As a Principal of QMX, Inc, Jim has over twenty years of "hands-on" quality auditing, quality system implementation and training experience. He has helped over 300 companies with, ISO 9001, TS 16949, ISO 14001, ISO 13485, AS 9100, ISO 18001 and related quality systems auditing and implementation projects and is considered an international expert on Cost of Quality (COQ) implementation and other Quality system measurement techniques. Jim is qualified to perform actual ANAB accredited ISO registration assessments and award ISO certificates for third party ISO Registrars. The QMX team can help any size organization be successful.

Depth of Quality Related Experience

• General Motors Corporation; Automotive engineering & manufacturing experience with Quality management responsibilities
• Texas Instruments; Engineering, manufacturing & service experience with Quality improvement reporting responsibilities
• Voice Message Exchange; Telecommunications design, manufacturing & Quality auditing responsibility
• Ericsson Network Systems; Manufacturing, service & Quality experience for international electronics firm
• Brunswick Defense Systems: Military manufacturing & service quality reporting responsibilities
• The Carman Group - Brewer & Associates; Taught over 100 seminars on Quality implementation
• The Harrington Group; Certified instructor on all IS
• software (Corrective Action, AuditMaster, and HQMS Web platform)
• College Teaching; On faculty at Daytona Beach Community College (IS
• 9001 & technical courses)

Certifications/Education

• BS Engineering & MBA degrees
• Quality Systems Lead Auditor (QS-LA) by the Registrar Accreditation Board/QSA, Certificate #Q4441
• TS 16949,13485,14001,18001 & AS 9100 qualified Lead Auditor
• Certified Quality Auditor (CQA) by the American Society for Quality (ASQ)
• Certified Quality Manager (CQM) by the American Society for Quality (ASQ)
• Florida Sterling Award Examiner, appointed by the State of Florida (Serving as assessor using Malcolm Baldridge criteria equivalent for service & manufacturing firms)
• Certified Manufacturing Engineer (CMfgE) by Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)
• Certified Production & Inventory Control Manager (CPIM) by the American Production & Inventory Control Society (APICS)