MONTE BAINTER

Seward, NE 68434
montebainter@yahoo.com
CAREER PROFILE
Highly engaged, results-driven professional with 20+ years of leadership, continuous process improvement, and
coaching experience within diverse manufacturing environments, including Pharmaceuticals, Food,
Composites/Aerospace, and Electronics. Demonstrated drive to continuously deliver on requirements,
understand manufacturing and support processes, recognize improvement opportunities, and value each
individual. Proven expertise in design, costing, processing, validation, quality, and continuous improvement.
ASQ-trained as Six Sigma Black Belt. Instructor and mentor on numerous Green Belt and Black Belt projects.
Passionate leader in problem-solving and process optimization through statistics and design of experiments.
AREAS OF STRENGTH AND EXPERTISE

Manufacturing/Production
Quality Engineering
Six Sigma
FMEA

Process Mapping
Statistical Process Control
Continuous Improvement
Design/Processing/Package Engineering

Quality Management
Team Leadership
Coaching/Mentorship
IQ/OQ/Validation

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
General Dynamics, Lincoln, NE
2009 to 2015
Principal Quality Engineer
Lead product team compliance with customer requirements in an ISO-9000, AS9100 defense/aerospace
environment. Spearhead Quality reviews of customer contracts/clauses and all program-related drawings, material
specifications, and process instructions. Establish and support Quality Assurance Plan and FAIs for programs.
Support DCMA on-site product reviews. Lead quality issue resolution with customers and suppliers. Calculate
and report program Quality metrics and KPIs. Guide team determination and implementation of corrective
actions for defective product and materials.
Key Accomplishments:
Continuous support of delivery schedule.
Implement shop floor SPC and provide plant-wide statistics support.
Established InfinityQS as the central data repository for inspection data and process monitoring.
ConAgra Foods, Omaha, NE
2008 to 2009
Manager Continuous Improvement, CPS
Drove understanding of SPC and implementation of InfinityQS software across all CAG product platforms.
Key Accomplishments:
Key player in the growth of ConAgra Performance System (CPS).
Managed $2.4 million capital project to install and implement InfinityQS SPC software to control package fill
across 24 plants in 12 months.
Implemented an online self-paced course on company-wide intranet to educate users in application of
statistical methods.
Provided DOE/statistics support in Supply Chain effort replacing a standard microbial test method requiring
7-10 days to complete with a new method providing results in 3 days.
General Dynamics, Armaments & Technical Products Division, Lincoln, NE
2007 to 2008
Quality Assurance Engineer
Ensured and demonstrated process and product compliance with specified requirements through detailed analyses.
Supported operations with review and approval of real-time processing changes. Worked directly with customers
during site visits and throughout troubleshooting efforts. Established inspection requirements for materials and
products and guided implementation of corrective actions. Provided plant-wide statistics support.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE CONTINUED

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Key Accomplishments:
Continuous support of delivery schedule.
Enabled process performance evaluation by developing Engineering process capability tools.
Optimized processes and reduced scrap by 70% through the design and execution of process optimization
experiments.
Initiated procurement and installation of InfinityQS SPC software as central data repository for inspection data
and process monitoring.
Novartis Consumer Health, Inc., Lincoln, NE
1993 to 2006
Project Leader, SPC/Six Sigma, Strategic Operations & Productivity, SPC, Engineering & Technology
Team Coordinator, QC Laboratory, Quality Control
Packaging/Validation Engineer, Engineering & Technology
As Project Leader, deployed training and application of statistics in data evaluation and decision making across
key functional areas with emphasis on statistical analysis and Statistical Process Control. As Team Coordinator,
oversaw team activities and performance within QC laboratory. As Packaging/Validation Engineer, drove
finished product attributes, material specifications, and processing equipment for a segment of Novartis products,
including Ascriptin, Maalox, Lamisil, and Doans.
Key Accomplishments:
As member of Culture Change Steering Committee, leading three-year site effort to build and implement
high-performing work teams.
Implemented use of statistics, SPC and Six Sigma methods now applied across operations.
Supervised 27 Analytical Chemists and technicians executing raw material and finished product testing in QC
lab.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Bachelor of Science, Physics, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE
Safe Quality Food (ConAgra), De Bono Six Thinking Hats & Lateral Thinking (Innova Training), The Oz Principle
(Novartis), Six Sigma Business Excellence/Black Belt Training (American Society for Quality), Pathways to
Leadership (Steven Vannoy), High Performing Work Teams (PDS), Customer Driven Performance Team Leader
(Novartis), Statistical Process Control (Donald Wheeler/StorageTek), Statistical Tools & Techniques (Qualtec),
World Class manufacturing (Richard Schonberger), Lean Principles-Lean Enterprise (UNO), Design of
Experiments (StorageTek), Visual Factory Management (Saddle Island), InfinityQS Implementation Techniques
(Lyle Kearsley Systems), Process Documentation & Risk Management (Carol DeSain)
TECHNICAL SKILLS
MS Office, Minitab, InfinityQS, iGrafx Process Simulation