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Chandler, Arizona, United States

Chandler, Arizona, United States

- Developed, launched, and managed a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt program; 12 participants earned LSSGB certificates in the first two sessions, generating >$280k cost savings and building a pipeline of Lean & Continuous Improvement champions - Earned Certificate of Specialization in Leadership & Management through Harvard Business School- Earned Finance for.

Chandler, AZ

- Developed, launched, and managed global continuous improvement program, improving yield by 5.8% and generating $4.1M cost savings in the first year- Led a Tiger Team that identified and corrected the root cause of catastrophic product quality failures, salvaging $M annual sales (2019 Presidents Award)

Chandler, AZ

- Project manager of global High Reliability product qualification efforts, facilitating collaboration between Engineering, Quality and Marketing teams in Arizona, Belgium and China- Increased lamination capacity by 60% to meet customer demand for fast-growing automotive application (2017 Presidents Award) - Core team member for $14M casting capacity.

Chandler, AZ

- Led continuous improvement initiatives resulting in 5% yield increase while simultaneously supporting 30% demand increase (2013 Presidents Award)- Engineering leader for transfer of new manufacturing processes from Arizona to Belgium- Engineering Team Leader for High Reliability & High Performance product lines, direct manager of five engineers and.

Chandler, AZ

- Applied Shainin methodology to identify root cause of pervasive defect, implemented temporary solution to enable continued customer support and worked with R&D to develop new product as an effective long-term solution- Successfully achieved >25% capacity increase through Kaizen events, new QA press qualification, casting line speed increases and mixing.

Chandler, AZ

- Monitored weekly damage trends and compiled defect pareto to aid in yield improvement project selection and progression- Identified process trends using SPC, applied WECO rules to set control limits and initiate process adjustments- Utilized Minitab software to perform statistical analysis and justify process improvements- Trained in Lean methodology to.

Blue Ash, OH

- Organized team activities in developing structure and content for intranet-based pro-active manufacturing technology website- Created resource bank for micro-manufacturing technologies- Instituted and taught pro-active technology development class to engineers in the US and Mexico- Revised and modified EES procedure for passivation of stainless steel.

Ann Arbor, MI

- Supervised in-use testing and diesel testing programs- Procured vehicles for on-board diagnostics and catalyst testing- Assisted with emissions testing to qualify foreign-made vehicles for sales in the US