• Establish, maintain and update quality systems, policies and procedures to ensure that products and processes meet standards and regulatory requirements. • Manage the company quality systems and acts are the Management Representative. Reports to Senior Management on the status of the quality system as well as any noncompliance issues that surface; ensures that corrective actions are appropriately implemented. • Maintain AS9100/ISO9001 certification.• Manage internal audits and conduct internal audits.• Facilitate and support continual improvement program to conform to quality management system requirements by ensuring that department personnel are following the quality policy and procedures to meet quality management system objectives.• Ensure that processes needed for the quality management system are established, implemented, and maintained.• Track assembly defects• Create and report matrix monthly of defects, internal and external nonconformances, supplier performance, and on-time delivery.• Administrate corrective action system including verification of effectiveness. • Create and report matrix monthly of defects, internal and external nonconformances, supplier performance, and on-time delivery

Review all incoming reports for changes that may affect the scope of certification.Perform cursory review of all incoming audit documentation to ensure surveillance reports meet internal process as well as ISO 17021 requirements and audit packages are complete prior to entering continue decisions.Send audit report packages to technical review for certification decisions.Track received nonconformances and log in the database.Follow-up with clients and auditors on the status of nonconformance responses.Stay ahead of certification deadlines for US, Canada, Middle East, Singapore, India, Korea, Japan, China and Europe.Issue ISO, ESD, and RCMS certificates, make changes to scopes as neededManage cancellations, withdrawals, and suspensions.Conduct internal audits as assigned.Additional projects as assigned by the Certification Manager.

Quality Systems Auditor 01/2006 to 02/2014Benchmark Electronics - Rochester, MN• Planned, organized, and performed Quality Audits• Provided leadership in identifying, correcting, and preventing non-conformities in all areas of the organization by mentoring production employees• Investigated quality questions and concerns regarding procedural and standards requirements • Developed internal audit checklists to include clauses from ISO9001, ISO13485, AS9100, 21CFR820, ANSI ESD 20:20 and Nadcap, as well as internal procedures.• Conducted product specific audits• Issued and followed up on non-conformances• Coordinated and assisted with 3rd party audits• Maintained Quality System data and records• Lead Process Audits

• Tested product for compliance to customer requirements• Implemented environmental monitoring• Maintained quality records• Communicated quality issues to customers• Send product to laboratories for analysis and reviewed results• Audited production areas for compliance to customer requirements

Conducted a well inventory program in accordance with MPCA in order to locate all abandoned wells throughout Dodge County.Plotted location of wells on topographic map. Assigned unique well number.Determined areas of risk for groundwater contamination due to land use and aquifer depth Applied,obtain and manage grant for sealing of abandoned wells

Performed laboratory analysis of municipal wastewater discharge pond using EPA approved methods to evaluate compliance with state/federal regulatory permit limits utilizing wet chemistry and laboratory instrumentation.Collected and analyzed samples from municipal wells to evaluate compliance to Minnesota Department of Health regulations.Collected and analysed samples from private water wells to evaluate safety of drinking water.