Joseph John Swatt III
831 Arboretum Way Burlington, MA 01803
309-282-6800 - Home
309-255-8881 - Cell
A distinguished Vice President with a proven outstanding record of
accomplishments and progressive advancement in the highly competitive commercial
vehicle industry. Extensive international exposure within Europe, Asia and Latin
America with a multi-disciplinary background including Executive Management,
Operations, Engineering, Sales, and Quality.
Passionate Six Sigma Master Black Belt leader able to articulate strategy and
translate into results that has strong analytical problem solving, communications
and team building skills with the financial knowledge of business planning,
budgeting, P&L, purchasing and cost reduction. Profound experience in
manufacturing and engineering with 20 years experience driving lean initiatives
resulting in substantial improvements in WIP and reducing the cost of
non-quality.
Engineering and Operational knowledge includes metals & plastic, mechanical
products, electrical & electronics, fuel systems, assembly, forging, folding,
forming, cutting, punching, pressing, stamping, heading, machining, drilling,
grinding, welding, quenching, heat treating, and nitrating. Lean methods
including work cells, single piece flow, value stream mapping, seven wastes, Lean
Enterprise Supplier Networks, SMED (cycle time reduction), Kaizen events,
JIT/Kanban, 3P, 5S analysis, statistics/projections, TPS, TS/QS/ISO.
Education and formal training: Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, with
emphasis in Architectural Design and International Finance, Pace University with
an ample amount of credits for a dual Master’s degrees in Advanced Quality
Management and Health, Safety and Environmental Sciences, University of North
Carolina and Medical University of South Carolina.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
~ Acting champion who led, motivated and cultivated over 50 cross-functional
teams to address mission-critical issues and to achieve strategic and financial
objectives through Lean based continuous improvement saving corporations
$100’sM.
~ A primary decision maker for the past 11 years of the key dynamics driving the
leading global commercial vehicle industry which improved customer warranty cost
at multiple corporations ] $10M to [ $3M.
~ Customer awards received under my direction: Volvo Best Supplier of the Year,
GM Performance Excellence, Chrysler Gold Masters of Quality, Lincoln Silver,
Freightliner Masters of Quality and Ford Q1.
~ Ability to predict customer’s needs, discovering business opportunities and
delivering creative ideas and value added solutions to financially challenged and
sound manufacturing environments and saved $100’sM in corporation lawsuits.
~ Improved PPM’s (internal and external) from 70-90% at 5 different companies.
~ Analytical, results-oriented, and customer-focused with a quality excellence
approach which has secured the trust of several multi-million dollar corporations
that will invest in any business venture that is overseen by my administration.
~ Start-up and new product launch experience as Vice President and Director of
Chinese, Japanese, and German parent companies and improved labor costs by $5M
and scrap costs by $250M.
~ Multi-lingual in English, French, German, Spanish and Chinese languages.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Fuwa Heavy Industry Company, Ltd. / Trax Americas / Trax Mechanical Systems -
Taishan City, China
Vice President of Global Quality 2009 - Present
Responsible to the President/CEO for the start-up design, development and
implementation of the corporate TS-16949 and ISO-14001 quality system to include
Strategic Quality Planning and objectives, Key Performance Indicators, Technical
Leadership in overseeing and directing the quality staff of 140 individuals,
interfacing with customers and suppliers, development of quality procedures and
manuals, quality documentation and record control system, design of Supplier
Quality Development systems and the design and directing various testing
equipment labs, stations and applications throughout all facilities to maximize
product performance and reliability, but always minimize the cost of
non-quality.
Working closely with other Vice Presidents of Operations and Engineering,
Quality and Plant Managers to design, develop, optimize and approve strategic
quality plans and objectives that are comprehensively aligned with customer and
business objectives while staying compliant with the TS 16949, and ISO 14001
Quality Standards and Requirements.
Develop, define and specify the improvement and implementation of Quality
Systems Standards, methods and processes, qualification, testing and validation
of the precision, accuracy and reliability of company products.
Provide Quality Assurance leadership direction, management, expertise and
technical support in all aspects of Quality in the manufacturing of all products
throughout all manufacturing facilities. Design and lead the resolution of issues
within the customers and supply chains and the use of data to make decisions.
Facilitate development of partner relationships cross-functionally among
manufacturing, product management, research and development and externally with
customers, suppliers and subcontractors. Ensure that corrective and preventive
action processes were implemented and validated by identifying the root cause of
issues within the plants and designed quality systems were effective and problem
resolutions are final.
NTN-Bower - Macomb, Illinois 2008 - 2009
Director of Monozukuri / Continuous Improvement / Quality
Responsible to the CEO and COO for quality planning and objectives to maximize
product and process performance, optimize and execute policies having
business-wide effects which include ISO-9001, TS-16949 and ISO-14001 systems,
provide technical Leadership, direction management and expertise in all aspects
of quality in the manufacture of products, lab consolidation testing
applications, and problem solving/resolution applications. Design, develop,
manage, and reporting on quality objectives and continuous improvements
throughout all global locations.
Responsible for development of strategic quality plans, objectives, and the
development of procedures to maximize product performance, reliability and
minimize the cost of non-quality which included the President’s cost savings
project (totaling $1.4M) for direct and indirect materials. Participate with
other global operational Directors and as acting champion in the establishment of
the MAiN Audit team for 5S and Visualization, strategic quality plans and
objectives in collaboration with manufacturing plants, and subcontractors.
Oversee the management of corrective actions, quality systems documentation
processes, preventative maintenance programs, design of multiple structured
training programs, identify gaps, design, implement, support and drive continuous
improvement to enhance the plant’s quality systems performance. Managed and
directed two teams of ten advanced quality industrial, process and capability
engineers, providing support and sound technical direction on all 5S and
visualization activities, manage consolidation of testing and CMM lab, Led
development of ISO 14001 and TS 16949 quality systems.
Blue Moon Architectural & Quality Services LLC - Charleston, South Carolina 1999
- 2008
President / CEO
Established consulting practice providing services to 20 architectural,
manufacturing, production and contracting facilities for operation improvements,
business development and planning, customer/supplier quality improvements,
process/production audits, training, budgeting, costing/estimates, statistics/
projections, scheduled draws for City, County, State, and Government contracts
and the revisions of architectural plans and specifications when needed.
TRW Automotive (BMAQS) - Lavonia, Michigan 2006 - 2008
Director of Quality - (consulting contract) Responsible to the CEO/Chairman for
the implementation and maintaining of a complete TS-16949/ISO-14001 Quality
system.
Quality Manager:
Responsible for the start-up of a new casting facility which included overseeing
the design and plant layout with new lean production lines, set all
specifications and control limits in the metallurgic and sand labs with bar
charts for all known element properties, tapping temperatures, and compact
ability tests. Design of all controlled documentation to include procedures, work
instructions, process and procedure audits, FMEA, DFMEA, PFMEA, process flows,
control plan, PPAP, limit and boundary samples, daily production sheets, graphs,
logs, charts, monthly QIP, EQUOS, ECN, VIN reports, and a safe launch plan
presented to Ford, Chrysler DCX, General Motors, and Toyota. Successfully PPAP
and launched five high running components, with 6% to [ 3% PPM and internal
scrap by over $1.8M.
Robert Bosch Corporation (BMAQS) - Charleston, South Carolina 1999 - 2005
Senior Quality Assurance Manager (consulting contract) - Responsible to the
Director of Diesel Unit Injector for the maintenance of the corporate TS-16949
and ISO-14001 quality systems to include Strategic Quality Planning and
objectives, Key Performance Indicators, Technical Leadership in overseeing and
directing the quality staff of 80 , interfacing with customers and suppliers,
development of quality procedures, manuals, and other quality documentation,
maintaining of Supplier Quality Development systems and the design and directing
of various testing equipment labs, stations and applications throughout the
facility to maximize product performance and reliability, but always minimize the
cost of non-quality. Designed and implemented an advanced JIT/Kanban system.
Designed and implemented a quality inspection computerized system which utilized
bar code scanners and factory link tags to track every fuel injector through each
production station using date and time fields with the employee’s ID badge |
