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Avon Lake, Ohio

- Streamlining test methods and procedures for medical products.- Verify model description and test methods.- Build reports for final processing before shipping.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

- Assist with failure analysis.- Assist with factory audits.- Conduct data analysis. .- Lab Tech.

Independence, Oh

CSA Group competes with (UL) Underwriter Laboratories as a 3rd party safety testing organization with $170M in sales and 1,500 employees. CSA is a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) that tests, certifies and audits a wide variety of products to various safety standards. The UL, CSA and ANSI certification standards may either include, refer to or defer to the global and or local regulatory codes.LEADERSHIP:* Lowered "Critical” factory inspection issues to zero and expedited 100% high risk issues to maintain value to the CSA mark and exceeding goals for non-conformance reports each year.* Worked with CSA Engineers and clients to determine root cause and corrective measures to prevent future issues with clients'​ ISO9001 programs,* Coordinated efforts between multiple certification testing groups and client to ensure all findings were resolved, recoded and communicated back to the client.INSPECTION DATA ANALYSIS:* Tracked factory inspection results and issues from 5,000+ annual non-conformance reports.* Reviewed 100& factory inspection issues by severity from the 150+ factory visits per day.* Performed statistical analysis and created reports to track current progress, future potential and stagnation of processes related to the groups in CSA responsible for resolution of factory findings.*Analyzed data to find counterfeit or unauthorized products bearing CSA mark to protect the mark.TRAINING:* Provided relevant data from databases for annual inspector training regarding new procedures or upcoming regulations.* Conducted informal training and mentoring for internal staff and our customers.

Independence, Ohio

LEADERSHIP:* Expanded North American department from 4 to 10 people working with ANSI auditors to maintain accreditation.* Supported with team to organize backlog of ReEx samples to reclaim 1.5 million dollars of testing. * Supported team and the engineering departments to align our work processes using LEAN.PROCESS ANALYSIS:* Compiled and analyzed data to determine team progress to open non-conformance report, progress of engineers to resolve factory inspection issues, progress of ReEx testing (shipped, arrived, in testing, failures, 2nd samples, status)TRAINING:* Conducted annual training programs for North American and international inspectors annually to review relevant work procedures and brainstorm solutions to reoccurring issues.* Review any new government or local regulations related to Special Inspections.

Independence

* Completed multiple projects by Interpreting safety certification standards, testing and certifying products to certification standards, analyzing the test data for consistency and comparing anomalies to historical test data using root cause analysis to resolve quality construction or testing issues with the prototype.* Working with local or international regulatory officials for acceptance of CSA mark.* Organized MSDS documents and kept track of them.

Independence, Ohio

* Organized 500+ inspection trips to US factories during initial startup of CSA inspections by the Cleveland office after the purchase of AGA by CSA . * Conducted factory audits before the first production run to determine if they could consistently build product that met all requirements for certification as described in their PPAP and then audited them to look for quality and safety issues.* Reviewed 200+ types of products including medical, safety equipment, plastics, lighting, NGV, large gas appliances, electric appliances, and various electronic devices, etc.* Aided clients with regulatory issues.

Independence, Ohio

* Tested prototype gas related appliances and their component parts to certify them to ANSI or UL safety standards, documenting certification test data and prints in certification reports for quality check by inspectors. * Collaborated with clients to resolve test failure and construction non-conformances through root cause analysis. * Authored a safety standard.* Created or improved gas appliance test procedures for engineers.* Visited client factories before initial production run to determine ability to produce AGA certified units.* Aided clients with regulatory issues.* Involved with corporate sales to increase Natural Gas Vehicle certification services by AGA.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Geology/Paleontology/Ecology

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