William (Bill) Daws Jr. Email & Phone Number

Avon, Ohio, US

Direct and Support Advance Product Safety Governance and Agile product development quality processes for ADAS / DAS, Steering systems, Electronics; Mechatronics, Valves, Modules and related technologies.Bendix is the Commercial Vehicle Industry leader in Autonomous Safety Collision Mitigation Technology, Active Cruise control with Braking, Lane Departure.

Avon, Ohio, US

Lead Product Quality and advance product quality and safety governance function for Bendix Controls Division. Manage remote engineering workforce in US and Mexico.

Pittsburgh, PA, US

• Responsible for Quality Engineering, suppliers, production and customer Quality. Lead changes to improve organizational performance and process capability by utilizing change management, conducting Kaizen events.
• Developed a Quality Operating System to analyze and respond to quality indicators. Improved processes and addressed concerns resulting in less than 125 PPM customer returns. - Member of corporate core team to assess.

Bethesda, MD, US

• Manage Mid-East region Systems Supplier Quality Engineering staff and Integration of supply base for Aeronautics programs. Supply base experience in Avionics, Electrical power management systems, Valves, Turbine.
• Led Mid East US regional team in achieving baseline reduction in nonconformances of: 26% in 2011, 21% in 2012 and 36% in 2013.
• Manage and develop talent for the supplier Quality Organization. Lead group training of recent college graduates in Quality Science methodologies, APQP, PPAP, DFMEA, PFMEA, DOE, Red X, and SPC.
• Lead Integration team of critical suppliers with baseline reduction in non conformance improvements of 55% in 2014 and 30% in 2015.
• Supplier Quality Lead at Northrup Grumman for F35 Center Section responsible for product quality improvement of $950 Million annual product shipped to LMA from Palmdale assembly and El Segundo Composite Centers.

Bethesda, MD, US

• UK Vehicle Manufacturing Engineering Lead - Adaptive Vehicle Architecture (AVA) program.
• Managed build planning, technical support and build process management of prototype vehicles. Reduced total build time by over 30% to scheduleJoint Light Tactical Vehicle Program - JLTV
• Led ME prototype build projects Cab, Chassis Marriage, Electrical, Power Distribution, and C4I.
• Responsible for manufacturing build planning, BOM analysis, modeling and simulation, prototype vehicle build execution and product engineering support.
• Define vehicle assembly processes, green and brownfield plant layouts, modular component concepts and assembly process simulations.
• Six Sigma Black Belt lead of Product development, Kaikaku, flow and 5S Kaizen events. Booked an average Black Belt savings in excess of 300K per 2 day Kaizen event.Major projects - Working with domestic partners, Lotus.

Detroit, Michigan, US

Responsible for maintaining and improving world class process Quality for 300+ vehicles per shift GMT 900 vehicle assembly operations, as well as plant floor quality information systems, warranty and supplier Quality performance. Manage problem solving teams utilizing Shannin Red X methodologies and implementing standardized work for Chassis and Final.

Detroit, Michigan, US

Vehicle assembly plant tooling and process development for GMT 900, 305, 368 GMX 265, 310, and Lambda vehicle programs. Oklahoma City, Orion, Arlington, Wilmington, Spring Hill, DHam, Lansing Grand River and Lansing Craft Center assembly plants.

Detroit, Michigan, US

Managed the electrical, interior and exterior subsystem Advanced Quality planning, Quality for the product development phase for the GMT 800 Parallel Hybrid, as well as several Midsize SUV and Full Size Van vehicle programs. Developed subsystem quality improvement plans with design engineering to exceed best in class JD Power IQS vehicle quality measures.

Detroit, Michigan, US

General Assembly Center– Technical Integration Engineer - Lead expert teams of Product and Manufacturing Engineers developing the Global Assembly plant layouts for greenfield plants at Lansing Grand River and Lansing Delta Township.Led teams developing modular Interiors product design strategy to enable short main assembly lines. Incorporated strategy in.

Detroit, Michigan, US

Managed the dimensional layout and inspection function for 3 shift Interior trim injection molding manufacturing facility. Responsible for the dimensional PPAP approvals of 15 vehicle programs in 21 Assembly plants including GMT 800 vehicle hard and soft interior trim. Qualified product, tooling and inspection fixturing for 7200 Instrument Panels per day.

Munich, DE

Led manufacturing and customer Quality for Instrument Clusters and Cruise controls for GM and Volkswagen de Mexico

Master Of Science Degree, Information Technology

Masters, Quality Management

Bt, Manufacturing Engineering