Leslie Montejano
Aurora,IL
Summary
Quality Supervisor with experience across plastics and fiber optic manufacturing, specializing in inspection, documentation, supplier complaints, and team leadership. Lead technician workloads and training/qualification, review FAR/VAL reports for accuracy and compliance, and partner cross-functionally on new product launches and continuous improvement.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Quality Technician → Senior Quality Technician → Quality Supervisor
Freudenberg
Aurora, IL
11.2022 - Current
- Coordinate and assign daily tasks to quality technicians, prioritizing internal requests and aligning work with operational and quality objectives.
- Drive progress on departmental projects and annual goals; support cross-functional planning for new product launches to ensure quality requirements are met.
- Maintain technician training and qualification coverage; coach on inspection methods, documentation, blueprint reading, and GD&T fundamentals. Delivering technical communication to cross functional teams.
- Manage supplier complaints, driving follow-up, corrective actions, and closure to improve supplier performance. To ensure costs are recovered and to improve supplier performance by ensuring repeat issues are permanently closed.
- Manage FAR & Val process to ensure statistical data and capability, and functional results are available to decision makers.
- Support hiring, onboarding, and performance management for quality team members; escalate personnel issues as needed and maintain formal entry logs.
- Oversee in-process and final inspections to ensure product is produced to specifications and is fit for consumer use.
- Support containment and rework for nonconforming products to protect production throughput, customer satisfaction and on time delivery.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support new product launches, ensuring quality standards are met throughout implementation.
Fiber Optic Technician / Line Team Lead / Office Manager
Viaphoton
Aurora, IL
07.2020 - 11.2022
- Evaluated incoming work orders and set up production lines to meet schedule requirements.
- Trained and supervised line workers to support efficiency, safety, and quality goals.
- Collaborated with other departments to keep orders on track and support on-time delivery.
- Read blueprints to assemble customized fiber optic cables.
- Performed visual, polarity, optical, and measurement tests and documented results as required.
- Supported material readiness by maintaining basic supplies and coordinating needs with the team.
Quality Technician / Floater
Foreman Tool and Mold
Saint Charles, IL
05.2019 - 07.2020
- Assigned operators to workstations and provided coverage during breaks as needed.
- Performed visual, leak, and measurement tests; documented inspection results.
- Communicated quality concerns to the production team to support timely corrections.
Quality Technician / Floater
Injectech LLC
Fort Collins, CO
03.2018 - 05.2019
- Approved incoming materials by confirming specifications and completing visual and measurement tests.
- Rejected and returned unacceptable materials for rework; communicated adjustments to the production supervisor.
- Documented inspection results in reports/logs and entered data into a quality database.
- Tracked rework and waste to support continuous improvement.
Operations Administrative Assistant
Wise Plastics Technologies
Saint Charles, IL
01.2015 - 01.2017
- Created manufacturing training materials and work instructions for floor personnel.
- Prepared purchasing requests and entered maintenance/tooling work orders for scheduling and reporting.
Education
High School Diploma -
[High School Name]
[City], [State]Coursework toward A.A.S. - Business Management
Elgin Community College
Elgin, IL01-2012
Skills
- Quality leadership (task prioritization, coaching, escalation)
- In-process & final inspection (visual, functional, measurement)
- Nonconformance containment, rework coordination, and documentation
- Supplier complaint management and closure
- FAR/VAL report review
- Training & qualification tracking (Train-the-Trainer)
- Blueprint reading & GD&T fundamentals
- New product launch support and cross-functional collaboration
- Testing procedures
- Quality training
- Dimensional inspection
- Product testing
Certification
- Train-the-Trainer — University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2014
- Routsis Training — Production Series and Decoupled Molding (through Wise Plastic Technologies), 2017
- Blueprint Reading — Assurance Technologies, 2026
- GD&T Fundamentals — Assurance Technologies, 2026
- RJG Training — Molding Basics (through Freudenberg), 2026
Languages
English
Professional Working
Spanish
Professional Working
Timeline
Quality Technician → Senior Quality Technician → Quality Supervisor
Freudenberg
11.2022 - Current
Fiber Optic Technician / Line Team Lead / Office Manager
Viaphoton
07.2020 - 11.2022
Quality Technician / Floater
Foreman Tool and Mold
05.2019 - 07.2020
Quality Technician / Floater
Injectech LLC
03.2018 - 05.2019
Operations Administrative Assistant
Wise Plastics Technologies
01.2015 - 01.2017
Coursework toward A.A.S. - Business Management
Elgin Community College
High School Diploma -
[High School Name]