Experience

Ryan Banks Academy

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Operations

  • May 2020 - Present

  Working for the CEO of Ryan Banks Academy to help establish an urban boarding school in Chicago, targeted at students from disenfranchised neighborhoods in Chicago. Current duties include managing the donation / fundraising database, developing the annual business plan, helping with legislative outreach and marketing activities, outreach to potential supporters, research, and managing a variety of other projects Working for the CEO of Ryan Banks Academy to help establish an urban boarding school in Chicago, targeted at students from disenfranchised neighborhoods in Chicago. Current duties include managing the donation / fundraising database, developing the annual business plan, helping with legislative outreach and marketing activities, outreach to potential supporters, research, and managing a variety of other projects



West Point School of Music

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Manufacturing Project Support

  • Jul 2020 - Sep 2020

  Investigate various manufacturing techniques / resources to develop steel drum manufacturing Investigate various manufacturing techniques / resources to develop steel drum manufacturing



MANN+HUMMEL Group

• Director of Quality & HSE, Americas

  • Oct 2017 - Apr 2020

  Responsible for directing, developing, and coordinating programs related to quality, safety, environmental, and health between plant locations in North, Central, and South America and corporate (Germany). Responsible indirectly for Quality Managers and HSE Managers at each plant location. Participate / contribute to corporate Quality/HSE initiatives as well as regional business unit development, including data analysis and problem solving. Responsible for ISO9000/IATF, ISO14001, ISO45001. Responsible for directing, developing, and coordinating programs related to quality, safety, environmental, and health between plant locations in North, Central, and South America and corporate (Germany). Responsible indirectly for Quality Managers and HSE Managers at each plant location. Participate / contribute to corporate Quality/HSE initiatives as well as regional business unit development, including data analysis and problem solving. Responsible for ISO9000/IATF, ISO14001, ISO45001.



Flexco

• United States
• Agriculture, Construction, Mining Machinery Manufacturing
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Quality Assurance, Engineering Services, Continual Improvement Manager

  • 2008 - Oct 2017

  Responsible for quality, document control, calibration, internal audits, and ISO-9001 certification. Currently heading up a quality initiative to review all quality documentation, gaging, etc for each production job, to insure work instructions and gaging are adequately defined. Implementing new SPC software to aid in control of product. Revised quality manual and procedures. Coordinating lean/continual improvement activities. Incorporated data analysis, problem solving, and sampling plan development.



Borg Warner Automotive

• France
• Restaurants

• Quality Assurance, Safety, Environmental Manager

  • 2003 - 2008

  Managed Quality, Safety, and Environmental systems at the Frankfort, IL plant. Maintained systems to TS16949 and ISO-14001. Tier 1 customer quality representative to GM, Ford, Chrysler, Toyota. Managed document control, PPAP, control plan, gage calibration, internal audit, nonconforming product, management review, SPC activities. Interfaced with plant personnel, divisional/corporate leadership, and other quality managers world-wide. Implemented quality and environmental systems for our satellite plant in Juarez, Mexico. Safety responsibilities include incident investigation, OSHA recordable reduction plans, behavioral safety, and OSHA audits.



Olson International

• United States
• Staffing and Recruiting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Corporate Quality Manager

  • 1992 - 2003

  Responsible for implementing and certifiying Lombard, Chicago, and Matamoros, Mexico plants to QS9000. Developed quality manual, procedures, work instructions. Worked with IT to integrate quality procedures with electronic planning system to take advantage of common data. Responsibilities include calibration, metrology, document control, engineering change process, corrective actions, supplier quality, internal audits, FMEA's, control plans, PPAP's, APQP, employee improvement teams, managament review. Developed and delivered several training classes.