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Formal Educational, Degrees & Certifications:

(Reverse Chronological Order)

  • Roadmaps Institute DR2IVE Certification.  December 2006.
  • UCSD Extension Certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt.  June 2006.
  • MSBQA Course Evaluation In Progress.  BQS601Fall2004: Introduction to Biomedical Quality Systems, BQS602Fall2004: Quality Systems Impact on Biomedical Industry, BQS730Fall2004:Intro to GMP, GLP, and GCP's, BQS745: Document Control Systems in progress.  BQS 740Spring2005: Statistical Quality Control in progress.  BQS741DOE from Guru Dr. Montgomery Spring 2005.  See SDSU MS Biomedical QA program overview
  • Six Sigma Black Belt (CSSBB) Certification acquired on my own October 2004 through the American Society for Quality (ASQ).  See body of knowledge.
  • Quality Engineer (CQE) Certification acquired on my own Dec. 2003 through the American Society for Quality (ASQ).  See body of knowledge.
  • MS Quality Science, June 2003: Cal State Dominguez Hills.CSU Dominguez Hills; Have taken 510 Probability, 511 TQM, 516 Dimensional Metrology, 518 Managerial Project Management & Productivity, 515 Human Factors, 512 Reliability, 514 Design of Experiments, 595 Six Sigma, 513 SQC, 598/599 Masters Thesis. 
  • BA in Industrial Arts and Sciences, 1984. (Post IE), San Diego State University. SDSU
  • Electronics Certificate (&AS Equiv.;30units),Mesa CollegeSan Diego Mesa College
  • AA Degree, GE: Antelope Valley College
  • HS Graduate, 1978 - Quartz Hill High School.

 

Refresher Courses Taken:

(Reverse Chronological Order)

 

  • ASQ CRE training Summer 2004 (didn't take CRE exam).
  • ASQ CQE Training Fall 2002 (Passed CQE exam). 
  • ASQ CRE Training Spring 2002 (didn't take CRE exam).
  • Doreen Milford CQM Training (~1995)
  • Doreen Milford CQE Training (~1996)

 

Special Training Background:

(Reverse Chronological Order)

  • San Diego Lean Networking Group.  Four hour working tours of HME in 2005 and Underwater Kenitics in June 2006.
  • Toastmasters August 2004 - present
  • Ken Blanchard Situational Leadership - May 2004
  • Lean, ISO, and BPS Network Tours & Events - May 2004-Present. 
  • Delta Design held training with outside consultants:

Lean Manuf, JIT, Kanban, Value Stream Mapping - 2004

"Steven Covey & Time Management" - Nov. 2002 to Feb. 2003

TOPS training (Team Oriented Problem Solving); ~ June 2001

Flow Manufacturing training ~2001

ISO Internal auditor

Relex reliability software

FMECA risk analysis

FTA - fault tree analysis

Statistica - statistical software training

8D: 8 Disciplines

7S: 7 Steps

Interview Planning

  • Dale Carnegie Course Coach - Class 1624; Completed June 2003  

  • Dale Carnegie Effective Speaking Course - Class 1610; Grad of March 2001; four awards received.

  • DoE training (4day) from Six Sigma originator / guru Keki Bhote

  • DoE training (4day) from Stat-Graphics founder / guru Dr. Neil Pulhemous

  • DOE training (4day) from author and guru Dr. Douglas Montgomery

  • Data Mining training through SAS from guru Dr. De Veaux

  • Triz training (4day) from guru Dr. Ellen Domb

  • Loose professional group tours and events through 2004

    • Two ISO Users group meeting / tours

    • Two Lean tour group company tours

  • Society Meetings Attended through 2004

    • Estimated ~102 SAMPE meetings attended

    • Estimated ~120 ASQ meetings attended

    • Four IIE meetings attended

    • Three APICS meetings attended

    • Estimated ~35 other San Diego society meetings attended

 

ASQ Workshops Taken:  Nearly every workshop listed at http://www.asqsandiego.org/3hrwrkshp_past.htm 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

Last Update:   Saturday April 18, 2009