John Larkin
Principal Qa Engineer @Vantiva
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WORK HISTORY
Principal Qa Engineer @Vantiva
Atlanta, GA, US
Quality leader for the Broadband BU (DOCSIS, Telco) and Retail BU in the Home Networks division of Vantiva (formerly CommScope, and ARRIS). As a member of the Product Quality team I\'m accountable for all aspects of quality for DSL/cable modem and Wi-Fi gateway products, with $1 billion in annual sales. Vantiva Home Networks is the leading producer of Telco and cable modems, Wi-Fi gateways, extenders and related products.
EDUCATION
Reed College
BA
University of Wisconsin-Madison
MS
Southern Methodist University
MBA
ABOUT JOHN LARKIN
Quality leader for the Cable Broadband and Retail business units within Vantiva Home Networks, focusing on escalated customer issues, internal process improvements, and supplier quality development. Past experience includes implementing ISO 9001 quality systems, improving supplier quality, leading quality improvement teams, driving root cause analysis and corrective/preventive actions with cross-functional resources. Broad knowledge of global supply chains, manufacturing, and various component technologies. Performed supplier audits and resolved challenging supplier quality issues. Supply chain categories include: contract manufacturing (EMS), magnetics, capacitors, PCB\'s, SoC\'s, semiconductors, metal fab parts, connectors, power supplies, LED\'s, injection molded plastic parts, etc. ASQ certified Six Sigma Black Belt (SSBB). Specialties: quality management systems, supplier quality engineering, Lean Six Sigma, contract manufacturing quality, customer support, field failure rates, QMS, SQE, SQA, LSS, EMS, ISO 9001, TQM, SPC, DOE, Deming Prize, Shingo Prize, APQP, PPAP, 8D, FMEA
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