Managing Quality activities in day to day operations. Develop PPAP's for customer requirements and reporting to customers.

Manage Engineering Projects as well as QC Receiving department.

Implementing Lean Manufacturing practices for our 2 manufacturing facilities.

Partner with a major medical manufacturer to ensure that quality product reaches their facility through the use of six sigma tools including Minitab and Lean Manufacturing practices. Writing and updating procedures, work instructions and drawings per customer change requests. Working closely with Quality lab to ensure that only quality products are shipped to customer. Managing three lean manufacturing cells to ensure that production demands for over 30 products are met. Instrumental in reducing scrap from 40% to less than 10% plant wide. Working with outside vendors on the design, approval, and implementation of tooling and fixtures for molding machines, lathes, and milling operations. Quality representative on Oracle implementation team.

Managed three lean manufacturing cells to make sure work flowed smoothly through cells. Worked with Quality department to be sure that only parts that meet print qualifications are shipped to customer.

Managed Lean Manufacturing lines and was the liason between production and Machine shop.

Managed introduction of Lean Manufacturing lines into sensor production. Good working relationship with Machine Shop and Design Engineering to readily identify, and correct deviations from specifications. Managed all fixture design and implementation for vibration division.; Managed introduction and qualification of new technologies into production. Worked closely with various departments to coordinate Engineering Change Orders. Designed, qualified, and trained operators on new tooling and equipment. Developed tooling and equipment qualification protocols. Coordinated factory and site acceptance testing for new equipment. Utilized Macintosh and IBM based computers, statistical process control, geometric dimensioning/tolerances, ISO 9000, Crosby Quality systems.Visionary of the Year nomination for replacing a helium leak test with acetic acid test. Reduced cycle time from 105 minutes to 13 minutes, 2004.Participated on cross-functional team that reduced introduction time of new capacitor model by four months resulting in significant order from primary customer.Transitioned cathode process from oxide spray to pad printing. Resulted in a 97% reduction in cathode material cost.Consistently received positive ratings on annual management performance reviews.Captain of Fire HAZMAT Team that trained operators and increased awareness of potential hazards of exploding batteries and proper response to emergencies.

Coordinated and oversaw engineering builds of new battery designs. Monitored electrical performance data of new and existing products and systems with the goal of process improvement. Collected and analyzed data from projects and experiments and wrote reports to document findings. Coordinated projects and maintained excellent relationships with other departments and teams.Technician I, Receiving Inspection