Quality Assurance Engineer

ANASTASIOS KIAMOS

* ********** *** • Athens, Greece 15234 • (011) 30-210-*******• *******@*****.***

CHEMICAL ENGINEER

Highly analytical, performance-driven engineering professional with 15+ years of experience. History of excellence in fast-paced production environments with strict delivery dates. Strong relationship-management skills. Demonstrated ability to motivate and work effectively with persons from other cultures and all walks of life. Married since 1997 to a U.S. citizen.

Proven success in optimizing quality as well as increasing productivity and profit while simultaneously enhancing operations in the plastics and food industries. Efficient resolution of production issues based on keen data analysis and process design.

• At Soya Mills S.A., organized a team of 25 in the third largest Greek edible oils bottling industry, achieving a 30% increase in production, 20% increase in productivity and 20% decrease in downtime within the first year.

• At Tupperware S.A., decreased post-molding activities by 50% and masterbatch consumption by 15% in the first three years

• At Aluminum of Greece as a summer intern, decreased production line down time during weekly maintenance by 30%

Excellent communication skills and experience in grant application/administration processes.

• At M.O.U. S.A., assist public authorities by providing management tools used to administer European-Union funded programmes

• At M. Petzetakis S.A. and on own initiative, prepared and submitted two grant proposals to the General Secretariat of Research and Technology, resulting in award with a combined budget of 350,000 Euros and partnership with the National Technical University of Athens

• Author of five publications (first author of three)

Innovative and effective application of engineering principles.

• Master’s research at The Johns Hopkins University led to award of a Union Carbide-owned US patent (No 5108799), “Liquid spray application of coatings with supercritical fluids as diluents and spraying from an orifice”

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CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

TECHNICAL MANAGER

Soya Mills S.A. Korinthos, Greece, 2006 – 2007

Responsibilities included:

• Overseeing seven production lines (production planning, maintenance and upgrade)

• Analytically inspecting raw materials (e.g. gas chromatography)

• Developing and obtaining certification of a new organic oils production line

• Representing the plant during ISO 9001 audits, HACCP audits and customer inspections

• Training personnel in food safety and hygiene

• Addressing local and international customer satisfaction issues

QUALITY ASSURANCE & SAFETY MANAGER

Tupperware S.A. Theves, Greece, 2000 – 2006

Leader of a team of 15 that monitored and ensured strict quality of 26 production lines operating in 3 shifts and producing 700,000 cartons per year. Specific duties included:

Quality Control & Quality Assurance

• Statistical Quality Control (SQC) implementation

• Monitoring and managing raw material and additives consumption resulting in a decrease in master-batch consumption of 15%

• Managing the ISO 9001 system and facilitating implementation of revisions

• Representing the plant in Lloyd’s audits, Tupperware Europe quality meetings and Tupperware Europe quality audits

• Training personnel in both injection molding techniques and quality practices

Plant Safety

• Coordinating, preparing and representing the plant in international safety and insurance audits

• Implementing a Waste Water Treatment Station for sanitary waste

• Investigating, analyzing and reporting accidents

• Developing, updating and publishing the Business Continuity Plan

Mold Perfection Program

• Implementing the Mold Perfection Program to decrease scrap rate and post-molding modification for over 350 molds

• Training mold technicians (relationship between mold condition and quality)

QUALITY ASSURANCE & NEW PRODUCTS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

M. Petsetakis S.A. Inofyta, Greece, 1996 – 2000

As the sole engineer at the factory, responsibilities included:

• Design and development of new products and dies

• Optimization of sheet extrusion techniques, bio-oriented polypropylene (BOPP) stretching parameters and packaging methods

• Quality control and product cost analysis

NEW PRODUCTS DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER

Biopack S.A. Baltimore MD, USA, 1992 – 1993

Developed new form of packaging material using recycled paper

PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT EXECUTIVE

Management Organization Unit of Development Programmes (M.O.U. S.A.)

Athens, Greece, 2007 – present

Design, develop, review and update tools and organizational systems for entities managing European funding programs and projects.

SUMMER INTERN

Aluminum of Greece Aspra Spitia, Greece, 1988

• Supervised the particle minimization line.

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EDUCATION

MASTER OF SCIENCE, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

The Johns Hopkins University Baltimore MD, USA, 1992

Dissertation: "High-Pressure Phase-Equilibrium Studies of Polymer-Solvent-Supercritical Fluid Mixtures". Advisor: Dr. Marc D. Donohue

DIPLOMA OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

The National Technical University of Athens Athens, Greece, 1990

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