With a focus on quality management with a successful record of streamlining operations, reducing costs, lean manufacturing, improving product quality and increasing sales revenue. Extensive hands-on manufacturing, engineering and product development experience contributing to successful business growth and profitability. Self-motivated leader recognized for implementing innovative change, project management, corrective/preventive action, continuous improvement, building teams and enhancing customer value and satisfaction.
• Lean Tools, Practices • Corrective/Preventive • Sales Engineer • Continuous Improvement • Quality Management • Application Engineer • ISO, JIT, DOE, FMEA, VOC • New Product / Process Development • Customer Satisfaction • Six Sigma Black and Green Belt Certified • Quality Engineer • Project Manager • Internal Audits
EXPERIENCE
Handy & Harman Omni Technologies Division, Brentwood, NH 1999 - 2008 Manufacturer of Aluminum brazing products for automotive and A/C industrial applications.
Quality Engineer Sales and Application Engineer
Leadership of a $10 + million/year company that developed and patented Aluminum Flux Cored brazing wire and the manufacture of flux cored braze rings that revolutionized the brazing of products in the automotive and A/C industries. Developed, implemented, and assisted in the management the daily activities of Manufacturing, Quality, Sales and Application Engineering, Purchasing, Human Resources, Finance, Maintenance, and Scheduling functions.
• Implemented transition from ISO 9002/QS-9000 to ISO/TS-16949-2000 • Created detailed assembly and inspection instructions • Checked drawings, corrected and refined designs for engineering • Created and implemented vendor performance and Customer Satisfaction reports • Implemented and maintained Corrective Action Report system • Creating procedures and documentation for transition to ISO/TS 16949-2000 • Developed Manufacturing Operating Procedures for TS 16949-2000 • Developed FMEA, PSW and PPAP's for automotive engineering designs • Conducted Internal audits per TS 16949-2000 • Worked with customer's engineering and quality departments on various projects • Implemented EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) with automotive venders Delphi, Visteon and Chrysler • Continuous improvement
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Vitta Corporation, Bethel, CT 1999 -- 2004
Manufacture of high temperature nickel brazing alloys, brazing tape and paste
Development Project Manager -- For specialty powders and their applications Manufacturing Process Engineer - Atomization of high temperature nickel brazing powder alloys
Directed the activities of supplying brazing powder for the manufacturing of brazing tape and paste for aerospace manufactures. Provided engineering support to manufacturing.
• Supervised manufacturing powder production areas. • On steering committee to update quality to ISO 9001 • Developed work instructions for ISO 9001 • Improved manufacturing processes and quality for powder production • Created and implemented systems for trending vendor performance and production quality levels • Chaired materials review board and conducted design control reviews • Project manager for special powder manufacturing • Developed and installed reverse osmosis water system processing technologies reducing losses by 50%. • Installed nitrogen gas diffusers to prevent oxygen pickup during alloying and atomization. • Developed and implemented process certifications, operating and maintenance procedures.
Connecticut Engineering- Sandy Hook, CT Co -owner 1978 -- 1999
Manufacturing Engineer for the manufacturing of metal powders for aerospace and industrial applications.
• Developed manufacturing procedures for alloying and atomizing metal powders • Created quality control department and implemented procedures • Created work instructions and document traceability • Implemented corrective action and vendor conformance • On steering committee to update quality to ISO 9001 • Developed work instructions for ISO 9001 • Improved manufacturing processes and quality for powder production
Professional Certification and Education
Western Connecticut State University University of Bridgeport Engineering Central Connecticut State University Certified Six Sigma Black Belt Certified Lean Manufacturing Tools Quality Engineer
Certifications
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