David Stroud is seeking full time employment and has over 10 years of experience in quality control, manufacturing, and retail. His experience includes positions as a Quality Technician, Quality Inspector, Press Operator, and Department Store Manager. He has strong skills in quality control standards, hydraulic press operation, forklift operation, computers, and customer service.

1. David Stroud
1725 Cottage Ave.
Columbus, Indiana 47201
Mobile Phone: 8123749376
Secondary Phone: 8123922040
E-mail: stroudy85@yahoo.com
OBJECTIVE
I am seeking full time employment with the opportunity for advancement. I am focused
on teamwork and gaining self knowledge. I am reliable and I consider myself a fast
paced individual with the capability of learning new tasks quickly. I would love to offer
my detail oriented skills to any fast growing company. I would love the opportunity to
provide a better life for my family in a fast-growing business, where I’m sure I can make
a difference.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Quality Technician
June 2013 – July 2016
Bradford Soap Works | Columbus, Indiana
Industrial – Mfg. of Consumer Products
While Quality Technician for Bradford I held a vast number of responsibilities. Some of
those include record keeping, material analytical testing, and inventory control to name
a few. Bradford is a GMP facility and therefore taught me the fundamentals of lean
manufacturing. I was responsible for cutting down changeover times by constructing
new work instructions for the actual changeovers’ themselves. I was also responsible
for product quality at the line. I operated and maintained analytical instrumentation and
prepared lab reports summarizing findings. I willingly solved problems with supervisors,
operators and maintenance to overcome any obstacles we might face. As a member of
the quality team I took pride in the job I did and felt I made a difference. I got to work

2. with an array of equipment including analytical balances, weight-checkers and scales. I
performed moisture determination with the use of a Karl Fischer titration device. I also
performed solution preparations for the actual testing of the product itself.
Duties and Responsibilities:
 Perform statistical sampling quality checks as bars were produced, while meeting
customer requirements.
 Comparison of fragrances and colorants on an FTIR spectrophotometer
 Review and release of packaging materials including cartons, cellophane’s and
shipper boxes.
 Auditing and review of produced material and batching records.
 Frequently communicate with supervisors, production operators and
maintenance to ensure a quality product.
 Review colorants with an Ultra Violet Visible Spectrophotometer to ensure
accurate wavelength and absorption.
 Chemistry testing of produced soap on a daily basis including moisture
determination, free fatty acid content, active ingredient content and obtaining PH
results.
 Auditing and calibration of many scales including large floor scales, production
scales and analytical balances.
 Approval and release of all raw materials entering the facility.
 Use of a variety of laboratory equipment including graduated cylinders, beakers,
flasks, pipettes, burettes, hot-plates and stir stations.
 Inventory and use of many chemicals in the lab including Methanol, Comp 5,
SDA 30, Chloroform, Benzethonium Chloride, Methylene Blue, Sodium
Hydroxide, Sodium Laurel Sulfate, Potassium Bromide, Phenolphthalein, Sodium
Sulfate Anhydrous, and Buffer solutions used for PH meter calibration.
Consumer products, Quality Control
Quality Inspector
January 2012 – May 2013
Net Forge | Columbus, Indiana
Industrial – Forging and Mfg.

3. As Hot Inspector for Net Forge I was responsible for the visual, dimensional and
functional quality of Constant Velocity Joints produced. If any forgings did not meet
specification I would then initiate the stop, call and wait procedure. I was responsible for
keeping accurate Quality Records in accordance with ISO 9001 certification. I also
maintained accurate labeling and inventory of raw materials and forgings. I am familiar
with many quality instruments including both metric and standard scales, calipers and
micrometers. Also I am experienced with Brinell and Rockwell hardness testers, and
other various instruments including Optical Comparators. I am comfortable working in
extremely hot environments and also I am fluent with computers and many different
software programs.
Duties and Responsibilities:
 Perform statistical sampling quality checks as forgings were produced, while
meeting customer requirements.
 The recording of accurate measurements on a widely used software program
called “Plexus”.
 Blueprint reading
 Reported any suspect forgings to Quality Manager
 Placed any questionable forgings on hold or suspect for later review by Quality
Manager
 Responsible for communicating with production supervisors in efforts to reduce
die costs and other related subjects.
 Forklift operation and inventory labeling
 Accurately record forging production
 Use of optical comparator to dictate die-life and wear
 Ensure accuracy of raw material being forged according to batch number, steel
chemistry and heat codes.
 Assist with giving breaks to press operators every 2 hours.
Forging, Quality Control
Rehab Tech
September 2011 - December 2011
Hanover Group | Columbus, IN
Construction - Residential & Commercial/Office

4. I was employed with the Hanover group for a short period of time to take on the
immense task of rehabbing manufactured homes in Candlelight Village, located in
Columbus Indiana. However, the company filed for bankruptcy and I was unfortunately
out of a job. As a Rehab Tech I was responsible for doing complete walk-throughs on
vacant homes. It was my duty to record any damage or discrepancies with the home. I
was also responsible for repairing any damage to the home meanwhile keeping the
company's finances in mind.
Duties and Responsibilities:
 Write up detailed orders for damaged homes
 Perform on-call duties such as repairing damaged water lines, unclogging pipes,
and when applicable, heating and cooling repair
 Use of hand tools and power tools daily
 Remove rotten and damaged OSB, drywall and carpeting.
 Accurately measure and replace walls, floors, plumbing and carpet
 Painting of all vacant homes before resell or leasing.
 Communicating with property manager about repairs, supplies and daily work
orders.
 Accurately record what was taken from warehouse and where it was to be used
Home Remodeling, Construction
Press Operator
September 2009 - September 2011
NTN Driveshaft Inc | Columbus, IN
Automotive and Parts Mfg
I was employed with NTN driveshaft for a lengthy period of time and gained a great
amount of experience in the manufacturing industry. For almost an entire year I worked
a seven day work week on second shift. I decided to pursue other career routes.
My job as a press operator was to meet production requirements as well as maintain a
high level of quality. I am knowledgeable in operating hydraulic presses ranging in size.
I have operated small bearing presses, all the way up to six-hundred ton presses for
larger applications. I have also operated compacting presses for powdered metal
applications. I am knowledgeable with quality control standards as well as safety
regulations in the workplace. I am a skilled fork lift operator and have experience on

5. several types of lifts. While working for NTN I learned a great deal of troubleshooting
techniques that I would use everyday while operating the hydraulic presses.
Duties and Responsibilities:
 Effectively troubleshoot problems with automatic transfer systems
 Effectively communicate with supervisors and maintenance
 Provide training to new hires
 Maintain the quality of parts being repressed at each individual press.
 Initiate stop, call and wait procedures if quality issues were present
 Accurately record measurements in compliance with ISO-9001
 Use of metric scales, calipers and several different micrometers
 Use of run-out gages, concentricity gages, ring gages and go or no-go gages
 Operate forklifts daily
 Responsible for the accurate gathering of tooling for new jobs
 Responsible for the tear down and set-up of new jobs at each press
 Daily use of preventative maintenance techniques
 Employ 5-S safety and cleanliness standards
Hydraulics, Forklift Operation, Quality Control
Department Store Manager
September 2008 - August 2009
Kmart Corp. | Columbus, IN
Retail
I was employed for Kmart initially as Christmas help and was later offered full time
employment. I began working as stock room help and unloaded delivery trucks. Later I
was offered the Pantry Dept. Managers position. I love helping customers and I feel I
am a very hard working and reliable person. I believe this is what led to a full time
opportunity.
Duties and Responsibilities:
 Maintain a clean and safe department that customers enjoy.
 Responsible for the rotation of food stock so the customer received the freshest
products possible
 Assisting customers any way possible

6.  Responsible for ad setting and new product displays
 Unloading trailers in shipping/receiving dept.
 Use of forklift and hand operated pallet jacks
 Help with seasonal displays and ads in other departments
 Create new layouts in accordance with district managers needs.
 Responsible for accurately receiving goods from national/local vendors
 The training and teaching of the inventory system to new employees
 Communication with store manager and associates
shipping and receiving, customer service
EDUCATION
High School or equivalent, Core 40,
August 2000 - May 2004
Jennings County High School | North Vernon, IN
High School Diploma
SKILLS
Computers and Software Expert
Construction Intermediate
Shipping and Receiving Expert
Hydraulic Press Operation Expert
Quality Control Standards Expert
Customer Care Expert
Fork Lifts Expert
Home Remodeling Expert
LANGUAGES
English Fluent
INTERESTS
Bass fishing, camping, boating, basketball, canoeing and music