Experience

RFA Engineering

• United States
• Engineering Services
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Contract Engineer (Strategic Supplier Quality)

  • Nov 2020 - Present

  Strategic Supplier Quality Engineer for John Deere Dubuque Works. Subject Matter Expert in Fluid Conveyance (tubes, hoses, fittings, and valves).Collaborate with suppliers, design engineers, factory quality engineers, supply management, and technical quality engineers to ensure the quality of hoses' and tubes' design for John Deere Construction and Forestry Product Development Programs.Utilize Six Sigma tools to resolve supplier-product related nonconformances and improve processes; both internally and with suppliers.Audit supplier locations to ensure the location and quality will be prepared for start of production.Collaborate with suppliers, the Product Validation and Verification group, design engineers, and operators, to develop and improve fluid conveyance print notes and design best practices.Advise and educate design engineers and quality engineers to implement print and design best practices. Show less

• Contract Engineer (Supplier Quality Engineering)

  • Dec 2018 - Nov 2020

  Hydraulic Supplier Quality Engineer at John Deere Davenport Works site. Subject Matter Expert in Hydraulic Fluid Conveyance (hydraulic tubes and hoses).Collaborated with suppliers, design engineers, factory quality engineers, supply management, and technical quality engineers to ensure the quality of hydraulic hoses and tubes in John Deere Construction and Forestry machines.Utilized Six Sigma tools to resolve nonconformances in products and improve processes.Collaborated with suppliers, the Product Validation and Verification group, design engineers, and operators, to develop and improve a set of best practices for making notes on hydraulic hose prints.Audited supplier locations to ensure that product quality and practices met requirements set forth by the John Deere Supplier Quality Manual.Audited supplier locations locations to ensure suppliers could maintain hydraulic cleanliness of assemblies and then measure and record the hydraulic cleanliness data. Show less



University of Wisconsin-Madison

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• PEOPLE Science Tutor

  • Sep 2016 - Dec 2016

  Precollege Enrichment Opportunity Program for Learning Excellence (PEOPLE) is a rigorous program that strengthens academic skills, piques career interests, and prepares minority and low income high school students for college. Tutored students in physics and biology by asking questions that challenged their critical thinking. Critiqued essays and supplied feedback for research projects. Precollege Enrichment Opportunity Program for Learning Excellence (PEOPLE) is a rigorous program that strengthens academic skills, piques career interests, and prepares minority and low income high school students for college. Tutored students in physics and biology by asking questions that challenged their critical thinking. Critiqued essays and supplied feedback for research projects.



University of Wisconsin-Madison

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• ProCSI Counselor

  • Jul 2016 - Jul 2016

  Promoting the Computer Science Initiative (ProCSI, pronounced "proxy") is a free six-day summer residential program for high school students, underrepresented in STEM fields, held on the UW-Madison campus. Taught the students that the skills they build in high school can apply to computer science and engineering related fields. Promoting the Computer Science Initiative (ProCSI, pronounced "proxy") is a free six-day summer residential program for high school students, underrepresented in STEM fields, held on the UW-Madison campus. Taught the students that the skills they build in high school can apply to computer science and engineering related fields.



Madison Area Technical College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Teaching Assistant

  • Oct 2015 - Dec 2015

  Aided instructor with transportation of instruction materials and performed office duties to enhance classroom workflow. Refurbished illegible documents. Organized workspace before and after instruction sessions. Aided instructor with transportation of instruction materials and performed office duties to enhance classroom workflow. Refurbished illegible documents. Organized workspace before and after instruction sessions.