Michael Hessian

Experience

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  McDonnell Douglas Aircraft

  Jan 1989 - Jan 1998

  Manager, Engineering Quality

  MANAGER – Long Beach (Multi Discipline Engineering)Leader of a multi‐disciplined team of Liaison Engineers, Production Engineers, Quality Engineers, Quality Specialists, Scientists, Inspectors and auditors supporting Major Join, Final Assembly and Ramp IPT’s for the Airlift & Tankers Division. Responsible for first article inspection, quality records, defect disposition, root cause & corrective action, customer acceptance and delivery. Personnel role included recruiting, training, coaching, mentoring, administrative actions and performance evaluations. Recognition by the Air force Customer for predictability study and process variability reduction of high‐impact performance escapes. Awarded Silver Eagle for outstanding achievement during the Static Wing Repair and Qualification Testing Show less

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  The Boeing Company

  Jan 1998 - now

  SENIOR MANAGER – El Segundo (Satellite Development Center)Program Quality (2018 - present), Electronic Products, Unit Production, and Receiving Inspection (2014 – 2017 ), Payload & Antenna (2009‐2014). Quality responsibility and site leader for Manufacturing Self Evaluation, Quality Planning and Quality Engineering Development. Responsibilities include product verification, process improvement initiatives, root cause & corrective action, implementation of business plans, policies and procedures. Personnel role includes recruiting, training, coaching, mentoring, administration, and performance evaluations. Show less SENIOR MANAGER – Seal Beach (Program Safety, Reliability, Quality)Member of the SI&S Quality Leadership team and Program Safety/Reliability/Quality leader for the Space Based Space Surveillance satellite and ground system. Led a multidiscipline team of Safety Engineers, Reliability Engineers, Supplier Quality Engineers, Program Quality Engineers, Software Quality Engineers, Auditors and SME's supporting the development, manufacture, spacecraft integration, launch site processing, launch and early orbit check out operations. Accountability for subcontractor management of multiple geographically separated locations (Ball, Harris, ATK, GE) representing Boeing with supplier’s senior leadership. Responsible for supplier contract negotiations, capability reviews, staffing plans, PM best practices, and multi‐site deployment of systems, Developed and implemented program safety plan, missile system pre‐launch safety package, hardware and software reliability plan, spacecraft quality plan, ground system quality plan, system quality plan, and configuration control plan. Show less SENIOR MANAGER ‐ Huntington Beach (Program’s Safety, Reliability, Quality and Mission Assurance) Leader of the Orbital Express, SED Wave Rider, Orbital Deep Space Imager, Operational Responsive Space, Robotic Precision Landing & Hazard Avoidance Programs and research/development/rapid prototyping programs. Member of the SI&S Phantom Works Quality Leadership Team and SI&S Early Quality Involvement Leadership Team. Responsibilities included proposal evaluation, contract dissemination, statement of work generation, supplier capability reviews, supplier hardware assurance reviews, Independent reviews, mission assurance reviews, gated practice reviews and verification of technical requirements. Show less MANAGER – Long Beach (Operations Quality)Leader of Inspection and Liaison Engineering teams supporting C‐17 Globemaster program. Tours of duty included Final Assembly, Major Join, Wing, Aft and Nose. Responsible for implementation of Quality Management System, 3rd party ISO Registration to the ISO9001:2000 &AS9100:2001 Standards, and improvement initiatives including In‐Process Inspection, Advanced Quality Systems, Lean Manufacturing and Process Variability Reduction. Chaired Quality Assurance Material Review and Corrective Action Boards, conducted root cause corrective action analysis, developed recovery plans, evaluated & coached employee performance and administered corrective action. Maintained multi‐level quality performance metrics including Cost of Quality, Defect Trend Analysis and Cost of Rework Repair and Scrap Show less

  • Senior Manager, Integrated Quality

    Jan 2009 - now

  • Senior Manager, Program Quality

    Jan 2007 - Jan 2009

  • Senior Manager, Programs Quality

    Jan 2005 - Jan 2007

  • Manager, Operations Quality

    Jan 1998 - Jan 2005