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146 Lester Lane, Los Gatos, CA 95032
Email: jlfd301a@westpost.net
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Objective: Quality Management position
Quality Management professional with extensive experience in getting organizatio
ns/companies into continual compliance with ISO 9000, AS9100 and ISO Guide 17025
requirements and optimizing product quality through continuous improvement. In
-depth skills as primary auditing interface with registrars and customer complia
nce auditors. Experienced Six-Sigma team leader pursuing continuous process impr
ovement. Specialist in getting great results from Quality/Engineering teams to r
outinely achieve customer satisfaction.
* ICPM Certified Manager * 20 year Do
D Secret Clearance History
* Maintained Lab Accreditation to ISO 9001/17025/AS9100 * Technical Team Bu
ilder/Leader
* Chemical Processing Subject Matter Expert * Trained Aud
itor/Audit Interface
* Past President of American Electroplaters and Surface Finishing Society
Skills And Accomplishments
LOCKHEED MARTIN SPACE SYSTEMS COMPANY
Multi-disciplined analytical Laboratory Quality Manager
* Maintained laboratory accreditation to American Association of Laboratory Accr
editation standards
* Wrote and maintained Quality Manual written to ISO 9001, AS9100 and ISO Guide
17025 criteria
* Created and maintained quality records, audit compliance records and equipment
calibration status
* Wrote and maintained Job Instructions and Lab Procedures
* Led Six-Sigma continuous improvement team projects
* Assessed, approved and monitored outside suppliers to ensure compliance with q
uality standards
* Chaired Laboratory Quality team staffed by 4 Laboratory Managers and delegated
auditors
* Trained, provided guidance to and motivated internal compliance auditors and l
ab analysts
Process Control Engineering Manager
* Managed a team of Electrical, Chemical, Mechanical, Welding Engineers, Technic
al Documentation Specialists and Skill Trainer/Certifiers responsible for con
trolling critical aerospace manufacturing processes
* Directed a team that determined viable process substitutions to reduce hazardo
us waste or extra hazardous material use

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Employment History
LOCKHEED MARTIN SPACE SYSTEMS COMPANY
Special Process Supplier Approval Coordinator 2008 - 2009
Reduced 3 year projected timeline to develop and implement a new supplier asses
sment/approval process by more than 75%.
Established, implemented and coordinated Parts, Materials and Processes Engineer
ing element of a new multi-site process for surveying Special Process suppliers
used by various aerospace/military program to ensure uninspectable Aerospace qua
lity attributes would be consistently delivered by suppliers. Developed, documen
ted and delivered guidelines, process flow charts and training to technical subj
ect matter experts for surveying and approving suppliers. Established tracking s
ystem for status/progress of multiple concurrent surveys.
Process Control Engineering Manager 1989 - 2008
Contributed to 100% Mission Success of critical Aerospace products by managing
an engineering team in tightly controlling Aerospace manufacturing processes, op
timizing process variable limits, continually improving control of all process e
lements and selectively implementing more robust or environmentally sensitive pr
ocess substitutions.
Managed a team of Chemical Engineers, Electrical Engineers, Mechanical Engineers
, Welding Engineers, Ceramics Engineers, Technical Documentation Specialists and
Technical Trainer/Certifiers. Organization tasked with controlling/certifying s
pecial process production elements to ensure consistent quality attributes were
achieved in manufacturing. Manufacturing processes included Printed Circuit Boar
ds, Large Scale Solar Arrays, Aerospace electronics/SMT, Ceramic Insulating mate
rials among others. Trainers managed certified personnel in critical skills suc
h as NASA Soldering, Cable/harness assembly, ESD/Cleanroom protocol, NASA Polyme
rics and other skills. Implemented Six-Sigma and Statistical Process Control tec
hniques. Multiple processes improved through leadership of Six-Sigma teams.

Laboratory Quality Manager (concurrent with Eng. Mgmt.) 1997 - 2006

Ensured a broad scope analytical Aerospace laboratory continually complied with
ISO standards by instituting fully documented processes and enhancing personnel
quality commitment.
Laboratory Quality Manager of a 60-person laboratory. Maintained accreditation t
o the American Association of Laboratory Accreditation standards. Wrote and main
tained a Quality Manual written to ISO Guide 17025, ISO 9001 and AS9100 requirem
ents. Maintained quality records, audit compliance records, laboratory equipment
calibration status, Job Instructions and Lab Procedures while implementing cont
inuous improvement efforts. Monitored external laboratory test suppliers to ensu
re compliance with internal quality standards. Chaired Laboratory Quality Team s
taffed by 4 Laboratory Managers and delegated auditor. Trained in Measurement Un
certainty determination. Trained, provided guidance to and inspired internal com
pliance auditors and laboratory analysts to meet Quality Standard requirements.
EDUCATION
BA Chemistry; Concordia College, Moorhead, MN
Certificate in Hazardous Waste Management; UC Santa Cruz
Certificates in Documenting Quality Systems and Laboratory Auditing; A2LA
Certificate in Estimating Measuring Uncertainty; Mitutoyo