Lead Quality and Continuous Improvement efforts across Mill Rock Packaging, working closely with all manufacturing locations. This will include driving quality standards across the platform as well as lead Lean 6 Sigma implementation throughout the Mill Rock Packaging operations. Our certifications include ISO 9001, ISO 14001, FSSC 22000, SQF, FSC and SFI. Current manufacturing sites are in Renton Washington, SLC Utah, Aurora Colorado, St. Paul Minnesota, Hutchinson Minnesota, South Winsor Connecticut, and Woodland California.

Provide programs, manage guest speakers, manage all venues and events, training offerings, mentor new Chairs and leadership teams.

Quality and Regulatory Manager for Trojan Lithograph. This includes ISO9001, ISO14001, FSSC22000, FSC, SFI Chain-of-Custody, SFI Certified Sourcing, Customers, Suppliers, Quality improvements, Lean development, 6-Sigma methodology, Kaizens, strategic planning, manage the Quality team and much much more.

Quality Manager for the Content Risk Management (CRM) under Kindle. This included leading the organization’s investigation processes, creating SOP process structure, analyzing data, leading Kaizen events and developing the Quality team to drive improvements. This included Kaizens in Costa Rica, teaching investigative tools in Costa Rica, India, Cape Town South Africa, USA and web-based training to include these areas and Japan.

Director of the Quality system. This includes FDA requirements, ISO9001, ISO13485, AS9100, FAA Repair Station, Customers, Suppliers, Quality improvements, Lean development and the Quality team.

Manage Quality system to include FDA requirements, ISO/FDA/NUPIC/Customer/Supplier/internal audits, quality improvements and Quality team. Team member of the Danaher Regulatory team. Attended Danaher school for FMEA Blackbelt and A3 methodology.

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• Provided technical leadership to the global QA team.• Travel to China to lead and train quality teams and audit factories.• Provided statistical analysis in Critical Design Reviews for product development and post development phases.• Provide sustaining quality assurance support on all current and past products.• Conduct risk assessment for potential quality issues in the field and internally.• Support Operations with Asian factory management. • Develop and managed all company quality standards, testing and inspection protocols.• Analyze all global information from customer charge backs, consumer returns, consumer complaints, liability claims and factory IPQC/IQC data. Determine root cause and cost of quality analysis to determine corrective action feasibilities.• Managed all Supplier Corrective Actions SCARs. • Monitor all company shipments, and provide risk assessments when needed to Operations, and Logistics.• Worked with customer quality departments. This included customer and consumer complaints, customer audits, testing, inspections and setting customer quality standards. • Manage, monitor, analyze, update and control all company global regulatory standards for FDA, CPSC, NSF, UL, Prop 65, State and local regulations, European Union and all member states requirements, Australia, Asia to include Japan, Korea, Taiwan and China.

• Provided technical leadership to the global QA team.• Managed all Supplier Corrective Actions SCARs. • Created and maintained all company test protocols.• Coordinated all products testing with 3rd party labs.

• First Article Inspection qualification for product and procured components.• Conduct inspections to qualify contract manufacturers domestically as well as worldwide.• Developed, revised and maintained quality standards.• Coordinated Suppliers’ Corrective Action Reports.• Coordinated and assisted in the implementation of ISO quality requirements for contract manufacturers.

• Completed First Article Inspections on all electronic components. • Sourced new suppliers for cost savings to improve company’s profit margin. • Responsible for six multi-million dollar customers, totaling over $100,000,000.00.• Responsible for Supplier’s Corrective Action Request (SCAR).