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Philadelphia, Pa, Us

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

A medical device manufacturer specializing in carbon fiber composite tables and thermoplastic masks used in radiation therapy.Manage a team of 85+ people including production, maintenance, manufacturing engineering, inventory management, & supplier management.Responsible for developing and executing the company strategic vision for operations that is aligned with the overall company vision. Plans include: Capital expenditures. Labor plan. Risk mitigation. Employee development. Facility upgrades & expansion.Introduced lean strategy deployment that included value stream maps and kaizen events to improve processes to deliver on company objectives.Coach employees in lean principles and methodologies resulting in employee led improvements. Examples include: Improved space utilization. Increased quality as measured by customer complaints, rework, and scrap. Improved safety. Increased capacity.Managed the expansion of office space and other site development projects required to meet company growth.Implemented and continue to drive an Environmental, Health, and Safety framework that emphasizes entire company involvement and has resulted in numerous safety improvements.Implemented metrics to measure performance such as on time delivery, sales $/labor $, sales $/mfg space, & safety concern closure rate.

South Jordan, Utah, Us

- Created and continually improve a corporate Lean system that is deployed globally.- Coach/Facilitate manufacturing plant leadership teams through Strategy Deployment (Hoshin Kanri), establishing a 3 year plant vision down to tactical yearly and monthly targets.- Develop lean leadership (Plant Manager to Operator) at multiple facilities.- Lead and coach Value Stream Mapping events and determining Kaizen opportunities.- Lead and coach week long Kaizen events engaging management and front line employees in the continuous improvement process.- Establish meaningful plant metrics to drive improvement activities that have the greatest impact on the business.- Created Lean 101 training program to increase employees' understanding of basic lean concepts.- Take best practices from various facilities, internal & external, to develop the Merit Business Excellence System.

South Jordan, Utah, Us

Chicago, Us

First ever graduate of the GE Healthcare Lean Leadership Development ProgramInaugural Member of GE Healthcare Lean Leadership Development Program (12 members worldwide)Attended Genba Kaizen Training in Nagoya, Japan (Shingijutsu Group)Managed 70+ kaizen/VSMs at Malvern in 2010 & 2011. (focus on manufacturing efficiency, safety, quality, material transfer, and lead time reduction)Experienced kaizen/VSM leader (20+, since 2009)Manage 2 person continuous improvement team (1 full time, 1 3 month internal rotational position)Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt (The Athon Group, Inc, Jul-09)Completed course work (Apr 1 – Jun 19, 2008)Completed 6 BB Projects since Jan 2009Initiated site SPC for various production linesDeveloped and delivered numerous training sessions with topics including: lean, ergonomics, cleanroom, & general safetyMalvern ergonomics leaderAttended multiple benchmarking trips and been able to apply best practices to Malvern from each trip.Completed IQ, OQ, PQ for various assembly processes

Completed numerous process validationsParticipated on multiple kaizen eventsTroubleshooting equipment and processesProvided manufacturing support for new product introductionsSpecified process equipmentCAPA and Complaint investigations

Successfully lead the transfer from Palo Alto, CA to Malvern, PA of a Collagen-Thrombin based (Vitagel) aseptic process that passed the subsequent FDA PMA inspection.Lead the startup of a Medical Device (Imbibe Syringe) assembly lineCreated and lead a cross functional process improvement team to improve process reliability and fulfill all regulatory requirements for changing a Class 3 PMA process.Was recognized at the a quaterly Board of Directors meeting.Specified and purchased equipment and materials to improve process reliability and decrease processing times for Vitagel, Cortoss, and Imbibe.Manufacturing management backup.Maintained a daily visual production schedule board.

Successfully lead the restart of an aseptic process (Cortoss).Received the Orthovita ‘Technical Excellence Award’ awarded yearly.Manufacturing management backup.Create yearly, quarterly, and monthly manufacturing schedules.Maintained a daily visual production schedule board.Improved the visual management of the manufacturing floor with color coded signs and labels.

Masters Of Manufacturing Management, Qmm Program

Bs, Chemical Engineering