Brian Bowman

Background

About Brian Bowman

ASQ-Certified Six Sigma Black Belt and Quality Engineer with ten years active Black Belt and Quality Engineering experience that includes: ISO 9001, 5S implementation, kaizen events, production and cash flow improvements. Additional experience includes Innovative Process (new product development) and assistance in manufacturing related root cause analysis and CAPA deployment. QFD, FMEA, DOE, and other six sigma tools in preparation for product launch. Most recently was responsible for and managed corrective actions related to regulatory commitments. Accomplishments: •Maintained throughput and utilization goals through installation and validation of 2 new lyophilizers and several systemic and process changes while reducing a critical drug backorder by 97%. •Lead a lyophilization team that Increased lyophilization utilization throughput 113% from 2013 to 2014 increasing utilization by 6.7% exceeding stretch goal by 4.6% that closed 14 projects directly impacting lyophilization utilization and throughput. •Optimized spin weld process in a development project utilizing DOE (Design of Experiments) that reduced failure rates by +80%. •Conducted Capability Analyses (Cp/Cpk) to ensure production stability. •Facilitated System and Process FMEAs (Failure Modes and Effects Analysis) for +20 developmental projects. •Implemented FAI (First Article Inspection) process. •Yielded $823K in savings and cash flow projects as an in four facilities. •Lead 5S improvements in three work cells utilizing KANBAN signals contributing $577K of increased throughput to overall capacity improvement activities. •Lead implementation plan on capital projects