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Taniushka M. Horn

St. Charles,MO

Summary

Graduated with a Master’s degree in Manufacturing Competitiveness – Concentration in Quality Management with over 10 years of Quality experience in the Aerospace and Pharmaceutical industries. Extensive experience leading the development, planning and performance of product and service ensuring compliance with engineering, regulatory and customer requirements. Assertive, goal-oriented leader with initiative and a proven track record of consistently meeting & exceeding organizational goals and objectives. Thorough Quality Engineer adept at performing quality and identifying root causes for non-conforming material issues. Hardworking and meticulous with a passion for continuous improvement. Consistently acknowledged for implementing actionable initiative to reduce error rates and optimize company processes. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude and willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.

Overview

10
years of professional experience

Work History

The Boeing Company
St Louis, MO

Quality Engineer (BDS - T-7A Program)
02.2020 - Current

Job overview

  • Secret US Security Clearance - Active
  • Represent Quality as part of cross-functional team integrating contractual and Boeing QMS requirements into all aspects of proposals, POs, program processes and documentation
  • Quality APQP focal
  • Lead reviews to ensure quality attributes and requirements are incorporated by suppliers
  • Perform Supplier Quality Engineering and Quality Planner functional roles and responsibilities
  • Lead internal preventive and corrective actions. Advise and train management on preparation for audits.
  • Analyze data and develop quality metrics reports like CoRRS, non-conformance trends to evaluate effectiveness of corrective actions, etc
  • Action owner for NOEs, internal and external Corrective Actions, and supplier support activities

The Boeing Company
St Charles, MO

Quality Engineer (BDS - Weapons)
10.2018 - 02.2020

Job overview

  • Hired as Level 2 on Oct 2018, Promoted to Level 3 on May 2019
  • Programs: Weapons- Direct Attack (LJDAM, JDAM, B61, SDB)
  • Interim Lead Quality Engineer. On-boarded new members of the team including Lead QE.
  • Analyze data and develop quality metrics reports for Weapons Programs & the St. Charles site. Lead meetings presenting quality metrics to customers, DCMA and upper management.
  • St. Charles site Quality Metrics focal.
  • Conduct capability assessments and process validations to support supplier selection activities.
  • Lead Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA) team to address Corrective Action Records (CAR) issued by DCMA.
  • Recommend, lead and track corrective actions to address non-conformances and support Cut the CoRRS 2.0 project as part of St. Charles site quad team.
  • Direct Attack quality focal responsible for scheduling, performing, originating and tracking surveillances performed by Quality team. Work with senior management on preparation for internal and 3rd party audits.
  • Provide interpretation of quality, customer and engineering requirements and technical solutions to a wide range of operational challenges.
  • Develops solutions that are imaginative, thorough, practical, and consistent with organization objectives.
  • Lead interactions with inter-organizational personnel, external customers and DCMA.
  • Take initiative to provide innovative solutions to difficult technical issues associated with customer-specific projects and addressing DCMA requests.

Nesher Pharmaceuticals
St. Louis, MO

QA Coordinator II
05.2017 - 10.2018

Job overview

  • Oversight, document review and audits at third-party packaging company
  • In charge of making critical decisions at third party location - approvals to protocols, deviations and investigations as Customer Representative
  • Established 5S project to Incoming Area reducing time locating samples by 90%

Amgen
Juncos, PR

Sr. Associate Quality Assurance
03.2016 - 05.2017

Job overview

  • Internal audits, problem analysis, problem-solving, support to investigations and root cause analysis for CAPA and Change Controls.

McNeil LLC By Johnson & Johnson
Las Piedras, PR

Quality Assurance Specialist
06.2015 - 02.2016

Job overview

  • Provide support to manufacturing supervisors managing internal audit observations, metrics and follow up
  • Participated in validation processes and in evaluation of protocols and major change controls for operations.

Merck Pharmaceuticals
Las Piedras, PR

Production Operator
12.2013 - 04.2015

Job overview

  • Manufacture of validation, experimental, clinical and commercial products, including Controlled Substances products.
  • Improvement to Quality records

Becton And Dickinson
Cayey, PR

Quality Inspector
04.2012 - 04.2013

Job overview

  • Directed inspection and testing of medical device products with established company quality standards while meeting customer specifications.

Education

Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico
PR

Master Degree from Manufacturing Competitiveness - Quality Management
07.2018

University Overview

Courses: Advance Statistics & Quality Improvement, Operations Planning & Control, Lean Manufacturing, Foundations in Quality Learning, Six Sigma, Assessment Tools to Improve Business, Project Management, Audit Program Management, Research Methodology, Professional Writing and Presentations, Measuring and Managing Customer Satisfaction, and Managerial Finance and Cost Accounting.

University of Puerto Rico
Cayey, PR

Bachelor’s degree from Biology, Biotechnology
06.2012

Skills

  • Applications: MESci, TipQA, Teamcenter, REDARS, IQDS, SQIS, EPES, SAP, SQL, Oracle, LIMS, TrackWise, Minitab, MS Office, Logger Pro, and Database Research
  • Quality Standards
  • Active, energetic team motivator with passion for quality management systems and teaching others
  • Highly developed investigation, research, analysis, problem solving, organization and documentation skills
  • Process Mapping
  • Complex Problem-Solving
  • Attention to Detail
  • Six Sigma Methodologies
  • Team Leadership
  • Performance Metric
  • Critical Thinking
  • Regulatory Knowledge: FAR, DFAR, SPO & DCMA Local and federal regulations such as AS9100, FDA, EMA and OSHA, GMP, GDP and MSDS Management of Controlled Substances by US DEA
  • Internal Quality Audits
  • Data Quality Engineering

Languages

English
Native or Bilingual
Spanish
Native or Bilingual

Timeline

Quality Engineer (BDS - T-7A Program)

The Boeing Company
02.2020 - Current

Quality Engineer (BDS - Weapons)

The Boeing Company
10.2018 - 02.2020

QA Coordinator II

Nesher Pharmaceuticals
05.2017 - 10.2018

Sr. Associate Quality Assurance

Amgen
03.2016 - 05.2017

Quality Assurance Specialist

McNeil LLC By Johnson & Johnson
06.2015 - 02.2016

Production Operator

Merck Pharmaceuticals
12.2013 - 04.2015

Quality Inspector

Becton And Dickinson
04.2012 - 04.2013

Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico

Master Degree from Manufacturing Competitiveness - Quality Management

University of Puerto Rico

Bachelor’s degree from Biology, Biotechnology
Taniushka M. Horn