Brian O'Neil Email & Phone Number

Lexington, Kentucky Area

Responsible for Global Quality program at Valvoline

Allenton, Wi

Contract assignment: project manager for the implementation of product quality improvements for three key customers: IBM, Sun Microsystems and Rockwell Automation resulting in significant reduction in quality defects and gains in customer satisfaction. This was accomplished through the implementation of QAS [Quality Action System] for team oriented goal attainment.

Lead & implement business programs for quality improvement and supplier development for Jacobsen div. of Textron, a $14B multi-industry company. Provided leadership, vision and direction in a diverse cultural environment to continually improve product quality and service delivery through use of business improvement tools: Lean, Six Sigma, and Advanced Product Quality Planning [APQP: PPAP, D/PFMEA, Control Plans, SPC, etc.] and others.• Strong project management and closed loop action plan methodology to positively impact supplier performance, product reliability, warranty reduction & operations. • Lead and implement business systems to impact the total enterprise based on the Cost Of Quality [COQ] model.• Quality Management Systems expert. Development, management & auditing programs.

• Directed quality system, supplier quality and failure analysis operation for the electronics division of a $4B Tier-1 Japanese automotive safety products company. • Extensive experience in Japanese methodology for quality improvement and problem solving; kaizen, six-sigma, lean, reduction of the 7 (+1) sources of waste, 5S deployment, supplier development, and more. • Provided leadership, vision and direction for ISO/TS-16949:2002 implementation, certification and continual improvement for 6 global facilities: 1) R&D 2) Test Lab 3) FA Lab in Michigan/USA and production sites in: 4) Farmington Hills, MI; 5) Auburn, IN and 6) Shanghai, China. • Led Shanghai operations in achieving the first-ever Ford Q1 certification in China for an electronics company (TKE, Inc. Pudong, Shanghai).

Accountable for 3rd party certification services, operations and business operating plan encompassing 12 states and team of auditors, lead assessors and support staff.

ISO 9001 and QS-9000 series assessments. Automotive and consumer products applications. Also conducted ISO 9000/QS-9000 training, taught public and B2B courses.

Quality systems development, implementation and compliance. ISO 9001 certification, QE, internal auditing and quality systems training, technical writer.

Avionics tech, radar, navigation and weapon systems. Honorable discharge; Meritorious Mast award.

Ms, Management, Executive Leadership

Activities and Societies: Management and business councils, Deming Forum.Organizational Design – Quantitative Methods and Statistics –.

Bs, Ee Technology

Activities and Societies: BS EE Technology DegreeAlso studied organizational design and international business.