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Resourceful and dynamic quality professional with over twenty years of quality management program / regulatory compliance expertise, coupled with extensive oversight knowledge. Highly skilled at relationship-building with clients and stakeholders, departmental organizations and teams using effective interpersonal communication skills and forward thinking. Recognized as a self-starter and willing to exhaust all avenues to deliver a completed product to the client in a timely fashion. Well versed in the areas of organization, workflow, time management and able to quickly visualize cause and effect when planning projects.

Quality Control Supervisor @ Responsible for the development and implementation of a Chemical Weapons Demilitarization Facility Quality Control program during systemization, operations, and decommissioning. From January 2015 to Present (1 year) Lead Operations Quality Control Engineer @ From February 2014 to December 2014 (11 months) Quality Assurance Manager @ • Managed, planned, coordinated, and directed a client-focused quality program at a Department of Defense Chemical Weapons Demilitarization facility currently in the construction and systemization phases to ensure continuous improvement with oversight responsibility for results in terms of costs, methods and quality assurance subcontractors supporting project goals. • Adept at managing, coordinating, and supporting cost and efficiency improvements through implementation of continuous process improvement and Lean Six Sigma programs. - Joint Process Improvement team for Replacement of Lab Filter Bank Housings at BGCAPP with Inline Charcoal Filters resulting in an estimated savings of $3.4 million - Joint Process Improvement for Control of Field Changes and Optimization of Vendor Data Incorporation resulting in an estimated labor savings of $3.07 million • Provided leadership and technical direction to field office personnel for compliance-based and performance-based oversight of Chemical Weapons Demilitarization facility systems contractor. Included development and implementation processes for monitoring work activities, such as preparation of records of expenditures, progress reports, etc., in order to keep management apprised of current status or work activities. • Strong team building, collaboration, and communication skills obtained through hands-on management style and leadership expertise to build system contractor relationships to oversee a project quality and configuration management program. Delivered evaluation and controls all quality assurance functions throughout the production cycle to ensure project schedules and performance requirements were met. • Provided leadership to Field Office personnel for the development and approval of oversight, corrective action tracking and reporting, and monitoring key indicators affecting quality performance of the systems contractor responsible for construction and systemization of the BGCAPP. From February 2007 to February 2014 (7 years 1 month) Quality Assurance Auditor @ • Project certified Lead Auditor responsible for organizing and executing all aspects of the facility quality assurance program. Lead internal and external audits of facility quality assurance program. • Performed quality engineering and program oversight, to include independent assessment and verification of quality affecting activities, nonconformance and corrective action tracking and trending reporting, root cause investigation, and quality management in support of facility operations and destruction of chemical agent at the ANCDF facility that complied with established requirements in a cost effective manner. • Responsible for coordinating quality assurance audits and surveillances with quality personnel, engineering reviews, procurement reviews, quality inspection plans, programmatic support and oversight to ensure integration and implementation of the facility quality assurance program in all aspects of facility activities. From August 2004 to February 2007 (2 years 7 months) Anniston, Alabama AreaSenior Quality Assurance Specialist @ Site Project Quality Assurance Officer- 1999 to 2004 Environment, Safety and Health Senior Scientist- 1997 to 1999 Senior Quality Assurance Specialist- 1994 to 1997 Operations Senior Engineer- 1991 to 1994 From June 1991 to July 2004 (13 years 2 months) Project Manager/ Senior Field Analyst @ · Managed field personnel, contractor interface, field analytical testing and timely project completions · Ensured RCRA and DOT compliance for the safe handling, labeling, storage, packaging, and transportation of hazardous waste, including reactive hazardous materials and explosives from client generator sites to treatment, storage, and disposal facilities. From April 1988 to June 1991 (3 years 3 months) Aviation Logistics Sergeant @ · Aviation classification repair activity. · Material control and accounting. · Honorably discharged. From March 1982 to January 1991 (8 years 11 months) Electrical Engineer Aide @ Assist Project Engineers for the development, construction, and implementation of electrical, water, and sewer programs as it applied to day-to-day operations. From July 1986 to April 1988 (1 year 10 months)

None, Culinary Arts @ Sullivan University From 2008 to 2009 BS, Renewable Natural Resources @ University of Connecticut From 1981 to 1986 John Gran is skilled in: Software Documentation, Root Cause Analysis, Quality Assurance, Process Improvement, Engineering, Program Management, Earned Value Management, Corrective Actions, Quality Management, Technical Writing, Project Management, Quality Control, Process Scheduler, Inspection, Operations Management