment criteria, performance measurement, continuous improvement, process development, good manufacturing practices (GMP’s), ISO9001 supervisor training, and employee-involvement/development, H/R record retention. Flowcharting operations, analysis, recommend performance metrics.

Establishment of cross-positional and cross-departmental training including the development of Procedures and Instructions.

Development of company specific Lean, Poka Yoke, Six Sigma, Error-Proofing techniques/supporting procedures, etc.

Integrating ISO9001-based activity into clients’ manufacturing operations including assistance in document creation.

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OptoElectronics, Petaluma, CA Jun/1995 to Jul/1998

ISO Operations Manager - Manufacturer of electronic, electro-magnetic, & thermal sensors/detectors for commercial, automotive and military use. Started initially as Sr. Industrial Engineer on an outside contractor basis. Later hired-on directly and received two (2) promotions: Industrial Engineering Supervisor and subsequently ISO Operations Manager.

Created, developed and implemented the change over from individual batch manual lead salt application for sensors to a multiple batch/lot application system with greater product operational stability and substantial drop in field failures.

Worked with senior engineering development personnel to establish post-batch/lot manufacturing testing for discrete operational characteristic classification and subsequent marketing. This resulted in expanded marketing opportunities.

Developed and implemented strategies for committed-to manufacturing milestones including process stabilization issues.

Team Leader for the development and implementation of a fully compliant and integrated ISO9001/ISO14001 system.

Reason for Leaving: After completing my doctoral dissertation, I sought, and received, recruiting offers in San Diego.

American Racing Equipment, Inc., Gardena, CA & Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico Oct/1993 to Feb/1995

(A division of Noranda Aluminum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada)

Assigned to: Pulidora Los Ángeles, S.A. de C.V., Carretera San Luis, Mexicali. B.C., Mexico.

General Manager – I was assigned to this facility that manufactured (stamped/polished/assembled) steel rims and other assorted automotive structural and automotive “show” parts. I “inherited” eleven (11) direct-reports, then performance-selected down to seven (7) with a manufacturing line census that varied from approximately one hundred ninety seven (197) to two hundred twenty five (225) employees. An automotive parts manufacturer with facilities in the United States, Canada & Mexico, I served as 1st line back-up (assist) for the aluminum, two-piece/alloy facility in Queretaro, Qto., Mexico. I was a “direct report” to the Vice President, Steel Division. My overall function: overall business unit responsibility: P&L, manufacturing, operations, personnel and cross-border Human Resource issues, supply-chain logistics, corporate compliance to Mexican Law, etc.

Responsible for plant in Mexicali, Baja California, a turn-around, as General Manager and Legal Representative in Mexico.

Manufacturing operations: Cost per unit -14%, throughput +17%, and absenteeism -26%, Mexicali, B.C., Mexico.

Simplified administrative operations: Reduced overhead expense significantly by 35%, Mexicali, B.C., Mexico.

Increased available work area by 11% or 3,125 square feet, at almost no cost to company, Mexicali, B.C., Mexico.

Actively assisted with the establishment of “sister” start-up “Maquiladora” in Queretaro, Qto., Mexico.

Reason for leaving: Successfully completion of “assignment” and return to USA (Northern California) to live and work.

DDC Pertec, Chatsworth, CA Oct/1985 to May/1993

Manager, Industrial Engineering – Responsible for Industrial Engineering Department’s productive interaction with manufacturing operations, assisting Operations Management and as the stand-in for General Manager on an as-designated basis. Assisted in the planning, preparation and execution of the company’s move of operations, to Nogales, Sonora, Mexico.

Reason for leaving: I chose not to relocate company’s new location, Nogales, AZ.

IBM-DiscoVision, Carson, CA Jul/1976 to Sep/1985

Sr. Industrial Engineer – Lead Industrial Engineer/Area Support Manager for three (3) manufacturing shifts of what was to become the prototype for the CD/DVD. This aluminum vacuum-deposited disk was already in mass production when the partnership (IBM/DiscoVision) announced its sale to Matsushita (Panasonic) in 1980, completed in 1981. I stayed on until 1985.

Reason for leaving: I moved to DDC Pertec as Industrial Engineering Manager.

Education/Other

Graduate Saunders Electronics Technical School, Boston, MA,

BSIE, 1976; MSBA, 1986; PhD, Management (Industrial), 1998

Adjunct Faculty (Business), San Diego State University, 1999-2000

Bilingual English/Spanish.

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