Market development and ecological studies for concrete surface retardants.

Responsible for managing its third party quality assuurance (QA) service for truss manufacturers, as we strove for continuous improvement using scientific methods such as statistical quality control charts to help our clients meet clearly defined, substantiated and measurable needs in the fields of truss design (Cq = LEAN) and manufacturing. Governing production processes and QA standards may be found in model building code approved ANSI/TPI 1 National Design Standard for Metal Plate Connected Wood Truss Construction.• Type A 3rd Party Quality Assurance (QA) Agency. International Accreditation Services (IAS) Report AA-648.• ICC IAS ongoing certification of 420 metal-plate-connected wood truss manufacturing plants.• ICC IAS ongoing certification of 20 cold formed steel (proprietary section) truss manufacturing plants.• Trained, supervised & evaluated field auditors in support of ISO/EC 17020 Compliant QA Program.

My most significant accomplishment was the continuous development and model building code approval of mission critical ANSI/TPI 1-1995, 2002 & 2007 National Design Standard for Metal Plate Connected Wood Truss Construction. Responsible for the managment of...• Type A 3rd Party Quality Assurance (QA) Agency. International Accreditation Services (IAS) Report AA-648.• ICC IAS ongoing certification of 420 metal-plate-connected wood truss manufacturing plants.• ICC IAS ongoing certification of 20 cold formed steel (proprietary section) truss manufacturing plants.• Trained, supervised & evaluated field auditors in support of ISO/EC 17020 Compliant QA Program.• Founded Charles Harnden Research Foundation & Scholarship Program IRC 501 (c)(3)• Administered Building Components Manufacturers Conference (1985)As ED, I supervised administrative (1), field audit (13) and professional engineering (1) staff, prepared budgets, wrote business plans, prepared / executed contracts, conducted financial analysis, maintained ongoing certification of truss manufacturer licensees participating in TPI's nationally acclaimed third party QA program. During this period, I transforming TPI n-f-p business model from member dues to an income system emphasizing product (publications & safety tags) sales and services (quality assurance & steel verification program) rendered. I am proficient in the use of Adobe PageMaker & Acrobat, Peachtree & ACCPAC accounting software, MS Professional Office Suite, and Purdue Plane Structures Analyzer software.

• Promoted solid sawn lumber products in engineered wood, treated wood and structural components.• Promoted permanent wood foundation, super insulation framing, energy trusses & under floor plenum systems.• Industry liaison with National Center for Appropriate Technology.

• Managed nationwide survey of loads, loading conditions and handling environment conditions for one-way and multiple use wooden pallets in support of life cycle analysis / reliability based design procedures (PDS®).• Conducted full scale mechanical testing of yellow poplar pallet shook at primary lumber manufacturing sites.

• Taught Wood Structure & Identification• M.S. Thesis In-Grade Flexural Properties of Structural Lumber Harvested from a Bark Beetle Infested Southern Pine Forest

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