Director of Quality Career Research and Resources

Cornice Inc.

Manufacturing & Production - Director of Quality - Longmont, CO

Responsible for entire supply chain - quality, cost, performance and schedule of all components to internal operations for micro disk drive build line – $25M / month revenue rate and 200k units / month volumes – Owner of COGS and Quality - start-up environment in emerging market.

Avg. Salary: $140,000   ·    Company Rank: 4.0 out of 5

Western Digital

Manufacturing & Production - Director of Quality - Lake Forest, CA

Responsible for quality and supply of all components into disk drive build line (mechanical assemblies, machined, cast and stamped parts, electrical assemblies, flex circuits, PCBA, motor, actuators, coils motors and bearings.

Avg. Salary: $140,000   ·    Company Rank: 4.0 out of 5

Maxtor

Manufacturing & Production - Director of Quality - Longmont, CO

Responsible for quality and supply of components into disk drive build line (HSA / HGA / Slider / Wafer / Suspension / Actuator / Coil / Flex Assembly – including head development with suppliers to meet HDD performance requirements.

Avg. Salary: $140,000   ·    Company Rank: 3.0 out of 5

Storage-Tek

Manufacturing & Production - Director of Quality - Louisville, CO

• Managed complete process redesign to support product form factor reduction and conversion to magneto restrictive heads • Set-up MR slider fabrication proto-line and then transferred into high volume manufacturing – 2.6 million dollar development budget • Organized and managed group of 13 engineers and 6 technicians – developing machining, lapping, and assembly processes

Avg. Salary: $140,000   ·    Company Rank: 3.0 out of 5

Seagate Technology

Manufacturing & Production - Director of Quality - Scotts Valley, CA

• Developed initial product & process designs for slider and HGA, material and equipment procurement, facility layout & installation • Developed all functional support; process documentation, process/tooling/equipment development, staffing and training of 36 personnel • Managed product qualification - slider / HGA process from concept design to volume ramp into production in 14 months

Avg. Salary: $140,000   ·    Company Rank: 4.0 out of 5

Read-Rite

Manufacturing & Production - Director of Quality - Milpitas, CA

Initial development and release of all slider fabrication processes to support new recording head products. Managed electronic lapping implementation, machining processes, ceramic bonding, aqueous / solvent cleaning and final visual inspection processes.

Avg. Salary: $140,000   ·    Company Rank: 4.0 out of 5

Bama Companies

Manufacturing & Production - Director of Quality - Tulsa, OK

Influencing Policy, Reorganizing work, Improving work techniques, lab capabilities, team skil levels

Avg. Salary: $130,000   ·    Company Rank: 2.0 out of 5

L-3 Services Inc. Unidyne Division

Manufacturing & Production - Director of Quality - Norfolk, VA

Director of Quality Systems responsible for the oversight of Quality, Environmental, Health and Safety, Technical Training and Facilities. Assist in the development of contract capture strategies and review of contract proposals.

Avg. Salary: $95,000   ·    Company Rank: 3.0 out of 5

Idexx Laboratories, Inc

Manufacturing & Production - Director of Quality - Roswell, GA

Senior Scientist - Perform and supervise preparation and analysis, including microbiological analysis and quality control of sensors and reagents used in manufacturing of wide variety of medical device in compliance with FDA/GMP operational policies. Train newly hired Chemists on laboratory procedures and instruments.

Avg. Salary: $70,000   ·    Company Rank: Not Available

The Coca-Cola Company

Manufacturing & Production - Director of Quality - Atlanta, GA

Project Chemist IC - Supervised, coordinated and analyzed the quality control and microbiological samples, samples of syrups, ingredients and beverages using FTIR, Raman, UV-VIS spectrophotometers and microscopes; managed verification projects of various standards for bottling plants.

Avg. Salary: $70,000   ·    Company Rank: Not Available