Experience

Valtris Specialty Chemicals

• United States
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Quality Manager Cleveland Ohio, Walton Hills Ohio, Independence Ohio

  • Feb 2015 - Present

  Cleveland, Walton Hills, Independence Ohio Quality Manager two Manufacturing Sites and an RD Center - Cleveland, Walton Hills and Independence Ohio Certified ANSI/NSF/IPEC 363 GMP for Pharmaceutical Excipients Auditor Successful Implementation and certification of EXCiPACT Good Manufacturing Practices for Pharmaceutical Excipients Developed and implemented a customer compliant ISO13485 Medical Device Standard at manufacturing site Developed cGMP Elemental Impurities Profiles, Validation, and Risk Assessment… Show more Quality Manager two Manufacturing Sites and an RD Center - Cleveland, Walton Hills and Independence Ohio Certified ANSI/NSF/IPEC 363 GMP for Pharmaceutical Excipients Auditor Successful Implementation and certification of EXCiPACT Good Manufacturing Practices for Pharmaceutical Excipients Developed and implemented a customer compliant ISO13485 Medical Device Standard at manufacturing site Developed cGMP Elemental Impurities Profiles, Validation, and Risk Assessment for Pharmaceutical Excipient Developed and generated Pharmaceutical Excipient Packets targeted to pharmaceutical drug manufacturers to decrease filling out quality surveys from customers Successful UL (Underwriters Laboratory) and FM Audits which allowed the site to become the North America toll producer for significant business in transformer oils. Certified Lead RC 14001 (Responsible Care Health, Safety, Environmental and Security) Auditor Implementation and certification of RC14001 and ISO9001:2015 Show less



Team Greyhound Adoption of Ohio

• Vice President and Board of Directors Member

  • Jan 2014 - Dec 2016

  Ohio Vice President, active Board Member, E-Newsletter Editor. Team Greyhound Adoption of Ohio is a non-profit group placing retired racing greyhounds into adoption in Ohio. The racers that are placed are trained in Ohio prisons for a minimum of three months prior to adoption. This training ensures a secure match with the adoptive families through their training in socialization, basic obedience, and house manners.



AkzoNobel

• Netherlands
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Quality Manager - Packaging Coatings North America

  • Dec 2012 - Feb 2015

  Packaging Coatings North America Quality Manager in charge of the management system including corrective/preventive actions and complaint system, document and procedure control, internal audits, management reviews, and 24 hour Quality Control Laboratory with three QC specialist. Implemented integrated Quality, Health, Safety, Environmental, Security and Energy Management System. Successfully led certification audit to ISO9001:2008 Quality Management Standard. Implemented Gage Reproducibility and… Show more Quality Manager in charge of the management system including corrective/preventive actions and complaint system, document and procedure control, internal audits, management reviews, and 24 hour Quality Control Laboratory with three QC specialist. Implemented integrated Quality, Health, Safety, Environmental, Security and Energy Management System. Successfully led certification audit to ISO9001:2008 Quality Management Standard. Implemented Gage Reproducibility and Repeatability system in the quality control laboratory to determine measurement variation of testing equipment. Trained and certified eight internal auditors (ISO9001 and RC14001) for the sites Internal Audit Team. Lead auditor for internal audit team. Implemented 5-S program in lab and in plant with visual pictures to be used for checking conformity. Program branded “5S Roadmap”. Led Risk Assessment/Aspect Analysis (RC14001) in Quality Lab to drive safety and environmental improvements Show less



Bekaert

• Belgium
• Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Quality Assurance Manager

  • Oct 2011 - Dec 2012

  Orville, Ohio Responsible for managing the Business Management System (ISO9001/ISO14001 certified) which includes internal audits, corrective/preventive action including root cause investigation and effective resolution, customer/visitor liaison, training, document and record control and management of Quality Control Lab (ISO17025 certified).



Ferro Corporation

• United States
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Quality Assurance Manager

  • Oct 2009 - Oct 2011

  Walton Hills Ohio, Cleveland Ohio Responsible for managing the integrated management systems (Environmental, Health, Safety and Quality) including quality audits, corrective and preventive actions, management of Quality Control Lab as well as assuring continued certification to RC14001 and ISO9001. Lead auditor and trainer for QHSE Auditors.

• Global Quality Systems Manager

  • Oct 2007 - Oct 2009

  Managed global management systems for 10 EMS sites including Cleveland Ohio, Vista California, South Plainfield New Jersey, Penn Yan New York, Uden Netherlands, Tsukuba Japan, Suzhou China, Hanau Germany and Haverhill UK. Responsible for development, implementation and training of business programs.

• Quality and EHS Systems Manager - Electronic Materials Systems, Cleveland Ohio

  • Oct 2006 - Oct 2007

  Cleveland, Ohio Responsible for managing the Environmental, Health, Safety and Quality Management System for the Electronic Materials portion of the Cleveland Site which included internal audits, incident investigations/corrective/preventive action including root cause investigation and effective resolution, customer/visitor liaison, training, document and record control and management of Quality Control Lab.



AkzoNobel

• Netherlands
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• North America Systems Manager - Powder Coatings Division

  • Oct 2002 - Oct 2006

  Responsible for the development, implementation, evaluation and maintenance of the Quality Management Systems across three North American sites as well as assuring continuing certification to standards and facilitation of continuous improvements. Lead auditor and trainer for Environmental, Health, Safety and Quality Auditors.



Ferro Corporation

• United States
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Quality Assurance/Quality Systems Manager - Powder Coatings Division, Brecksville Ohio

  • Oct 1994 - Oct 2002

  Brecksville, Ohio Quality Management position which included managing a 24 hour quality control laboratory with six salaried technicians, responsibilty for ISO/TS16949 based management system including corrective/preventive actions, customer concerns, internal/customer and ISO audits, procedure and record control

• Laboratory Technician - Chemicals Division, Bedford Chemical

  • Oct 1989 - Oct 1994

  Performed quality control testing on mixed metal liquid and powder heat stabilizers using a variety of testing equipment.