MR.
JOHN A. SPRAGUE SR.
EMAIL:jspraguesr@hotmail.com
WEB: http://www.geocities.com/jspraguesr
DAY: 480.969.3800 x343
NIGHT:602.864.3935
CELL:
602.472-4141
Quality
Assurance Engineer and Manager, In Government, Commercial and Manufacturing QA
Licensed/Certified
Pharmacy Technician
Behavioral
Health Technician
Computer
Teacher
Summary
Technically
experienced in all facets of Quality Assurance with aggressive passion for
detail. Intuitive abilities to be able to discuss any level or side of any
given situations equally. Maintains focus on achieving desired results while
implementing advanced technology and business solutions to meet a diversity of
needs. Team-based management style and excellent interpersonal communication
skills.
Education
Aug.
2003
to
Jul. 2004 Subject: Pharmaceutical Technician course.
Jun.
1976 DeVry
Institute of Technology,
to
Dec. 1977 Subject: Calculus, Circuit
Analysis, And Electronic
Assembly
1985
to 1990
Various short college courses and
computer seminars for
QA and software tools.
May,
2004: Became a Certified Pharmacy Technician, CPhT
May,
2004: Became a Licensed CPhT in the State of
Professional
Experience:
Quality
Management Specialist/Computer Instructor/BHT
Computer
instructor for (SMI) Severely Mentally Impaired adults that have gone through
treatment and desire to learn computers. Teach MS Windows, MS Word, MS Excel,
MS Access, MS Publisher. Update payroll
for clients. Review client records for completeness, accuracy and compliance to
state and federal regulations.
Communicate with different levels of management. Create complex
databases in MS Access to track client and personnel information for various
state requirements.
Pharmacy
Technician
VA
I
worked in the in-patient section of the hospital as a pharmacy technician that
prepped and packed all medications for a McKesson Automated Medicine dispenser,
Robot RX. I am proficient in using the
McKesson large and small plastic bag single dose packer and the
Pharmacy
Technician
Dependable
Staffing June 2006 to Feb. 2007
On-call/per
diem Pharmacy Technician. I have done various retail pharmacy technician
positions. I have worked in closed-door
pharmacies filling orders and making drug packages with blister pack
technology.
Pharmacy
Technician
Express
Scripts Inc July 2005 to May
2006
Worked
in a high pace email order pharmacy. I
prepared drugs for high volume filling as well as manual fill prescriptions. I performed checks on filling machines for
spills. I performed the filling process
of multiple drugs in high volume. I
interacted with management and many different pharmacists.
Behavioral
Health Technician
Terros
Behavioral Health Feb. 2005 to Dec. 2005
Computer
instructor for (SMI) Severely Mentally Impaired adults that have gone through
treatment and desire to learn computers to get back into the general population
workforce. Taught MS Windows, MS Word,
MS Excel, MS Access, MS Publisher and HTML programming. Graduated many students
successfully.
QA
Manager
GS
Designs LLC Aug. 2004 to
Feb. 2005
Worked
on developing QA procedures for a FDA contract for ultrasound equipment.
Pharmacy
Technician, Internship
The
Apothecary Shop of
Performed
Pharmacy Technician Intern duties in a specialized pharmacy of retail and
compounding.
Lieutenant
Supervisor Security
Various
Security Companies,
Manage
crew of security guards for various locations. Flexible schedules of operation.
Detailed orientated report writing.
SOFTWARE
QA TEST ENGINEER/MANAGER
Performance
Technologies, Inc.,
RBC
Consulting @ HM Electronics,
Oridean,
Inc./(Extreme-E),
Employed to develop procedures, test
plans/cases, test scripts and automated test tools. Wrote QA manual with
expectations of bringing the company to an ISO-9000 environment. Performed QA
and Production testing of embedded software on company manufactured devices.
Managed a team of 4 individuals for the total quality of an internet e-commerce
corporation, including a full financial business and (POS) point of sale
handling package utility using Unix, HTML, Perl JavaScript, MS Access, MS Word,
MS Excel, MS PowerPoint and C. Reviewed and analyzed legal documents and
contracts. Programmed and implemented bug tracking program. Used various
Mercury Intuitive/Astra software tools.
HARDWARE
MANAGER
CompUSA,
Managed team of 8-10 salesmen in a
multi-million dollar computer retail corporation. Dealt with a multitude of
varied customer service scenarios requiring collective diplomatic relations.
Kept abreast, through constant training, of the latest software and hardware
before it was introduced for the consumer.
QUALITY
ASSURANCE TECHNICIAN
Littelfuse
Inc,
Worked in a Tier-1 Automotive industrial
plant that produced fuses for General Motors, Ford and Chrysler. Was sole
individual that was PAP/FEMA trained in
QUALITY
ASSURANCE MANAGER
Joaquin
Mfg Corp.,
Hired as QA manager of a facility that
manufactured concrete, steel and aluminum shelters for both the FAA and the
Private sector. Expected and delivered the first set of Quality Assurance
procedures to procure DoD contracts through my expertise in military QA. Safety
was paramount due to construction working conditions. Performed contract
negotiations and review. In charge of supplier control.
QUALITY
ASSURANCE SPECIALIST
Defense
Logistics Agency,
A combination Quality Assurance Specialist
and Computer Specialist at various sites for the Federal Government dealing
with MIL-Q-9858A/MIL-I-45208A/MIL-STD-45224/MIL-STD-2000 ISO 9000 and the
Navy's TQM Program for 12 years. Worked with Windows for PC and Unix for
Mainframes. Performed all aspects of Quality from receiving, in-process, final,
shipping, contract review, cost to quality, nonconforming material, MRB, quality
management, first article and special processes. Interfaced with all forms of
management, military officers, foreign dignitaries and NASA. Worked on
mechanical, aerospace, electrical, electronic, chemical and software. Trained
and certified in welding (Mil-W-8404) and Non-destructive Testing (NDT) of
Liquid Dye Penetrant and Ultrasound. Studied for NDT of Radiology. The head of
computer operations at the Hughes Aircraft site. Received extensive training in
the Navy's TQM programming and Demming's 14 points. Received numerous in-house
awards for exemplary work and cost savings
Affiliations
Member
of American Society for Quality
Security
Clearance
Held
Secret clearance from 1981 to 1993