Samir Mehta

About Samir Mehta

Owner of QPI Consulting - A consulting company specializing in process and quality improvement. QPI serves across manufacturing, engineering and service organizations to improve bottom line by process optimization, waste reduction and quality improvement. We specialize in quality certification (ISO 9001, IATF 16949) achievement, scrap reduction, warranty reduction, internal/external failure reduction and NPD quality- 20 years of experience working in manufacturing dealing with quality, reliability, strategic deployment, new product development, project management, six sigma, APQP, ISO9001, ISO14001, TS16949, DFSS, cost of poor quality, CAPA, warranty management and process development- Develop and execute strategy for global plants to deliver world class quality- Manage global team to achieve organizational goals and KPIs- Develop and execute test plan, review and interpret test results for performance and reliability prediction- Analyze data to find trends for customer complaints reduction, process improvement- Lead teams for product and process improvement - Expert on various tools and techniques like design of experiments (DOE), regression analysis, statistical process control, FMEA, QFD (house of quality), supplier assessment, PPAP, 8D, 5why, A3, management by fact (MBF), Kaizen, warranty analysis, GD & T, tolerance stack up, capability study- B.S, Mechanical Engineering and M.S, Industrial Engineering with emphasis on quality engineering, Project management professional certification (PMP)- Adjunct project management (PM) instructor at ITT tech- Active member of PMI (project management institute) and ASQ (American society for quality)

Experience

1. Director of Quality

   Generac

   Nov 2024 — Present · Waukesha, WI, US

   Responsible for multi site product quality control and quality assurance- Support Generac\'s Next Level Quality (NLQ) initiative by reducing internal and external defect rate- Collaborate with cross functional teams to improve industrial generator commissioning and warranty.

Education

• Saurashtra University, Rajkot

  B.S. Mechanical Engineering

  1995 — 1999

• Wayne State University

  M.S. Industrial Engineering, Quality

  2001 — 2002

• Marquette University

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

  2013 — 2018

Skills

• Testing
• Problem Solving
• Warranty Administration
• Quality Management
• Quality Systems
• Root Cause Analysis
• Continuous Improvement
• Data Analysis
• Ts16949
• Project Management
• Reliability Engineering
• Test Planning
• Apqp
• Fmea
• Spc
• Engineering
• Iso 9001
• Team Leadership
• Product Development
• Minitab
• 8d Problem Solving
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Supplier Quality
• Doe
• Iso 14001
• Ppap
• Design of Experiments