Provide quality interface and expertise within the Business Unit globally, including administration of new product development and launch, prototype manufacturing support, inspection and test, metrology, and early new product development customer relations.

Cross Functional Team (CFT) Lead for Exterior Automotive Lighting New Program Development. Coordinate manufacturing plant activities related to New Program Development from Design Release to Start of Production. Creates and Monitors Program Timing, Manning, and Deliverables In House Tool and Equipment Development Oversee Prototype / Development Parts Production and Testing Prototype, New, and Current Program Engineering Change Champion Assembly and Component Cost Savings Activities CFT Lead

Member of Exterior Automotive Lighting New Program Development CFT. Managed Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) process for product development, and production. Initial customer point of contact for Pre-Production Quality Concerns, PPAP, and Warranty Analysis.  Responsible for Statistical Process Control, Measurement Systems Analysis, 8D Processes, and Developing dynamic technical writings such as Control Plans, Failure Mode and Effects Analysis, Work Instructions, etc. Initiate and Monitor Test Plans for engineering changes and continuous conformance testing

Member of New Program Development CFT. Managed APQP process for product development, and production of Chrysler / Fiat, Volvo, John Deere and GM Fuel Tank Programs. Initial customer point of contact for APQP Concerns, PPAP, and Warranty Analysis.  Layered Process Audit, GM Fast Response Initiatives, and Warranty Analysis Champion Responsible for Statistical Process Control, MSA, 8D Processes, and Developing dynamic technical writings such as Control Plans, FMEA’s, Work Instructions, ect. Assigned projects to improve the facility and its testing abilities.

Monitored 3rd shift plant operation and quality control of a fifteen MG/D water treatment facility. I oversaw systems performance, adjusted variable inputs, and performed quality testing to ensure we complied with Tennessee State Regulations.