Supply Chain Management and Synchronization Quality Engineer (33+ years as DOD QAS)Security Clearance: Secret DOD Certifications: "DAWIA Level 3 Production, Quality, & Manufacturing (PQM)”, "DAWIA Level 2 Quality Assurance Specialist (QAS)" Duties: (40 hours/week) - Responsible for managing the network of interconnected businesses, involved in the development and implementation of product and service packages, required by end customers. - Balanced supply with demand, considering both lead time and demand variability created by supply patterns not matching demand patterns. - Effectively collaborate and communicate with Supply Chain members. - Integrate activities across organizations on the supply chain by ensuring information visibility in inventory levels, anticipated productions, and material-in-transit. - Responsible for evaluating, recommending, and implementing quality tools and strategies. - Monitor activities to ensure that operations and products meet production, certification, and accreditation standards examining products and materials for defects or deviations from specifications. - Recommend adjustments to assembly or production processes. -Designs, implements, and conducts test and quality evaluation procedures to ensure requirements are met. - Develops, maintains, and upgrades quality verification procedures and architectures. - Writes test cases, implements, and reports status for product testing. - Analyzes test cases and contractor quality reports. Develops and provides reports of suppliers' quality activities and status. Position Responsibilities include: ◦ Recognized as Subject Matter Expert ◦ Manage large projects or processes ◦ Limited oversight from manager ◦ Coaches, reviews, and delegates work to lower-level professionals ◦ Problems faced are difficult and often complex ◦ Influences others regarding policies, practices, and procedures

I was employed by 'Davis Defense Group', and worked as a contractor at Aberdeen Proving Grounds as a Quality Assurance Specialist for the Program Office. I assist with developing and writing ‘Performance Specifications’ and ‘Statements of Work’, for ‘Biological, Chemical, and Radiological Detection Systems' for Department of Defense (DOD). I interface with DCMA, and audit contractor’s 'Quality Management Systems' (QMS) & processes to verify contract compliance. - Worked at the ‘Army Program Management Office’, and served as the Quality Assurance ‘Subject Matter Expert’ between ‘Joint Program Executive Office-Chemical, Biological Detection’, the Program contractor, and all DOD participants in the DHS-DOD CBRNE ‘Joint Biological Tactical Detection System (JBTDS)’. - Planned and coordinated ‘In-Process Review’ Program meetings for Research & Development (R&D), and Engineering/Manufacturing/Development (EMD) contract phases of the JBTDS. - Assisted ‘Systems Engineering’ with establishing, development, writing, reviewing, and editing of “Contract Requirements’, “Performance Specification”, & “Statement of Work”. - Audited and verified prime and subcontractors “Quality Management Programs” comply with “ISO9001 Quality Management Systems”, “21 CFR 820 Quality Management Systems”, & “ISO13485 Medical Devices - Quality Management Systems” requirements. - Audited contractors laboratory facilities to confirm ‘Good Laboratory Practices (GLP)’ are established and implemented, and to verify adequacy of ‘assay and specimen’ production and storage conditions, equipment calibration, ‘Clean-room’ processes, configuration management, and to validate compliance with approved manufacturing processes and procedures. - Attended meetings, workshops, and conferences representing and on behalf of the U.S. Government.

After working more than 30 years with the Department of Defense (DOD), Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA), as a certified “Quality/Mission Assurance Specialist (QAS)”, I built my career on two simple principles: “pay attention to the details and there will be no significant problems”, and “work smarter”. I am a person who has a talent for recognizing defective or inefficient procedures and processes, find ways to correct and streamline them, and am accomplished at resolving challenges. I have completed the training and experience requirements, and acquired the knowledge, skills, and abilities that DOD demands to attain a “DAWIA Level 3 Production, Quality, & Manufacturing (PQM) Certification” as a ‘Quality Assurance Subject Matter Expert’. I was a member of the DOD ‘Acquisition Professional Workforce’. I am a quick learner, creative, resourceful, and have the ability to work independently. Over the years, I have attended in excess of 3700 hours of classes and hands-on training, acquiring a wide range of diverse knowledge and experiences in auditing administrative and technical processes, including processes for Contract Administration, Assembly, Inspection, Auditing, Manufacturing, Engineering, Production, Non-Destructive Testing/Inspection, Welding, Soldering, Automated/Manual Testing, Metrology, Safety, Statistical Process Control, Supplier Control, Design of Experiments, Life Cycle and Quality Costs, Clean Room, Laboratory Controls, and other processes utilized in manufacturing and production, and government contract acquisition. My responsibilities have been primarily comprised of auditing, inspecting, verification, and validating manufacturing, production, calibration, and testing processes of complex, electronic ‘Weapons, Communications, Radar, Sonar, Surveillance, and Chemical & Biological Detection Systems and Parts’.

I worked as an Electrician for various commercial companies, and State & County Government Agencies, for approximately 10 years, prior to going to work for the Federal Government (Department of Defense) as an "Acquisition and Procurement Quality Assurance Specialist". I worked as a Plant & Factory Maintenance Electrician, New Construction of Residences and Commercial Buildings, Repair & Rehabilitation of old Residences & Commercial Buildings, Crane & Hoist Installation and Repair, and Baltimore County Traffic Signal Department, installation of underground cabling, and repairing old, and installing new overhead Traffic Signals. I also worked as an Electrician for Maryland State Government, at Towson State University.