Arshad Hafeez

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About Arshad Hafeez

Global Association Management, HR, Operational Excellence (OPEX), Quality, and SCM Corporate Function for $20 billion spend: Leading Supplier Qualifications, 4Q, auditing, Lean, Six Sigma, etc. Founder of SAE's affiliate PRI International. Automotive, Aerospace, Medical, Transportation & Defense Industry "Game Changer" Global Quality & Safety (20+ yrs) Entrepreneur Executive with the vision leading to the invention and birth of Nadcap, NUCAP, PRI - QPL, educational programs: eQuaLearn, eQuaLified, and eQuaLPrep. IT Leadership for inventing web based eAuditNet & eAuditStaff. Quality Management Systems: ISO AS 9100, ISO 14001, ISO 18001, TS 16949 and ISO 17025. Worked with FAA, EASA & CE directives. 10+yrs hands on Manufacturing experience with Alcoa and Occidental Chemical. Global expert with 30+ experience in Testing, Inspection, Product Qualification, and certification. Practicing a Culture of Continual Improvement and Business Acumen that reduced costs: • Staff productivity increase by 35% & retention rate at 98% • Increased revenue by 500% from 2002 to 2010 • Six Sigma, statistics, Lean, Quality Functional Deployment (QFD), 8D, 7 Wastes, Kaizen, DMAIC, APQP, PPAP. Executive Networking, Global Marketing, Business Operations and supply chain management: 25+ years of working with nearly 60 major company c-suite executives from Boeing, Airbus, GE, UTC, Honeywell, NASA, DOD, GM, Ford, Rolls Royce, etc. Negotiation skills, suppliers/manufacturing sites. Led deployment of 4 new offices and hiring of staff (HR role) in Beijing, Nagoya, London, Derby and filed for India office. US business entity expanded to 65 countries and revenue changed from 100% USA to 50% USA and 50% Europe/Asia. Specialties: Entrepreneurial leadership, Special Processes, Business management for Society and Association, Teaming, Negotiation, P&L Responsibility / Business R&D / Fiscal viability. Promoting Standards & Professional development and effectively working with executive boards. Technical competency in advanced materials, Electrochemistry & material testing.