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San Francisco Bay Area

Expert consulting for licensors, licensees and manufacturers, worldwide. Safety, Quality, Regulatory and Retailer compliance. Works with senior leadership to development corporate quality policy and strategy and procedures. Brand protection: effectively and efficiently ensures consumer products are market ready before they are produced.Licensed product categories in addition to Children's Products such as Toys, include Consumer Electronics, Apparel, Accessories, Home Goods and Furniture, Stationery, Cosmetics and Candy.Also available to consult and work with teams on product development. Design hazard analysis and risk assessment to identify potential safety concerns beyond the scope of existing regulatory requirements. Value added reviews include quality features such as durability and manufacturability. Voting member of ASTM F15.22 for consumer products including ASTM F963 (Toy Safety standard).

Burbank, California, United States

Licensed Toys, Child and Adult apparel, Home goods, School supplies and Cosmetics. Supported new process for Licensees to validate they met safety requirements. Assisted with protocol requirements and product approvals.

Connecticut, United States

Concept and Design Reviews, Risk Accessments for new designs, new product segments and Company subsidiary acquisitions.

San Francisco

Developed effective quality assurance programs for companies to ensure compliance with US regulations such as CPSIA, state regulations such as California Prop 65, as well as international requirements. Earned approved lab status for Mattel Licensed products.

Focused on key brands such as Star Wars for quality and safety and supported Hong Kong Hasbro staff for US designed Galoob product.

South San Francisco

Responsible for establishing overall corporate quality policy and strategy for implementation managed in the US, Hong Kong and China. Initiated, implemented and administered the company's Code of Business Conduct program. Created and chaired an industry work group to address industry action on Code of Conduct issues like child labor, working conditions and fire safety,which led to a complete revision and expansion of the industry code, and was adopted by the International Council of Toy Industries (ICTI). Chair of the Environmental Work Group for the Toy Manufacturers Association (now TIA) Led a team that revised the TMA Environmental Mission statement and drafted the first industry Packaging guidelines. Reduced consumer returns as measured by retailer returns by over 50 % to less than 1.25 percent. Participated in toy and factory safety seminars in China sponsored by the TIA and Chinese government.

South San Francisco

Developed and administered the corporate quality improvement process, a customized process using the principles of Total Quality Management, with cost reduction savings in excess of $450,000 in Hong Kong and San Francisco over a two year period. Redefined streamlined the product development cycle to ensure earlier and more complete product and package definition for regular and Turnkey products. This led to shorter development cycles and improved quality and safety. Established internal standards and test procedures for aesthetics, play value and durability. Specified International and Domestic Requirements and personally reviewed all new product concepts for safety and quality issues.

Hawthorne, Ca

Responsible for specifying requirements and establishing compliance with internal, federal and international quality and safety regulations. Worked as a plant engineering representative for the Mattel facility in Tijuana, supervising Final Engineering pilots on location.

Hawthorne, Ca

Responsible for the manufacturability of new toys to ensure adherence to quality, cost and schedule requirements. Supervised engineering and production pilots. Cost reductions averaged $275,000 annually.

Santa Monica, Ca

Came back in 1990 and Designed and implemented the company's Electrostatic Damage (ESD) prevention program,including modification of the factory environment, workstations, tooling and training. Responsible for manufacturing techniques and procedures for the company's new line of power supplies. Saved over $200,000 annually in costs associated with defective transistors by changing the tooling and manufacturing process.

Ab, Mathematics

Masters Of Science, Industrial Engineering And Operations Research

Activities and Societies: Emphasis in Production Planning and Control. Elected to Tau Beta Pi, National Engineering Honor Society.