SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Twenty-nine years of engineering, quality, and product development experience in mechanical & electro-mechanical products and components from concept development to production launch, including:
• Twenty One years of project management experience in the automotive and durable consumer products industries.
• Nineteen years of automotive experience including ten years working directly for OEM or Tier 1 companies such as Chrysler Corporation, Arvin Industries, Visteon, Nissan and Borg-Warner Automotive and two years supporting such companies as Eaton, Ford, and General Motors.
• Seventeen years of increasing management responsibility in both engineering and quality functions including over eleven years at the Director / Manager level.
• Thirteen years of practical hands-on experience in quality management and product support in ISO 9001 / QS 9000 manufacturing environments including involvement with and AIAG training in FMEA, Control Plans, APQP, PPAP, and QS9000 requirements and procedures.
• Extensive involvement and experience working with customers and suppliers on a variety of projects including product containment, product development, product support, cost reduction, and quality issues as well as Sales, Marketing, and Customer Support on training, product documentation, and packaging issues.
• Experience with developing and improving documentation control procedures and quality systems.
• Knowledge and understanding of a variety of manufacturing processes such as metal stamping and forming, welding, machining, plastic molding and forming, composites, and heat treating.
• Knowledge and experience with DC motor control, DC motors, AC linear actuators, steel tubing fabrication and weldments, mechanism design, precision rollers, wood & laminated products, PVC belting, injection molded, compression formed, extruded and vacuum formed plastics, Rapid Prototyping methods such as SLA and rubber molds, and electronic wiring.
• Performed system design & engineering analysis including drive system analysis, flywheel design, bearing analysis, weld analysis, steel fatigue and life structural analysis, and drive belt life analysis.
• Experience in transitioning operations to / from new facilities including the transfer and setup of new prototyping and testing facilities, and cost justification, analysis & quoting for the outsourcing of stamping, machining, and heat treat operations.
• Budgetary responsibility up to $1.5M.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Mar 2004 to Feb 2013 - PSS (Product Support Solutions) – Owner / Project Manager, Columbus, MS
Oct 2003 to Mar 2004 - PIC GROUP – Project Manager, Canton, MS
Quality related support and containment services to the Automotive Industry.
• Responsible for running the day-to-day operations which included up to 50 employees at any given time providing product containment services and engineering support at various automotive suppliers located in AL and MS who serviced the Nissan plant in Canton, MS and the Mercedes plant in Vance, AL.
• Manage resources and manpower requirements and coordinated all aspects of rapidly responding to customers’ service requests to assure a prompt, professional and thorough coverage of their product containment needs or engineering support at their customers’ location.
• Assist in determining root cause for product quality issues and implementation and management of containment and corrective actions at the plant level.
• Maintain open and direct communication and dialogue with customers regarding quality defect levels on containments using various quality reports and charts.
• Solicit new business in the regions of MS & AL for our product containment and engineering support services.
July 2003 to Oct 2003 - PIC GROUP – Supplier Quality Engineer - Lextron / Visteon , Canton, MS
Quality related support and containment services to the Automotive Industry.
• Coordinate and support incoming product quality issues to the plant.
• Assist in determining root cause for product quality issues and supporting implementation of containment and corrective actions at the plant level.
• Maintain open and direct communication with suppliers regarding quality related issues on their product.
• Support production lines with quality related issue to minimize impact to production.
• Support VRAP Quality Dept. with product quality related issues.
August 2000 to October 2002 - AETNA BEARING COMPANY, VP – Engineering & Quality, Chicago, IL
Leading manufacturer of automotive and agricultural bearing assemblies.
• Lead the efforts of the Engineering, Quality, Production Control and Purchasing Departments.
• Managed thirteen people, an operating budget of $500K, and a capital budget of $250K.
• Supported $3M stamping operation & tool room which included 12 presses from 60T to 600T and stock thickness from .040” to .280”.
• Performed complete engineering analysis and cost justification for outsourcing the heat treat, screw machine and stamping departments totaling over $3M in outsourced business.
• Maintained the QS9000 Quality System to assure compliance with existing standards including rewriting and implementation of quality policies and procedures.
• Revamped the engineering documentation system to improve ECN efficiency, accessibility, and accuracy.
• Implemented and staffed a major project to review and revise all drawings, BOM’s, routings, and other documentation for accuracy and completeness.
• Managed the successful launch of a redesigned clutch assembly for an agricultural seeding unit for improved performance.
• Managed a critical project, for our largest customer, to provide twenty-five corn-head idler sprocket prototypes, of various designs, in less than 30 days. These sprocket designs included both plastic and steel alternatives.
• Resolved a major warranty issue, on our highest volume clutch release bearing, by identifying the root causes and implementing manufacturing process changes as well as short and long term design modifications to improve the integrity, manufacturability and profitability of that product.
May 1999 to August 2000 - SAFETY-KLEEN, INC. – Director – Product Engineering, Elk Grove Village, IL
Leading environmental services equipment and service provider.
• Lead the efforts of a team of fourteen engineers, designers, and technicians towards the development of parts cleaning equipment, water processing equipment, and other types of environmental cleaning and processing equipment.
• Spearheaded an effort to streamline the engineering release process to improve both the turnaround time and the information communicated during the documentation process.
• Eliminated the practice of releasing products without adequate testing and development which was draining the company’s resources.
• Stabilized the team’s manpower by quickly filling six (6) open positions and preventing two (2) pending resignations.
March 1998 to May 1999 - UNIVERSAL FITNESS – Director – Research & Development, West Point, MS...
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