Jay W. Carron

Dedicated to Quality

JAY W. CARRON________________________________________________________________________ &b&PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

QUALITY SYSTEM CONSULTANT 4/03 – Present

*Company relocated Quality Control(except for 1 inspector) and Operations to China AMERICAN TACK & HARDWARE__________________________2/02 – 4/03
Monsey and Central Valley, New York. (Importer and Distributor of Nite Lites, Kitchen Lighting, Wallplates and Plant and Garden Consumer Products)
Quality Control Manager
Created and implemented international QC function consisting of Asian and domestic QC departments.
· Created formal Quality Control system including the corporate Quality Plan, Mission Statement, Non-Conforming Product procedure, QC Document Control, Quality Review Board.
· Designed and instituted Corrective Action and Supplier Corrective Action database systems utilizing MS Outlook for e-mail notifications and automatic escalation follow-ups.
· Developed and implemented international supplier dock-to-stock certification program.
· Reduced rejection cycle time by 80% by implementing a Quality Review Board and restructuring the Non-Conforming Product process, and implementing an MS Access database utilizing MS Outlook for e-mail notifications.
· Instituted Incoming Quality Control function consisting of 2 inspectors in a 168,000 sq. ft. distribution center.
· Established inspection standards for use by domestic and Chinese inspectors and suppliers.

PURE TECH (subsidiary of Williams Advanced Materials)____________5/00 - 11/01
Brewster, New York. (Job-Shop Supplier of Thin Film Deposition Materials (Metals and Hot Pressed Powders) for the Semiconductor, Data Storage and Decorative Coating Markets) (Pure Tech is a spin-off of Praxair/Materials Research)
Quality Assurance Manager / ISO-9001 Coordinator / ISO-9001 Auditor
· Managed QC department responsible for inspection, instrument calibration, internal audits, control of precious metal inventory.
· Reduced final inspection labor by 50% by qualifying machine shop inspectors, and reducing QA inspection to visual inspections and document reviews.
· Restructured internal audit function to achieve a time reduction of 65%.
· Implemented alternative non-destructive test method yielding an $85,000 savings.

PRAXAIR/MATERIALS RESEARCH CORP._____________________1989 – 2000
Orangeburg, New York. (Job Shop Supplier of Thin Film Deposition Materials (Metals and Hot Pressed Powders) for the Semiconductor and Data Storage Markets)
· Lead Non-Destructive Testing Technician (1989-2000)
· Lead Internal Auditor (ISO-9001, ISO-14001, QS-9000) (1994-2000)
· Lead Calibration Technician (1994-2000)
· Document Control Administrator (1991-1994)
· Quality Control Inspector (1989-1991)

AMERICAN DYNAMICS (Division of Sensormatic)_________________1986 - 1989
Orangeburg, New York. (Job Shop Manufacturer of Closed Circuit Security Equipment)
· Quality Control Technician (1987-1989)
· Quality Control Inspector (1986-1987)

EDUCATION

M.B.A. - Management for Executives, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, N.J. 2000
B.S. - Organizational Management, Nyack College, Nyack, N.Y. 1996
A.A.S. - Electrical Technology, Rockland Community College, Suffern, NY 1987

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

1998 Lead Assessor Certification for Environmental Management Systems (ISO-14001) British Standards Institute.
1997 Lead Assessor Certification for ISO-9000 (Automotive Application) - British Standards Institute.
1995 Lead Assessor Certification for ISO-9001 - British Standards Institute.
1989 Materials Research Corp. Statistical Process Control Training

Links of interest:

WFUV Radio-Fordham Univ.
The Turning Point, Piermont NY

Email address: jcarron99@aol.com