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Columbus, Ohio, United States

Contract statistician with the Ohio Department of Medicaid, performing statistical analysis on large data sets to help ensure Medicaid recipients and providers are receiving the services an information required. Performing predictive analytics and statistical model building to look for trends and cause-effect relationships to gain understanding of ways to improve the performance of the agency.

Part-time instructor in the Mathematics Department, teaching Elementary Statistics.

Obetz, Ohio

 Leads a team of one Quality Supervisor and four Quality Technicians in maintaining a qualitysystem that consistently produces the highest quality eyewear. Monitors all key quality metrics using control charts, pareto diagrams, cross tabulations andother basic statistical techniques. Develops action plans for any metric out of statistical control, partnering with Production,Engineering, Maintenance and Continuous Improvement departments to implement improvementplans Applies statistical techniques, such as rare event control charts and multiple linear regressionto improve understanding of and response to factors that impact quality Responsible for verification of the manufacture of new products. Responsible for maintaining an ISO-9001 compliant quality system.

Grove City, Oh

Staff statistician responsible for developing and applying advanced statistical solutions to manufacturing problem solving and process improvement initiatives. Develop Ship-to-Control methodologies for product purity and dimensional attributes to insure the most consistent product.  Review and provide guidance for statistical design and results of engineering studies. Develop and initiate Measurement System Analysis approach for all plant gages. Develop control charting strategies for monitoring incoming raw materials following normal, non-normal and partially censored distributions Develop and conduct training for Tosoh employees, vendors and customers on statistical and quality topics including SPC, Measurement System Analysis, Process Capability Studies, Minitab.  Lead process improvement activities through Lean and Six Sigma.

Leader of quality staff responsible for moderate to complex analysis of business goals, objectives and needs of the Electronic Banking Services organization. Partnering with business leaders to identify opportunities for process improvement, communicate recommendations and influence decisions. Business owner for the Electronic Banking Services quality model.

Contract consultant employed by VisionIT and working at Nationwide Insurance in the Business Excellence group. Working on Six Sigma projects focused on improving business processes relating to billing issues.

Six Sigma Blackbelt responsible for identifying and quantifying opportunities for process improvements, and then leading teams using the Six Sigma methodology (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control) to achieve the improvements.

Staff manager at resin production facility, responsible for the Quality Department and continuous improvement efforts throughout the plant. Responsible for tracking plant quality metrics and production SPC data. Responsible for developing, facilitating or leading and reporting plant continuous improvement projects. Responsible for laboratory activities, including supervision of a staff of three chemists, maintaining and improving analytical methods and instruments and leading the lab 6S program.

Coordinated scheduling, technical review and reporting of chemical analysis for contract research program. Department statistician, designed and analyzed experiments, provided statistical support to multiple programs. Contributing statistician for numerous contract research projects, including health studies, national surveys, computer simulation modeling and engineering studies.

Statistical and quality consultant to glass plants in Circleville, OH, Paris, France and Warsaw, Poland. Designed and analyzed experiments for process improvement and new technology evaluation. Conducted process capability and gauge R&R studies for multiple manufacturing lines. Trained operators, engineers and managers on statistical and quality topics.

Managed chemical plant quality department. Responsible for product release testing laboratory, process laboratory and waste water treatment plant. Developed plant Quality Manual, laboratory standard operating procedures and work instructions. Team leader - facilitator for numerous process improvement teams. Led root cause investigations into product non-conformances. Developed control charting strategies for laboratory and plant.

Conducted development work in the Analytical Chemistry department at the corporate R&D facility in King of Prussia, PA. Developed analytical techniques for research and plant laboratories, primarily using gas chromatography. Served as department statistician, performing exploratory data analysis, design of experiments, sample size and power calculations.

M.S., Applied Statistics

B.S., Biochemistry

Bachelor'S Degree, Biochemistry