Ken Forest Email & Phone Number

Canton, Georgia

My responsibility as the Compliance Manager is to maintain compliance to ISO 9001:2008 / AS9100 Revision “C” Standards and to ensure that Nor-Ral is operating within the requirements set forth by our Primes and NADCAP Requirements in relation to the Composites Processing. This is accomplished by continuing to improve the Quality Management System and performing Job Audits during which any findings issued would create areas for improvement thru the Corrective Action Process.

Canton, Ga

My responsibility as the QA Manager is to manage the QA Engineers and maintain compliance to ISO 9001:2008 and AS9100:2009 Revision “C” Standards. This is accomplished by auditing the Quality Management System and performing continuous Improvements. During my time as the QA Manager I have currently been able to achieve NADCAP Accreditation for Composites for our company. This was accomplished by writing and revising the procedures and incorporating them into action then reviewing the outcome.… Show more My responsibility as the QA Manager is to manage the QA Engineers and maintain compliance to ISO 9001:2008 and AS9100:2009 Revision “C” Standards. This is accomplished by auditing the Quality Management System and performing continuous Improvements. During my time as the QA Manager I have currently been able to achieve NADCAP Accreditation for Composites for our company. This was accomplished by writing and revising the procedures and incorporating them into action then reviewing the outcome. Some of my other responsibilities include but are not limited are Personnel Training utilizing areas of my expertise, Welding Inspections and Materials Testing. Show less

Canton, Ga

My main responsibility as a QA engineer was to perform inspections and create customer documentation packages from the Planning for Production Phase thru the First Article Inspection Phase of the Manufacturing Process utilizing the AS9102 FAI Forms. During this process I have had the opportunity to work with multiple customer source inspectors in the final acceptance of their products. My other responsibilities were the writing and processing of Non-Conformance/ Corrective actions utilizing… Show more My main responsibility as a QA engineer was to perform inspections and create customer documentation packages from the Planning for Production Phase thru the First Article Inspection Phase of the Manufacturing Process utilizing the AS9102 FAI Forms. During this process I have had the opportunity to work with multiple customer source inspectors in the final acceptance of their products. My other responsibilities were the writing and processing of Non-Conformance/ Corrective actions utilizing the 5-Why Process to complete Root Cause Analysis. I was also responsible for establishing the calibration process at Nor-Ral this included the writing of the calibration procedures thru the actual calibration of processing equipment. During my employment with Nor-Ral I had the opportunity to have our Painting Operation certified to Mil-F-18264D both Lockheed and Gulfstream have accepted Nor-Ral for Special Process painting. I was also able to certify our company for NDT Liquid Penetrant Testing to NAS410 and at the time I was able to recertify myself as a Level II VT & FPI Inspector. Show less

Sarasota, Florida Area

At Crane Aerospace I was responsible for maintaining compliance to FAA/JAA Regulations.This is accomplished by maintaining the calibration of tooling, reviewing and updating work orders for completeness and creating procedures to support the Inspections Procedure Manual. I was also involved with reviewing and updating Cranes Aerospace’s Inspections Procedures Manual. During my employment with Crane I had the opportunity to obtain a level II Penetrant Inspector Certification.