Eric Mcdonald Email & Phone Number

Saginaw, Michigan, United States

Saginaw, Mi, Us

Saginaw, Mi, Us

Cech provides intelligent industrial metrology with integrity

Detroit, Mi, Us

Hawthorne, California, Us

Hawthorne, California, Us

Fort Collins, Co, Us

(GE site acquired by Woodward)

Cincinnati, Oh, Us

● Collaboratively grew Quality team from 1 to 4 after site acquisition by GE ● Drove customer quality rating to 99.79% (red to bronze) by leading failure analysis investigations in Boeing commercial, military programs with over $75 Million annual sales● Achieved 100% on time delivery in Boeing CH-47 military program via manufacturing capability study, tooling improvements, and quality control plan (Six Sigma Green Belt certification project)● Achieved 25% reduction in hardware returns using newly formed customer feedback tools (FRACAS)● Realized 95% first time yield in Assembly and Test through targeted defect reduction projects and Lean principles● Facilitated product integrity by prompt containment, corrective and preventative actions

L-1160 Luxembourg, Lu

● Increased test lab velocity 39% by improving coil sampling and streamlining testing ● Developed the Global Quality Benchmarking report (key performance indicators on 125K tons/mo.), reducing 4-days of labor to 1 hour by creating an automated database● Led 6σ continual improvement project on track for $1.1 million/year savings by statistically modeling extension in advanced high-strength steels on the continuous heat treat line for high-performance automotive applications● Constant exposure to production quality planning including customer specifications, PPAPs, FMEAs, PDCAs, legal / business compliance for new contracts (ex, qualification to supply Toyota)● Managed performance of material coating lines, including capability and output of galvanize, galvanneal steel lines ● Routinely dispositioned nonconforming material and collaborated on practice development (ex, dual-phase steel material properties by trimming chemistry and parameters)

L-1160 Luxembourg, Lu

● Attained comprehensive operations knowledge via rapid exposure to ArcelorMittal – world’s leading steel company with revenues of $124.9 billion in 2008 (10% of world’s output) ● Led corporate material lab team to investigate defects from multiple sites using precision equipment (Optical, Scanning electron microscopes, Texture analyzers, metallurgical processing equipment)● Safeguarded employees by installing Operator lockout on continuous treatment line (5PKL at 3CSM)● Collaboratively achieved $2.3 million/year savings by increasing throughput on 500-ton ladle heats (RHOB)● Achieved $157K savings in hot mill pileups by leading root cause analysis with engineering team

Westland, Michigan, Us

• Investigated product deficiencies in automotive and heavy equipment valvetrain components• Diagnosed field samples with optical microscopy, computerized analyses (ex, microhardness), and materials characterization techniques• Guided quality control and design improvements • Interfaced with techs, technical specialists, and engineers