Production Manager
Current- Production Manager, Photonics Manufacturing
- Designed, built, and certified two ISO7 world class photonics manufacturing facilities with capability to build and test over $7M of space grade satellite hardware per month
- Recruited a manufacturing organization of 50+ employees. Talent included: Manufacturing Engineers, Test Engineers, Operations Managers, Production Planning, Training Coordinator, Shopfloor Supervisors, Quality Control.
- Accountable for manufacturing cost and schedule performance using Earned Value Management (EVM) to monitor and correct unfavorable trending.
- Daily use of GEMBA, EVM, Risk Management and Change Management
- Infused a continuous improvement culture into the production team that has saved the company over $1M