39 Birch Ledge Rd

Hollis Center, ME 04042

(207) 727.3509 (Home), (508) 821-6010 (Cell phone)
Email: chris_harkness2001@yahoo.com
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
ï‚Ÿ Reduced damaged circuit board counts saving Norden Systems $185,000 per year in
lost efficiency.
ï‚Ÿ Received Letter of Appreciation from United Technologies Norden Systems for PCB
quality inspection improvements
ï‚Ÿ Converted an office into a fully functional corporate technical medical manufact
ure library.
CONTRACT HISTORY
QA Documentation Control Coordinator Specialist, (Medical Devices), Smiths Medic
al, Inc, Boston, MA, 11/07-5/08
ï‚Ÿ Write and process Engineering Change Orders on various documents, maintain writt
en files on documents.
ï‚Ÿ Document and Process Engineering Change Notices (ECN), Engineer Change Orders (E
CO), Standard Operator
Procedure (SOP). Maintain the master electronic files, logs and update dr
awings to process into Pilgrim, Oracle, and excel
• Process ECO/ECN changes in the oracle system. Update Bill of materials (BOM), ro
utings and item cards in the intuitive.
• Assign ECN. SOP, DMR, Validation, Deviation numbers, for up coming issue. Tracki
ng documents thru electronic tracking system.
Q.A.I./Technician, Coworx Services, Saco, ME, Whatman, Inc. (Medical Devices), S
anford, ME, 9/06 – 03/05,
• Viewing and auditing all inspection reports, data report, technical reports, ana
lyzing reports, before products leaves to shipping by following the guidelines a
nd requirements of cGmp, ISO 13485, QCP-0001M Commodity Codes Listing.
• Update Bill of materials, routings and item cards in the intuitive ERP syste
m as defined on the ECO and Oracle.
Quality Assurance Technician, Leddy Group, IDEXX Laboratories, (Medical Devices)
Westbrook, ME, 04092, 9/06 - 10/07
• Carefully examining all in-house as well out going documents as in shipping, pur
chasing, Quality Reports,
Data Reports, DMR`s, SOP`s and Department Procedures to improved the Qual
ity system for better products.
Sell Associate in Men's Suits and Shoes, Filenes Department Store Portland, ME,
04/03 – 12/05

PROFE
SSIONAL HISTORY
Howmet Turbine Component Casting Corp., Branford, CT. 10/2001 – 12/2003.
Quality Assurance Documentation Coordinator Specialist (Aerospace Division)
ï‚Ÿ Maintained records in Excel, Access, Specification Bulletin Board Reference Guid
e (SBBRG), Computerized Systems
ï‚Ÿ Change Requests (CSCR), and Non-Conforming Material Reports (NMR) databases.
ï‚Ÿ Organized and distributed corporate manuals and ISO-9000, 9001, 9002, and AS-910
0 Controlled Documents in
corporate library and arranged internal and external audits per manufa
cturing, government, and FAA requirements.
ï‚Ÿ Distributed and maintained library of Corporate Process Method Sheets (PMS), Sta
ndard Operating Procedures (SOP),
and Inspection Methods Sheets (IMS) for manufacturing,
 ADDITIONAL
CONTRACT PROJECTS
• Technician, Wallingford Energy Project, Wallingford, CT, 02/01 - 03/01
• Database Coordinator, UTC Hamilton Sundstrand, Windsor, CT, 09/00 - 11/00.
• Marketing Database Administrator, Nash Engineering, Norwalk, CT, 06/99 - 11/99.
• Test Technician, Product Reliability, Pitney Bowes, Shelton, CT, 01/99 - 06/99
Kaman/Raymond Engineering Division, (Aerospace/Commercial) Middletown, CT. 5/199
7 – 09/98.
Fabrication/Manufacturing Data Coordinator
ï‚Ÿ Analyzed managed and improved Material Resource Planning (MRP) database.
ï‚Ÿ Managed MRP data entry and engineering documents in HMS-CAPP system.
ï‚Ÿ Testing various software and databases following the FAA requirements.
United Technologies Norden Systems, (Govt./Military) Melville, NY. 4/1984 – 11/1996.
Quality Assurance Inspector, Radars, PCBs (Required SECRET Security Clearance)
ï‚Ÿ Inspected raw, loaded, single, double, multi-layer and SMT PCBs to verify compli
ance with military/industry specifications.
ï‚Ÿ Wrote/edited Corrective Action Reports (CARS) to ensure compliance.
ï‚Ÿ Improved workflow of PCB manufacture ensuring DOD, ANSI & DOE compliance.
ï‚Ÿ Solved customer problems and documented solutions in Corrective Action and Non-C
onforming Material Reports
C
OMPUTER SKILLS
Computer Aided Process Planning (CAPP) -2 yr, Macintosh Desktop Experience MAC
OSX Leopard Computer System -3yrs
Material Resource Planning (MRP) -2 yr,
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) -2 yr,
Regional Facilities Management System (RFMS) -3 yr, AS 400 -5yrs
Modeling and Surfacing and 3-D Cad -2-3yrs, Soildworks –1yr, Pilgram –6mths
Computerized Systems Change Requests (CSCR)-2 yrs,
Extended File System (XFS)-3 yrs
Systems, Applications and Products Database (SAP DB)-1 yr,
AutoCAD 12-2 yr, Solid Works Version 2008
Microsoft Office Application -8 yrs,
Oracle 9 months, SQL, C++ -6 months
Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) -2 yrs
ED
UCATION
ï‚Ÿ Certification Adult Education of Biddeford Community Schools, Biddeford, Maine 2
008
• Mechanical Engineer B.S.M.E., International Correspondent School, PA-State Co
llege, Graduated 1996
• A+ Certification in 486 PC Troubleshooting, and Repair, 1993.
CERTIFICATI
ONS
• Certified Nation Safety Council, First Aid Course, 2001-2009
• Certified American Heart Association, CPR, 2001-2009
• Certified HTML from New Horizon, 2001.
• Certified in Circuit Board Standards ISO-9000, ISO-9002, MIL-STD-2000A
• Certified Department of Defense Standards (DOD-STD), 1992.
• Certified Quality Assurance Inspection (QAI) Procedures, 1990.
• Certified in Standard Procedures Equipment Certification (SPEC), 1988
• Certified Printed Wiring Board Defects Seminar, UTC Norden Systems, 1986.
LETTER OF APPRECIATION
• Dedication to AN/SPS-67 Radar Program UTC Norden System: 1989.
• 2 Recommendations Letters from Howmet Turbine Component Casting 2002
• 1 Recommendation Letter from Smiths Medical Inc, 2008
PROFESSIONA
L ORGANIZATIONS
Member of Total Quality Management, (TQM), Research & Development (R&D) and Depa
rtment of Defense
(DOD) and Department of Environment (DOE)
FAMILIAR WITH THE SPECIFICATIONS/ PROCEDURES & REQUIREMENTS
ISO 13485 and FDA Guidelines, QCP-0001M Commodity Codes Listing, ISO 13485, and
ISO 14971
Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) quality system procedures as well FMA requirem
ents
Structured Product Labeling (SPL)
Electronic Common Technical Document (eCTD).
Electronic Data Management Systems (EDMS).
QCP-0020M Quality Control Procedure (QCP) Solderability Test
QCP-169M Quality Assurance for Printed Circuit Boards Procured to MIL-P-5510
Electric Static Discharge (ESD), Engineering Change Requests (ECR's),
QCP-0056M Inspection Level Codes
Corrective & Preventative Actions (CAPA), Material Review Board (MRB)
Quality Standards Instruction (QSI) Relates to CARS
Correct of Action Reports (CARS), QMS-Department Procedures (DP)
Quality Standard Operation (QSO), QAI-3060 Sampling Inspection Procedures
IPC-C-610 A/B, C and Class 2, QAI-3084 Quality Assurance Inspection (QAI) Contro
l of Age-Sensitive Material
Non-Conforming Material Reports (NMR), QAI-3086M Completing the Discrepant Mater
ial Report (DMR)
QAI-3090M Surface Dismounting Technique (SDT)
Statistical Process Control (SPC), QAI-3090M Surface Mounting Technique (SMT)