Tom Jones
Ashland,MA
Summary
Driven leader with a track record of fostering continuous improvement and quality excellence. Expert in ISO 9001, Six Sigma methodologies, and team leadership, significantly reducing scrap % across product families. Spearheaded APQP, PPAP efforts, and quality system auditing, ensuring compliance and enhancing efficiency. Skilled in mentoring and developing quality professionals for optimal performance.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Quality Engineering Manager
Ascend Elements
08.2023 - Current
- Train employees on quality management systems, fostering a culture of continuous improvement within the organization.
- Actively lead APQP and PPAP efforts to qualify new products for a developing customer base.
- Implement quality standard practices and documentation in a startup environment to ensure traceability and compliance.
- Develop and manage a team of early career quality professionals.
- Interface with customer quality engineering team to ensure all customer requirements are met from R&D through commercialization.
- Conducted root cause analysis on defects, implementing corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
- Coordinated with stakeholders from diverse functional areas; consistently aligning objectives and ensuring the success of major projects.
Senior Industrial Engineer
Leonardo DRS
05.2020 - 01.2023
- Spearheaded facility layout redesign projects, optimizing space utilization for maximum efficiency gains.
- Mentored Six Sigma trainees through green belt and black belt projects.
- Performed capacity analysis to identify bottlenecks and drive increased throughput.
- Executed improvement projects to reduce quality defects and increase first pass yield.
- Developed and lead implementation for APQP and PPAP methodologies.
- Lead design for supply chain process reengineering effort to de-risk production due to global chip shortages.
- Automated 6S program data management and layered existing 6S layouts into COVID-19 exposure reduction efforts to reduce site downtime and improve safety.
Senior Quality Engineer
Viega LLC
05.2017 - 05.2019
- Developed comprehensive quality assurance plans, ensuring compliance with industry standards and regulations.
- Launched multiple new product lines through vendor and process qualification efforts.
- Standardized internal quality processes across multinational sites.
- Lead Kaizen events for rapid problem solving.
- Authored and implemented CAPA procedure for US manufacturing site.
- Implemented data review process and dashboard leading to consistent improvement in Scrap % and DPMO metrics across all product families.
- Influenced supplier selection criteria by evaluating their capability to meet desired specifications consistently over time.
Education
Ph.D. - Industrial Engineering
University of Central Florida
Orlando, Fl05.2023
Master of Science - Industrial Engineering
Wichita State University
Wichita, Ks12.2018
Bachelor of Science - Industrial Engineering
Wichita State University
Wichita, Ks12.2015
Skills
- ISO 9001 Knowledge
- Corrective and Preventive Actions
- Control Plan Development
- Documentation Review
- Advanced Product Quality Planning
- Six Sigma Methodologies
- Quality System Auditing
- Team Leadership
Accomplishments
- Presented on the implementation of advanced quality systems at multiple conferences.
- Multiple publications, including contribution to certification handbooks and publication of a book on quality systems coming out Q4 - 2024.
- Supervised team of 3 staff members.
- Achieved over $700,000 in annual savings through effectively reducing manufacturing scrap rates.
- Mentored with team of 4 trainees in the achievement of Six Sigma Green Belt certification through employee onboarding process improvements.
- Documented and resolved cause of over $50,000 in annual warranty claims which led to elimination of claims on an entire product line.
Affiliations
- American Society of Quality
Certification
- Certified Manager of Quality / Operational Excellence - ASQ
- Certified Six Sigma Black Belt - ASQ
- Certified Quality Engineer - ASQ
- Certified Reliability Engineer - ASQ
- Certified Quality Auditor - ASQ
Timeline
Quality Engineering Manager
Ascend Elements
08.2023 - Current
Senior Industrial Engineer
Leonardo DRS
05.2020 - 01.2023
Senior Quality Engineer
Viega LLC
05.2017 - 05.2019
Ph.D. - Industrial Engineering
University of Central Florida
Master of Science - Industrial Engineering
Wichita State University
Bachelor of Science - Industrial Engineering
Wichita State University
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