Ian Fountain

Ian Fountain

Israel
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A commercial, customer focused Quality Assurance and excellence professional with experience of managing departments, teams and personnel across different territories. Significant experience in program management, project management, systems, manufacturing, supply chain, design, reliability and corporate procedures to deliver hardware, software, medical equipment and services that meet strategic goals.
Expert at optimizing costs and efficiency, utilizing Lean Six Sigma and Agile methodologies.
Demonstrates strong leadership, relationship management and stakeholder management skills. Comfortable working at all levels including executive (C-Suite) on local and global scale.

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  • NoTraffic Graphic

    Director of Quality and Reliability

    NoTraffic

    - Present 7 months

    Tel Aviv District, Israel

  • RADWIN Graphic

    Director Of Quality Assurance

    RADWIN

    - 6 years

    Tel Aviv - Jaffa, Tel Aviv District, Israel

    Implementation of S/W agile practices
    Global compliance planning, integration and management
    Product lifecycle management including EOL process
    Management of NPI process with all departments for successful product releases
    Processes and documentation improvements
    Continual improvement management with Product Management and R&D teams
    Completed certification as Railway Safety Engineer (TUV SUD certification)
    Reliability and Maintainability assessments
    Application of…

    Implementation of S/W agile practices
    Global compliance planning, integration and management
    Product lifecycle management including EOL process
    Management of NPI process with all departments for successful product releases
    Processes and documentation improvements
    Continual improvement management with Product Management and R&D teams
    Completed certification as Railway Safety Engineer (TUV SUD certification)
    Reliability and Maintainability assessments
    Application of EN50159, EN50129, EN50128 and EN50126 for Railway safety, BIS export regulations for ECCN, IEC62443-4-1, IEC62443-4-2 for Cybersecurity
    Team leader for Regulation department

  • Airspan Networks Graphic

    Vice President Quality Assurance

    Airspan Networks

    - 7 years 11 months

    All aspects of maintenance, improvement and adherence to quality management systems (ISO 9001 & ISO14001) at all global sites
    Customer satisfaction analysis and improvement
    Design quality analysis
    Global auditor
    Management of quality control for all global manufacturing and sub-contract suppliers
    Analysis and improvement of product and process efficiency

  • Quality Assurance manager

    Outsourcing/Offshore Integrator

    - 5 months

  • Nokia Siemens Networks Graphic

    Product Quality manager Business Excellence

    Nokia Siemens Networks

    - 2 years 6 months

    Product Management process implementation
    Product Management program monitoring
    Global Product Safety team
    Global Product Reliability team
    Product development quality
    Product Process implementation
    Standards and compliance
    Customer satisfaction analysis and improvement

    Successful integration of corporate processes to the newly integrated division
    Successful implementation of product development, program and quality gates resulting in several product improvements…

    Product Management process implementation
    Product Management program monitoring
    Global Product Safety team
    Global Product Reliability team
    Product development quality
    Product Process implementation
    Standards and compliance
    Customer satisfaction analysis and improvement

    Successful integration of corporate processes to the newly integrated division
    Successful implementation of product development, program and quality gates resulting in several product improvements and project wins for the division

  • Visonic Graphic

    Corporate Quality Assurance Manager

    Visonic

    - 6 years

    Corporate procedures and maintenance
    Customer Satisfaction survey and analysis
    Product Quality
    Development Quality PLM/PLC
    Manufacturing quality "Lean"
    Customer complaint support and analysis
    Product Reliability
    Quality strategy
    Improvement Strategy
    Global Auditor
    Due diligence teamwork
    Implementation, accreditation and maintenance of ISO9001, ISO140001, ISO 28590, ISO31000, ISO20457, PC-610, CFR FCC (tags) environmental and global product…

    Corporate procedures and maintenance
    Customer Satisfaction survey and analysis
    Product Quality
    Development Quality PLM/PLC
    Manufacturing quality "Lean"
    Customer complaint support and analysis
    Product Reliability
    Quality strategy
    Improvement Strategy
    Global Auditor
    Due diligence teamwork
    Implementation, accreditation and maintenance of ISO9001, ISO140001, ISO 28590, ISO31000, ISO20457, PC-610, CFR FCC (tags) environmental and global product regulations
    Introduction of corporate level quality system, implementation and maintenance globally

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  • American Society for Quality

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    - Present

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