Brandon Banks
ME
Quality Manager at John Deere, MEM Advisory Board 2021
Ankeny, Iowa
Experienced Quality Assurance Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the machinery industry. Skilled in Quality Management, Root Cause Analysis, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Mechanical Engineering, and Quality Assurance.
- BS Mechanical Engineering from North Carolina A&T State University in 2009
- Master of Engineering Management from UW–Madison in 2020
Deere Career Highlights:
- 2018 Quality Manager – Application Equipment
- 2017 Sr. Quality Engineer – Application Equipment
- 2015 Sr. Liaison Engineer (Ex Pat) – King Agro, Argentina
- 2014 CPS, Crop Care Analytics Lead – Application Equipment
- 2009 Test Engineer – Application Equipment
- 2007 Deere Intern – Application Equipment
Deere Awards:
- Crop Care Yield Award – 2020
- Crop Care Yield Award – 2016
- Crop Care Collaboration Award – 2015
Hometown: Winston-Salem, NC
Interests: Family, Cooking, Travel, Motocross
Skills: Tri Lingual (Spanish, Portuguese, English), Programming Languages (Python, SQL, R)