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Rockford, Illinois Area

Updated documentation to prepare for AS9100 rev D certification for both Kaney Aerospace and acquired company BVR Technologies, then lead the effort to combine the quality management systems of both companies. Continue to lead the Quality organization through the challenges of Kaney Aerospace's tremendous growth!

Loves Park, Il

Maintained the internal corrective action system. Performed QMS documentation updates and document consolidation. Performed internal audits. Reported business unit PPM. Corrective Action Committee chairperson. Created MS Access database to track and generate reports on gauges found significantly out-of-tolerance. Created MS Access database to track and generate reports on Corrective Action Committee Reports.

Rockford, Illinois

Initial responsibilities included documentation update to AS9100 revision C (rev C audit successfully completed in June 2012), upgrade of existing CMM, and initiation of receiving inspection. Then responsible for internal auditing, supplier quality issues, internal quality issues, and customer quality issues including root cause investigation, corrective action implementation, PPAP submittals, etc. Working with major customer towards achieving “supplier gold” status.

Loves Park, Illinois

Responsible for customer quality issues including root cause investigation and corrective action implementation, customer audits, establishment of inspection plans, direction of inspection personnel, material review, and change order review. Also supported ISO / AS certification and was member of internal audit team.

Rockford, Illinois

Responsible for supplier, machining, assembly, and outgoing quality levels, directly supported customers in resolution of quality issues, leader of inspection personnel, and updated facility from ISO 9001:1996 to ISO 9001:2000 certification. Created new Corrective Action tracking system which aided in reduction of CA flow time (from 120+ days to <30 days). Created “ship to stock” program that reduced receiving inspection workload by 40%. Established a system to track First Pass Yield and worked with team to improve first pass yield rate from 82% to 96+%. Leader and contributor for several Lean projects.

Freeport, Illinois

Supported a plastic injection molding and electroplating departments. Maintained process documentation related to ISO and QS-9000 certifications, resolved customer issues through 8D corrective action process, and implemented new programmable optical inspection system (with automatic SPC data collection) that reduced inspection time by 80% on multiple cavity parts. Reduced scrap dollars in plastics department by 30% in 2002. Member of plastics NPD team, Internal Audit team member, and leader and participant in Lean projects in both departments.

Freeport, Illinois

Teamed with international suppliers to improve processes, coordinate product failure analysis, improve corrective action responses, and implement continuous improvement. Worked directly with customers in resolution of quality concerns and contributed on a team that established a new supplier performance rating system.

Freeport, Illinois

Leader of seven associates in the Metrology group, maintained a complete calibration system for an enrollment of 40,000+ items, and established new lab for calibration of pressure and airflow equipment. Created an automated method for recording calibration measurement results and established a custom gauge recall system (for which The Micro Switch Technical Award was granted in February 1990).

Bachelor Of Science, Manufacturing Engineering Technology, Quality, 3.84 / 4.00

Associate Of Science (A.S.), Engineering Technology, Quality