Ethan McBride

Background

About Ethan McBride

Innovative operations professional, quality practitioner, collaborator and decision maker pushing to constantly improve. I currently hold a position on the Product Marketing team as a Senior Product Specialist at Rogers Corporation, the leader in high performance copper clad laminates. We focus on providing high quality antenna and radar application solutions for a variety of defense, automotive and telecom applications. Previously, I held a position on an operations team as a Senior Quality Engineer at Howmet Aerospace, a leading aerospace component manufacturer. We focused on providing high quality aerospace fastening solutions for a variety of defense, commercial and unmanned applications. Prior to this, I held a variety of roles within Lisi Aerospace. I worked as both a supervisor and engineer, contributing to a wide range of goals including production operations, certification and auditing, process improvement efforts, quality management systems and product development. Before Lisi Aerospace, I collaborated with a small startup to launch a concept in the tourism / food and beverage service industry. The main objectives of mine surrounded onboarding employees and managing weekly scheduling, with dotted line focuses raging from product research, marketing and financials. I also experiment on my own practicing ecommerce and web development projects, as well as managing a friends and family cryptocurrency portfolio. Core Strengths and Skills: OPERATIONS - Project Management - Product, Process and System Auditing - Audit Preparation - Process Flow / Throughput - Scheduling - Industrialization - Manufacturing MANAGEMENT - Training Facilitation - Mentoring / Coaching - Personnel Management - Health and Environmental Safety - Team Direction / Culture Cultivation - Road mapping - Time Management - Communication / Collaboration ENGINEERING - Product Development - Data Acquisition and Analysis - Drafting, GD & T Standards - Process Monitoring (FMEA, PFMEA)- Process Capability - Product Qualifying - Continuous Improvement (Six Sigma, Lean, WSM, 5S, Gemba, Kaizen) QUALITY - Quality Assurance / Inspection - Audit Preparation - Corrective and Preventive Action Implementation - Quality Systems ISO9001, AS9100, AS9102 (FAI)- Problem Solving (8D Method, Root Cause Analysis, Root Cause Corrective Action, DOE)-Documentation / Objective Evidence -Product Compliance