Adam Besso - Over 25 Years of Experience
Adam got his start as an aircraft structural repairer in the United States Army. After serving in Germany in support of Operation Deliberate Force, he returned home and starting various low-level quality control positions before becoming an airframe mechanic for an airline at Willow Run Airport, near Belleville, Michigan.
From there he went on to other quality control positions in several different sectors, including:
Automotive
- direct to assembly line
- aftermarket accessories
Industrial tooling and accessories
- hydraulic reservoirs
- Automotive assembly paint-line fixtures
- Aerospace and Automotive Integration and automation
Aerospace
- engine, transmission, avionics, hydraulics, flight safety and undercarriage systems
- The space shuttle program
Transportation
- construction machinery
- large truck and bus components
Defense
- rocket deployment systems
- marine, aerospace, and ground force applications
Adam has worked for many different customers, developing some relationships that have lasted for years after the "customer-supplier" relationship ended. His customer contacts came to know him as an honest, direct, no-BS sort of quality guy.
Some of his customers have included:
General Motors, Ford, Chrysler, Toyota, Honda, Hyundai
Cooper Standard, Eaton, Allison, Williams International, Raytheon Aerospace
Borg Warner, Fabrique Nationale (FN), ABB, Briggs and Staton, Holley Performance, Delphi, Cobasys, Webasto, Oshkosh Truck
Caterpillar, Dana/Spicer, AutoLiv, Borg-Warner, Parker Hannifin, LuK
General Electric, Hamilton Sundstrand, Honeywell, Bell Textron, Sikorsky, Stork, Kaman, General Dynamics, Northrop, BAE, SAIC, Eaton Aerospace, Boeing,
The United States Government, The US Department of Defense, the Government of Israel.
Quality Systems:
AS9100 Revision B, C, and D (the latest)
ISO 9001 : 2015
TS/IATF-16949, including GM's BIQS and CQI auditing for special processes
NADCAP
ISO 17025
From there he went on to other quality control positions in several different sectors, including:
Automotive
- direct to assembly line
- aftermarket accessories
Industrial tooling and accessories
- hydraulic reservoirs
- Automotive assembly paint-line fixtures
- Aerospace and Automotive Integration and automation
Aerospace
- engine, transmission, avionics, hydraulics, flight safety and undercarriage systems
- The space shuttle program
Transportation
- construction machinery
- large truck and bus components
Defense
- rocket deployment systems
- marine, aerospace, and ground force applications
Adam has worked for many different customers, developing some relationships that have lasted for years after the "customer-supplier" relationship ended. His customer contacts came to know him as an honest, direct, no-BS sort of quality guy.
Some of his customers have included:
General Motors, Ford, Chrysler, Toyota, Honda, Hyundai
Cooper Standard, Eaton, Allison, Williams International, Raytheon Aerospace
Borg Warner, Fabrique Nationale (FN), ABB, Briggs and Staton, Holley Performance, Delphi, Cobasys, Webasto, Oshkosh Truck
Caterpillar, Dana/Spicer, AutoLiv, Borg-Warner, Parker Hannifin, LuK
General Electric, Hamilton Sundstrand, Honeywell, Bell Textron, Sikorsky, Stork, Kaman, General Dynamics, Northrop, BAE, SAIC, Eaton Aerospace, Boeing,
The United States Government, The US Department of Defense, the Government of Israel.
Quality Systems:
AS9100 Revision B, C, and D (the latest)
ISO 9001 : 2015
TS/IATF-16949, including GM's BIQS and CQI auditing for special processes
NADCAP
ISO 17025