Donald Livingston

About Donald Livingston

MANUFACTURING, PROCESS ENGINEERING, QUALITY CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT EXECUTIVE OPERATIONAL Professional with extensive Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality Assurance, Continuous Improvement, Lean Six Sigma and QMS (IATF 16949, AS9100D, ISO 9001:2015) leadership experience in multi-tiered environments. Successful record of Operational Excellence, Corporate Culture Change and Human Capital development. A key stakeholder for safety, environmental, quality, cost, reliability, regulatory and engineering of 500+ employee manufacturing and distribution operation consisting of five global facilities. Provide leadership and directed strategic support for multiple operational departments through sales and marketing, technical support, customer/field service, testing, regulatory affairs & vendor relationships. Technical manager with a working knowledge of risk assessment, product testing and regulatory compliance. Key ACCOMPLISHMENTS Successful corporate culture change, driving to a Continuous Quality driven mindset using numerous Lean Six Sigma Quality tools such as: 5S, DOE, FMEA, DFM, and VSM leading manufacturing, quality and process engineering teams. Developed as well as maintained Quality Management Systems (QMS) for Aerospace, Automotive, Medical Device and Industrial Industries (AS9100D, ISO9001:2015, IATF 16949 Developed a Quality School Methodology at numerous companies to ensure developing Human Capital, while driving improved employee engagement Personal and facilitated career savings >$70MM as a key leader/stakeholder in continuous improvement projects Managed large complex programs including custom electronic solutions for medical device, automotive, consumer, and industrial markets both nationally and globally Key Stakeholder for Capital Equipment, make/buy analysis strategies 25 years electronic assembly experience from vertical integration, contract manufacturing and full assemblies. 20 year experience in PCB, SMT, Automated Inspection Vast manufacturing process experience including: Casting, Plastic Injection Molding, Finishing, Machining, Stamping, Fiber Optic, Rubber Molding, Mechanical and Automated Assembly. Led organizational change at EFI from zero quality processes in 2011 to a quality-focused present day, assisting with shareholder value $16/share 6/2011 to >$45/share currently Built and led a team of >20 engineers, project managers & technicians for a new printer platform launch realizing additional $25M in organic annual revenue growth Key stakeholder in New Product Development, Stage/Phase Gate and Project Management Strategies

Experience

1. Director of Quality Assurance

   Sensata Technologies

   Mar 2021 — Present

Education

• Southern New Hampshire University

  Master's degree, Organizational Leadership

  2016 — 2020

• Don Bosco Technical Institute

  Associate of Science - AS, Metallurgical Engineering

• UOP

  BS, Business Administration

  1998 — 1999

• Pepperdine Graziadio Business School

  Executive MBA, MBA

  1999 — 2001