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Amherst, New York, United States

Provided validation inspection/testing of the product on the presses and converting room floorCreated product standard books for submittal to clients and for our internal filesHelped integrate visual inspection cameras into the current equipment to provide 100% visual inspection of productWrote Certificates of Compliance and Analysis for completed products.Inspected outgoing products.Provided in process inspection for our medical product line.Cataloged non-conforming material for credit from vendors.Internal Auditor.Wrote work instructions and SOPs.Developed a form using conditional formatting to help the technicians keep the products within tolerance.Developed a form with macros to provide 100% traceability of our palletized material.

Williamsville, New York, United States

Researched, tested, and specified all pertinent mechanical properties of materials in the lab per such standards as ASTM, DIN ISO and JIS.Programmed testing equipment for all tests.Performed in-house calibrations of equipment.Maintained the calibration log.Supervised, trained and assigned work to interns.Evaluated testing facilities for use on third party tests. Prepared and witnessed third party tests.Reviewed Purchase Orders, Engineering Work Releases and Technical Drawings to determine order requirements.Inspected vendor fabricated parts for conformity. Reported any discrepancies observed.Requested, reviewed and maintained quality documents from vendors such as certificates of compliance, material test reports and welding certifications.Maintained quality documents on the internal inventory system.Compiled certification packages for submittal to client.Maintained all project related quality files.Fabricated sales and marketing samples.Determined procedures with use of mock-ups and wrote instructions for manufacturing.Light project fabrication when required.Internal ISO auditor.ASTM International member of subcommittee D13 Textiles, D20 Plastics. Reviewed new and revised testing standards to ensure our company's interests were considered.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Industrial Engineering

Activities and Societies: Tau Beta Pi, Omega Rho, Alpha Pi Mu

Associate Of Arts And Sciences - Aas, Engineering Science

Associate Of Arts And Sciences - Aas, Mathematics