Lawrence P. Gradin Resume Summary
Focusing On Assessments for Accreditation of Laboratories, Certification
Bodies, Inspection Bodies, and Related Consulting
Mr. Gradin is an Engineering, Quality, Test, Calibration, Certification
Body, Inspection Body, Software Quality Consultant and Assessor/Auditor. His
business experience includes being the chief executive officer of his own
consulting engineering and quality firm for more than a decade, thirty-five
years of experience in multi-discipline engineering management of power and
heavy industry design, electrical, instrumentation and control; equipment
qualification, test and calibration of mechanical and electrical equipment,
assessment and quality demonstration for critical industrial, product safety,
telecommunications, and nuclear safety related equipment, supply of technical
and quality training for utilities, manufacturers, laboratories, industrial
firms, pharmaceutical industry and business.
Mr. Gradin is a graduate electrical engineer (BS, magna cum laude), has
been a Registered Professional Engineer in six states, a Registration
Accreditation Board certified Quality Management System Lead Assessor to ISO
9000, a Certified Lab Accreditation Assessor to ISO/IEC Guide 25 and ISO/IEC
17025, Certified Lead Auditor to ANSI/ASME NQA-1 and ASNI N45.2, ANSI lead
auditor for ISO/IEC Guide 65 Certification Body Accreditation, ISO/IEC 17020 Inspection
Body Assessor, a Certified Lead Assessor by PDA (International Association
for Pharmaceutical Science & Technology) of Suppliers of Computer
Products and Services, past ASQ Certified Quality Auditor, and auditor of
IPC-QL-653A, and Recognized Assessor by various Regulatory and Government
Agencies (FCC, NIST).
He is Chair of the Electromechanical Advisory Committee for Laboratory
Accreditation, a member of the Nuclear Power Engineering Committee of the
IEEE Power Engineering Society (PES), past Chair of the Quality Maintenance
and Improvement Subcommittee of the IEEE PES, member of the ASTM Committee
E36 on Conformity Assessment, member of the A2LA Accreditation Criteria
Council, Accreditation Approval Committee. Past member of ASQC "Assessment,
Verification, and Auditing Committee", member or senior member ASQC,
ASME, ISA, NCSL, PDA and various other groups relating to quality, testing,
equipment assessments, or engineering. He has authored more than 65 technical
papers and textbook, "Equipment Adequacy Demonstration For Nuclear Power
and Related Facilities", US Copyright Office Registration 576 752,
(1993). Post engineering training relating to testing, quality, and
assessments includes Operational QA Courses through the American Society for
Quality, ISO 9000 Series and Auditor training through KEMA-IQC, NATA/A2LA,
IQA and RBA/RAB accepted Lead Assessor and ISO 9000:2000 and ISO/TS
16949:2002 Transition Training, Software Quality Auditor Training by PDA,
certification program at the American Management Research Institute, A2LA
Assessor Training, FCC EMC Accreditation Assessor Orientation Training,
Automotive EMC Accreditation Assessment Training (from Ford, Chrysler, GM),
ANSI training for ISO/IEC Guide 65, FCC and NIST Training to Accredit Telecommunications
Certification Bodies, Bluetooth Technical Assessor training under the
Bluetooth Qualification Programs, Training from APEC for Mutual Recognition
Agreement Certification, etc.
Mr. Gradin's experience relating to test, calibration, certification body,
inspection body, and accreditation body assessments/audits envelop electrical
and mechanical equipment, telecommunications, electromagnetic compatibility
and electromagnetic interference, petroleum testing, fire testing, and
product safety conformance, environmental exposure simulation, [electric
motors, pumps, transmitters, thermocouples, valves, controls, transformers,
fuses, valve actuators (electric, pneumatic, electro-hydraulic), fuse blocks,
terminal blocks, battery chargers, panels, cables, connectors, MCCs, switchgear, power supplies, regulators,
alternators, solenoids, batteries, molded case breakers, magnetics.
cable/connector assemblies, relays, electronic processors, calibration of
electrical and mechanical instruments, automotive components,
telecommunications equipment, basic materials, Information processing and
business equipment (computers), Medical Devices and Scientific Instruments,
HVAC equipment, etc.].
Tests and/or Calibrations assessed or used include those developed by
ASTM, UL, NEMA, ASME, IEC, IEEE, EASA, FCC, SAE, MIL-STD, GM, Chrysler, FBTP,
ASNT, ISO, IEC, Ford, CSA, FAA, NASA, ACA, ICS, AN/NZS, CNS, ACA, FMVSS, JIS,
AEIC, CISPR, IPC, IS, CENELEC, ETSI, AEMCLAP, Telcordia,
Boeing, RTCA, ISTA, etc. Tests have included Contact Resistance, High Energy
Line Break (HELB) exposure, Nuclear Irradiation, Temperature Rise,
Electromagnetic Interference, Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC), Dielectric
Withstand, Ampacity, Thermal Aging, Seismic
Simulation, Electromagnetic Effects (EME), Vibration testing, Short Circuit
tests, Mechanical Overload, Low Voltage and High Voltage testing, Mechanical
and Electrical Overload testing, Impulse testing, Humidity and Salt Exposure,
Leakage Current determination, Moisture Resistance, Heat Resistance,
Dynamometer testing, Dielectric Strength, Flammability tests, Flow Rates,
Pressure, Drop tests, Contact Bounce, Capacitance determination , Resistance
determination, Hardness testing, Magnetic Properties, High/Low Temperature
Exposure, Endurance tests, Fungus tests, Dust tests, Dimensional inspection,
Torque, Terminal Strength, Life testing, Voltage Drop, Sealing, Thermal
Shock, Compression Set, Elongation, Weathering, Photometry, Heat Deflection,
Volume Resistivity, Permitivity, etc. Firms have
been assisted or assessed both nationally and internationally (USA, Germany,
UK, Japan, Taiwan, Israel, etc) including some of the largest firms in the
world (e.g. IBM, HP, Motorola, Intel, Lexmark, and ITT) as well as smaller
businesses and labs. Calibration activities have included both Primary and Secondary
Labs.
A comprehensive resume is available by written,
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