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Sparks Glencoe, Maryland, Us

Apex Tool Group (ATG), headquartered in Sparks, Maryland, is one of the largest manufacturers of professional hand and power tools in the world, serving the industrial, vehicle service and assembly, aerospace, electronics, construction, and DIY markets. ATG is a private company, with about 7,000 employees, over 20 global manufacturing facilities, and approximately $1.3 billion USD in annual revenue. Summary: Headed Global Quality organization for the $800 million hand tools business. Responsible for quality output of 10 manufacturing sites in North America, Asia Pacific, and Latin America, as well as 350 global suppliers. Directly supervised corporate quality group and metallurgy lab. Headed North American Supply Chain and Customer Compliance organization. • Led corporate APQP/PPAP planning and execution. • Developed global process to assess, monitor, and improve 350 finished goods suppliers, in ML China, Taiwan, India, Vietnam, and United States. • Oversaw product quality from 10 manufacturing sites in ML China, Taiwan, United States, Mexico, and Brazil.• Created global “Go-Team” and headed quality issue disaster response and recovery.• Led global NPD (New Product Development) quality control via PPAP and other measures.• Implemented Quality System at a 500k sqf warehouse operation in Apex, NC.• Served as ATG customer facing quality authority, reduced warranty cost, and improved customer relationships.• Created North America supply chain and customer compliance organization, and governing management system.

Sparks Glencoe, Maryland, Us

Farmington, Ct, Us

United Technologies Corporation (UTC, NYSE: UTX), headquartered in Farmington, Connecticut, was an American multinational conglomerate with $57 billion annual revenue, and 201,000 employees. UTC Aerospace Systems was a division of UTC, with $14 billion annual revenue, and 41,000 employees. UTC Aerospace Systems was one of the world's largest suppliers of advanced aerospace and defense products. United Technologies is now Raytheon Technologies. Summary: Headed Supplier Quality organization for a $2 billion UTC Aerospace Systems business unit. Responsible for quality performance of 1,500 suppliers. Directly supervised 25 supplier quality managers, engineers, and auditors at 6 UTC Aerospace Systems manufacturing facilities in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific. UTC Aerospace Systems business unit was closed during 2018 UTC merger with Collins Aerospace.• Drove supplier Zero Defect Plan (ZDP™) implementation.• Managed annual audits of 400 suppliers globally.• Improved supplier performance by influencing supplier executive leadership.• Built strong relationships with UTC Aerospace Systems global manufacturing site leadership teams.• Removed significant internal roadblocks to improve supplier quality performance.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Entrust Datacard, based in suburban Minneapolis, Minnesota, is one of the largest global providers of security identification and card issuance solutions. Entrust Datacard is a private company with more than 2,000 employees, and approximately $600 million in FY17 annual revenue.Summary: Led a team of 11 quality engineers and technicians to improve enterprise quality in product development, manufacturing, and customer service.• Directly supervised operations quality engineers and technicians to support global manufacturing.• Established corporate operations strategies and objectives with executive leadership team.• Utilized data intelligence, such as RTY (Rolled Throughput Yield), SPC, and Statistical Sampling, to improve manufacturing performance.• Standardized manufacturing and inspection processes between China and US operations.• Successfully influenced design organization in DFM (Design for Manufacturability), and championed manufacturing engineer’s participation from early product design stage.• Led cross functional teams to resolve business critical issues. Used sound CAPA 8D discipline to ensure robust short and long term resolutions.• Improved supplier quality performance using Six Sigma problem solving skills and CAPA discipline.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT), based in Dublin, Ireland, is the world's largest medical technology company, and it is a Forbes Global 200 company. Medtronic had 88,000 employees and $28.8 billion in FY16 revenue.Summary: Responsible for product quality and compliance at Medtronic’s most complex implantable medical device manufacturing facility. Developed a quality system to monitor product field performance in response to an FDA warning letter. Coached engineers in medical device cGMP and regulatory standards. Led Six Sigma projects to improve business processes.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Eden Prairie, Minnesota, Us

ADC was a $1 billion network infrastructure provider based in suburban Minneapolis, Minnesota. ADC was acquired by Tyco Electronics Ltd. (NYSE: TEL) in 2010. Summary: Led cross-functional teams during product commercialization. Provided culture change dynamics to instill discipline using Six Sigma tools and statistical techniques in product design and manufacturing.

Framingham, Massachusetts, Us

BOSE Corp. is a private company based in Framingham, Massachusetts. ElectroForce Systems Group was a BOSE business unit that manufactured medical device testing instruments. Bose EFS Group was acquired by TA Instruments in 2015.Summary: Worked with customers to understand their requirements for medical device testing, and collaborated with product development teams to design and validate systems that met customer’s needs.

Columbia, Sc, Us

University of South Carolina is a public university with over 40,000 enrolled students.Summary: Performed scientific research related to congenital cardiac malfunctions. Conducted bio-medical research on various tissues including heart valve, skin, and bone. • Received full scholarship during the 2.5 year post graduate degree program

Framingham, Massachusetts, Us

BOSE Corp. is a private company based in Framingham, Massachusetts. ElectroForce Systems Group was a BOSE business unit that manufactured medical device testing instruments. Bose EFS Group was acquired by TA Instruments in 2015.Summary: Worked with customers to understand their requirements for medical device testing, and collaborated with product development teams to design and validate systems that met customer’s needs.