L3Harris, Inc. – Program Quality Manager / Sr Supervisor

March 2022 – present

• Ensure timely communication with QRO
• Identify and flow down customer requirements
• Participate in Program Management Reviews
• Participate in CCB, Risk Reviews
• Review and approve program plans
• Support 3^rd party AS9100 audits
• Scheduling and oversight of internal monthly and quarterly audits
• Participate in peer reviews
• Monitor and witness formal Configuration Management builds
• Verify Configuration Management control
• Facilitate and support corrective action

Los Alamos National Laboratory, Triad National Security, LLC – Quality Engineer, Engineering Technologist

May 2016 – March 2022

• Evaluate objective quality evidence for procured War Reserve components
• Review and verification of War Reserve and Weapons related quality documentation
• Create and revise Integrated Work Documents
• Generate material inspection reportsfor product certification of the US nuclear deterrent
• Evaluate inspection and test areas resulting increased capability and effectiveness
• Conduct pre-job briefings and authorizes work to be completed per procedure
• Implement and maintain Department of Energy Human Performance Improvement standards
• Schedule work to be performed on LANL WIPS and follow scheduling processes
• Coordinate with Quality Engineering, Process Engineering and Management of nonconformances
• Perform segregation of non-conforming materials per procedure
• Managed War Reserve gauge database to ensure it is updated and accurate
• Participate in the plutonium facility Plan of the Day planning activities
• Perform surveillance of Solumina to ensure conformance to policies and procedures

Caterpillar, Inc. – Machinist, Quality Technician, Supplier Quality Engineer, Quality Engineer                                                                               

May 1992 – May 2016

• Instituted containment and enforced quality procedures per Caterpillar Quality Management System and ISO standards
• Prioritized and managed corrective action meeting agenda and follow through
• Purchased and validated Coordinate Measuring Machines to ensure standard of new products using AIAG and MSA procedures
• Established and maintain quality plans and standard work for newly created inspection processes per APQP guidelines
• Lead and trained team for proper interpretation of GD&T prints for first article inspections
• Successfully trained entry level technicians on operation and programming of CMM and other inspection equipment
• Managed and led Material Review Board daily and weekly meetings resulting in responsive and timely resolutions
• Communicated and collaborate with design engineers resulting in feedback of manufacturability of prototype products per APQP guidelines
• Applied experience and knowledge of inspection procedures to troubleshoot manufacture of prototype builds
• Assisted in risk analysis for the purpose of Production Part Approval Process documentation
• Designed and set up new inspection areas using Lean and 6 Sigma methodologies
• Produced and maintained matrixes to monitor processes
• Reported and tracking of nonconformance data for continuous improvement and to measure effectiveness
• Consulted with suppliers on questions of quality using Caterpillar GD&T blueprints and specifications
• Supplier Quality contact of purchased finished parts for engineers, suppliers, warehouses, and 3500, 3600, and C175 Series engine for Caterpillar assembly lines
• Participated in quality hold teams and Corrective Action Request communications for resolutions to problems
• Led and investigated root causes of assembly line scrap

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Affiliations

• Caterpillar Learning Management training records available upon request
• Los Alamos training records available upon request
• ASME
• American Society for Quality: CQI, CQT Certified

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Computer and Application and System Knowledge

Teamcenter, SAP, NX, AutoCAD,Solid Works, PC-DMIS, Creo, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Visual Basic, Microsoft Visio, Microsoft Publisher, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Access, MiniTab, Infinity QS, Quindos, Solumina.

References – Available upon request