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Irvine, California, United States

Irvine, California, US

created an introduced a Quality playbook that includes 10 elements along with a Book of Knowledge for each principle. The launch was across 12 sites of CCT with a purpose to build out common practices of fundamental principles to build into the QMS at each location. Principles include active supplier management, robust acceptance plans for training at all.

Irvine, California, US

In November 2019 my role was increased to include oversight and management of both the Nogales factory and the Irvine factory related to all Quality Systems and Quality functions. This includes from Contract Review through Customer Source Inspection. I have 2 managers reporting to me at the Nogales facility. I have 11 other direct reports consisting of.

Irvine, California, US

Responsible for P&L related to Operations. Projects include reduction of Inventory (8%) through EOQ orders, supplier price negotiation, blanket orders, or supplier replacement. PPV has improved from unfavorable to favorable 5.6%. Implementing improved tracking of production work orders for purposes of reducing labor variance and material variances. Reduced.

Irvine, California, US

Responsible for the Quality Department, Laboratory testing department and Sustaining Engineering. Reduced turn-around for drawing releases from 4 weeks down to two weeks. Reduced BOM errors by adding inspection points into the Engineering Release process. Replaced Quality staff to better support the needs of the organization in detection and prevention.

Responsible for running Warehouse, Assembly, Machining, Automation, Purchasing and Maintenance Departments (30 people). Managing daily activities in all areas of responsibility. Improve Cash flow management through direction of Purchasing toward reduced supplier material cost goals and lengthened terms. Ensure build production schedule is on time and.

Responsible for production of $14M shipments managing 22 production workers and 2 Warehouse personnel. Reduced labor for requesting BOM materials for production line by automating request process to the Warehouse (saving 40 hours per month).

Assist with FAT for new products. Implement production line for new product to include work instructions, production line training and working with DCMA for product approval. Perform process improvements on existing product lines.

Costa Mesa, CA, US

Working on launch of new product line that will sell to the Military. Implement methods of data collection and reporting for internal and external customers. Diagnose and analyze product and machine variations.

Irvine, California, US

Work directly with Executive Team to determine company direction and policy. Rewrote AS9100 procedures, including implementation and training. Implemented Quality Metrics tracking internal and external defects. Implemented comprehensive first article system through ERP, document control and inspection. Added Quality gates through production process..

Saitama City, Saitama, Tokyo, JP

• Responsible for overall Quality Management System resulting in: TS-16949 certification; assisted in activities to achieve $100k/year saving in manpower reductions through lean manufacturing; developed, implemented and.
• Reduced external defects parts per million (PPM) from 500 to 10 and reduced internal defects PPM from 5000 to 1000 through use of Pareto and root cause analysis.
• Achieved zero late customer responses through modernization of corrective action system that created database for organizing, documenting, tracking and reporting corrective action activities.
• Implemented management systems for TS16949 Quality Standards (similar to ISO 9001) and ISO 14001 Environmental Standards. All system elements from office through production floor met and/or exceeded requirements as per.
• Maintained required certifications with four or less minor deviations yearly, 50% less than other divisions, by managing12 person volunteer auditing team to verify system compliance.
• Trained 300 people on ISO 14001 Environmental Management Standards, resulting in passing third party audits to receive certification.

Saitama City, Saitama, Tokyo, JP

• Leader of Satellite Task Force team responsible for overall quality, productivity and $97,000 budget for production line. Recruited to become Safety Coordinator for the plant. Responsible for production lines from.
• Attained $60,000/yr savings through design modification by eliminating one part component in the assembly process.
• Achieved $30,000/yr savings through headcount reduction in production area through use of Value Stream Mapping (VSM) activities.
• Finished 15% under budget on new product launch with new production processes.
• Increased production volume by 12% and eliminated overtime through Kaizen activities.
• Reduced rejects by 8% and machine downtime by 10% through implementation of poke-yokes.

Saitama City, Saitama, Tokyo, JP

Assisted in development and implementation of corrective action system using the PDCA (plan-do-check-act) format for documentation of problem root cause analysis, corrective action and prevention. Responsible for quality of production line from creation to completion as well as working with customers for approval and auditing supplier. Internal auditor for.

Start-up company

 Trained manufacturing personnel as part of continuous quality improvement endeavors Lead quality representative at customer design reviews Developed Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) Managed statistical data acquisition and interpretation including programming CMMs and document control Authored inspection instructions

Recruited as Quality Assurance Engineer and promoted to Quality Assurance Manager. Developed team of eighteen responsible for internal manufacturing product quality. Managed Production Part Approval Process for key customers including General Motors and Chrysler. Created a calibration program for measurement equipment and a discrepancy data collection.

M.A., Business Administration

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Engineering Technology