Mark Howard
Indra Air Traffic
Kansas City,MO
3
years of professional experience
Positive, reliable, and detail-focused with strong aptitude for ensuring product quality and adherence to standards. Well-versed in quality control processes and familiar with inspection techniques and tools, including defect identification and measurement accuracy. Committed to maintaining high-quality standards and contributing to operational excellence.
Work History
Quality Inspector
1 Year- Verified navigational aid modules and assemblies against quality standards and technical specifications to support compliance requirements.
- Verified documentation, test data, traceability records, and inspection reports for accuracy and completeness.
- Identified nonconforming parts and escalated defects for corrective action review.
- Recorded quality results in inspection systems and maintained detailed production logs.
- Coordinated with production and engineering teams to resolve quality issues quickly.
- Evaluated components and final products against quality standards and manufacturing specifications.
Mechanical Assembler III
5 Months- Executed assembly, testing, and inspection of Oxygen products for aerospace applications, ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards.
- Interpreted and followed blueprints, diagrams, and engineering drawings to assemble products with precision, contributing to overall production accuracy.
- Worked in an ISO Class 6 clean room environment in compliance with AS9100 standards for high pressure Oxygen assemblies.
- Assembled and tested products using specialized tooling and high pressure Nitrogen test stands, enhancing reliability of final products.
Quality Control Inspector, Gas line
10 Months- Trained inspectors in best practices for compliance with quality control guidelines and regulations, enhancing team capabilities.
- Inspected components and finished assemblies for conformance to quality standards and customer specifications.
- Conducted root cause analysis on quality issues with production and design teams.
- Over $3.6 million of units inspected, tested, and fulfilled in six months.
Assembler, Flexible Heaters
10 Months- Built wire-wound flexible heaters per engineering drawings and blueprints, ensuring precise assembly and adherence to specifications
- Conducted thorough inspections and testing at each assembly stage to uphold high-quality standards and minimize defects
- Operated multimeter, dielectric/hipot machine, caliper, micrometer, and other measurement tools to ensure accurate assembly and performance
- Required 20% less time on average to complete jobs, dramatically decreasing labor cost per work order.
Event Security
4 Months- Enhanced event safety by conducting thorough pre-event security assessments and identifying potential risks.
- Remaining calm, assertive, and mindful to think critically and problem solve during stressful situations.
Education
- Computer Science and Information Systems
- Organizations: Student Council Senator for College of Engineering, ICPC regional competitor, NSF-STEM scholar, multicultural-affairs committee, Spectrum member, ACM Hackathon competitor, Math Lab Calculus tutor
- Coursework: object oriented programming, software engineering, big data, information systems, bioinformatics, operating systems, org and arc, networking, marketing, intro to accounting, statistics
High School Diploma
Skills
Quality processes
Non-conforming material reports
Quality improvement plans
Root cause analysis
Problem-solving
Attention to detail
Visual and product inspection
Quality management system
Lean manufacturing tools
Multitasking and organization
ISO 9000 standards
AS9100 standards
Timeline
Quality Inspector
Indra Air Traffic
10.2025 - CurrentRead More
Mechanical Assembler III
Collins Aerospace
04.2025 - 09.2025Read More
Assembler, Flexible Heaters
Heatron Inc.
06.2024 - 04.2025Read More
Quality Control Inspector, Gas line
Heatron Inc.
06.2024 - 04.2025Read More
Event Security
Axis Security Inc.
09.2023 - 01.2024Read More
Westview High School
High School Diploma
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Coursework At University of Tennessee At Martin
from Computer Science and Information Systems
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