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St. Louis, Mo, Us

Kendal, Cumbria, Gb

Mozelos, Vfr, Pt

Zeeland, Mi, Us

Drive sales growth for an eight-state territory promoting products and services for five unique business units. Increased territory bookings from $3M to over $10M, and overall sales from $2M to $6M. Introduced products to non-existing customers and qualified materials for approved use. Expanded overall sales beyond aerospace, to marine, automotive, rail, construction, and military applications. Forecasted year over year sales and developed sales plans to target market growth in key areas.

Birmingham, West Midlands, Gb

Developed standard practices for daily operational cadence to increase factory flow and reduce costs. Special focus on output improvement in selected cell needing the most attention. Increased deliveries by 50%, increased fabrication of detail parts 100%, increased earned hours 49%, and reduced inventory by 17%. Currently coordinating operations work transition to sister site. Responsible for all fabrication, assembly, and delivery of the CH 53K aft transition. Obtained clearance access to work advanced programs and have responsibility for fabrication and assembly of the classified program.

Birmingham, West Midlands, Gb

Provide leadership and direction for all composite fabrication and assembly operations. Responsible for multiple programs and derivatives across several different customers. Managing a staff of 3 value stream managers, 8 team leaders and 200+ hourly employees. Developed build plan strategies to support assembly requirements for customer delivery. Developed metric data to validate shop efficiencies and ensure proper headcounts to support build plan requirements. Coordinated product sales in excess of 9 million monthly with program managers across multiple product lines to support margins of return. Organized headcount reductions and conducting talent improvement exercises for proper staffing.

3801 S Oliver St, Wichita, Ks, Us

Directed composite fabrication operations and post bonding processes at the Tulsa site for the 787 program. Managed the fabrication staff of 200 UAW unionized workers as well as, 10 first level managers, and 2 senior level managers. Provided direct leadership in achieving desired rate increase requirements from the external customer as well as recovery schedule health and program stability. Implemented rate required capital equipment, tooling,facility upgrades, and ensured that required customer certifications and approvals were satisfied. Responsible for maintaining required headcounts per budgetary requirements including, interview new leadership, organize layoffs as required, coordinate employee transfers, and hired and terminated employees as required. Reviewed and directed team daily against metric data including, safety, quality, cost, delivery, and team performance. Consistently reviewed performance and implemented required changes necessary to improve first pass yield, eliminate unnecessary spending, reduce hours per unit, and drive continuous improvement.

3801 S Oliver St, Wichita, Ks, Us

Directed all fabrication and assembly operations of the 787 Wing Leading Edge Program.Managed the fabrication staff of 350 UAW unionized workers as well as, 20 first level managers, and 4 senior level managers. Established and implemented program policies & procedures, goals, objectives, and daily targets to support customer demand.Determined staffing requirements, support ratios, implemented cost reductions, planned capital equipment expenditures, and instituted total productive maintenance plans. Coordinated with support organizations daily to eliminate part shortages, ensured part change implementation, and developed poka yoke processes to improve first pass yield. Responsible for reporting all metrics regarding program health the customer as well as executive leadership.

3801 S Oliver St, Wichita, Ks, Us

Managed bonding operations of the fixed leading edge and moveable leading edge production lines including hand lay up, resin transfer molding, ply kitting, and out of autoclave press curing. Developed scheduling and weekly productivity plans to support customer demand as well as assembly load requirements. Implemented process improvements and standard work to increase output and ensure first pass yield. Directed post bonding operations including, autoclaves, ovens, milling equipment, inspection, and production control activities. Developed planning and scheduling tools to balance output and maximize use of equipment. Reduced set up time and improved flow times to reduce hours per unit expended. Hired and mentored all incoming first line managers.

3801 S Oliver St, Wichita, Ks, Us

Directed IAM unionized staff of 40 bonders across a multi shift operation. Responsible for metal bond operations of hot bond, cold bond, and laminate lay up applications at Wichita facility, supporting all active Boeing programs. Coordinated fabrication of all spares activity and AOG's. Managed day to day operations of autoclaves for metal bonding,composite parts, and bond blast flash removal. Coordinated daily output within buffer management requirements to minimize late to load impacts and developed performance index for output efficiency. Facilitated accelerated improvement workshops and process improvement initiatives. Organized and prepared shop areas for internal and external audits.

3801 S Oliver St, Wichita, Ks, Us

Established bond room training for shop personnel and co authored all shop process control documents for, bondroom, autoclave, tool prep, laser calibration and material handling. Managed program process manufacturing engineers, responsible for production planning, tool orders, and NC programming orders. Managed the NC programming group responsible for all NC programs for ply kits and laser projection. Maintained aircraft unit schedules for tooling release and fabrication starts and completions. Responsible for maintaining budget requirements for composite operations, including shop materials,overtime, and overall employee headcounts. Interfaced directly with the customer for process improvements and fabrication status. Interfaced directly with and suppliers, administering facility audits and providing production assistance. Performed administrative managerial tasks on a daily basis and maintain a working relationship with unionized personnel, both salary and hourly. Responsible for all cause and corrective action analysis and implementation for part defects. Created and presented presentations for customers and senior management to provide status for program reviews and product developments and improvements.

3801 S Oliver St, Wichita, Ks, Us

Responsible for all metal bond operations at Wichita facility. Supported 737,747,767,777,787 programs, including all spares activity and AOG's. Managed day to day operations of autoclaves for metal bond and composite parts, laminate sandwich skin layup, and bond blast flash removal. NUCAP/NADCAP lead responsible for preparing the organization for initial accreditation audit.

3801 S Oliver St, Wichita, Ks, Us

787 composite stringer development: test panel/coupon fabrication, proof of concept & pre production test article fabrication, established manufacturing process & procedures, incorporated best practices into production.

Manassas, Va, Us

Managed day to day composite fabrication of composite parts for the Northrup Grumman Global Hawk UAV RQ4A and RQ4B programs.Organized and set up bond room in new composite facility to support customers specifications. Ordered and inventoried all shop use items, including non fly away materials used in fabrication. Responsible for all audit preparation for customer, ISO, and OSHA audits. Interviewed and trained new bond room employees. Reviewed tool designs for all new tools used in production.

Masters, Business Administration

Bachelors, Business Management