The Original "Introductions" Thread started in 2001 and split off October 2009

[Randy]

Weeeeeeeeeeell howdy

 

[Bigfoot]

I have really gotten a lot out of this forum and all of you who participate. I was curious, though, who all of you are and what you do. How about letting us know a little bit about you and your background?
1. Name
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do
3. Industry you're in or have been in
4. Company you work for and location
5. Length of time in quality function
6. Something personal that sets you apart
7. Your pet peeve in quality
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?
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1. Greg Carnahan

2. Sr. Quality Engineer - Primary responsibility is for QMS setup & operations. Previously been QA Engineer, Quality Systems Mgr, QS 9000 Coordinator, Sample Coordinator, Cost Estimator.

3. Automotive Supplier - Have worked with Gray Iron, machining, fiberglass, heat treat, molded rubber for vibration control, HVAC tubing fabrication, metal stamping, welding, assembly, molded rubber precision sealing, aluminum foundry and die cast.

4. HLI - Wabash Indiana

5. 13+ years in Quality and I have been in manufacturing for 27 years almost all of it tied to automotive in form or another.

6. I had no intention of going to college until 10 years after HS, which I barely survived, I enrolled in 1984. I completed my BS in Business Administration in 2000 - 16 years later - & graduated Summe Cum Laude.

7. I have many, but will list two. 1- Those that only do enough to get by. 2- Failure to contain when something goes wrong.

8. Erase the alphabet soup acronyms - Make everyone understand the basics - Require all persons with an MBA to have demonstrated competence at actually having made something.

 

[David Hartman]

Hi, neighbor!

4. HLI - Wabash Indiana

Holy Cow! Wabash. You're like 20 minutes from where I live (Marion), and about an hour from where I work (Eastside Fort Wayne). It really is a small world.

 

[Raptorwild]

Holy Cow! Wabash. You're like 20 minutes from where I live (Marion), and about an hour from where I work (Eastside Fort Wayne). It really is a small world.

I grew up in Peru, Indiana!
Paula

 

[Marc]

"Holy Cow! Wabash. You're like 20 minutes from where I live (Marion), and about an hour from where I work (Eastside Fort Wayne). It really is a small world."

So - now - what's the plan??

 

[Randy]

Lunch or dinner with a Cove friend can be fun. Lucinda and I have a continuing "date" of sorts whenever I'm in Houston (next scheduled visit is in Jan). Sometimes we can get together and sometimes not. I'm always looking for the opportunity to meet one of my online buds...I may even make it to the Cincinnatti area one of these days and meet up with liberal old Marc hisself.

 

[energy]

Udate

I’ll take a shot. Some questions will be left unanswered. Some information is in the “profile” part of the forum when there is a post. That is for those who wish to provide a profile. I don’t imagine there will be a large response due to “privacy” issues. I could be wrong. Here goes:
1. Profile
2. Quality Assurance & Environmental Compliance Manager
3. Aircraft (Most Systems), Submarine Life Support Equipment, Water Treatment-Purification Systems
4. Profile
5. 35 years, yea..a long time
6. Started as an inspector in the Jurassic Period and received ever increasing responsibilities in the quality arena. Probably not so strange.
7. No support from Management in Quality initiatives unless an external audit was on the horizon
8. “Everyone” would be made accountable for their functions and their effect on the Quality System

Have to modify this: Fired last year just before X-mas at the tender age of 59 and the Quality Department abolished for failure to get ISO certified. I should have been able do it. See 6. and 7. above for the real reason. The company is now part of a State and Local investigation connected with our Governor taking illegal "gifts" in exchange for no-bid contracts. Do a Google search under Governor Rowland and look for the name "Tomasso". They are connected. You gotta love it.
Now I haunt the Cove and make my living as a Office Manager in a Residential Roofing Company run by a very close relative. My son!

 

[Bigfoot]

Holy Cow! Wabash. You're like 20 minutes from where I live (Marion), and about an hour from where I work (Eastside Fort Wayne). It really is a small world.

Small indeed Dave. . To make it smaller we are looking into the area around Wabash, probably south to re-locate to. Currently the commute is 135 miles daily. We have looked around a bit south of the Salamonie (sp) and also near the Mississinewa river toward Marion. Do you ever get up to the Honeywell Center for the entertainment they have there? Or to have dinner at Eugenia's?

(My wife looked around the Peru area as well, but did not care for it. Sorry Paula.)

 

[David Hartman]

Getting Together w/ Cove Members

So - now - what's the plan??

OK Marc, I can take a hint.

Bigfoot and Paula,

Maybe we can make some plans to meet for coffee (or your beverage of choice). Since I'm working in Ft. Wayne it's sort of hard to get away that long for lunch; but after the Holidays I could make it for breakfast on a Saturday, or we are shut down from the 24th to Jan 5th and I would be available at anytime during the shutdown (except Christmas day, of course ).​

Paula,

OK, there are times when my 51 years of brain cell deterioration causes examples of idiocy. Such as inviting someone that currently lives in Arkansas to breakfast in Indiana. If you're ever within range, let me know and maybe we CAN get together for lunch (the offer still holds, but I now recognize that it may not be anytime soon).​

 

[D.Scott]

Small world

Have to modify this: Fired last year just before X-mas at the tender age of 59 and the Quality Department abolished for failure to get ISO certified. I should have been able do it. See 6. and 7. above for the real reason. The company is now part of a State and Local investigation connected with our Governor taking illegal "gifts" in exchange for no-bid contracts. Do a Google search under Governor Rowland and look for the name "Tomasso". They are connected. You gotta love it.
Now I haunt the Cove and make my living as a Office Manager in a Residential Roofing Company run by a very close relative. My son!

Hey Energy, I guess it is a small world. My son owns a Residential Roofing Company in Atlanta. He already has an office manager though so when I get tossed out I will have to settle for a job walking on roofs at midnight with my golf spikes on (part of the sales promotion department).

Dave