Dennis McCully

Dennis McCully is an Associate of TranSystems | The ACCESS Group and has over twenty-four years of experience in product engineering design and management, program management, and quality positions. Dennis has held numerous positions within organizations from design engineer to program manager to department supervisor. Dennis has worked in industries including automotive, heavy truck, injection molding, and others in both consulting and full time positions. Companies that Dennis has worked with include United Technologies, Rockwell Automotive, Arvin Meritor, and others. Dennis has also performed over 200 lab accreditation assessments for testing laboratories both in the US and internationally.

Dennis has led many projects over his career ranging from extensive involvement in product design, product testing, production support, program management, quality checks in support of quality control plan, validation activities in support of PPAP submission, and customer approvals of production parts. Some of his accomplishments include managing the release of new products as part of a Tier 2 automotive supplier with multiple plants in the US. He also managed Canadian suppliers of tooling, acoustic noise measurement and reduction. Dennis has been responsible for a new testing lab set-up and all testing responsibilities. This included the CAD and documentation systems for product engineering, and acting as QS9000 management representative for product engineering including writing and publishing procedures. He also prepared and secured lab accreditation to ISO 17025 for an automotive products lab for a tier 1 automotive supplier. Dennis has supported product transitions from one plant to another both in program management and testing activities for re-validation. Dennis has provided and implemented numerous cost savings for production products. Dennis has designed and implemented a new insulation system for small electric motors resulting in a 50% work in process saving for numerous products. Dennis has also participated in lean manufacturing activities resulting in 60% reduction of work in progress and a 70% reduction in product travel within the manufacturing facility. Dennis has provided quality engineering support for PPAP submissions for a Tier I supplier including control charts, Cpk, Ppk and supporting statistical analysis. Dennis has provided training classes on various topics including estimation of measurement uncertainty, electric motor design and quality system/procedure rollout training.

Dennis interacts well with people from all levels of the organization, which has been instrumental in the successful projects he has led. Dennis’s experience includes all facets including business plan development, assistance with the budgetary planning, product design, product testing, employee training, plan implementation including international considerations, performance measurements, and ongoing operations.

Dennis’s educational background includes a BS degree from Mississippi State University in Starkville, Mississippi. He is also a laboratory assessor and is qualified as a senior/lead assessor for ISO/IEC 17025. Additional training includes: Program Management, Kaizen – business process improvement, Lean Manufacturing, Leadership in Transition, and Lead Assessor Training.