Accomplished, self-motivated Professional eager to contribute 20+ years of quality control, engineering and leadership experience to a progressive organization.

         Proven ability to streamline process improvement initiatives, resulting in increased efficiency throughout product development operations.

         Dynamic leadership skills, demonstrated throughout multiple hands on, full cycle product/project management positions.

         Regarded for ability to identify client needs and design innovative solutions to ensure overall satisfaction and retention.

Mayco International 2014-Present

Advanced Quality Engineer

         Fulfill key role on product development team, focusing primarily on maintaining quality control, overseeing PPAP databases, performing product demonstration runs and generating thorough status reports.

         Champion process improvement initiatives throughout design of advanced workflow processes, control plans and PFMEA.

         Leverage subject matter expertise to deploy highly effective training and development initiatives for plant staff members.

         Strategically identify risk and weaknesses throughout supply chain operations.

         Conduct highly effective production validation tests, critical to identifying discrepancies and designing innovative engineering solutions.

         Chief responsibilities include manufacturing floor plan development, certification plan creation and conducting supplier readiness evaluation runs.

Advanced Decorative Systems 2013-2014

Product Manager

         Contributed expertise to management of all product development and program launch initiatives.

         Resourcefully gather client requirements and design innovative, needs based solutions.

         Utilized strong leadership and organizational skills to steer projects to on time, within budget completion.

         Heavily involved in all project phases, including performance of contract reviews, customer service/scheduling and job costing.

         Implemented effective metrics to strategically increase overall team productivity.

         Associated duties included management of PPAP system, as well as maintenance of Master APQP Summary Report.

Advanced Decorative Systems March 2006-2013

Project Engineer

         Spearheaded process improvement initiatives, critical to maintaining client satisfaction throughout product deployment.

         Leveraged strong engineering knowledge to successfully design innovative client solutions based on requirements identified throughout APQP and PPAP processes, as well as thorough blueprint reviews.

         Maintained quality control throughout daily operations by implementing effective control plans, process flow and PFMEA, as well as inspecting all production equipment.

         Conducted thorough testing to ensure on track performance throughout daily operations.

         Collaborated extensively with development team to appropriately complete all aspects of fabrication, assembly, machining and product processing.

         Involved in thermoforming line start up/shut down, operations and troubleshooting.

         Submitted necessary components, subcomponents and materials to International Material Data System (IMDS).

Previous Positions:

Advanced Decorative Systems 2001-2006

Production Supervisor

Advanced Decorative Systems 1994-2001

Dimensional Technician

Advanced Decorative Systems 1992-1994

Preco Operator

Bachelor Degree in Business Administration, Management and Operations, Davenport University; 1999-2004