Kevin Hop
Throughout
his 22-year career, Kevin Hop has improved manufacturing quality and
productivity in aerospace and automotive operations. Currently
plant manager for TTI Vehicles, Kevin Hop comes from Honda of America in Ohio,
where he practiced the principles of lean manufacturing for 10 years. As an
assembly manager and engineer at Honda's
Anna Engine Plant he has been responsible for quality assurance, engineering,
equipment service and safety through several successful new product
introductions. In his prior role as manager
of the Parts Quality department, he organized quality development and start up
for the first 50 domestic suppliers to the Anna Engine Plant. He set up the
first focused supplier quality improvement projects as well as the supplier
performance rating system now used throughout Honda of America. He has trained
Honda employees on quality, lean manufacturing and team problem solving and
advised two Honda teams in the national team competition of the
Association for Quality and Participation (AQP).
For 10 years prior to
joining Honda, Kevin Hop was manufacturing engineer, quality engineer and
quality manager at Brunswick Corp's Technetics and Mercury Marine divisions. The
plants produced produced special nickel alloy valves for nuclear submarine
applications for the U.S. Navy, gas turbine engine components for Pratt &
Whitney, General Electric, Allison Gas Turbine, NASA and Rocketdyne (Space
Shuttle Program). Kevin was responsible for all aspects of quality for the plant
including government contracts and certification. He was involved with
MIL-Q-9858 certification, monthly audits by customers and government agencies,
and daily quality testing, process controls and problem solving. He co-authored
the company Quality Manual, developed the SPC system, and set up a quality lab
for testing turbine engine seals, including metallurgical testing and CMM.
The processes included plating, powder metallurgy, forming, machining, welding,
heat treatment and ultrasonic testing.
Kevin Hop holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan State University and is a
member of ASQ, AQP, the Society for Resource Management, the Society of
Automotive Engineers, and the American Management Association.