Damon Howard

About Damon Howard

I am a Senior Quality Specialist with over 17 years experience in the Oil & Gas and Aerospace Industries. Customer Quality Representative for ExxonMobil, Shell, Chevron, BP, and BHP on numerous subsea projects. Direct hands on experience with subsea suppliers around the Houston area. Involved with private and military aircraft inspection certification process with Bombardier Aerospace and Lockheed Martin Aeronautics. Work to the philosophies of lean manufacturing, six sigma, and 5S. Root cause analysis. On the floor support to assisting production and quality on solving quality assurance problems. Prioritize and manage a variety of different third party projects simultaneously. Witnessed per engineering different manufacturing processes to include assembly tear down for re-manufactured parts, all areas of NDE, magnetic particle insp, liquid penetrate insp, electromagnetic, welding insp, fusion welding, hydrostatic testing, nitrogen gas testing, hydraulic testing, drill pipe shearing in blowout preventer, visual thread insp, thread gauge insp, drift insp, machine to print tolerance verification, critical dimensions metal to metal seal, final dimensional insp, assembly, data book review, coatings thickness insp, insulation preparation/final, continuity, ultrasonic insp, steel forging process, material heat treatment process, hardness testing, mechanical testing, destructive testing, corrosion, erosion, Aerospace components insp and certification, aircraft insp and certification, and jet turbine final acceptance runs. Work with industry standards such as API 5CT, API 6A, DS-1, ASTM, ANSI, AWS CWI, NACE, ASNT, ASME, MIL, ASQ, ISO, FARs, and CFRs. Knowledgeable in GD & T fundamentals and symbols. EQUIPMENT INSPECTED: Subsea Trees/Manifolds, Blowout Preventers, Tubing Head Spools, Casing Head Spools, Risers/Joints, Tie Backs/Blast Joints, Production Shutoff Valves, Production Wing Valves, Gate Valves, Packers, 5-9” Production Bore Tubing Hanger, Composite Valve Blocks, 18 3/4 Subsea Wellheads, Sand Screens, Sub-surface Safety Valves, Drill Pipe, OCTG, Choke/Kill Manifold, Umbilicals, Flying Leads, Cobra Heads, Premium API Proprietary Threads, Actuators, Flow Couplings, Protective Coatings, Composite Skins, Fasteners, Aircraft, Jet Turbines, and Aircraft Interior Components Certification. Customer satisfaction is number one. Detailed orientated in report writing. Excellent computer skills with web design experience and SAP. Very dependable and highly motivated self starter that requires no supervision.

Experience

1. Owner

   Total Talent Booking, Inc

   Aug 2017 — Present · Houston, TX, US

   Residential roofing specialist-Home mitigation, remodeling, and restoration residential contractor. Created multiple commercial and residential Xactimate estimates. Also used Xactimate for remodeling projects-FEMA sub contractor-Xactimate Insurance claims specialist-Create and submit customer damage reports and estimates to insurance companies-Analyze sales and accounting-Maintain company business plan-Set and achieve company goals.

Education

• Airframe & Powerplant

  Certification, Aerospace

• Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

  Bachelor of Science (BS), Professional Aeronautics

  2003 — 2006

• Scarborough High

  HS Dipolma, Regular/General High School/Secondary Diploma Program

  1991 — 1995

Skills

• Airframe and Powerplant Technican
• Subsea Equipment Knowledge
• Quality Control
• Subsea Engineering
• Quality Assurance
• Asme
• Aws, Api, Asnt, Faa, Cfr, Mil, Bs, Iso, Asme, Astm, Ansi, Nace
• Web Design, Publishing, Marketing
• Testing
• Iso
• Manufacturing and Testing Processes
• Inspection
• Engineering
• Supplier Quality Management
• Welding
• Piping
• Manufacturing
• Microsoft Excel
• Quality Management
• Microsoft Word
• Materials