Identify, lead, and implement business process improvements in Product Assurance across the company in both Aviation and Defense Electronics.Serving as Quality subject matter expert and lead requirements developer for new nonconformance management system and new receiving inspection system.Led complete review and re-architecture of Product Assurance procedural documentation.Led direct reports to successful implementation of several change efforts.Developed various metrics and reports in Power BI that are being utilized to identify improvement opportunities and drive change.

Identified, led, and implemented business process improvements for Corporate Operations Management.Led complete review and re-architecture of Operations procedural documentation.Identified process gap and implemented standardized inventory cycle count process. Utilized change management skills to gain buy in across business units.Developed standard various metrics and reports in Power BI that are being utilized to identify improvement opportunities and drive change.Served as Operations subject matter expert on successful Manufacturing Execution System implementation. Had an integral role in writing system requirements, selecting a software, selecting an implementation partner, designing the system, and testing.

Quality Engineer for Avionics and Communications subsystems for the Dream Chaser program. Review internal and external specifications, apply quality requirements, perform Supplier Quality Engineer functions, and improve internal processes.

Managed the workload and distribution for a 7 engineer team and served as technical expert.Led a cause and corrective action board for Manufacturing. Included identifying defect trends, forming teams, and aiding those teams in reaching a complete and robust corrective action. The actions of the board contributed to a 30% reduction of defects over 6 months.Initiated a quality culture shift in manufacturing by providing engineers and management with pertinent metrics that identified exactly how much manpower was spent fixing seemingly insignificant issues.Developed a method to quantify the business impact of a defect category, so defects could be addressed from an impact perspective instead of just a frequency perspective.Pioneered a shift to historical data driven time standards from engineering estimates for input into master scheduling and developed tools to extract process specific times from work center labor hours charged. Developed a status and priority tool for jobs to allow for visual workflow management and resource loading. Also, created a tool to determine the assembler skill levels required to aid in resource loading, training, and defect reduction.Developed multiple consolidates, standardized metrics reports (KPIs) for various levels of manufacturing. Some examples are scrap, throughput, utilization, defect rates, rework time, standard hours completed, job prioritization, engineering changes, and Process Engineer time analyses.Completed analysis on queue and move times for each work center in manufacturing, inspection, and test for SAP implementationBalanced assembly line and developed metrics for rework process that increased throughput by 200 units per month

Analyze quality systems of suppliers of electronic components for communication systems for the defense industry. Responsibilities include verifying final product complies with all engineering requirements, performing source and AS9102 first article inspections, evaluating quality systems for compliance to industry standards, pursuing root cause and preventive action, and managing supplier rating.

Coordinate supplier quality program for electrical components, pressure transducers, large metal hardware, and avionics for man-rated rocket motor for multibillion NASA Space Shuttle and Constellation, the next generation shuttle, programs. Ensures compliance with engineering requirements; identifies non-conformances and corrective actions; reviews supplier manufacturing processes and evaluates impact of changes; determines receiving inspection scope; and reviews engineering documents for design for quality and manufacturing, and serve as supplier liaison for procurement process and interpretation of ATK system requirements.Implemented an electronic inspection planning and nonconformance tracking system to replace paper systems.Led a team consisting of Design and Production Management to determine schedule, resource, and cost impact of starting explosive manufacturing production line.Organized and led a multi discipline team for a case study on the procurement process and inspection requirements for electrical off-the-shelf items. Implementation of the results will reduce time to order from seven weeks to one week and the number of request iterations from nine to none.Authored requirements verification documents for multiple subsystems of NASA’s Constellation development rocket motor design.Pursued expertise on supplier rating system. Created and presented training package to Procurement and Quality Engineering

Analyzed quality data to identify non-conformances caused by similar parts and drove effort to eliminate similar parts. Over 200 parts were identified for elimination. Initiated changes to improve in process leak test so that minor leaks were detectable prior to final test. Results of both projects were presented to senior level management. Gained knowledge Lean Manufacturing, 5S, Six Sigma, quality issues, engine components, and manufacturing processes.

Collected particle image velocimetry and pressure data to observe flow phenomena within the human vocal folds. Data was published in Experiments in Fluids and Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.