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Mark Vordtriede - Senior Consultant, Quality Assurance

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Mark VordtriedeMark Vordtriede brings nearly 30 years of experience in manufacturing, design, and quality management to the Emergo Group team. After spending several years as a manufacturing engineer, Mark moved into quality management working to increase production capacity and lower costs through quality system enhancements. Over the course of five years, Mark was able to improve productivity and save his division nearly $5,000,000 in costs. After 12 years with Westinghouse, he became VP of Corporate Quality for Public Safety Equipment Company.

During his time there, Mark cut product development lead times from 2.5 years to 6 months and shaved another $2,500,000 in costs with quality process enhancements. Mark is well versed in ISO 9001, ISO 13485, FDA GMP, TS 16949, AS 9100 and ISO 14000

EXPERIENCE:

President and CEO, Business Innovator, LLC
  • Achieve client goals with projects producing high-value performance improvement results
  • Design and implement Continual Improvement-based, ISO-compliant quality systems
Vice President, Corporate Quality, Public Safety Equipment Company
  • Removed $2.5 Million in cost from processes and products due to quality improvements
  • Reduced Engineering Product Development lead time from 2.5 years to 6 months
  • Improvement projects increased sales by $15.5 million in 3 years
Division Quality Manager and Engineer, Westinghouse
  • Increased production and assembly capacity 130%
  • Eliminated 3rd Shift Operations, reduced 1st & 2nd Shift labor 70%
  • Quality System Performance saved the Division $4.8 Million over 5 years
  • Products attained 110% higher margins from productivity improvements
Manufacturing Engineer - Process Design, ACF Industries
  • $500K - $1 Million reduction in process/production costs for 3 assembly lines over 2 years

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

Medical Devices:
  • Centrifuges
  • Cryogenic freezers
  • Dental equipment
  • Diagnostic software
  • Disposables
  • Hospital hardware
  • Imaging equipment
  • Implants and materials
  • Optical
  • Reuseable and surgical instruments
  • Surgical lasers
QA & RA:
  • Quality system implementation - ISO 13485 and FDA GMP
  • Internal and supplier auditing
  • CAPA

CERTIFICATIONS:

  • RAB Quality Management Systems Lead Auditor (Certificate 104909)

EDUCATION:

  • B.S. in Civil/Architectural Engineering, Washington University School of Engineering.

HOME BASE:

  • Missouri, USA