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Quality engineer for intermediates sections of largest integrated nylon company in the world. Provide quality, statistical, and continuous improvement support for chemicals sections of plant.

During this period, I've consulted throughout the company on a number of 6-Sigma Teams as well as provided general statistical expertise. During this period, I've authored and distributed the following reports and programs: (9/24/09) Resampling Data, an Excel Program; (9/25/09) Estimating Variance in Product forecast Deviations; (9/30/09) Evolutionary Operation (EVOP): An Approach to Optimizing a Commericial Process without Generating Off Grade Product; (10/02/09) Resampling Strategy… Show more During this period, I've consulted throughout the company on a number of 6-Sigma Teams as well as provided general statistical expertise. During this period, I've authored and distributed the following reports and programs: (9/24/09) Resampling Data, an Excel Program; (9/25/09) Estimating Variance in Product forecast Deviations; (9/30/09) Evolutionary Operation (EVOP): An Approach to Optimizing a Commericial Process without Generating Off Grade Product; (10/02/09) Resampling Strategy for Forecasting Product Demand; (10/05/09) Pack Cleaning Vendor DOE - Analysis; (10/06/09) Estimating Operator Variance Contribution to Tensile Bar Testing; (10/15/09) Developed "Shewhart Game" Excel program to enable line engineers to study process variation; (10/19/09) Shewhart Game: Learning About Process Variation; (11/23/09) Evaluation of Greenwood's Splice Gun DOE; (1/10/10) GAP Rate Improvement Team - End Year Status; (2/25/10) Manufacturing Process Forensics: Capability Metrics and Continuous System Validation; (2/26/10 and 3/01/10) An Examination of Experimental Centrifuge Data; (3/12/10) 5 Y's Session Results from Analysis of Bepex Zone 2 Fouling; (3/23/10) Increasing Bepex Capacity; (4/15/10) Color (YI) Changes with Polymer Chip Age; (5/07/10) A Resampling Approach to Process Charting; (5/13/10) A BCF Plug Former Evaluation; (5/17/10) A Specification-Based Process Control Strategy Inflates Variance; (5/20/10) Reducing Sampling Costs: Implementing a Variable Sampling Interval Strategy; (5/26/10) Manufacturing Process Control: Continuous Measurement System Validation with a 5/3 Strategy; (6/02/10) Recordable Injury Rate Comparison Among Plants; (6/9/10) The Impact of Sample size; (6/17/10) A Resampling Approach to Process Charting; (7/06/10) Understanding Process Variance: Partitioning Variance; (7/16/10) Capability Metrics Spot Trouble in Any Manufacturing Process; (08/10/10) Quad Folding: A Simple Idea for the Subjective Characterization of Large Sample Sets. Show less

During August and September of 2009, I was hired to lead a team, consisting of scientists (5 Fellows) and operations specialists, whose job it was to improve the performance of a specific group of nylon polymer resins. Without saying what it was, business was at risk (on the 100 million annual pounds plus scale) and discovery science had to take place quickly. Meeting daily and running designed experiments (DOEs) on large commercial equipment, within one month we had found the two levers… Show more During August and September of 2009, I was hired to lead a team, consisting of scientists (5 Fellows) and operations specialists, whose job it was to improve the performance of a specific group of nylon polymer resins. Without saying what it was, business was at risk (on the 100 million annual pounds plus scale) and discovery science had to take place quickly. Meeting daily and running designed experiments (DOEs) on large commercial equipment, within one month we had found the two levers which drove the property of interest, as well as undertaken mechanistic studies--all without creating one pound of off-grade material. Final report issued on 9/9/09: V2 Flammability Improvement Team's Approaches and Results.Based on the results of this team (the eighth I've led in the past four years), Ascend has decided to continue employing me to lead/consult with a number of their other performance-based teams. Show less

TripleScreenMethod.com is a subcription-based website designed to forecast stock price movement. For the last 22 quarters, it made 1,133+ forecasts. A $35,000 account would have increased to $411,219 (1075% return) in an environment where the S&P 500 fell 23%. The TSM approach combines fundamentals with statistically based technical analysis. Fifteen fundamental screens are used to produce the best 60 or so stocks with the following combination of fundamental properties: earnings quality… Show more TripleScreenMethod.com is a subcription-based website designed to forecast stock price movement. For the last 22 quarters, it made 1,133+ forecasts. A $35,000 account would have increased to $411,219 (1075% return) in an environment where the S&P 500 fell 23%. The TSM approach combines fundamentals with statistically based technical analysis. Fifteen fundamental screens are used to produce the best 60 or so stocks with the following combination of fundamental properties: earnings quality, positive earnings revision fuel to spur immediate price change and value remaining at the current price. Daily then, these 60 stocks (updated each weekend) are evaluated technically for the quality of their price pullbacks, which, in turn provide low risk entry points.Find three articles here: http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/stocks/contributors/?contributor=Richard%20MillerFind a short article detailing the technical analysis of price pullback here: http://www.triplescreenmethod.com/TradersCorner/TC082905.asp Show less

This consultant company addresses manufacturing process improvement through six sigma principles: reducing costs, improving yields and reducing variation. Seasoned professional, possessing skilled knowledge of statistical process control, measurement system qualification, and manufacturing process forensic evaluation.

A Master 6-Sigma Black Belt, my function at Solutia was statistical consultation and building/leading teams to solve process problems: reduce variation, improve yields, reduce costs. From 2005-2008, I led seven teams that saved/earned 10s of millions of dollars. The following team is an example.Business Case: The market for static control yarn changed from low-value carpet applications to higher value markets. To compete, Solutia’s product costs for this $3 million business were… Show more A Master 6-Sigma Black Belt, my function at Solutia was statistical consultation and building/leading teams to solve process problems: reduce variation, improve yields, reduce costs. From 2005-2008, I led seven teams that saved/earned 10s of millions of dollars. The following team is an example.Business Case: The market for static control yarn changed from low-value carpet applications to higher value markets. To compete, Solutia’s product costs for this $3 million business were reduced $800 thousand. Route: (1) form a team representative of all organizations impacting cost (operations, maintenance, support, accounting, marketing, business planning); (2) conduct brainstorming session to identify and rank order opportunities for cost reduction; (3) meet biweekly to monitor the implementation strategy. Identified 78 opportunities, championed 45 of them and recommended implementing changes that were projected to save $876 thousand. Show less

Expertise in fiber physics, fiber/yarn/carpet morphology, analytical characterization (with particular expertise in X-Ray), statistical consultation.Developed "Quad Analysis" as a method for better characterizing subjective properties. The approach is currently being used in South Korea and New Zealand to characterize silk and fabric properties.Citations:Sensorial Property Evaluation of Scoured Silk Fabrics Using Quad AnalysisJJ Kim, S Yoo, E Kim - Textile Research… Show more Expertise in fiber physics, fiber/yarn/carpet morphology, analytical characterization (with particular expertise in X-Ray), statistical consultation.Developed "Quad Analysis" as a method for better characterizing subjective properties. The approach is currently being used in South Korea and New Zealand to characterize silk and fabric properties.Citations:Sensorial Property Evaluation of Scoured Silk Fabrics Using Quad AnalysisJJ Kim, S Yoo, E Kim - Textile Research Journal, 2005 Odor Retention on Apparel Fabrics: Development of Test Methods for Sensory DetectionRH McQueen, RM Laing, CA Wilson, BE Niven - Textile Research Journal, 2007 Show less

Conducted research elucidating structures of natural products with the goal of finding anti cancer agents. During this time, I worked with two of the leading scientists in the field: Paul Scheuer at the University of Hawaii (marine natural products) and Morris Kupchan at the University of Virginia (plant natural products).

Graduate Level Statistics

Activities and Societies: Analysis of Variance (1987), Applied Regression Analysis (1987), NonParametric Statistics (1988), Topics.

Ph.D., Physical Chemistry - Statistics

Activities and Societies: American Chemical Society, American Crystallographic Association, Sigma XI, American Association of Textile.

Bs, Chemsitry

After earning a BS in biology in 1969, I went into the US Army for two years. On completion of that service, I returned to UWF and spent.

Bs, Biology

Associates, General

Statistics, 6-Sigma, Lean

Activities and Societies: Moresteam's - Lean Methods Accelerator (2010); Peter Bruce (Statistics.com) - Introduction to Resampling Methods.