William Lowenkamp, Jr.--Quality Control and Assurance Professional
Background Summary:
William Lowenkamp has been engaged in international business for over 30 years and is well known throughout Asia, China, Mexico, S.A., and parts of Europe. He has held positions as Senior Shift Supervisor, Senior Quality Engineer and International QA Manager for several US based and International Corporations. Expertise is in the Quality Engineering, Costing and Manufacturing area, encompassing process controls, manufacturing upgrade, automated production lines, specialty area’s such as medical devices and related items. In-Field testing and inspection of all types of products, from class III medical devices to machined parts, toys, apparel, food, cosmetics and appliances, both mechanical and electronic. Instructing employee’s in methods, assembly, procedural techniques.
PROFILE & QUALIFICATIONS
Well seasoned professional with experience working with multi-international companies and with foreign personnel.
Lived in China, Thailand, Philippines for extended periods. Lived in Germany for 6 years. Travel and worked in Eastern Europe. Lived in Moldova for short periods of time. Bi-Lingual.
Familiar with a variety of processes such as automation, molding, rubber dipping, chlorination, packaging, coating, painting, electronic assembly, sewing etc.
SKILL SET
Work independently or with a team structure
Experience in re-building aged company structure
Experience in setting up protocols for US FDA Regulatory requirements, ISO and EU regulations.
Experience in FDA inspections and audits, testing, registration and device listings
Research & Development work on new products
Excellent ability in working with foreign counterparts
Design & Development of visual and written protocols
Instructor in GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices)
Lecturer at US FDA, 1989
Lecturer and Instructor to companies in China, Malaysia, Thailand
Investigative Techniques to determine dollar loss and poor ROI
Specialized field testing for lead, salmonella, e. Coli, Clenbuterol etc.
Development of Quality Instructions, Data Sheets, and related administration
Costing Analysis at the manufacturing level and Corporate Administration level to determine real profit and loss
Import/Export regulations, coding, labeling and verification of container loads
Technology Transfer, start-up and oversight as needed
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Professional Membership:
American Society for Testing and Materials International, (ASTM Int’l.)
American Organization Analytical Chemists International (AOAC Int’l.)
American Chemical Society (ACS)
International Union of Pure Analytical Chemists (IUPAC)
American Society for Quality (ASQ) Senior
Association of Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA)
Institute for Environmental & Scientific Technology (IEST)
National Association of Investigative Specialists
GAATW
Companies consulted or worked for:
65 - Factories in China, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia 3 – Eastern Europe since 1988
MCC Inc. – Medical Diagnostics, Research & Development Engineering
Lowenkamp R&D Laboratories Ltd., President
Lowenkamp International, President
KCDC, Taiwan (Field Inspection of manufactured products)
Hansen Int’l. (Spartus Corp.), International QA Manager
Textron Corp. (Homelite), Senior Quality Engineer
Lonestar Steel (Universal Industries) QA Laboratory Manager
Liebstone & Assoc., QA/R&D Engineer for Levi Strauss products
Royal Maid Association for the Blind Inc. Quality Assurance & Regulatory Manager
U.S. Surgical Corp. – Senior Shift Supervisor
Howmedica Corp. (Pfiser) – Senior Shift Supervisor
Johnson & Johnson Inc. – Senior Shift Supervisor – 4 deparements
Toridal Specialties Inc. – Research and Development
Conti Advertising Agency – Mechanicals, Art Work, PR writing
Winterdruck University House – Heidelberg, Germany – Medical Abstracts, Printing Make-up
William Lowenkamp Jr., PhD Eng.
1044 Lowenkamp Lane
Hazlehurst, Mississippi 39083
214-914-2276, cell
601-894-2802 fax
Bill@prodecx.com
