Utilize Pat’s quality and manufacturing knowledge & expertise to improve products and/or services delivered to customers, and to assure clients’ compliance with contemporary quality system requirements.

DISTINCTIONS

Extensive Aerospace/Defense Quality Systems knowledge (MIL-Q-9858, ISO-9000:1994/2000 & AS- 9100)
Extensive knowledge of Quality Planning, Quality Engineering, Electronics Manufacturing & Quality Control disciplines
Solid knowledge of Customer Focus, Quality/Productivity Improvement, High-Velocity Manufacturing (HVM) and Six Sigma Process Improvement principles
Strong people & communication (oral & written) skills in over 20 years of management experience
Certified RABQSA Quality Management Systems Associate Auditor

WORK HISTORY & PROJECTS

Naval Avionics Center (NAC)/ Naval Air Warfare Center (NAWC) Indianapolis
Reliability Test Engineer & Group Leader (1970-1981)
Quality Engineering Group Leader & First Line Supervisor (1982-1984)
Quality Control Manager (1985-1987)
Electronics Manufacturing Manager (1987-1989)
Manufacturing Engineering Manager (1990-1992)
Manufacturing Scheduling Coordinator (1993)
Product Assurance Manager (1994)
Quality Assurance First Line Supervisor (1995-1996)

Hughes Aircraft & Raytheon Technical Services Co.
Quality Engineering First Line Supervisor 1997 – 2005

Society of St. Vincent DePaul (SVDP)
Executive Director 2005 to Present

Concentric
Lead Consultant 2007 to Present

EDUCATION & COURSES

Purdue University (1970) -BSEE
Navy Senior Executive Management Development Program (1992)
Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act Certifications in Systems Engineering & Quality Assurance (1994)
American Society for Quality (ASQ) Certified Quality Manager Certification (2000-2003)
Raytheon Six Sigma Process Improvement Specialist Certification (2002)
RABQSA Certified Quality Management System Lead Auditor Training for ISO 9001:2000 (Excel Partnership, Inc. Course Certificate No. 68159; RABQSA Certification No. LA573, Feb 2006); RABQSA Competency Units AU, QM & TL
RABQSA Quality Management Systems Associate Auditor Certification (Certificate No. Q0104625, May 2006-May 2012)
Concentric Management Systems, Inc. Auditing Skills Training (May 2007) Concentric Management Systems, Inc. ISO/TS-16949:2002 In-Depth Training (Nov 2007) QAI AS9100C
Internal Quality Auditor Training (September 2009)

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE & CAUSES

Society of St. Vincent DePaul (SVDP) - Executive Director 2005 to Present

HOBBIES & FUN FACTS

Maintains a high level of physical fitness via jogging, bicycling, hiking & golfing that result in reliable & productive job performance with the necessary stamina to achieve assigned goals.

Committed to improving the future of the Indianapolis community as a Society of St. Vincent dePaul (SVDP) volunteer & Indianapolis SVDP Council President.