The Wizard of Quality Assurance

Industry:	Manufacturing & Production
Occupation:	Precision Device Inspector
Highlights:	My management experience gives me the tools to effectively communicate with management, engineers, and all departments of the production process.
Ideal Companies:	Toyota, Ford, Chrysler, General Motors, Saturn, KIA,
Education level:	Trade School
Will Relocate:	Yes
Location:	Roscoe, IL

Communicate with management and engineers solve quality issues and therefore coming up with corrective actions. Responsable to meet or exceed customer expectatations, by communicating with all departments and top management, and quality managers.Preventing defective or non acceptable, products from reaching our customers.

10/2007 - 10/2008

Crown Machine Inc.

Entry Level

• I was in charge of the quality of a 12 hour shift. Doing in process Audits, recieving, and final inspections. I set up and verified gages. Some calibration.Reading complicated blue prints, G&D . Using a cmm, and other technical gages.Writing up DMR reports.the company made very technical and complicated parts costing thousands of dollars.

1/2007 - 10/2007

American NTN Bearing Manufacturing Corp.

Entry Level

• I perform roundness checks on 18 lines. I perform assembled goods audits, and type changes. Using masters, dial indicators, mandrels, contracer, round com, tally surf. I communicate with engineers, and type change set up persons, and quality assurance department heads. My job is to make sure that the automotive bearings for various automotive manufacturers, to name a few; Ford, Honda, Mitsubishi, and Chrysler, meet or exceed our customers expectations. The company is ISO 14001 and ISO/TS 16949: 2002 certified. We do complete automated bearing and hub assemblies.

8/2003 - 5/2006

Rocknel Fastener Inc.

Entry Level

• I performed in process audits, and capability studies, receiving inspections, in process, and final inspections. Duties included filing data, monitoring gage control, and calibration. Conferring with associates as needed to identify quality issues and solutions. I participated in corrective action meetings and internal quality audits, to maintain quality standards. I worked independently most of the time, and reported to the Quality Assurance Manager. I worked with the following departments on a regular basis, engineering, receiving, heading, threading, cnc�s, heat treat, plating, sorting, and shipping. I used many computer programs while performing the above mentioned duties. I used many different machines and tools to do my duties. Just to name a few, optical comparator, con tracer, universal tester, rock well tester, profilameter, thickness tester. Tools used in doing my duties; include tri-roller, dial indicator, torque wrench, micrometers, and calipers, dial indicators, thread gages. Achievements include a good quality record, 5-S principle-a place for everything and everything in its place, SDS training - Supplier development program, Kaizen training, ISO-9001: 2002 registered, ISO 14001 and ISO/TS 16949:2002 training. I was responsible for making sure the parts Rocknel Fastener made, met or exceeded their customer expectations.

8/2002 - 10/2004

Rock Valley College

Entry Level

• I was a full time college student, working on my associates degree. I was working ten hours a day sometimes seven days a week. I had no time to attend school, study and do my home work and give 100% to my job. I plan on returning to College in the near future, and futher my education.

11/1997 - 10/2001

Kadon Precsion Machining Inc.

Entry Level

• Mastered setting up and operating many different types of CNC lathes. I made quality aerospace and automotive parts. I was responsible for checking the parts I made, including doing SPC checks. I had the best quality record in the company. I made offsets and edited the programs, when needed. I was learning to program the lathes. I was responsible for maintaining the lathes, coolants, oils and lubricants, and also did daily, weekly, and monthly maintenance. I am familiar with the following CNCs; Okumas LB10, LC20, LC30, Hardinge T65, T42 - (Live Tooling) ,CHNC. Myano, Nakamura-tome (Double turret, Double spindle, live tooling), all lathes. Fadal-Mill, Siugino- Milling, Machine. I am familiar with G and M codes. I have machined the following materials, Alloy steel Plastic, Stainless steel, Aluminum, Hastiloed, Carbon steel, Brass, and high temperature nickel alloys. I used live turrets, chuck and collates in my duties. I mastered using the correct instruments to check my parts for example optical comparator, profilameter, CMM, micrometers including pitch, hole, pitch, blade, depth micrometers. Calipers, dial indicators, also used these gages, height, ring, thread, pin, hole, and block gages. The company was an ISO 9000 certified and now is an ISO 9002 registered company. I also was asked to train operators on a regular basis. I also worked in the quality department, and did 100% sorts on parts that other people ran.

3/1993 - 7/1997

Atwood Automotive (Excel)

Entry Level

• I headed the quality control of the new lines. I performed in line inspections, in process inspections and final inspections, dock audits and in process audits, keeping logs and data on defects and inspections. I was also part of a trouble shooting team, to come up with corrective actions. to solve problems, and was on a committee responsible for making improvements plant wide, in which we were successful in scrap reduction, cutting overtime, and improving employee and customer relations. The company made parts for Chrysler, Ford and General Motors.

11/1991 - 2/1993

Beef A Roo

Manager

• I was responsible for night shift operations, including hiring, training, inventory control, ordering, bookkeeping, bank deposits, sales reports, and customer and employee relations, food service sanitation and closing the restaurant. The company has a chain of eight restaurants in the Rockford area; three of them are located in surrounding towns. I worked as a night manager at three of the restaurants in Rockford, while employed there. I motivated my employee�s, and came up with ideas on improvements at each of these restaurants: such as suggestive selling, employee relations and incentive programs, customer relations, and restaurant operations. I believe that treating a person whether it is an employee or a customer with respect and kindness is the best policy.I left this job because My friend got shot.At one of the other restuarants. I was a single parent at the time, I chose to change occupations.

11/1989 - 9/1991

PRI/ Gas Express

Manager

• I was responsible for daily operations of all three shifts at a 24 hour a day convenience store and gas station. These operations included hiring, training, scheduling, inventory and, shrink control, bookkeeping, gas and sales reports, bank deposits, customer service and employee relations. I made sure the store was kept clean and stocked, and displays were put up for suggestive sales of merchandise, such as holidays, merchandise to match the holidays would be displayed. I had the highest sales for my area, with the help of my employees. I loved my job, but had to move back to the mainland due to a divorce.

3/1982 - 9/1989

7-11 the Southland Corporation

Manager

• Responsibilities included daily operations, hiring, training, scheduling, inventory and shrink control, , bookkeeping, gas and sales reports , bank deposits, customer service and employee relations, I also attended annual sales conventions.I managed the store on the

2004

Associate Degree

Rock Valley College

• some college coursework

1997

Trade School Degree

Rock Valley College

• Automation skills

1997

Trade School Degree

Rock Valley College

• Voacational/ computer courses

1983

High School/GED Degree

East High School

• general

Skill	Rating
P&L responsibilities
Presentation
Ecommerce Strategy and digital marketing channels optimization - SEO, SEM, email, affiliates - for high-profile accounts.
Technology Solutions
Sales Support
Software Implementation
Requirements Analysis & Specification
Leadership
Multi-tasker

Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Quality Assurance Technician, Manager, Quality Inspector