I've mopped the floors, deburred the parts, and run the machines. I've written the procedures, issued the CARs, and fixed them too. This work is something I actually love, and it doesn't have to be as complicated as it usually feels.
Whether you need help understanding what a clause actually means or someone to run your whole audit program, here's how I can help. I'm also open to individually tailored engagements.
Need one process audited, or your entire internal audit program run for the year? Both live here. I conduct process-based audits consistent with AS9100D and ISO 9001:2015 §9.2, reviewing your procedures, records, and conformance, then deliver a written report and any CARs and follow them through to closure. A single process starts at $950 and scales with how large and complex the process is. A full program covers every QMS process, from the annual plan through Management Review, and is quoted from $8,500 based on how many processes and sites you run.
Find out exactly where your QMS stands, then build or fix it. A gap analysis reviews your quality manual, procedures, and records clause-by-clause against AS9100D or ISO 9001:2015 and hands you a prioritized report of what to fix. From there, if you're starting from scratch or rebuilding, I develop the whole system: manual, procedures, process maps, forms, and records, and help you implement it through to audit-ready. Not a binder on a shelf, a system your team actually uses.
Get your people and your paperwork ready. Tailored pre-audit awareness training is built from your actual QMS documents, not a generic deck, right before your third-party audit, and it generates a training record as evidence (AS9100D §7.2 and §7.3). I also train your team to run their own internal audits, and I write or overhaul QMS documentation: procedures, work instructions, forms, or a full quality manual. Document and internal-auditor work is billed at $175/hr or quoted by scope.
Most small shops run the floor out of someone's head, or off a whiteboard that's already wrong by lunch. FloorBoard Lite puts the whole floor on one screen: a drag-and-drop job board, live machine status, a shipping log that tracks your on-time delivery, and a daily exceptions report waiting for you every morning. You buy it once and open it in your browser. No login, no subscription, no cloud, and nothing ever leaves your computer. It's built for one shop that just wants to stop running on memory. A hosted, multi-user version (FloorBoard) and a full AS9100-integrated version (FloorBoard Pro) are on the way.
A straightforward process built around your team and your timeline.
We talk through your organization, the standard you're working to, your QMS state, and what you need most.
I review your quality manual, procedures, Document Master List, and records before we start so audit time isn't wasted on admin.
Process-based audits, gap analysis, or consulting sessions, remote via Zoom, on-site, or hybrid depending on your needs.
A clear written audit report and Corrective Action Requests. Findings are practical and tied to evidence, not just a list of clause numbers.
I verify corrective actions were taken and effective, and confirm your QMS is ready for what comes next.
LSC Precision is my dad's shop. He founded it in 2007, and in 2008 I became his first employee — back when "the team" was just the two of us. My mom came on later and they run it together now, but at the start, we were figuring it out ourselves. So I cleaned the shop, deburred parts, ran machines, and learned how a precision floor actually works the only way that sticks: from the inside out. My dad was already a pro. Working with a consultant from TMAC (the Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center), we built a quality system made for our shop — not a template — and earned AS9100 certification in 2011.
I did all of that while finishing a Bachelor of Science in Rehabilitation Studies at the University of North Texas, with a minor in Substance Abuse and Addictions. People ask what that has to do with quality management. Honestly? Almost everything. This work is about people before paperwork. A system only holds up when the people running it understand why it matters.
After I graduated in 2012, I stayed and kept picking up whatever needed doing — shipping, managing people, accounts payable and receivable, payroll. Small business teaches you fast that nothing stands alone; everything connects to everything else. In 2022 I earned my Probitas Authentication certified AS9100 Rev. D and ISO 9001:2015 Lead Auditor credential — the formal stamp on work I'd already been doing for over a decade.
After 18 years, I made the call to step away from LSC and do this full time. I'm proud of what we built there: a quality system that actually worked — one that held up through certification cycles, audits, and turnover because it was built on real understanding of the work, not a binder someone hoped nobody would open. Now I want to help other shops get there without learning it all the hard way, like I did.
I do this because I care whether a system actually works — not just whether it passes the audit.
AS9100D requires auditors not audit their own work. An external auditor removes that conflict entirely and brings genuinely unbiased eyes to your processes and records.
A certified lead auditor without the cost of hiring, training, and carrying one on staff. A good option for small and mid-size manufacturers who need quality expertise without adding headcount.
CARs written with manufacturing reality in mind, practical, traceable to evidence, and written so your team knows exactly what to do next.
Every engagement ends with your QMS in better shape than we found it and demonstrably ready for a third-party certification audit when the time comes.
Send me a few lines about your shop — what you make, the standard you're working to, and where things are getting stuck — and I'll get back to you within a day. You'll hear from me directly, not an autoresponder. And if I'm not the right fit, I'll tell you who might be.