Supply chain remediation professional serving automotive, aviation, medical device and other industrial sectors. Experienced in root cause determination and corrective action implementation in operations, engineering, quality, transportation and logistics.

GKN ePowertrain | electronic all-wheel drive systems | GKN ePowertrain represents the forefront of driveline trends and technology, influencing future vehicle architectures harnessing conventional, hybrid and electrical powerOctober 2015 – October 2018| Advanced Quality EngineerLed PPAP submissions and successful approval of 10 different electronic AWD axle types for General Motors C1 and E2 platforms. Coordinated and documented issue resolution, and numerous collateral design changes, between design engineering, validation, advanced quality, plant engineering, process quality and commercial functions.

Automotive industry class A metal stampingJuly 2015 - September 2015 | Interim Quality Manager | 9-week contract | Site Quality Manager.Manage staff of 32 quality engineers, CMM technicians, supervisors and audit staff. Interface with BMW and Mercedes assembly plants. Improve quality information systems and problem solving methodologies. Develop 2016 department budgets. Improve coordination between departments for increased effectiveness in multidisciplinary teaming. Improve reporting systems for KPIs.

Led a quality transformation from over 320 PPM to less than 50 PPM in 6 quarters at a tier 1 ISO/TS16949 automotive industry supplier company. Established a high-performance operations culture by managing the quality department, reforming the quality management system, directing site six-sigma projects and focusing cross-functional lean improvement initiatives for line assembly, wheel-end assembly, and welding processes supporting more than 140 associates delivering approximately 50% of all heavy truck rear drive axles used by US OEMs including Freightliner, International, Bluebird, Western Star, Mack, Volvo, Peterbilt, Kenworth, and Hino.• Achieved year-over-year quality cost reduction of over $560K, outgoing quality improvement for one at-risk OEM customer of 97% and overall customer PPM reduction of 83% by systemically linking process control, comprehensive multidisciplinary problem solving, strategic six-sigma projects and workforce morale improvement. Eliminated the corporation’s costliest historical warranty issue by improving standard work, manufacturing instruction guides and training.• Improved site performance in ISO/TS16949 surveillance audits from multiple major findings (prior to my tenure) to one minor finding (in most recent audit) while simultaneously implementing changes required to comply with the 4th Edition Rules for ISO/TS 16949 certification made effective on 1 April 2014.• Achieved dramatic improvements in operational cost productivity, safety, customer delivery, and workforce morale simultaneous with quality and cost improvements through careful alignment and balance of cross-functional efforts.

Quality Engineer for high-volume machining and assembly operations, inspection, calibration, auditing and process improvement supporting more than 30 machinists, inspectors and technicians on three shifts.• Qualified exotic stainless steel alloy supply chains to NORSOK M-650 standards for processing and heat-treating in collaboration with European oil industry representatives. Improved workforce engagement by reviewing weekly quality metrics with all employees during team meetings to discuss events that had contributed to performance changes, both positive and negative.

• Led medical electronic device development project and quality engineering for cross-functional team of contributors that included electrical engineers, software engineers, and regulatory consultants, achieving FDA clearance (510k) for an ultrasound guided central venous needle placement system, recognized by Popular Science for 25th Annual Best of What’s New Awards and "10 Greatest Health-Tech Innovations of 2012".• Achieved successful validation of the device at all required levels on the 1st pass using project management and medical device software lifecycle management (IEC 62304:2006) to align the efforts of the various contributing scientists and engineers in accordance with regulatory requirements and applicable quality system standards.• Achieved $22M per year product cost reduction through manufacturability improvements using DFM, DFSS, and quality engineering methodologies.

Managed purchase orders, contracts, change requests, etc. related to client business objectives providing quality management consulting, engineering consulting, and software development services to clients in automotive, aerospace, medical devices, electric utilities, telecommunications and electronics manufacturing industries.• Achieved numerous quality management system implementations and business process improvements for range of clients including Abbott Laboratories, ADP, Boston Scientific, Michelin North America, Grace Chemical, Performance Aeromotive, Praxair Semiconductor, SCANA Corp., U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps, and U.S. Navy.• Delivered training in ISO 9001, TS 16949, AS9100, ISO 13485, and ISO 17025 management systems, ISO 10012 measurement management systems, Six Sigma, Lean, 5S, Kaizen, set up time reduction, visual control systems, total productive maintenance, measurement systems analysis (MSA), statistical process control (SPC), root cause analysis, and total quality management (TQM). • Enabled several organizations to meet complex requirements reliably by developing and deploying software that automated compliance to ISO 17025, FAA Part 145, process management, document and data management, records management, training and work authorization, preventive maintenance, supplier quality management, knowledge base management, nonconformance control, continuous improvement, corrective action, and preventive action.

Quality Assurance Manager for 3 business units supporting more than 200 associates and a quality department of 27 quality engineers, technicians and inspectors. Manufacturing processes included steel wire drawing, forming, stranding and cabling; aluminum pipe roll forming, seam welding and drawing; optical fiber proof test, stranding, coating with UV cure polymers; plastic cable jacket extrusion.• Reduced non-value added time more than 75% through software engineering to implement statistical test functions and reduce unnecessary system actions.• Reduced quality department budget over 60% while improving the integrity of test results as well as product and field service quality.• Served as the primary optoelectronic measurement engineer for Japan-US technical methods transfer and implementation under three engineering managers. Represented the company at NIST Symposiums on Optical Fiber Measurements - Boulder, Colorado – 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, and 1996.• Managed metallurgical and optoelectronics laboratories, design qualification, field installation testing and field services troubleshooting. Laboratory scope included metallurgical tests, conductivity, electrical impedance, material properties testing, bulk plastic melt flow, spectrophotometry, surface interferometry, 3D surface profiling, optical fiber cross-sectional dimensions, optical fiber spectral attenuation, optical fiber bandwidth, optical fiber cut-off wavelength, optical fiber mode field diameter, optical fiber bit-error rate, optical fiber time-domain reflectometry, optical fiber fusion splice reliability and performance testing, optical fiber polarization mode dispersion, optical fiber chromatic dispersion, cable ultimate tensile strength, Aeolian vibration, creep elongation, conductor motion control, lightning testing, fault current testing, dead-end hardware performance, splice enclosure qualification.Previous: Quality Engineering Manager; Associate Engineer - Development; Technician