Experience

Barker Microfarads

• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Quality Assurance Manager

  • Jun 2014 - Present

   Responsible for making sure that the company meets all the requirements for ISO9001:2015, CQC, and M39018 military requirements. Lead the team for initial ISO and CQC certification.  Maintain the company’s internal audit system, including scheduling audits and training auditors.  Manage test labs for inspection of incoming raw material and for all military required testing. Supervise two online inspectors and two lab technicians.  Responsible for root cause analysis, corrective action determination, and 8D, fishbone and 5why preparation for customer complaints and returns.  Prepare quarterly management review presentations.  Maintain the company’s calibration system.  Maintain and update the company’s Visual Quality System. Provide necessary training for employees on this system  Maintain and improve supplier quality by providing suppliers with quarterly supplier report cards and performing quality audit, as needed.  Lead the company’s continual improvement team  Analyze SPC data from production to determine process capability and complete monthly reports with recommendations to give to upper management and production members.  Write and maintain SOPs and work instructions for all quality functions. Review and maintain ones for production functions.  Lead the team that created FMEAs for all production departs and SWOT analyses for all support departments. Update these document regularly  Work with engineering to complete PPAPs as requested by customer. Show less



Federal-Mogul Motorparts

• United States
• Automotive
• 700 & Above Employee

• Engineering Technician

  • Dec 2013 - Jun 2014

   Determine customer cleanliness requirements for each part by performing document and print reviews.  Develop and test various cleanliness procedures to meet customer’s requirements.  Develop work instruction for cleanliness procedures. Provide training for Lab Technicians on procedures developed.  Prepare sampling schedule for production and test schedule for Lab Technicians.  Conduct JOMESA particle size analysis per customer requirements or to collect data  Collect, track and analyze all cleanliness data by part. Develop control limits and control charts where required. Provide capability data to customers upon request.  Was a certified internal auditor for ISO/TS16949. Was an active member of the internal audit team. Show less



Canon Inc.

• Japan
• Retail Office Equipment
• 700 & Above Employee

• Quality Specialist

  • Jan 2009 - Dec 2013

   Provide technical, troubleshooting, and measurement support to the QC measurement lab.  Help provide training to new QC Technicians in the measurement lab. Verify effectiveness of measurement training for new QC Technicians  Complete special measurement requests for ME and PE departments.  Track defect rates on all molded parts.  Write and maintain all departmental work standards and inspection standards  For all quality issues, I provide assistance in determining root cause and issue Quality Problem reports to management. I also help maintain a database of root causes, temporary, and permanent countermeasures.  Schedule all machine and tool trials.  Provide technical and measurement support for numerous machine, process improvement and tool trials.  Calculate machine quality control limits using process data from the icubed system.  Teach training classes for machine tenders on our work standards and our cosmetic inspection criteria.  Produce and maintain a library of thermal images that are used for troubleshooting injection molds and determining mold cleaning frequency.  Am a certified internal auditor for ISO9001 and ISO14001 (an Environmental Management System) and am an active member of the internal audit team.  Have completed a training class in statistical procedures, the Sumitomo Molding machine operations course, and the Paulson Injection Molding coursework through the expert series.  Am a lead member on the team to implement the RJG system of process control on all of our molding machines. I am in the process of setting up control limits and templates for troubleshooting based RJG machine data on all machines. I have had RJG’s systematic molding and Edart system training classes.  Am tasked with making sure that the department’s quality-related goals and objectives are met. Show less



Carbone Kirkwood, LLC

• Chief Analyst/Environmental Manager

  • Oct 1997 - Dec 2008

   Supervised and trained a staff of eight Laboratory Technicians and QA inspectors.  Ensured all required tests were performed on raw materials, intermediate materials, and final products.  Was responsible for supplier quality for incoming raw materials including metal and plastic components and powdered metals, graphites, and resins. Performed routine supplier quality audits.  Participated in the company’s safety team and performed plant-wide safety audits.  Was certified as a Lead Auditor for ISO 14001 and as an Internal Auditor for TS16949. Performed routine process audits and also audited other plant functions for compliance to environmental and quality standards.  Was responsible for all of the company’s environmental compliance requirements including Tier II and TRI reporting, storage and disposal of hazardous wastes, and periodic air permit updating and air emissions reporting. I created the company’s Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan and was responsible for implementing it. I also helped insure that our shipping department met all shipping regulations (DOT, IATA, and IMO).  Provided training to employees on such matters as our Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan, chemical laboratory safety, and hazardous waste management.  Performed many special material analyses on product returns and competitor’s products.  Worked with our production staff and our quality department to help solve production problems.  Wrote and maintained a manual of all laboratory test procedures.  Performed routine maintenance and calibrations on all analytical instruments.  Served as the IMDS (International Material Data Systems) coordinator for the plant.  Maintained MSDS books for all of the quality laboratories and helped maintain the books plant-wide. Show less



Olver Inc.

• Civil Engineering

• Wet Chemist

  • Aug 1996 - Oct 1997

   Performed many different chemical tests on water, wastewater, and soil samples from a variety of industrial and governmental clients.  Prepared data sheets for clients and maintained records of all data generated.  Performed many different chemical tests on water, wastewater, and soil samples from a variety of industrial and governmental clients.  Prepared data sheets for clients and maintained records of all data generated.