Specializing in Quality Management Systems and Continual Improvement
Montana Consulting
Specializing in Quality Management Systems and Continual Improvement
    Shara Montana
"I do not consider a project successful unless my customer is 100% satisfied."
  Industry
Familiarity:
  Aerospace Aircraft Manufacturing (machine shop, painting, electrical and wire assembly, wing control surfaces subassembly, and final assembly); Automotive; Market Research; Distribution; Garment Manufacturing; Sewing; Air Horns; Precision Tooling; Cleaning Supplies; Semi-Conductor; Screw Machine Job Shop; Photo-Optical; Gear; Grinding; Financial Printing; Internet; Transformers and Power Supplies; Wall Furnaces and Fan Coils; Tire and Rubber; Metal Stamping; Coatings, Nickel and Chrome Plating; Hydraulic Lift Gates; Wire; Cable; Software Development; Plastic Injection Molding; Die Casting; Stevedoring/Terminal Operations; Air Charter Operations; Test Laboratory; Telecommunications / Installation; Distribution; and Computer Consulting.
 
  Experience:
  Manufacturing and Business Consulting – ISO 9001and other industry specification quality audits / assessments, implementation, internal auditor training, implementation training, consortia management and delivery, seminar and workshop management and delivery; business assessments; process mapping / re-engineering; technology transfer; sales; marketing; and materials development.
Capacity Engineering - MRP, personnel and workload forecast, queue analysis, bottleneck/critical resource analysis, machine utilization, lead time/lot size.
Industrial Engineering - manufacturing flowchart, critical path, cost studies, rate and position analysis, training, SPC, JIT.
Project Management – managing subassembly facility relocation, meeting facilitation, business plan development, training, management assessment.
 
  Work
History:
  2005 to date Principal, Montana Consulting
  1999-2005 Partner, Montana Uhrig Consulting
  1998-1999 Director of Group Consulting and Tool Development, CMTC
  1993-1998 Senior Consultant, CMTC
  1992-1993 Partner/Consultant, MacInTouch
  1991-1992 Industrial Engineer, McDonnell Douglas (Boeing Commercial)
  1990-1991 Project Manager, McDonnell Douglas (Boeing Commercial)
  1988-1990 Capacity Engineer, McDonnell Douglas
 
  Education:
  BS Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan
MBA, Pepperdine University
 
  Credentials:
  Certified Quality Systems Lead Assessor (RAB)
Certified Quality Engineer (ASQ)
 
  Honors:
  2005 Leadership Carson Seminar – Management Tools for the New Millennium
  2003 International Conference on ISO 9000 Workshop – Continual Improvement Audit
  2003 American Society for Quality, Los Angeles Section Meeting Speaker - Continual Improvement Audit
  2002 International Conference on ISO 9000 Poster Presentation
  1998 Modernization Forum Practitioner of the Year Award
  1991 DAC Employee Recognition Award-Performance and Teamwork
  1989 DAC Young Careerist Award Nominee
 
  Other Skills:
  Basic Conversational Spanish
 
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