Quality Engineer, 2014-2022Program/Hardware QE: Supporting Design, New Production, andContinuous Production in a high-reliability environment for Optical Systems and components. Collaborated with Factory Leadership, Program Management, Suppliers, Customers and Government Reps; Led continuous improvement activities to support quality and enterprise goals; Supported factory/program priorities; Verified product and process compliance with respect to contractual, technical, industry, ISO9001/AS9100 QMS, internal policies and Optical Stds; Versed with various special test equipment and GD&T to assure hardware met requirements; Generated COPQ reports to analyze data and help drive continuous improvements; Facilitated/led cross-functional teams as well as multi-site teams in failure analysis, Quality Alerts, FMEAs, RCCA investigations, including identifying non-conformances, providing solutions, tracking issues to closure, purging defect material and leading Corrective Action Boards (CAB); Facilitated Material Review Board (MRB); Reviewed work/assembly/test instructions, auditing processes, to assure meet the technical data package requirements and meet production needs; Completed and reviewed FAIs (AS9102); Trained, coached, and mentored team.. Raytheon Six Sigma Principal Specialist-Advanced R6S (2013), Site Six Sigma Coach, 2007-2022: Instructing, providing tools and guiding new hires to complete Specialist Certifications aswell as assisting over 200 existing employees with continuous improvement projects. Mentored over180 projects, Trained & Qualified over 65 Specialists in past 8 years. Now mentoring to COREMethodology. Configuration Management, 2014 to 2016: Responsible for verification that a system is identifiedand documented in sufficient detail for its projected life cycle and that documentation reflects their true configuration. Training through Defense Acquisition University (88hrs)

*Multi-Disciplinary Skills to upgrade, modify or troubleshoot various equipment*Software developement (VB, VBA, PLC and Intellution); *Equipment troubleshooting from system down to component level*Mechanical Design (equipment layout and modifications- AutoDesk Inventor and Autocad)*R6Sigma(Training/mentoring site personnel)*Configuration Management*Calibration Team Supervisor*2nd Shift Equipment Support Supervisor

Underwater Mine Warfare (Mineman), USNR

Research Intern: Multi-disciplinary engineering field activities installing, maintaining and compiling data for various Bio-Remediation Systems.