David Patin, davidpatinconsulting@gmail.com, 812-679-8582

MS Statistics / Certified Six Sigma Black Belt / Certified Quality Engineer

SUMMARY

30+ years of experience as Industrial Statistician and Quality Engineer:

• Design of Experiments (DOE)
• Statistical Process Control (SPC) / Capability (Cp, Cpk, Pp, Ppk)
• Quality and productivity improvement
• Formalized and documented statistical methods
• Minitab, JMP, SAS

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Instructor with American Society for Quality

• Statistics
• SPC
• DOE
• Quality Engineering

 

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Statistical Manufacturing Solutions, Columbia, South Carolina.

Owner/Lead Consultant, 2017 – Present

Founded statistical consultancy

• 483 letter issues
• Remediation for FDA compliance
• Statistical Process Control issues

 

Cook Medical, Bloomington, Indiana.

Statistician, 2006 – 2017

Medium sized privately-owned medical device manufacturer

• Worked cross-functionally with Quality and with Development and Manufacturing designing their testing, including sample size and analysis
• Experience in IVD Assay/Immunoassay with Cook Pharmaceutical
• Wrote and maintained procedures for statistical methods
• Developed risk-based requirements for confidence and reliability testing of products

 

Cabot Microelectronics, Aurora, Illinois.

Statistician, 2001 – 2005

Leading manufacturer of chemical mechanical polishing slurries for semiconductor industry

• Aided in the design and execution of DOEs in the development of new products
• Wrote procedures for statistical methods
• Set in place statistical methods for the analysis from laboratory testing

 

Tellabs, Bolingbrook, Illinois.

Metrics Engineer, 1999 – 2001

Manufacturer of telecommunications equipment

• Compliance to the telecommunications equivalent ISO 9000 standards
• Conducted Failure Analysis of the latest release of software

 

White Cap, Chicago, Illinois

Quality Manager, 1999

Manager of Statistical Methods, 1995 – 1999

Manufacturer of covers for the food and beverage industry in both metal and plastic

• Designed and implemented gages for the automatic measurement of quality characteristics
• Undertook systematic assessment of capability for each machine and process

 

Vickers, Carol Stream, Illinois

QA Supervisor, 1990 – 1995

Manufacturer of screw-in cartridge valves and manifolds for the hydraulics industry

• Wrote most of the procedures for the plant to achieve ISO compliance
• Introduction of Statistical Process Control

Handy Button Machine Co., Melrose Park, Illinois

SPC Coordinator, 1986 – 1990

Manufacturer of buttons for the furniture industry and mounting cups for the aerosol industry

• Increased mean time to failure from 30,000 parts to 480,000 parts

 

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

• Certified Six Sigma Black Belt
• Certified Quality Engineer
• Certified Reliability Engineer

 

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

• Member, American Statistical Association

 

EDUCATION

• Master of Science in Statistics, DePaul University, 1992
• Bachelor of Arts in Organizational Psychology, National University, 1989