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RYAN CARMACK

Denver,CO

Summary

Senior director with 15+ years of experience leading global quality, safety, compliance, operational excellence, supplier quality, customer assurance, and enterprise transformation initiatives across North America, EMEA, APAC, and Latin America. Proven track record of converting quality and compliance functions into revenue-generating business enablers through strategic customer engagement, global certification programs, operational risk reduction, and digital transformation.

Recognized for developing world-class quality organizations that support multi-billion-dollar revenue portfolios, securing major customer approvals, leading large-scale business transformations, and implementing enterprise quality systems that improve customer satisfaction, reduce risk, and accelerate growth.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Director, Global Quality

Wesco International
Denver, CO
10.2023 - Current
  • Increased approved customer spend to $2.26B annual revenue impact for 2026, representing the highest-performing years for customer approval and qualification activities.
  • Generated additional $843M customer-approved spend in 2025 through supplier qualification audits and customer approval programs.
  • Drove 19.5% year-over-year growth in global account business, supporting strategic accounts worth approximately $483M annually, with projected future growth exceeding $3.5B.
  • Supported qualification and expansion efforts, driving Electric Boat growth initiatives, achieving 32% purchase order growth for BC Hydro, 99% year-over-year growth for Electric Boat, and identifying Seaspan expansion opportunities worth $15M+.
  • Directed enterprise quality strategy supporting ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 22301, ISO 27001, AS9100, AS9120, Supplier Quality Programs, and Customer Assurance Programs.
  • Modernized quality operations using AI-driven document governance, automating work instruction generation, customer audits, and supplier qualification processes.
  • Directed certification and surveillance programs that ensured compliance for $4.2B+ annual ISO-dependent customer spend, expanding certifications across North America, Europe, Australia, and Latin America.

Director - Global Quality

Anixter Inc.
Glenview, Illinois
01.2017 - 10.2023

Created and implemented all standard operating procedures for Operations and developed best practices for supporting and external divisions including Sales, Marketing, and Finance.

· Provides support for Anixter locations globally for customer & vendor auditing (on-site QMS or ISO verification); primary liaison between Operations, Sales, Legal, Engineering and external parties during auditing practices.

· Oversaw and reported on internal quality goals across locations, focusing on customer service, on-time delivery, in-process auditing, and inventory discrepancies.

Contributed to strategic and tactical discussions on operations, emphasizing quality control, specialized customer requirements, and region-specific policies.

· Conducts and manages both Anixter QMS and ISO audits for North America including setting the auditing schedule, training the internal audit team and coordinating all corrective actions for certification purposes.

· Applies statistical process control methods for analyzing data to evaluate current processes and procedure changes, including Six-Sigma methodology, specifically 8D (CAR/SCAR database) and FMECA analysis.

· Managed ISO 9001:2008 (2015 once released) auditing requirements, ensuring compliance, overseeing error administration, and developing strategic quality initiatives and policies.

· Assists in Internal Audit functions as the Operations & Quality representative for global reporting to Board of Directors.

· Supervised corporate summer interns by providing guidance and support throughout their projects. and projects currently.

Education

MBA - Supply Chain Management

Western Illinois University
Macomb, IL
05-2006

Skills

  • Quality assurance
  • ISO compliance
  • Supplier audits
  • Audit coordination
  • Statistical process control
  • Process improvement
  • Customer relationship management

Board Level Value Proposition

  • Revenue Growth Through Customer Qualification
  • Global Quality & Safety Leadership
  • Operational Excellence & Lean Transformation
  • M&A Integration & Quality System Harmonization
  • Risk Management & Regulatory Compliance
  • ISO, Aerospace & Nuclear Certification Strategy
  • AI, Automation & Digital Quality Transformation
  • Supplier Quality & Global Supply Chain Governance
  • Enterprise Audit & Compliance Programs
  • Executive Stakeholder & Customer Relationship Management

Select Executive Achievements

$1.26B customer-approved revenue impact., 12/16/25, $4.2B customer-required ISO-certified spend supported., 12/16/25, $15M Seaspan expansion opportunity secured., 03/31/26, $100M Irving Shipbuilders contract expansion support., Weekly Update, Microsoft account growth support exceeding $483M in annual revenue., 09/19/25, 1,017 annual quality initiatives completed., 12/16/25, Over 1,000 enterprise quality requests managed annually., 12/16/25, Customer satisfaction maintained at approximately 99.9%., 06/30/26, Enterprise-wide CAPA platform architecture., AI-enabled quality automation program., Global document governance transformation., Quality reporting modernization and analytics deployment., 09/19/25

Executive Profile

Generated customer-approved business opportunities exceeding $1.26 billion annually through customer audits, supplier qualification programs, ISO certifications, and strategic quality initiatives., 12/16/25, Supported $4.2 billion in customer-required ISO-certified spend across global operations., 12/16/25, Enabled significant customer contract expansion through quality-led customer approvals including: $15M Seaspan expansion opportunity following successful supplier qualification audits., 03/31/26, $100M Irving Shipbuilders contract expansion support., Weekly Update, Microsoft, Electric Boat, Siemens Energy, AWS, Fluor, Vertiv, GE Vernova, OPG, Aecon, Collins Aerospace, KONE, Schindler, Directed global quality, supplier quality, documentation governance, customer assurance, audit, and compliance teams across the Americas, EMEA, UK, and APAC regions., 06/30/26, Led international quality operations supporting hundreds of facilities, global customer requirements, and multi-region certification programs., 06/30/26, Led enterprise digitization initiatives involving CAPA platform development across 31 legal entities and 18 enterprise systems., 03/31/26, AI-driven quality automation using Copilot, GPT, Harvey, Power Automate, Syntex, and workflow automation platforms., 09/19/25, Customer audit, supplier qualification, and quality reporting automation programs., 03/31/26

Timeline

Senior Director, Global Quality

Wesco International
10.2023 - Current

Director - Global Quality

Anixter Inc.
01.2017 - 10.2023

MBA - Supply Chain Management

Western Illinois University
RYAN CARMACK