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Wake Forest, NC, US

Pleasanton, California, US

Leading cross-functional teams through a phase gate process to execute substation expansions for a major public utility company. Responsibilities include stakeholder communications, directing project team, risk mitigation, schedule compliance, and managing project budgets (>$10MM).

Working with client to design and construct a new ministry center >$16MM. Consulting on (2) land sale initiatives (27 acres) and new site acquisition (30 acres). Supporting conceptual and detail design work, civil site planning, modeling project schedule scenarios, and cost management. Provided risk mitigation options to address COVID challenges. Prepared.

Longmont, CO, US

Leading cross functional project team transferring multi-million-dollar business to Raleigh Facility. Team responsible for process mapping, IT development, equipment transfer, process startup, order entry process, warehouse expansion/setup, SAP setup, and accounts receivable conversion. Provides weekly briefing to executive management team on schedule.

Managed a team of engineers upgrading automation systems for a pharmaceutical plant that was being re-commissioned. Responsible for performing assessments of legacy control systems, recommending systems to be updated, generating design documents (FDS, SDS), installing equipment, generating software for new compounding skid, and generating/executing.

Contract PM leading an IT risk mitigation project for a local pharma company. Responsible for upgrading plant MES software, virtualizing the server platform, creating a web based application, mitigating business risks, validating new systems, and managing the change control process. Leading a team of (6) IT and (2) validation professionals and working with.

Zebulon, NC, US

Led Should Cost exercise which identifed $3.2MM of cost reduction opportunities. Secured funding for a new vision system project and identified opportunities for reducing product waste streams. Complete several facilities improvement projects.

Led a cross functional team (~200 associates) manufacturing disposable labware products (tubes and pipets). Team produced ~600 million units annually using extrusion and injection molding technologies. Manage >$50MM budget, executed cost reduction projects for >$2MM of savings and championed new vision and automation technology. Developed technical roadmap.

Led a cross functional team (~100 associates) manufacturing disposable labware products. Managed $25MM budget, implemented >$2MM of cost reduction projects. Led private label line extension project which increased volume by 25%. Implemented CI projects that increased productivity by 35%, 25% and 17% on three different product lines.

Corning, New York, US

Project Development Manager: Led cross functional team of engineers, optical scientists and technicians developing new low attenuation fiber for long haul applications. Worked with R&D scientists to identify technical options for reducing attenuation. Team developed new furnace design to control the fictive temperature of the glass resulting in improved.