Currently working as Senior Casting Technologist For Investment Casting and Sand Casting processes for all Large Structural Castings in many steel and stainless steel alloys, and all titanium investment casting for GE Aviation. Work with Suppliers and within GE to Improve component castibility, Reduce costs and Mentor engineering and manufacturing in the casting processes and process capability. Evaluating Cast components for costs and Fair and Reasonable Evaluations. Auditing Suppliers on Casting Processes, Quality Systems. Spent previous two years as PQE / Casting Technologist responsible for various casting suppliers

• Monitor and drive improved quality performance for targeted suppliers throughout the world• Ensure that ESCO products and key purchased materials meet quality requirements and that supplier quality issues are driven to root cause and corrected in a timely manner• Provide technical leadership for supplier process and product quality to qualify assigned materials and products• Develop, implement and manage best-in-class 3rd party supplier quality management system tools and processes• Conduct factory assessments and site audits by utilizing quality tools to evaluate the target supplier’s capability• Manage complex cross-functional projects in support of ESCO sourcing and business requirements• Lead internal organizations and suppliers to develop, manufacture and supply products to meet quality requirementso Influence Product and Engineering teams to develop and specify manufacturable productso Drive suppliers to stabilize and improve capabilities to meet ESCO specificationso Lead the qualification of new suppliers, supplier processes and productso Coordinate product qualification activities for assigned products and suppliers• Drive root cause understanding of supplier quality issues and ensure implementation of effective preventive corrective actions • Develop, implement and maintain best-in-class supplier quality monitoring and qualification tools and processes• Monitor supplier quality indicators and drive corrective action for product failures and negative trends• Understand elements of metallurgy and investment and sand casting foundry processes• Understand the essential requirements for 3rd party processes, especially critical quality control points• Timely closure of supplier quality issues• Mitigation of supply-based risks• Development and monitoring of critical supplier processes &and product quality indicators• Partners with product teams, engineers, manufacturing and supply chain

ASQ certified CQE Technical expertise / liason between design group and suppliers for Castings, Forgings, Extrusions, Plastics and Sheetmetal. and related value add processes Worked with US and Asian Supply base and Asian Procurement Operations to ensure quality, cost and delivery metrics met. Provided on-site assistance in product / process development for various challenging componentsResponsible for Technical Project Management, Tooling and Commodity Strategies, New Technology Engagement, DFM / DFC, Program Regulatory Compliance, Rigs / Prototype DevelopmentPerformed Supplier Audits it US and international sites

Responsible for Quality System for two sister companies including an international manufacturing facilityAchieved and maintained ISO certification for three manufacturing facilities also UL Certifications and National Board (Pressure Vessel) certificationsTechnical resource for manufacturing and castings processesSupervised team of professional and manufacturing personnel in Quality, Receiving and Inspection departments in all facilities

Technical, Financial and Scheduling for Development Projects GroupTechnical resource for manufacturing and castings processes

Development and Production Engineering, Purchasing, Manufacturingincluding development and field testing of various types of equipment

QA Manager, initiated and implemented ISO 9002 Quality SystemManaged team of 15 Engineers and TechniciansNPI and Production part responsibilityAlso worked as Senior Development Engineer for casting processes for aerospace, medical components

Managed team of Engineers and technical staff in design and development of prototype and production plastic injection molded parts.Managed Quality Staff for receiving, production, and final inspection processes, and secondary operations, Led team in implementing SPC on Manufacturing floor

Development engineer for casting processes for aerospace, medical components in all alloys including Stainless Steel and TitaniumTechnical Sales for Aerospace components