As the Supplier Quality Engineer at DRS Power & Control Technologies, I handle the design and realization of all supplier audits and scorecards, as well as resolving all supplier related issues.• Organized and performed supplier audits in accordance with ISO 9001• Designed new scorecard system that was more accurate, more detailed, and allowed the suppliers to not only view all the data, but provide feedback as necessary• Re-designed process of nonconforming system to streamline the system and reduce the number of non-value added steps• Eliminated time-consuming paper trail by utilizing work-flows in SharePoint to automatically communicate and handle routine purchase order related function• Self-taught, residential expert of our nonconforming system (TipQA)

Discovered procedures in which improvement could be implemented, and developed the methodology for handling those projects.• Design and ran several programs that streamlined the business company-wide• Investigated, using root-cause analysis to determine the main problems• Created several SharePoint sites as temporary solutions to give us time to develop the best solution. Giving the opportunity for customer/employee interface throughout the company• Conducted interviews, gathering input from several colleagues from different departments and different levels of the organization

Created improvements on the shop floor and in the office that impacted recruiting, efficiency, safety, and task management• Performed several time studies which aided myself and another engineer in redesigning a particular aspect of the shop floor• Statistical analyses of several aspects of production which resulted in improving the reliability of a machining process; along with providing data conveying detailed information on products, assembly parts, machines, and profitability• Managed Kaizen Event and was able to get every individual to agree upon the optimal solution and the methods to achieving that solution• Able to adjust many processes, particularly in the Dimensional Lab, in order to improve efficiency by eliminating small problems that cause unnecessary setbacks during planning and production