Hired to manage all aspects of the Quality Assurance Program and personnel. Within the first six months, rework was reduced by 47%. Within 30 months, a shop wide paradigm shift from QC to QA, and 50% reduction of the inspection group.Spear-headed Non-Conformance Reporting & Costs of Poor Quality tracking, process improvement, and costs reductions within the facility, including a Primer Conversion project worth $63,000 annual savings.Liaison between Legacy, 3rd Party Inspection groups, and Customers such as Williams, Range Resources, OneOk, Kinder Morgan, ETC, Enable, and Boardwalk.Programmed Access Database to track job/customer processes, inspection, documentation, & notification requirements, and another for Gage Control Tracking. These allowed for consistent application of each customers’ specific requirements.Restructured/updated Welding Procedure Specification, Procedure Qualification Records, and Welder Qualification Records within an ASME traceable environment using CEI Pro Write S9 software. Also kept a continuity report for each of the welders. First Pass Yield for welding improved from 88% to 99.4% acceptance.In-depth exposure to ASME, AGA, & API requirements.Consulting team member to help create a safety record of only 2 recordable incidents within the last 30 months.

Proper operation of the semi-truck and tanker trailer • Testing of crude oil to insure it met required quality limits • Completion of shipping paperwork and all required logs/time sheets • Weekly maintenance on truck • CDL-A, Haz-Mat, Dbl/Trp, Tanker.

Proper operation of the semi-truck and flat-bed trailer • Proper securement of the load • Efficient use of trip planning and fuel usage • Training new drivers 2 to 6 weeks each in order to prepare them to be assigned their own truck. CDL-A, Haz-Mat, Dbl/Trp, Tanker.

Quality Facilitator 11-99 - 04/05 Managed a finishing cell quality program with 14 direct reports. Lead member of corporate “swat” team. Reduced scrap by $750,000 per year.Trained employees at multiple Black & Decker facilities in the U.S. and Mexico.Designed, documented, implemented, maintained quality processes in a KanBan system.Identified/removed barriers that slowed or prevented the successful attainment of projects focused on process yield, cycle-time, defective reduction and cost goals. Multi-tasked technical issues to resolve conflicts while finding opportunities for process improvements, both internal and external. Worked closely with Six Sigma Black Belts, Engineering Department, and Management to identify process improvement opportunities, increase productivity, and execute cost saving projects.Storage & Shipping Lead –Cushing Distribution Center 2/98 to 11/99 Managed a 9 person Distribution team. Distributed goods within the facility and the distribution warehouse; Pulled, loaded, and shipped inter-site “Finished Goods” orders for the West Coast Distribution Center and an additional four off-site warehouses. Quality Control “Quality Specialist” 5/96 to 2/98Developed a “Defects per Million Opportunities” tracking system to determine which processes were in need of improvement. • Statistical Process Control methods • Gage Control and Calibration • Read Industrial blueprints • First piece inspection of trimmed zinc die castings and steel stampings. Quality Control “Precision Inspector” 12/92 - 5/96Precision tooling inspection • Document control • Gage/Tooling design • Trained inspectors.Quality Control “Inspector A” 2/85 - 12/92Receiving and In-process inspection • Usage of SPC methods.Quality Control “Inspector B” 8/83 - 2/85Quality Control “Inspector C” 9/82 - 8/83Quality Control “Salvage Operator” 8/82 - 9/82