Millstone Medical Outsourcing has hired Kenneth Haire as Director of Quality Systems in Olive Branch, Miss.

A veteran to the medical device industry, Haire brings 22 years of experience to Millstone’s quality team. He will be responsible for developing, coordinating, and maintaining company-wide compliance systems and working closely with customers to ensure quality standards.

Haire has quality focused experience at one of the world’s top medical device manufacturers (Millstone executives declined to identify the company but Haire’s LinkedIn profile indicates he garnered his experience at Smith & Nephew plc). Most recently, Haire served as upstream quality manager at Smith & Nephew,where he led his quality team in design transfer and new product solutions. Haire started his career as a quality tech in 1991 after which he experienced consistent internal growth holding integral roles in such positions as quality supervisor, quality engineer, validation engineer and senior upstream quality engineer.

“Millstone’s entire business model is built around our robust quality system,” Millstone CEO Chris Ramsden said. “Kenneth has dedicated his entire career to enhancing the quality system of one of the world’s top medical device companies. We have great confidence that he will ensure the continuation of our quality assurance and will enhance our systems. We are excited to welcome Kenneth to our team.”

Millstone, outsource partner to the nation’s top orthopedic companies, provides advanced inspection, clean room packaging, loaner kit processing, human cell and tissue storage, and distribution services to medical and dental device manufacturers worldwide. Theprivately held firm operates facilities in Fall River, Mass., and Olive Branch, Miss.