• Championed successful scrap reduction teams (eliminated scrap for highest scrap part number and largest dollar impact scrap defect; targeted $230K and $1.8 million annual savings respectively)• Successful completion and re-certification of NADCAP Heat Treat Accreditation (Last audit only one minor, closed NCR in first round)• Implementation of AMS 2750 rev E• Successful completion of multiple Boeing D1-4426 special process audits with 0 findings• Revised documentation to meet customer and industry standards

• Facilitated scrap data analysis reviews to drive scrap reduction initiatives (during the past 4 years, 24% reduction in Scrap as a Percent of Sales on ~$160 million of annual sales)• Effectively managed Quality Department (30 hourly and 7 salaried direct reports) in a non-union environment across a 24/7 continuous operations schedule• Facilitated data analysis for monthly corporate metric reviews (70% increase in overall score over the past 3 years)• Implemented weekly countermeasure meetings to drive for effective corrective actions (41% of the last 4 years’ countermeasures where the error condition was either eliminated or automatically detected) • Facilitated effective problem solving teams using various methods (8D, IS-IS NOT, Fishbone, A3’s, 5W x1H, Drill Deep and Wide, 3X 5 Why’s etc.)• Implemented daily Fast Response Meeting to gain greater visibility and ownership of quality concerns with Operations• Implemented /managed electronic Layered Process Audits system (2011 – 77 Auditors with 1048 audits completed)• Scheduled/ managed internal system audits (22 Auditors with 93 Audits for 2011 – 2012)• Managed third party TS16949 and AS9100 Audits (3 Minors for 2011 TS16949 Surveillance Audit and 6 Minors for last 2012 AS9100 Triennial)

• Responsible for day to day materials laboratory management• Managed industrial and litigation based failure analysis projects• Wrote protocols for and conducted destructive inspections of subject artifacts for litigation cases• Conducted “in field” analysis of equipment involved in incidents where material degradation was an issue• Managed projects from initial proposals to final reports while staying within budgeted costs• Conducted non-standard mechanical testing with loads exceeding 800,000 lbs• Provided technical assistance in the areas of fractography, microstructural interpretation, failure analyses and material identification• Operated a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) using Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS) for elemental analysis

H. H. Howard was a small family owned steel processor on the south side of Chicago. Primary operations were pickling, oiling, and batch coil annealing.