Dave Suchanek

About Dave Suchanek

Highly motivated individual with demonstrated ability to lead teams, handle multiple projects and coordinate the resolution of critical issues on a global scale. Project coordination and management has been a large portion of my responsibilities with my current and previous positions. This has been demonstrated on a wide variety of product types, such as medical device, electro-mechanical, packaging components, cosmetics and foods. I bring a wealth of experience in coordinating root cause and corrective action investigation between suppliers, manufacturing, customers and global affiliates.

Experience

1. Staff Supplier Quality Engineer

   AirLife

   Feb 2025 — Present · Grand Rapids, MI, US

   Responsible for developing, maintaining, and improving supplier quality programs to ensure the consistent delivery of high-quality materials, components, and products. This role involves supplier evaluation, auditing, corrective action management, and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders to drive supplier performance, compliance, and continuous improvement. Representing AirLife as a subject matter expert, this role takes a global approach to process development for supplier quality, and both supports and identifies strategy for the simplification, standardization, and optimization of supplier management processes.Additionally, this role is responsible for driving continuous improvement in supplier quality to meet regulatory requirements and to advance supplier performance, elevating expectations for both product quality and the continuity of supply.

Education

• Eastern Michigan University

  Bachelor of Science, Physics Engineering - Math Minor

  1988 — 1991

• Michigan Technological University

  Physics

  1985 — 1988

Skills

• Six Sigma
• Quality Auditing
• Lean Manufacturing
• Fmea
• Quality System
• Quality Assurance
• Process Simulation
• Spc
• Iso
• Fda
• Quality Control
• Gmp
• Quality Management
• Continuous Improvement
• Validation
• Supply Chain
• Product Development
• Design of Experiments
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Program Management
• Root Cause Analysis