Steve Pickett

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About Steve Pickett

Quality If you like what you are getting, don't change things; if you don't like it, fix the process. Experience Overview:* Extensive experience in designing, implementing, and managing Quality Assurance and Quality Management Systems (ISO FDA 21CFR Part 820, ISO 13485, SEI CMMI, SAE AS9100, SAE AS9006, Tollgate, TQM) in commercial, medical, and defense related sectors * Product Development and Design Qualification experience in Systems and Software Engineering, Product Assurance, Quality Assurance, and Metrics with emphasis in development life cycles including Agile (SCRUM), SaaS, and design safety (MIL-STD-882)* Signature reviews of requirements, hardware and software designs and implementations, changes, verification and validation plans, tests, results and deliverable products and documents E-mail: URL: Qualifications: Master of Science in Quality Assurance with product development and operations experience Bachelor of Science in Electronic Engineering Technology Certified Reliability Engineer – American Society for Quality (ASQ) 6 Sigma Black Belt with Lean experience Continuous Process Improvement under ISO, SAE AS, and other Quality Systems Concept/RFQ-to-Retirement/Decommissioning using internal resources and subcontractors Core Skill Areas: • Quality Assurance • Organizational and Process Metrics Analysis • Cross-Functional Collaboration • Complex Problem Solving • Critical Design (FMEA, Key Characteristics) • Peer Reviews • Continuous Improvement • Root Cause Analysis • Software and Product Development Lifecycles Selected Accomplishments: • Performed Failure Analysis identifying a $10MM electronic design warranty risk • Created process change impact analysis upon escaped SW defects using Weibull analysis resulting in 80% defect escape reduction and improved customer perception of product • Increased customer concern closure rates 240% via cross-functional factory area assignments Contact me to connect or to discuss employment opportunities at