About QMCS

I have been involved with Metrology since 1984 (30 years) and I am happy to say that I am as passionate bout it today as I was then.

I started Quality Metrology Consulting Services (QMCS) first from my passion for the science of measurement (Metrology) and second, from the quality of work that my Grandfather and Father instilled in me as I was growing up. It's like a hobby of mine, almost as if I am getting paid to play my favorite sport.

 

After gradutaing from high school, and going off to college, due to world events, I felt a sense of patriotism calling, and I decided to serve our country by joining the United States Navy. I was able to choose my rating, and I selected Instrumentman (Calibration Techician). Although the United States Air Force probably won't agree with me, it is equivalent to their Precision Mesaurement Equipment Laboratory (PMEL) Training. Never the less, I couldn't have chosen a better career field. It comes natural to me for some reason.

 

After serving in Pearl Harbor and the Mediterranean, and being honorably discharged, I started the civilian sector as a Calibration Technician with Johnson Controls at Glaxo in Research Triangle Park, NC. This is where I received my first exposure to FDA Regulations, including GMPs. I have had a progressive career since, as a Calibration Specialist, a Year 2000 Consultant, a Validation Specialist, a Qualification/Validation Field Support Specialist, a Calibration Supervisor, an FDA Expert, a Senior Commissioning / Validation Specialist, a Senior Anlayitcal Metrologist, an Analytical Calibration Manager, a Metrology Manager, and more recently, as a Quality Manager.

 

My introduction to validation was with Meghan Medical in Santa Barbara, CA where I validated two Gruenberg Dry Heat Ovens. While there, I was asked to assess their Calibration Program. I workd as an FDA Expert (Job Title Only) at the Warner Lambert Facility in Fajardo, Puerto Rico performing batch audts and I was aked to audit their Calibration Program as well. As commissioing became more popular and accepted, I helped commssion the Utility Systems at the Cardinal Health Facility in Raleigh, NC. This project was a conversion from a animal health (veterinary medicine) pharmaceutical manufacturer to a human pharmaceutical production facility. As a Senior Analytical Metrologist for Gilead Sciences, Inc., in Durham, I managed the in-house and vendor calibrations for all laboratory instrumentation, inlcuding but not linited to: Mass Specs, GCs, HPLCs, Incubators, Controlled Storage Units (ultra-low freezers and analytical refrigerators), Balances, Pipettes, Robotic Liquid-Handling Systems, Hoods, Centrifuges, etc.

 

I have participated in numerous internal and external audits and due to the robustness of the system that I initally assited in developing and later developed myself, came away virtually unscathed from each.

 

In the Quailty Management role, with financial backing, I started a metrology laboratory from inital conception to becoming ISO/IEC 17025 Accredited. With a little help, and within eleven (11) months after opening our doors, I was sitting in front of an ISO/IEC Accreditation Officer (their Lead Assessor). After three (3) days of audting, and minimal findings, I was highly complimented on the content of the Quality Managment System that I was instrumental in facilitating the development of. We proactively addressed, corrected, and responded to the findings and we received our accreditation only three (3) months later.

 

As I approached fifty years of age (that's a half century), I comtemplated and finally decided that after all these years, after witnessing things being done the wrong way and the right way, that I was seasoned enough to work for myself. I choose to do things the right way. My core (old school) competencies; Ethics, Accountability, Dependability, Dedication, Punctuality, Business Acumen,  Diversity, Effective Communicaton, Interpersonal Skills, Planning / Organization Skills, and Orientation towards Superior Customer Service are the backbone of my passion for the science of measurement - Metrology and in Quality business practices.

 

If these qualities are something that you desire in a consultant, please give me a call.

 

Metrology is an integral component of Quality, hence the name Quality Metrology Consulting.