Paul Spatafora
Management Consultant
Quality Auditor
Paul has been working in the Quality field since 1982 and has held every possible position within the Quality Discipline. Throughout his career, Paul has been responsible for the full development and deployment of Quality Management Systems in the plastics, ink making and metal stamping industries.
In 1984, Paul was hired by the Fry Copy System to revamp their Quality System to ensure that there was complete traceability throughout the organization. Within one year, the system was documented and in place and actively serving the company. Spanning 1985 – 1993, Paul worked as a Quality Coordinator, Quality Engineer, and Quality Supervisor within the plastics and metal stamping industries gaining valuable hands on experience. In addition to his manufacturing experience, Paul acquired knowledge of metal finishing by working at a heat-treating facility which also did zinc dichromate plating and phosphate and oil.
While working in manufacturing, Paul was responsible for Supplier Development and Liaison. This included organizations that performed chrome plating to steel mills that in turn provided the coiled steel for stampings.
From 1994 – 2009, Paul worked at Cam Tool & Die as the Quality Manger and the TS-16949 Manager responsible for implementing and overseeing the Quality Management System covering three facilities.
Paul Graduated from Humber College in 1982 with an Electromechanical Engineering Diploma and in 1986 he received his Quality Certificate from Ryerson University. During his career, Paul acquired theoretical and practical knowledge in the following automotive disciplines: APQP, FMEA, MSA, Internal Audits, Continuous Improvement, and Quality Management Systems (QS 9000, ISO 9001, and TS 16949).
Paul successfully completed the ISO 9001 Competency Based Lead Auditor course in March 2013 (RABQSA Certification No. TL810) and transitioned to ISO 9001:2015 in February 2018 (Certificate: 2018-EGC-9001C-3383).
In addition to implementing Quality Management Systems, Paul has a strong background in the technical areas of Quality. He is fully conversant in blueprint reading, GD&T and specification writing. Other areas of knowledge include, plating, heat treating and both injection and blow mold plastics. Paul has working knowledge of most of the measuring equipment utilized in manufacturing such as CMM, hardness testing, plating thickness, and all hand measuring devices.
Paul brings 25 years of Quality knowledge in both the Automotive and Non-Automotive industries with the focus on creating and deploying Quality Management Systems in diverse fields.
