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Louisville, Kentucky Area

- Lead and support the Electronics Global Supplier Quality Team effort to improve the Cost of Quality to GE Appliances for electronic components and assemblies.- Provide Leadership responsibilities for the Electronic Controls Supplier Quality Team including strategy development, daily work direction, hiring, training, setting expectations, motivating and evaluating all team members.- Develop joint global strategies and execution with the Technology and Sourcing teams spanning multiple continents.- Champion the use of Supplier Quality Engineering methodologies, quality tools, metrics and data to identify and drive quality projects across all suppliers resulting in the overall improvement of supplier value (price, service & quality).- Lead supplier selection, onboarding and development to ensure a supply base that meets the quality needs of GE Appliances, a Haier company, and it's customers.- Own component life cycles and continuous improvement efforts, and support to business productivity projects.- Develop the Global Supplier Quality Team in quality engineering and electronics manufacturing process expertise.

Louisville, Kentucky

- Lead and support the electronics Supplier Quality team effort to improve the Cost of Quality to GE Appliances for electronic components and assemblies.- Provide Leadership responsibilities for the Electronic Controls Supplier Quality Team including strategy development, daily work direction, hiring, training, setting expectations, motivating and evaluating all team members.- Develop joint strategies and execution with the Technology and Sourcing teams.- Champion the use of quality tools, metrics and data to identify and drive quality projects across all suppliers resulting in the overall improvement of supplier value (price, service & quality).- Lead supplier onboarding and development to meet quality needs of GE and it's customers.- Own component life cycles and continuous improvement efforts, and support to business productivity projects.- Develop Supplier Quality team in Quality Engineering and electronics manufacturing processes.

Louisville, Kentucky

-Devoloping strategies for supplier approvals, supplier development, and part / product qualifications for Sourcing Initiatives projects-Leading supplier qualification and approval process by conducting business and process surveys, and implementing improvement plans with suppliers.-Driving continuous improvement of suppliers’ quality performance by executing critical heartbeat component initiatives including Control Level evaluations, Surveillance Audits, ongoing corrective action requests, and supplier reviews-Developing and leading action plans to resolve customer and plant supplier quality issues-Ensuring consistency and adherence to Global Sourcing procedures and requirements, while working closely with Sourcing, Technology, Commercial, and Manufacturing functions

Louisville, Kentucky

-Lead Supplier Quality liaison between site-based Cost of Quality (COQ) teams and Sourcing/Supplier Quality organization. -Led all aspects of supplier relationships that impact the Cost of Quality to GE delivering a 22% reduction in COQ in 18 month period. -Drove permanent resolution of manufacturing issues (PPM rejects) and consumer issues (Service Calls) caused by supplier defects. -Utilized Lean Six Sigma to implement projects improving customer satisfaction while eliminating waste. -Worked closely with end product manufacturing site and suppliers to identify problems, drive to root cause, implement sustainable solutions, and validate benefits. -Led Supplier Quality initiatives and developed solutions to fix-or-exit problematic suppliers (Supplier Improvement Program) by implementing robust corrective actions or qualifying alternate suppliers.

- Responsible for all aspects of electronics suppliers, meeting all quality and technical requirements for all appliance product lines- Developed and implemented the electronics supplier NPI qualification process ensuring robust sub-tier quality performance and reliability- Ensure electronics suppliers meet all design and quality requirements including technical surveys, reliability, SCR goals, and program schedules- Provide technical expertise for electronics manufacturing and field quality issues - Utilize SixSigma / Lean methodologies to streamline suppier quality and production systems.

Embedded hardware design engineer. Experience:Embedded controls design for user interfaces. Power electronics design for AC induction motor controls.Six Sigma Green Belt certifiedDesign for reliability

Dana Structures Division, Elizabethtown, KY. Quality supervisor for the production of the frame for the Ford F150, F250, Expedition, and Lincoln Navigator. Responsible for press and assembly operations. Supervising a quality team of 5 quality technicians.

Bsee, Electronics Engineering

Activities and Societies: Tau Beta Pi - National Engineering Honor Society Eta Kappa Nu - National Electrical Engineering Honor Society.

Pre-Engineering