CV - Tom Hermansson Snickars
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Employment
Ambi Prospect - Associate, Quality Management Consultant & Webmaster
December 2001 -
- Quality management consulting
- Overseas projects:
- Management system consulting in project to develop the national standards body COGUANOR within the framework of a National Quality Infrastructure in Guatemala (MinEco/ COGUANOR). Guatemala City, June 2006.
- Webmaster, including web design and development
Saab Automobile - Project Manager & Lead Auditor
March 1997 - September 1998
- Project manager for Saab Automobile's QS9000 project
- Successful QS9000 certification in June 1998
- Responsible for Saab Automobile's internal quality audit program
- Coordination of third party quality audits at Saab Automobile
- Lead auditor for Saab Automobile
- Development and maintenance of Saab Automobile's quality system
- Reporting to the corporate quality director & vice president and to Saab Automobile Powertrain's management team
Saab Automobile - Project Manager & Quality System Engineer
August 1994 - March 1997
- Project Manager for Saab Automobile's ISO 9001 project within the Technical Development Center (TDC)
- Successful ISO 9001 certification in March 1997
- Responsible for TDC's internal quality audit program
- Quality auditor for Saab Automobile
- Lead auditor for TDC
- Development and maintenance of TDC's quality system
- Member of operations development teams within TDC
- Reporting to the manager of Quality Assurance & Operations Development at TDC
Saab Automobile - Development and Test Engineer
December 1991 - July 1993
- Verification and validation testing at TDC
- Task Force Leader - Passenger Compartment Air Tightness at TDC
- Early development of technical specifications at TDC
- Requirement engineering (9-5 model doors)
Saab Automobile - Engineering Trainee
September 1991 - December 1991
- Concept development at TDC - New vehicle projects (9-5 model)
- Design and development at TDC - Doors and lids
- Production Plant experience
Education
Master of Science - Mechanical Engineering
August 1986 - February 1991
- Masters degree at Linkoping University, Linkoping, Sweden - 182,5 university points
- Specializing in Design och Product Development - grade: 5 (highest grade)
- Special thesis project: ABB Traction, Vasteras, Sweden
- Thesis project: Saab Automobile, Trollhattan, Sweden
Separate Courses
- Process Management - GM/Saab (3 days, 1998)
- Process Management - IBM/Saab (2 days, 1996)
- Lead Auditor - Alan A. Griffin & Associates (5 days, 1995)
- QS9000 - GM, Detroit (3 days, 1997)
- QS9000 APQP - GM, Detroit (2 days, 1997)
- ISO 9000 - Q-Structure/Saab (1 day, 1995)
- Quality Function Depolyment - GM/Saab (4 days + project during 1 month, 1992)
- Quality Techniques - Semcon/Saab (3 days, 1995)
- FMEA - IVA/Saab (4 days, 1992)
- ECDL - Windows, Internet Explorer, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Excel database
IT Competence
- Operating systems: Windows 9x/NT4/2000/XP
- Internet standards: (X)HTML, CSS, XML, XSL, HTTP
- Systems development & programming: PHP, Javascript, SQL
- Digital imagery: Adobe PhotoShop
- Databases: Microsoft Access, mySQL
Languages
- Swedish: Native language
- English: Fluent
- French: Intermediate
Miscellaneous Experience
Web Design & Development
- Haraldsson Foto - A presentation site for photographer and travel reporter Marcus Haraldsson. (2004)
- CARPE Slider - Slider control for web applications or (X)HTML forms. Written in Javascript and CSS. (2005)
- Europe to Asia by Bike - Extensive site about my own bicycle expeditions and adventure travel in general. (1998-2004)
- Städjan - en hyllning i bilder - A one-page site with photos (in Swedish).
- CARPE Design - Experimental company pesentation and web development information. (2003)
- Ambi Prospect - Company presentation. (2003)
- Dragonfly 25 For Sale - Single page promotion site. (2003)
- Sheila Snickars Fiber Art & Design - Bilingual presentation site. (2001-2003)
Expeditions & Travels
- Mountainbike expedition - Pakistan to Thailand. Eight months and 5 000 kilometers through Pakistan, China, Laos, and Thailand. August 2000 - April 2001. Read more
- Mountainbike expedition - Sweden to Nepal. Sixteen months and 10 000 kilometers through Sweden, Eastern Europe, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, India, and Nepal. September 1998 - February 2000. Read more
- Overland travel - Eastern Europe, The Middle East and Asia. Twelve months through 29 countries on three continents. June 1993 - June 1994