Resume

• APQP

  Quality Management

  Process Improvement

  Lean Manufacturing

  Product Development

  SPC

  Engineering

  8D Problem Solving

  Manufacturing

  Program Management

  GD&T

  Continuous Improvement

  Six Sigma

  Industrial Engineering

  Manufacturing Engineering

  Root Cause Analysis

  DFMEA

  PPAP

  Supplier Quality

  FMEA

  Butts

  Robert

  Butts

  Kaydon Corporation

  Eastern Michigan University

  Trinity Services Group

  Johnson Controls

  Firwood Manufacturing

  Visteon Corporation

  Automotive Components Holdings Inc

  LLC

  Adient

  Industrial Tectonics

  Inc - Dexter

  MI

  Responsible for managing

  planning

  assignining

  controlling

  and specifying engineering requirements essential to achieve customer satisfation. Selected

  trained

  and supervised engineering personnel to accomplish objectives. \n\nPrincipal responsibility for technical discussions and review with major accounts. Direct product development through close customer collaboration and coordination with Sales/Marketing. Developed and maintained long term planning for technical and new product/process development and improvements. \n\nSpecified

  developed

  and improved manufacturing processes. Designed

  specified and procured necesary capital equipment

  tools

  and fixture required to effectively manufacture products.\n\nRresponsible for propmt resolution of internal

  and external techical and quality concerns to ensure proactive response and permanent corrective actions.\n\nCompile annual budget for department expenses and capital equipment acquisitions. Control

  monitor

  and justify costs for budgeted equipments expense including HVAC

  Air

  and Power consuption.

  Engineering Manager

  Kaydon Corporation

  Plymouth

  Michigan

  Leader of complex Global Quality and IT projects through all stages of the project lifecycle. Core member of the Quality and IT project leadership team to ensure successful planning and execution of Quality IT related projects

  supporting Corporate and Manufacturing Quality goals. \n\nProvided coaching and mentoring on Total Quality principles within the Adient Manufacturing System (AMS) to facilitate a continuous improvement

  learning culture throughout N. America seating assembly and component manufacturing locations. Guide and support multiple plant quality teams with improved manufacturing and quality practices.\n\nLed project activities to meet Quality IT and business objectives using advanced project management and change control processes. Solicit

  evaluate and apply process improvement initiatives. Member of the Cross-Functional Global Strategy team working to develop

  refine

  and execute a 5-Year Quality IT Strategy. \n\nCoordinated and led teams consisting of Corporate Quality

  Manufacturing Quality

  Global IT Infrastructure

  Enterprise Architecture

  Application Delivery

  and Quality and IT Subject-Matter Experts

  including internal resources and vendor resources. Served as a liaison and project leader in partnership between the Operations Quality

  Global Quality

  Information Technology

  Engineering

  and cross-Product Business functions.

  Senior Manager - Global Quality

  Adient

  Plymouth

  MI

  Lead and improve Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) systems in NA Seating – Metals and Mechanisms business unit.\n\nManage product launch Heath Assessment for deliverables

  timing

  and risk. Provide leadership

  and escalation support

  to return items to plan / mitigate risk. Develop and maintain long term planning for technical and new product/process development and improvements. \n\nLead improvemets in Product Safety Manufacturing Compliance (PSMC) events with strong project management disciplines. Drive sustainable improvement and success with incremental CI philosophy.\n\nManage Quality Chain documentation flow and linkage practices. Oversee the implementaion of new quality chain

  documentation and linkage

  system (i.e. DFMEA

  Process Flow

  PFMEA

  Control Plan

  etc).\n\nSupervise JCQS Business Operating System (BOS) engineering team

  JCMS Process implementation audits and tracking. \n \nTrack BOS and TS Audit performance for (7) NA Metal and Mechanisms plants. Understand gaps and lead teams to timely closure of open issues. Manage implementation of BOS standard updates and improvements.\n\nCreate Best Business Practice (BBP) standards / local work instructions for plant quality. Generate best practices and facilitate sharing among plants.

  Senior Manager - Advanced Quality Planning

  Johnson Controls

  Oldsmar

  Florida

  Responsible for regional supply chain and targeted

  strategic commodity initiatives. Drive prioritization for purchasing savings

  corporate strategies

  new product innovation

  and supplier relationships that exceed customer and stakeholder expectations.\n\n•\tManage supply base for cost

  quality and delivery performance. \n•\tOwn

  manage

  and develop strategic supplier relationships\n•\tDirect and oversee Vendor Complaint system to ensure rapid response

  robust root cause/corrective action

  and sustainable prevention actions. \n•\tManage and develop Supplier Performance metrics with a drive toward visibility

  collaboration

  and long-term continuous improvement.\n•\tImplement supply chain innovations in areas of collaboration

  logistics

  order fulfilment

  and planning optimization.\n•\tResponsible for Purchasing KPI's including cost reduction

  service level

  and supplier performance.\n•\tContribute to overall talent development and employee engagement. \n•\tCultivate an environment of safety

  high performance

  and ethical and legal compliance.

  Director - Purchasing

  Trinity Services Group

  Main Campus - Ypsilanti

  MI

  Develop

  maintain

  and administer classroom and online instruction in the School of Engineering Technology

  Product & Process Design

  and Engineering Management programs. \n\nPrepare and administer lectures on course topics such as: \nManufacturing Processes | Engineering Project Management | Cost Estimating | Industrial Operations | Manufacturing Engineering Analysis | Concurrent Engineering | Lean Systems

  Adjunct Professor

  Eastern Michigan University

  Ypsilanti

  Dearborn

  Progressive assumption of responsibilities in a fast past paced manufacturing environment overseeing welding

  assembly

  machining and stamping operations. A hybrid position with shared supervisory roles in production

  product engineering

  and manufacturing engineering supervised 20+ hourly/salary personnel. Drove production performance targets from a 12% annual loss to an 8% gain through process and productivity improvements. Achieved OEE improvements and 1300+ days at zero PPM.

  Supplier Quality / Manufacturing / Product Engineering / Production Supervision

  Visteon Corporation

  Dearborn

  MI

  Single point supplier quality liaison for the ACH – Indianapolis Plant. Led supplier quality efforts with 200+ suppliers

  quality managers

  and respective supplier quality engineers. Directed year-over-year QR reductions of 25%; a 62% reduction in pass-trough rejects to ACH customers; zero stop ships; and 60% reduction in supplier related customer quality rejects. Spearheaded supplier performance efforts on the recovery team to regain the Ford Q1 rating.

  Supplier Quality Engineering Manager

  Automotive Components Holdings Inc

  LLC

  Dearborn

  MI

  OEM Machine Tool builder of specialized equipment for the tire manufacturing industry. Coordinated all aspects of the design/build process; from conceptualization

  and feasibility

  through customer approval

  internal and sub-contracted build services

  and final tryout. Managed CAD and network systems. Designed hydraulic

  pneumatic

  and electrical control systems. Assessed standard product lines and achieved productivity gains through design efficiencies and technology upgrades.

  Engineering Manager

  Firwood Manufacturing

  MS - Engineering Managment

  Engineering Management

  Lean Manufacturing

  Lean Design

  Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)

  Amercan Society of Quality (ASQ)

  International Aerobatic Club (IAC)

  Eastern Michigan University

  Bachelor of Science (BS)

  Manufacturing Engineering

  Society of Manufacturing Engineers