Amber Pitkin

Amber Pitkin

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    QMS Manager at Wolfspeed

  • Education

    • Lewiston Sr. High School

      1996 - 1998
      High School Diploma Honors 3.8/4.0

      Activities and Societies: National Honors Society, International Club

    • Colorado State University

      2012 - 2015
      Master of Science (M.S.) Management 3.9/4.0

      Activities and Societies: Golden Key International Honor's Society, Sigma Beta Delta International Honor's Society.

    • Lewis-Clark State College

      1997 - 2002
      Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Chemistry 3.5/4.0

      Activities and Societies: Lambda Nu Chemistry Club, Academic Dean's list

  • Experience

    • Pima Community College

      May 2003 - May 2005
      Adjunct Faculty

      Taught undergraduate lecture and laboratories for general chemistry courses in a community college setting.

    • Climax Molybdenum - Technology Center

      Jan 2005 - May 2013

      Manage the laboratory, including increasing efficiency and improving turnaround time, tracking progress of goals, analyzing samples when necessary, and hiring new employees. I also look for opportunities for continual improvement, and conduct document review and revisions for ISO 9000 certification, as well as Safety and Environmental best practices for certifications. I analyzed samples, developed methods for new materials on existing equipment, or implemented new equipment as needed. Operated the Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), the DC-Arc (Emission Spectrometer), and Cilas Laser Particle Size Analyzer.

      • Laboratory Supervisor

        May 2011 - May 2013
      • Chemist II

        Jan 2005 - May 2011
    • Kinetics Climax

      May 2013 - Oct 2014
      Sr. Production Manager
    • Pioneer Metal Finishing

      Jul 2015 - Feb 2016
      Process Control Supervisor

      Main responsibilities include management of quality systems, environmental compliance, and chemistry departments at the Portland facilities (Anodizing shop and Plating shop) for Pioneer.

    • FormFactor Inc.

      Feb 2016 - Jul 2019
      • Sr Operations Supervisor - Assembly & Test

        Oct 2017 - Jul 2019
      • Sr Operations Supervisor - Fab

        Feb 2016 - Oct 2017
    • Onsemi

      Jul 2019 - Jun 2022
      • Quality Process Engineer

        Sept 2021 - Jun 2022
      • Production Shift Manager

        Jul 2019 - Sept 2021
    • Wolfspeed

      Jun 2022 - now
      QMS Manager - Global Quality

      Manager of Quality Management Systems for the Global Quality team. This includes oversight of the Document Control team, the Reporting team (metrics and dashboard creation), and administration of our QMS software - EtQ Reliance.

  • Licenses & Certifications