John Sutterfield

Retiree

Role
Manager, Quality Engineering at Alcon
Location
Houston, TX, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers

About John Sutterfield

Retired with 35 years experience in the manufacturing of medical devices. 24 years manufacturing supervision (Supervisor - Production Manager), 3 years as Sr Manufacturing Engineer and 8 Years as Quality Engineering Manager. Have directed up 155 direct labor in addition to professional engineers.42 years of supervisory experience. Teams managed ranged from production assemblers, Navy enlisted ratings to professional engineers. Projects include the the off load and pre-positioning of supplies and equipment for a 500 bed Naval hospital; transfer of product lines from Baxter Round Lake to Mountain Home, AR; Alcon San Leandro, CA to Houston, TX; Alcon Irvine, CA to Houston, TX and Alcon Houston to contract manufacturer. Managed High level Product Assessment (HLPA) for 8 product families and Comprehensive Product Assessment and Trending (CPAT) for two product families. Performed annual Product Quality Reviews (PQRs) for 8 product families.

Experience

  1. Manager, Quality Engineering

    Alcon

    Nov 2010 — Present · Houston, TX, US

    QE Manager for Special Projects- Conducts High Level Product Assessments (HLPAs), FMEAs, Product Quality Reviews (PQR) and Comprehensive Product Assessment and Trending (CPAT)- QE approver for Corrective and Preventative Actions - CAPAs- Conducts new hire quality training and annual quality refresher training.

Education

  • Southern Arkansas University

    BBA, Industrial Management

    1970 — 1975

Skills

  • Failure Analysis
  • Process Capability
  • Trackwise
  • Medical Devices
  • Capa
  • Iso 9000
  • Fda Gmp
  • 21 Cfr
  • Spc
  • Process Engineering
  • Iso
  • Sop
  • Fda
  • Clean Rooms
  • Six Sigma
  • Gxp
  • Quality Auditing
  • Aseptic Processing
  • Lean Manufacturing
  • Calibration
  • Iso 13485
  • Quality Control
  • Root Cause Analysis
  • Gmp
  • Injection Molding
  • Change Control
  • Validation
  • Cleaning Validation
  • Minitab
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Manufacturing Operations Management
  • Gamp
  • R&D
  • Supplier Quality Management
  • Iso 14971
  • Quality Assurance
  • Design for Manufacturing
  • Sterilization
  • Regulatory Affairs
  • Computer System Validation

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