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Wellington, New Zealand

Making Continuous Improvement possible, practical, and easy since 2020. I offer a variety of courses (both self-study, virtual, and group coaching), individual coaching and mentoring, and Continuous Improvement support.> Unschool.in White Belt course with 1000+ participants> Tutored practitioners completing Lean Six Sigma coursework> Finish Your Green Belt Project Group Coaching course > Facilitator for Process Improvement and Six Sigma Fundamentals at Portland State University CEPE for the Process Improvement Certification program > Pro-bono process improvement work with cetacean conservation organization

Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand

Supporting Business Process Improvement adoption and uplift across ACC

Antarctica

Took opportunity of a lifetime to live on the Antarctic continent for five months. Responsible for expedient and safe delivery of materials across McMurdo Station. Provided excellent customer service in central supply and medical warehouses. Delivered gas and bulky items utilizing heavy equipment (ex: IT-28). Led an overall effort to improve the organization and accessibility of the central supply warehouse.

Portland, Oregon, United States

Deployed Six Sigma program across organization of 700+ employees. Integral part in shift to a Continuous Improvement minded culture. Generated a healthy project queue to demonstrate optimal benefit for organization. Built internal White and Yellow Belt training programs. Delivered training to organization. Mentored and facilitated Lean Six Sigma projects resulting in multiple benefits for organization include significantly increasing mean time between incidents.

Train and mentor workforce on Lean and Six Sigma methodologies. Execute projects demonstrating sustained benefits for clients. Delivering major initiatives in continuous improvement (details listed in specific engagement).

United States

Downstream Oil and Gas: Integrated company vision into everyday operations of maintenance workforce. Established goals and a communication structure for planning and scheduling teams, enabling them to problem solve and implement solutions daily for both safety and process issues. Implemented maintenance pull system which innovatively transformed the way maintenance functioned in the refinery. Reduced active work orders by 43% over 12 months, while increasing throughput and maintaining a safe work environment. Established a continuous improvement culture and an increased focus on safe work practices which demonstrated significant benefit during Hurricane Harvey recovery.

Malongo, Angola

Mentored and coached teams on Lean Six Sigma. Led teams in executing over 70 improvement projects. Worked on projects from equipment reliability to offshore logistics to finance, utilizing tools such as FMEA and Value Stream Mapping. During last three years saw annual hard dollar benefit for department increase threefold.Facilitated training for various levels of the organization on Lean and Six Sigma tools. Improved workplace efficiency by training over 100 employees on the basic Lean tools. Ensured the execution of projects by training and mentoring over 20 employees in more advance Lean and Six Sigma tools. Upon request developed customized Lean Sigma presentations for people at various levels of the organization and across a wide variety of departments.

Bakersfield, California Area

Utilized Lean and Six Sigma tools to effectively implement and sustain projects. Reduced equipment and manpower downtime, eliminated manual work order processing, and implemented a preventative maintenance program. Updated customer scorecards and communicated them to stakeholders. Developed and executed training as needed. Consistently exceeded annual benefit goals.

Bakersfield, California Area

Managed development of comprehensive safety and performance management dashboard. Supervised data entry team. Facilitated and coordinated monthly management meeting. Conducted HSE field audits with West Coast Director to identify and fix safety or environmental deficiencies. Led operation's projects for West Coast.

Bakersfield, California Area

Executed all requests for movement of personnel within the West Coast. Managed the work status of all employees. Assisted training team with onboarding of new employees. Conducted layoffs and terminations as needed. Organized large open house for tour of equipment and facilities. Led onboarding for 100+ employees with less than a week notice in three locations simultaneously.

Global Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Academic Rep Key courses: Strategic Problem Solving, Climate Change, and Leadership

Bachelor'S Degree, History

Activities and Societies: Minored in Economics

Associate'S Degree, General Studies