Barbara Dodson

With over 25 years of experience in quality, manufacturing and certification, Barb has an extensive management and quality background.  She worked fifteen years for Smithers Quality Assessments as a Marketing Development Specialist, Operations Specialist, ISO Technical Specialist, and Lead Auditor for ISO 9001. Previously she has worked and audited in the metals, plastics, chemical and service industries.

ISO/Quality Management Systems

As the ISO Technical Specialist her responsibilities included:

• All activities concerned with the Technical Sector of Smithers Quality Assessments, focusing on development, application, and maintenance of quality standards and accreditation requirements.
• The oversight, promotion and performance of activities associated with the Management System and Accreditation Requirements for the Technical Sector:

o Internal Witness Audits

o Internal Audits

o Corrective/Preventive actions

o Customer Satisfaction

o Continual Improvement

o Scrap Monitoring

• Support internal/external customer, stakeholders and accreditation body audits (office and witness).
• Develop training modules and provide training for the Technical Sector to include staff, auditors and clients.
• Manage the scheduling of auditors and supervise auditors.
• Lead Auditor for third-party audits to ISO 9001.

As Inside Sales/Quality Coordinator at Ohio Cast Products (a Tier 1 supplier to Ford, GM and DaimlerChrysler), Barb was responsible for PPAP activity, contract review, quoting and coordination of job start-ups.  Her ISO and quality system experience was also developed during her time at Baerlocher USA and Dover Chemical Corporation.