Deborah L.

Kirby
5371 San Florentine Ave. ? Las Vegas, NV 89141 ? (702) 373-8322
EDUCATION
B.S. Business Administration (Marketing/Management), August 1989, University of
Nevada Las Vegas
WORK SUMMARY
Twenty years of experience in quality assurance related activities in support of
programs managed by the Department of Energy. Extensive knowledge of NQA-1 and
DOE Order 414.1C requirements. Areas of experience include QA program and proced
ure development; audit, assessment, and surveillance participation; and training
course development/execution. Expertise in planning, organizing, and data gathe
ring. Familiar with all Microsoft Office applications.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
3/06 - Present
Longenecker & Associates - Yucca Mountain Project
Quality Systems Lead/Quality Specialist
* Participated in the transition of science activities from the Management and
Operating contractor to the Lead Laboratory, including establishment of the qual
ity assurance program and supporting document management system to address NQA-1
and DOE Order requirements.
* Maintain the documents that comprise the Lead Laboratory Quality Assurance pr
ogram.
* Participate in audit and surveillances of Lead Laboratory activities includin
g areas such as corrective action, data management, scientific modeling, documen
t development/control, records management, software development, training, and m
easuring and test equipment.
* Act as the Lessons Learned Coordinator for the Lead Laboratory. Participate o
n the screening team to evaluate problems/issues that occurred within the indust
ry for applicability to the Yucca Mountain Project.
* Certified as a Lead Auditor.
2/00 - 3/06
Booz Allen Hamilton - Yucca Mountain Project
Performance Management and Improvement Team Lead
* Integrated the various functions within the group, including assessments, cor
rective actions, document hierarchy and development, requirements management, an
d lessons learned.
* Developed and revised procedures and other program documents to meet NQA-1 an
d DOE Order requirements.
* Planned, conducted, and reported on self assessments.
* Developed and implemented corrective action plans.
* Assigned as the Training Coordinator for the organization
* Assisted in developing and implementing action plans for various management i
mprovement initiatives.
3/97 - 2/00
CER/Mactec - Yucca Mountain Project
QA Specialist
* Developed and revised procedures to address NQA-1 and DOE Order requirements.
* Reviewed design documents, procedures and other program documents to ensure t
he documents addressed the appropriate federal and regulatory requirements.
 * Developed, implemented, and verified completion of corrective action plans.
* Participated on the Process Validation and Re-Engineering effort.
10/95 - 3/97
TRW - Yucca Mountain Project
QA Specialist
* Assigned as the Nonconformance Reporting Coordinator which included validatin
g nonconformance reports, evaluating dispositions, verifying the completion of d
ispositions, and closing out the nonconformance reports.
* Developed, implemented, and verified completion of corrective action plans.
* Reviewed procedures and other program documents to ensure compliance with NQA
-1 and DOE Order requirements.
* Verified compliance to QA requirements through the review of matrices that li
nked requirements to implementing documents.
1/95 - 10/95
Reynolds Electrical & Engineering Co. - Yucca Mountain Project
QA Specialist
* Participated in audit and surveillances of program activities.
* Participated in approximately ninety percent of the surveillances conducted t
o ensure quality assurance controls identified in design specifications were add
ressed in implementing documents.
6/91 - 1/95
EG&G/Energy Measurements - Weapons Testing Program
Quality Specialist
* Led and participated in assessments of program activities to verify implement
ation of the QA program.
* Developed management plans, procedures, instructions, and strategic plans.
* Directed and participated on several organizational quality improvement teams
.
* Assigned as the project leader for the independent assessment program, which
included the development and coordination of a company-wide consolidated assessm
ent team.
* Developed and presented assessor and lead assessor training courses.
9/89 - 6/91
Science Applications International Corp. - Yucca Mountain Project
QA Specialist
* Participated in audit and surveillances of program activities.
* Reviewed participant quality assurance program plans, procedures, and require
ment traceability matrices to ensure they met QA program requirements.
* Maintained the auditor and lead auditor certification files.
* Presented the quality assurance portion of the Yucca Mountain Project Orienta
tion.