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Summerville, South Carolina, United States

QA Manager bringing 30 years of assembly quality experience to a new and exciting product line sold under the PSA brand of Palmetto State Armory.

Ladson, South Carolina, United States

Helping Automotive Tier 1 supplier move production from one plant to another. Completed drawing/specification investigation to show commonality in multiple part numbers to reduce qualifying 24 part numbers to 6 part numbers. Investigated root cause for gauges with low Gauge R&R performance. Root cause analysis for production processes where pre move capability studies show low Ppk performance. Moved datums from the actual gauge to the actual part to better represent the actual part to… Show more Helping Automotive Tier 1 supplier move production from one plant to another. Completed drawing/specification investigation to show commonality in multiple part numbers to reduce qualifying 24 part numbers to 6 part numbers. Investigated root cause for gauges with low Gauge R&R performance. Root cause analysis for production processes where pre move capability studies show low Ppk performance. Moved datums from the actual gauge to the actual part to better represent the actual part to eliminate gauge influences on part measurements. Saved 400,000 dollars on gauge with the changes Show less

Charleston, South Carolina Area

Plant achieved 50% reduction in scrap rate, focus on top 3 with root cause and countermeasures. Implemented production process ownership with implementation of visual management bubble charts.

Columbus, Georgia Area

Brought in to help turn around failing plant. Team Accomplished triple production volume with 2/3rds less scrap. Used process based analysis to determine product defect causes and kaizen events to tackle process solutions to reduce making scrap.Added distribution center management as the plant will be closing March 2020 at the latest. Learned shipping processes in JD Edwards and complete all shipping transactions while managing the shipping department and running the Quality… Show more Brought in to help turn around failing plant. Team Accomplished triple production volume with 2/3rds less scrap. Used process based analysis to determine product defect causes and kaizen events to tackle process solutions to reduce making scrap.Added distribution center management as the plant will be closing March 2020 at the latest. Learned shipping processes in JD Edwards and complete all shipping transactions while managing the shipping department and running the Quality Department. Just doing what needs to be done with the plant closing but Customers still receiving product. Show less

Jacksonville, North Carolina Area

Lead team to GM Supplier of the year recipient in 2016. Vast changes and improvements with the modified BIQ implementation to fit into the global Stanadyne production and business system. Using tried and true data based problem solving becoming Standard Work.

Savage, Mn

FABCON experiences include 6 Sigma Lean Green Belt certified. MDI experiences have lead to importance of managing daily change through leader standard work. Implement tool throughout department to focus on improving departmental weaknesses. SQDC experiences to focus manufacturing and quality team to more forward constructively and efficiently. Technical Lead for the introduction of data collection on tablets that uploaded to database where complex excel pivot tables are used to summarize… Show more FABCON experiences include 6 Sigma Lean Green Belt certified. MDI experiences have lead to importance of managing daily change through leader standard work. Implement tool throughout department to focus on improving departmental weaknesses. SQDC experiences to focus manufacturing and quality team to more forward constructively and efficiently. Technical Lead for the introduction of data collection on tablets that uploaded to database where complex excel pivot tables are used to summarize mounds of data into useful problem solving information. Improvement projects for both customer satisfaction and productivity around appearance items and tolerance of product. Projects include reducing field required work after product is installed. Lead and Manage QA department of up to 16 employees. PCI Level III Certification Class Successful. Show less

White Bear Lake, Mn

Developed ISO 9001-2008 process model quality system where on line QA Manual linked to many records so that process flow model of inputs for making product became outputs. Revamped internal audit process to set schedule based on Customer Complaints and External Audit findings versus auditing entire system. Lead changes to new part qualification process so that appropriate steps and records were kept to meet customer submission requirements. Strengths of this QA department here was get it… Show more Developed ISO 9001-2008 process model quality system where on line QA Manual linked to many records so that process flow model of inputs for making product became outputs. Revamped internal audit process to set schedule based on Customer Complaints and External Audit findings versus auditing entire system. Lead changes to new part qualification process so that appropriate steps and records were kept to meet customer submission requirements. Strengths of this QA department here was get it right qualifying new parts for our customers through capability studies. Customer satisfaction was switched from PPM to actual product complaints as our PPM rate was under 5. This allowed Water Gremlin to focus on improving customer needs by focusing on each item instead of reporting another low PPM month. Show less

Bachelor'S Degree, Engineering Science And Mechanics, 2.15

Activities and Societies: Worked my way through school and found plenty of parties to attend while not working. Worked my way.

Master'S Degree, Material Science, 3.5

Activities and Societies: Worked part time while in Graduate School and was newly married. My free time was taking our two labs Wilma.