Experience

Prestone Products Corporation

• Consumer Goods
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Director Of Quality

  • May 2021 - Present

  Summary Responsible for developing, implementing, sustaining, and harmonizing manufacturing Quality processes and systems throughout all KIK Automotive facilities. Strong Quality Engineering experience, creative planning and strategic approach and has had success in developing and harmonizing Quality systems across multiple facilities. Revamping the entire Quality program, aligning plants/facilities to this program, align with manufacturing and the OEM business with retail. -Responsible for the quality at all of Prestone, including all manufacturing plants, third party providers, suppliers and corporate. - Identified and developed resources needed to significantly reduce quality issues at the poorest performing plant in less than 6 months. Reduced batch corrections from 1 per month to 0, held product from 10K gallons to less than 2K per month. - Lead cross functional through a consumer level recall team including regular reports to CEO and leadership. - Control, create, revise and improve quality system specifications including (FMEA’s, control plans, gauge R&R, specifications and PPAP and APQP) -Conduct internal audits of the manufacturing plants, corporate and technical center. -Recommended, secured leadership buy in and implemented improvements necessary to meet quality objectives. -Support automotive original equipment business and maintained IATF 16949 accreditation at 3 plants and associated remote sites Show less



Carmeuse

• Belgium
• Mining
• 700 & Above Employee

• Area Quality Manager

  • Jun 2018 - May 2021

  Responsible for leading Carmeuse's interests in developing and executing a long term Quality Assurance Strategy with a strong emphasis on continuous improvement and customer focus. Taking the lead in regards to driving the preventative action and resolution of non-conformance process. • Responsible for Quality Assurance for Carmeuse Lime and Stone’s facilities in the West region including River Rouge Plant in Detroit, MI, Buffington Plant in Gary, IN, Rockwell Plant in Manitowoc, WI, East Chicago plant and the Portage, IN plant. • Drove the transformation of the Buffington quality organization by incorporating new technology and equipment to reduce the work load, reorganize and reduce the laboratory head count by 40% . •Developed four employees for promotions both in the department and outside the department. • Directed the operations’ existing quality assurance system (ISO 9000) as a means to ensure continuous improvement and successfully achieved a new plant certification with no non-conformities. • Provided training, coaching, mentoring and guidance to quality personnel. • Acted as an internal auditor for other quality regions quality audit program. • Oversee the laboratories and managing the laboratory supervisors. Show less



ArcelorMittal

• Luxembourg
• Mining
• 700 & Above Employee

• Quality Manager

  • Oct 2014 - Jun 2018

  • Responsible for audits, governance, rejects, reprocessing, customer claims and corrective actions for an exposed automotive steel plant serving Honda, Toyota, Chrysler, Subaru, Hyundai and Kia. • Maintain ISO 9000 and ISO/TS 16949 certifications and pursuing ISO 17025 certification. Including preparing for the new risk management aspects of the 2015 revisions of ISO 9000 and the impact on TS 16949.• Achieved a record low claim rate in 2015 and record low reject rates in 2016 by challenging historical quality expectations, processes and procedures.• Help develop employees to achieve company and personal goals including two promotions and one lateral move on a team of five salaried employees. • Upgraded surface inspection system to protect customers, reduce costs and improve quality with minimal disruption to the customers and operation. Show less

• Quality Design Engineer

  • Dec 2013 - Oct 2014

  • Worked with customers, tech reps, sales and customer service to ensure specifications, expectations and quality was met for 500 million dollars’ worth of steel annually.• Developed new products to meet customer and business needs through reengineering and new product creation. • Successfully managed the transfer of 250K tons of production between facilities without any quality issues.

• Senior Quality Engineer

  • Apr 2011 - Dec 2013

  • Lead collaborative multi-functional team improvement projects that saved over a million dollars a month. • Developed an online mechanical property trend charts to monitor product performance.• Additional responsibilities included mentoring and training new employees and taking the lead in problem solving.

• Quality Engineer

  • Jul 2009 - Apr 2011

  • Responsible for monitoring and improving product performance in a continuous anneal and hot dip galvanizing lines that specialize in advanced high strength steels.• Used Six Sigma concepts to focus improvement efforts achieving a reduction in rejects and reprocessing by 50%.• Responded to customer request, problems and corrective actions.• Evaluated potential off quality products based on processing information and customer insight. • Responsible for all aspects of a laboratory relocation, working with engineering, quality and maintenance. Resulting in a successful move of all equipment without disruption and passed an ISO 17025 audit within three months of the laboratory relocation. Show less



ArcelorMittal

• Luxembourg
• Mining
• 700 & Above Employee

• Metallurgist

  • Jul 2006 - May 2009

  • Participated in a feasibility study and trials to produce fully processed electrical steel. • Worked with engineering, research and international counterparts to gather information for the study and trials. • Responsible for the mill trials to determine the capability of existing equipment. • Responsible for monitoring product performance in a cold roll/hot dip galvanizing facility and created an easily updateable statistical analysis query. • Made process and chemistry changes based on combination of data driven analysis and applied metallurgical knowledge to improve the performance and throughput of products. • Responded to customer request, problems and corrective actions. • Evaluated potential off quality products based on processing information and determined their disposition accordingly. Show less



Wabtec Passenger Transit

• United States
• Railroad Equipment Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Manufacturing Engineer

  • Feb 2004 - Jul 2006

  • Developed international and domestic suppliers and assisted with startup and quality issues.• Identified and implemented design alternatives to improve quality, cost and forward lean principles.

• Quality Performance Systems Coordinator

  • Nov 2001 - Feb 2004

  • Responsible for leading, organizing, and training for Kaizens and other lean activities.• Directed Kaizens that resulted in over 10% reduction in labor hours required for assembly• Lead SMED (Single Minute Exchange of Dies) activities that resulted in 50% reduction of change over time.

• Quality Assurance Engineer

  • Feb 2001 - Nov 2001

  • Supported suppliers to control their processes through Failure Mode Effects Analysis, Control Plans, capability studies and corrective action systems.• Sourced parts internationally and domestically.



Pyramid Mouldings

• United States
• Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Toyota Production System Coordinator/Industrial Engineer

  • Jun 2000 - Feb 2001

  • Set up work cells that reduced the labor by 50%. • Drove the TPS implementation in a mid-sized roll forming facility. • Oversaw the logistics of international shipments. • Set up work cells that reduced the labor by 50%. • Drove the TPS implementation in a mid-sized roll forming facility. • Oversaw the logistics of international shipments.