Engineer Quality

DENNIS R. THOMASON

Home: 765-***-****

Cell: 765-***-****

P.O. Box 333,

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Orestes, IN 46063

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SUMMARY

Senior Quality Professional with certified troubleshooting and problem-solving skills. More than 20 years in traditional quality management. Experienced with quality documentation in the automotive industry. Facilitator of projects that have included up to eight team members. Leader and/or team member of launch and production teams. Coached other team members on problem-solving in manufacturing environment. Experience includes: executive management, material control, and quality management.

Areas of Expertise:

• Shainin Red X “Masters” Certification for Problem Solving

• Six Sigma Black Belt Certification

• APQP Documentation, PCP, PFMEA, & PFD

• Advanced User Statistical Process Control

• Set-Up & Executed Several Design of Experiments

• TS-16949 Quality System

• Designated Trainer of Statistical Process Control

• QA Supervisor with up to 15 Employees Direct Report

• Primary Contact Engineer for all Customer Complaints

• Managed up to 450 Employees, including 6 department managers

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

REMY INTERNATIIONAL, Pendleton, IN April 2007-May, 2012

Manufacturer of ignition systems and hybrid transmissions for the automotive industry.

Sr. Supplier Improvement Engineer

Assigned to Supplier Quality SWAT team.

• Work on projects that may require additional time to develop supplier and / or a supplier that has consistently

missed key milestones.

• Shainin Red X Master’s Certification

• Six Sigma Black Belt Certification

• RABQSA-Certified ISO 9001 Lead Auditor Certification with Supplier Certification

• VDA 6.3 Auditor Certification

• Apply Best Practices and Lean Manufacturing.

• Coach Shainin Apprentices and Journeyman to enhance Problem Solving abilities and achieve certifications.

• Assigned to suppliers who have little or no training in Advanced Quality Planning and / or Production Approval

Processes to assist in developing systems procedures and work instructions that meet their business

plan, but still fulfill customer requirements.

GUIDE CORPORATION, Anderson, IN 2000-2006

Manufacturer exterior lighting for the automotive industry.

Senior Quality Engineer / Manufacturing Supervisor

Accountable for all quality documentation, including advanced product quality planning, process control plans,

process failure mode effects analysis, scrap reduction and analysis. Managed up to 50 employees

• “Red-X” Master’s certification for systematic problem solving. Projects totaled over a million dollars cost

avoidance.

• Reduced rejected parts per million from over 100 to present level of 14 on a rolling average.

• Promoted from On-Floor Supervisor to Senior Quality Engineer.

• Molding Supervisor managing up to 50 employees. Reduced scrap from 16.5% to 9% in less than 2 years,

while increasing throughput to record levels.

• Awarded TS-16949 Quality System Certification well ahead of scheduled date December, 2007.

• Established procedures to improve Standardized work, and Lean principles.

MIDWEST SHEETS, Tipton, IN 1999-2000

Manufacturer of corrugated (cardboard) sheets for paper industry.

Production Scheduler/Material Control

Scheduled corrugators’ production for 24-hour operation and sent schedules via computer to production floor.

Ordered raw material for just In-Time facility. Assisted in Y2K preparation for computer generated reports and

paper reduction.

• Contributed to improving on-time delivery to all customers from 94% to 98% while decreasing lead-time for

orders from 16 hours to 12 hours.

• Successfully survived Y2K without any problems or issues to computer and/or reports in this paperless

operation.

• Dispatched and billed trucks to customers’ sites on a fill-in basis.

PAINT & ASSEMBLY CORPORATION / PLASTECH CORP., Elwood, IN 1987-1999

Manufacturer painted fascias and moldings for automotive industry class “A” Surface.

Operations Manger / Quality Manager / Paint Process Engineer / Manufacturing Supervisor

Managed 450 employees including all department managers, Lead Mediator for U.A.W. workforce. Maintained

efficiencies of Plant reduction of scrap, and ensured budget adherence.

• Reduced scrap rates from 10% to 2% of total volume while reducing parts per million to less than 25 to

customer.

• Reduced downtime from 4% to .5%.

• Maintained on-time delivery to customer for length of employment at world class levels of 99.5%.

• In-Active member of Detroit Color Council.

• Created and maintained functional Quality Department and established Standard Operating Procedures

for Plant.

• Trained all employees in basic statistical process control.

• Negotiated two consecutive contracts without work stoppage or reduction in production.

UNITED STATES NAVY, U.S.A. 1976 - 1981

Sonar Technician (E-5) 2nd Class Petty Officer

Managed Preventive Maintenance schedule (3M). Sonar Supervisor during “at sea” deployment. On- scene

leader on fire fighting team. Operation of sonar and related equipment. Secret clearance required.

• Honorable discharge.

• Good Conduct Medal as well as several other ribbons earned for conflict engagements.

• Sailor of the Month while attached to ship twice in a year, for dedication, worth ethic, and personal

performance.

• Promoted to rank of E-5 in less than three years.

EDUCATION

Ivy Tech, Anderson, Indiana

WGU of Utah

MILITARY SERVICE

Sonar Technician / Electronics Troubleshooting, E-5, United States Navy, 1976-1981

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Masters Certification, Shainin Red “X” Problem Solving, SHAININ LLC

Six Sigma Certification, BLACK BELT, MindPro LLC.

Design of Experiments, Barber Consulting Resources

Training Advanced Statistical Process Control, Barber Consulting Resources

Management Roadmap to Total Quality, Barber Consulting Resources

Cutter Grinding I & II, John H. Hinds Vocational

Welding I & II, John H. Hinds Vocational

Industrial Electricity, John H. Hinds Vocational

Labor Relations & Safety, GUIDE CORPORATION

COMMUNITY AFFILIATIONS / ACTIVITIES

Past Director & Secretary, Elwood Bowling Association

Past Recording Secretary & Treasurer, Indiana State Bowling Association

USBC Certified Bowling Instructor

Junior Achievement Volunteer, Elwood Middle School 1995-97

References and Certifications are available upon request.

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