Glen Cowart
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Dennis Sorensen
I highly recommend Glen Cowart as a professional in quality assurance. Glen has successfuly managed the quality programs for a large, complex, and highly diversified organization. He also was responsible for a risk management assessment and approval process, internal audits and assessments, and a comprehensive metrics program. Glen has a very focussed and rigorous approach, at the same time he maintains a good working relationship with the line and project managers.
Dennis Sorensen
I highly recommend Glen Cowart as a professional in quality assurance. Glen has successfuly managed the quality programs for a large, complex, and highly diversified organization. He also was responsible for a risk management assessment and approval process, internal audits and assessments, and a comprehensive metrics program. Glen has a very focussed and rigorous approach, at the same time he maintains a good working relationship with the line and project managers.
Dennis Sorensen
I highly recommend Glen Cowart as a professional in quality assurance. Glen has successfuly managed the quality programs for a large, complex, and highly diversified organization. He also was responsible for a risk management assessment and approval process, internal audits and assessments, and a comprehensive metrics program. Glen has a very focussed and rigorous approach, at the same time he maintains a good working relationship with the line and project managers.
Dennis Sorensen
I highly recommend Glen Cowart as a professional in quality assurance. Glen has successfuly managed the quality programs for a large, complex, and highly diversified organization. He also was responsible for a risk management assessment and approval process, internal audits and assessments, and a comprehensive metrics program. Glen has a very focussed and rigorous approach, at the same time he maintains a good working relationship with the line and project managers.
Credentials
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certified quality auditor (ASQ)
ASQJun, 1993- Oct, 2024
Experience
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UT-Battelle
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Research Services
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500 - 600 Employee
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Quality Manager
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Jun 2010 - Present
Quality manager for the Tokamak Cooling Water System, Vacuum and Central Solenid Structures elements of the US ITER project at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Oversight of supply chain quality programs for fabrication of equipment to be delivered to the ITER site in Cadarache France. Quality audit and surveillance; both internal and suppliers. Quality program revision and development.
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Quality Assurance Specialist - ITER Project
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2010 - Present
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SAIC
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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QA Manager
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Nov 1992 - Mar 2010
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QA Manager, Vice President
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Nov 1992 - Mar 2010
Led the Quality Program in the Energy, Environment & Infrastructure Business Unit, a $650 million business within SAIC. Responsible for management and oversight of all QA/QC activities in the Business Unit. Maintain and enhance the Quality Assurance Program, which is comprised of the QA Program (QAP) description, QA Administrative Procedures, and QA Technical procedures for field, engineering/construction, and data management activities. Responsibilities also include verification of quality program implementation through audit and surveillance, and tracking corrective actions to closure. Coordinated QA Program activities across the Business Unit and advised and assisted line and project managers in meeting their QA Program responsibilities. Provide direct support to projects on an as needed basis. Manage the Business Unit Central Records Facility; which provides a web-based records system currently in excess of 312,000 documents represented by over 15 million images spanning the past 20 years.In SAIC's nuclear support business area, led the NQA-1 Quality Assurance program for contracts with South Carolina Electric & Gas and Dominion Energy to provide nuclear safety-related, fire protection services to these utilities during transition to the NFPA 805 "Performance-Based Standard for Fire Protection for Light Water Reactor Electric Generating Plants" standard at the VC Summer nuclear station and several Dominion nuclear stations. In addition to implementing the QA Program and associated QA procedures, these contracts require development of numerous Project Instructions for both technical and QA aspects of the projects.As Senior QA Specialist for the DOE FUSRAP program, led development, maintenance, and implementation of the SAIC project-specific QA program described in the ESC FUSRAP QA Manual, including regular updates of QA Manual documents. Interface with the DOE client for QA matters, and with other client support organization's QA representatives.
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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United States
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Research Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Programs Director
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Sep 1987 - Nov 1992
Served as the Quality Assurance Specialist for the WR&D Programs and performed duties, which included interaction with the Department of Energy and its supporting contractors, program and task managers, and others to evaluate technical tasks and develop QA plans and procedures that met the applicable QA requirements. Conducted numerous independent audits and surveillances for the WR&D Programs Director and was specifically responsible for:Interacted with sponsors, program and task managers, and others to evaluate technical tasks and establish QA programs appropriate to applicable requirements.Prepared QA plans and procedures which met the requirements of NQA-1, 10CFR50, DOE 5700.6, 10CFR830.120, EPA QAMS-005/80, and other sponsor specific QA programs.Scheduled and performed surveillance and audits.Followed-up on corrective actions and verified completion.Maintained the WR&D Programs Quality Information System for status and reporting.Maintained QA documentation and duplicate records for WR&D Programs tasks.Interpreted various sponsor QA program requirements for application to WR&D Program tasksSupported program and task managers by assisting with such activities as document review and peer review.
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Quality Engineer
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Jan 1987 - Jan 1992
Responsible for development, implementation, and maintenance of a Quality Assurance Program for the Waste Research & Development (WR&D Responsible for development, implementation, and maintenance of a Quality Assurance Program for the Waste Research & Development (WR&D
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Teledyne Brown Engineering
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Defense and Space Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Management Analyst
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Aug 1985 - Sep 1986
Led the preparation and maintenance of various project plans for the Department of Defense, Strategic Defense Initiative Program. Coordinated network schedules and monitored resource utilization for program management. Led the preparation and maintenance of various project plans for the Department of Defense, Strategic Defense Initiative Program. Coordinated network schedules and monitored resource utilization for program management.
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Configuration Analyst/Information Analyst
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Feb 1980 - Aug 1985
Led configuration management support services for the Department of Energy's Enrichment Expansion Projects Office, providing configuration identification, control, and status accounting to multiple configuration control boards as a part of the Quality Assurance Program for the Gas Centrifuge Enrichment Plant (GCEP) Program. Incorporated changes, issued new baseline documents, and maintained configuration control files for the DOE. Developed and managed the GCEP Project Data Center which utilized computer indexing and microfilming of documentation to provide information storage and retrieval services to the Department of Energy technical and program management staff.
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Information Systems Specialist
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Jul 1977 - Feb 1980
Supervised retrieval activities in the Technical Information Center, which covered extensive documentation on nuclear, fossil, and hydropower projects dating to the inception of TVA. Supervised retrieval activities in the Technical Information Center, which covered extensive documentation on nuclear, fossil, and hydropower projects dating to the inception of TVA.
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Education
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University of Tennessee
M.S, Library and Information Science -
Auburn University
B.S, Business Administration