Knowles to Head Quality, Info Systems at Mack

ARLINGTON, Vt. – Mack Molding Company has named Wanda Knowles director of quality and information systems for its northern operations, it was announced today by Jeff Somple, president of that division.”Wanda joined Mack four years ago to direct our information technology department, where she has been primarily focused on sourcing and implementing a new ERP system,” says Somple. “With that now in place, we are expanding her role to include quality management, her primary area of expertise, where she will be responsible for ISO, FDA and regulatory compliance, as well as overseeing quality at Mack’s four northern manufacturing operations.”

Knowles worked as a quality management consultant and project manager for Condor Technology Solutions, Annapolis, Md., before joining Mack, where she served a number of key accounts, including international organizations with multiple facilities. Earlier, she was quality assurance manager for A.W. Chesterton, Groveland, Mass., and quality assurance engineer, both at Simplex Time Recorder, Gardner, Mass., and Bose Corporation, Framingham, Mass., where she also rotated through every aspect of manufacturing in a three-year professional development assignment.

Knowles earned a bachelor’s degree in quality management from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Mass., and a master’s in project management from Tufts University, The Gordon Institute, Medford, Mass. An ASQ certified quality engineer, Knowles is also an ISO 9001:2000 internal auditor.

Mack is a full-service contract manufacturer that specializes in plastics design, prototyping and molding, as well as sheet metal fabrication. The company operates 12 facilities throughout the eastern United States, Scotland and Mexico, totaling 1.5 million square feet of manufacturing space. For further information, call 802-375-2511.