John Polson

15+ years combined Quality Assurance and Control experience. In my current role as Quality Control Lab Leader I am responsible for coordinating with site leadership and area managers to drive metrics attainment, continuous improvement, ensure compliance, lead customer audit/visit support, and drive accountability. I manage a team of 42 Quality Control Technicians who operate on a 24/7/365 schedule across three Quality Control labs on site. I have strong QMS experience as a certified ISO9001 lead auditor. My prior years of experience as a quality assurance engineer for automotive and aerospace has provided me great exposure to AS9100 as well as IATF standard.

• Six Sigma Green Belt - Momentive Performance Materials
• Certificate of Continuing Education: Building a Positive, Motivated, and Cooperative Team - National Seminars
• Training Management and Leadership Skills - National Seminars Training
• ISO9001:2015 Lead Auditor Trained (2.4 CEU's) - Addstan Management Systems Cause Mapping for Facilitators + Documentation 2.0 CEUs - ThinkReliability
• Becoming a Manager Your Team Loves - LinkedIn

• Six Sigma Green Belt Certified - Momentive Performance Materials Aug 2012 Received Green Belt Six Sigma Certification. This achievement acknowledges the technical expertise and application experience necessary to effectively achieve Six Sigma and Total Customer Satisfaction.
• Nominated for Best support of the Year - Electronic Business Awards Mar 2015 The awards was designed to recognize excellence in key areas related to Momentive core mission: Innovation, Trusted Technical Advisors, Seamless Customer Interfaces, and Timely Execution. The nominees were selected by their peers and managers as examples of individuals and teams that went above and beyond their normal job duties to ensure that Momentive is positioning itself as a leader in the Electronic Materials segment. I was recognized for outstanding job pulling together data and support of a large and complex quality problem, ensuring that the team had updates available to our customer’s timeline
• Inspire Momentive Rewards and Recognition - Momentive Jan 2018 Volunteered for and was a key contributor to track/level review of the Quality Assurance Career Path as part of the QACP core team. The core team ensured that the levels included all required job attributes and that the progression criteria encouraged the employees to stretch outside their current boundaries. Our QA employees now have a path to success that helps them to grow in their roles and have a wider contribution to the company.
• Momentive Inspiration Award - Momentive 2021 Quality and Service Winner: Recognition for active engagement in building culture. Presented to Laboratory Team for implementation of new ERP process.