Apply quality innovation tools as needed but always keep it simple for ease of use in the organization. Drove quality management system improvements to achieve plant certification to IATF16949 ISO9001:2016 standard. Improved product quality success rates during 40% capacity expansion with Toyota, Ford, GM, and Nissan customers. Implemented plant wide scrap priority focus to identify root causes and drive down scrap costs.

Apply quality innovation tools as needed but always keep it simple for ease of use in the organization. Quality & Lean Manufacturing Manager positions in the Louisville Plant responsible for the Quality Management System and deploying Lean Six Sigma. Developed custom Champion and Greenbelt training materials for the Arvato Digital Services packaging business. Trained and certified 81 Champions and 32 Greenbelts in 6 Plants located in Kentucky, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Hangzhou China. Mentored and coached Plant Steering teams, Champions and Greenbelts to drive project closure of 41 projects resulting in combined annualized saving of $5,611,576. Managed the Louisville Plant industrial engineering team and successful new product launches such as Microsoft WIN7 and Apple store.

Held various Manufacturing and Quality Management positions in Ford: • Purchasing Supplier Quality Manager at St. Louis and Louisville Assembly Plants. Responsible for driving supplier improvements from launch through warranty.• Asia Pacific Six Sigma Master Black Belt & Quality Specialists. Responsible define and implement projects to improve quality and material flow. Implemented Ford quality systems in new and established plants achieving ISO certification. • Purchasing Supplier launch Manager. Responsible for driving advanced quality planning at Suppliers to achieve successful on-site launches for the Taurus/Sable & Continental vehicles.• Production Superintendent. Responsible for daily manufacturing operations in the throttle body and alternator departments. Implemented work teams, launched new alternator improving departmental labor by 25% in 9 Months.• Engineering Manager. Responsible for Manufacturing Engineering Department to develop and implement new production processes for fuel sender, pressure regulator, and washer bottles in the Bedford Plant.• Design Resident Engineer in the Bedford Plant. Responsible for building the relationship between the Dearborn design engineers and the manufacturing engineers for efficient and quicker new model products.• Production Supervisor and Senior Production Engineer. Responsible for developing and implementing and supervising the launch of the new automated tube fabrication and assembly process. • Automation Specialists and Process Quality Engineer. Responsible to develop and implement Asea robot to glue washer bottles. Responsible to develop, purchase and implement fuel injector and carburetor test calibration equipment.