Don Dodd

About Don Dodd

Support a major global retailer with bringing products to market. An advisor, technical resource, and team partner in support of client product engineering safety and quality group. • Provide technical regulatory updates to client as the landscape of legislation evolves. • Research, understand and synthesize regulatory requirements of products that the client is bringing to market. • Work closely with the global engineering team members of the client to develop solutions to their technical inquiries or needs. • Research and develop product evaluations for customer quality, performance, and safety needs. • Support internal and external customers with quick, accurate, and meaningful answers to technical questions/issues. • Support global business solutions to Intertek retail clients. • Represent Intertek by sharing relevant technical expertise as a core strength to our clients. • Present and communicate information to clients through meetings and presentations. • Facilitate technical communications with internal technical staff and business units to meet client evolving client needs. • Review and edit product test protocols to address product safety, performance, reliability and regulatory requirements for US, Canada and Mexico requirements. • Review and edit Inspection reports for safety, reliability and customer requirements.

Experience

1. Technical Resource Manager

   Intertek

   Jan 2018 — Present · Vancouver, WA, US

   Support a major global retailer with bringing products to market. An advisor, technical resource, and team partner in support of client product engineering safety and quality group.• Provide technical regulatory updates to client as the landscape of legislation evolves. • Research, understand and synthesize regulatory requirements of products that the client is bringing to market. • Work closely with the global engineering team members of the client to develop solutions to their technical inquiries or needs.• Research and develop product evaluations for customer quality, performance, and safety needs. • Support internal and external customers with quick, accurate, and meaningful answers to technical questions/issues. • Support global business solutions to our clients. • Represent Intertek by sharing relevant technical expertise as a core strength to our clients. • Present and communicate information to clients through meetings and presentations.• Facilitate technical communications with internal technical staff and business units to meet client evolving client needs.

Education

• San José State University

  BA

  1980 — 1984

Skills

• Fmea
• Laboratory
• Regulatory Compliance
• Testing
• Dmaic
• Continuous Improvement
• Troubleshooting
• Iso 9000
• Quality System
• Iso Standards
• Electronics
• Capa
• Iec
• Ce Marking
• Root Cause Analysis
• Restricted Substances Software Administrator
• Six Sigma
• Validation
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Software Documentation
• Project Management
• Lims
• Engineering
• Toxics in Packaging
• Engineering Management
• Fcc
• Quality Auditing
• Standards Compliance
• Program Management
• Team Management
• Medical Devices
• Calibration
• Product Certification
• Ul
• Iec 60335-1
• Product Safety
• Fda
• Spc
• Iso 13485
• R&D