Objective

Continue in the field of project and quality management and apply discipline in related fields. Attend training and workshops to improve job skills. Learn new technologies and apply applications to benefit my employer.

Experience

2001 - Present

Passamaquoddy Tribe Sipayik

Pleasant Point, Maine

Environmental Specialist

Completed a woodstove changeout project and studying wood smoke IAQ. Maintenance and oversight of the air quality and other toxics environmental programs.  Disseminate information and serve as a resource to the tribe in environmental regulations, programs, and concerns. Assist the environmental department in fulfilling other environmental media program grant objectives. Work cooperatively with tribal, local, state, and federal agencies to enhance tribal environmental and natural resources management.

1992 – 2001

Fiber Extrusion, Inc.

Eastport, ME

Quality Manager

Supervised quality and color technicians. Assured product quality conformance and  resolved all quality issues in a timely manner. Led color-matching activities and planned production masterbatches. Wrote and studied effectiveness of action plans for all customer complaints. Identified common quality issues and started a preventive action plan to be more proactive to product nonconformity. Responded to and corrected audits to the quality system for ISO compliance. Prior to the managerial promotion, worked in production, product quality, and product development.

Production Color Coordinator

Matched colors for potential sales. Completed masterbatches for production orders.  Provided pigment usage projection to insure supply of pigment. Reported status of batch and advised on pigment letdowns. Scheduled day-to-day development, compound and pilot line maintenance tasks.  Assisted color and quality technicians when needed. Goals included working towards ISO compliance, gaining customer’s approval, and earning market’s recognition for department’s ability to match and produce quality colored fiber.

Color Technician

Prepared colored polyester fiber sample trials. Blended, pelletized, spun, drawn, carded and needled trials into felts. Evaluated colors and made adjustments. Maintained records and archived samples. Repaired and maintained pilot line equipment. Prepared submittals and filed reports. Improved trial techniques to reduce development time.

Quality Technician

Inspected raw and finished goods for product quality. Studied and evaluated process to correct quality issues. Maintained quality records. Developed relationship between process conditions and quality problems to benefit production and reduce correction time.

Production Worker

Primarily worked on the drawline and bailer. Drawn spun polyester tow. Bailed cut polyester staple. Graded and logged all bales. Improved detector to reduce number of fusion collected in baled staple. Gained experience in disassembling packs used to filter and gauge extruded polyester. Cleaned pack parts and re-assembled. Maintained equipment and solvents.

1990

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

Research Assistant
Studied several oxygen carriers developed by Dr. Darryl Busch’s research group. Researched feasibility of loading oxygen carriers into ion exchange membranes and studied transport of oxygen through membrane.

1989

U. S. Forest Service

Craig, AK

Forestry Technician
Traversed timber sales on federal land managed by the U. S. Forest Service. Located roads, boundaries, and landings. Surveyed timber for species, diameters, and heights. Fought forest fires.

1986-1987

Council of Energy Resource Tribes

Denver, CO

Field Interviewer
Collected data by conducting interviews with households selected for the National Medical Expenditure Survey. Exercised good communication skills and exhibited public relation skills to insure quality collection of data and participant cooperation.

2009 - 2010

Colorado Technical University Online

Online Studies

M. S. M. Degree - Information Technology Management

Date Degree Earned: 05/2010, GPA: 4.00

2007 - 2009

Colorado Technical University Online

Online Studies

B. S. Degree in Business Administration - Concentration in Information Technology

Date Degree Awarded: 02/2009, GPA: 3.93, Summa Cum Laude

1988–1990

Haskell Indian Junior College

Lawrence, KS

Associate of Arts in Liberal Arts, 3.40 GPA.

1979-1983

Monument Valley High School

Kayenta, AZ

HS Diploma, 3.67 GPA.

Activities, Honors,  Awards

Passamaquoddy Tribe Sipayik

• Self-trained in GPS (Trimble), GIS (ArcMap and MapInfo), Microsoft Access database, Microsoft Project, various lab analysis equipment

• Started up and maintain a tribal air quality monitoring station (Meteorological/Ozone & PM 2.5 Monitoring)

• Training requirements for lead inspector, lead risk assessor, asbestos inspector, asbestos management planner, and HAZWOPER are current

• For list of certificates,  if viewing the résumé online, click here or link provided below (if viewing a hard copy of the  résumé, copies available upon request)

  • http://www.tbep.net/resume/PTPP_Training_Certificates.htm

Colorado Technical University Online

• Earned professional certificates in Basics of Accounting and Finance, Business Fundamentals, Business in the Global Environment, Database Management, Human Resources Development, Management Essentials, Networking and Telecommunications, Organizational Systems Improvement, Project Management, Project Planning, and Systems Analysis and Integration

Fiber Extrusion, Inc.

• Internal Quality Auditor Training – QS 9000 (2000)

• GregtagMacbeth™ Fundamentals of Color Seminar (2000)

• Safety Award (1998, 1999, 2000)

• Five Year Service Award (1998)

• Completed Quality System Internal Auditor Training (1998)

• Four Year Attendance Award (1999)

• Three Year Team Safety Award (1996)

• Employee of the Quarter (1996)

University of Kansas

• Summer Undergraduate Fellowship Program (1990)

• Honors Program - Calculus (1990)

Haskell Indian Junior College

• Dean’s Honor Roll (1990)

• Biological and Physical Science Award (1990)

• Scholastic Excellence Scholarship (1990)

• President’s Honor Roll (1988-1989)

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