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Tuscaloosa, AL, US

Tuscaloosa, AL, US

Alabama Productivity Center works directly with businesses, organizations, and government agencies throughout Alabama to increase efficiencies, provide cost-saving solutions, and improve overall productivity while creating positive experiences for students. Link: http://apc.ua.edu

Moon Township, PA, US

• Rehired as part of leadership team chosen for converting brownfield property in Fairfield, Alabama, into Alabama1 (AL1)—a manufacturing, service, and distribution hub for steel customers in the South.
• Refurbished or upgraded brownfield QA equipment, including Instron flexure machine and GRADEX particle size analyzer.
• Championed QA team members towards proactive safety, open-mindedness, collaboration, and innovative problem-solving.Link: https://www.platinumequity.com/news/how-35m-renewal-of-alabama-refractory-plant-is-a-remarkable-s.

Avon Lake, Ohio, US

• Directed tasks, analyzed risks, and solved problems to support customers of advanced composite products. Supervised quality leads and quality technicians in six buildings across multiple shifts.
• Co-led plant towards quality management system success, which was continually validated to ISO 9001:2015.
• Reduced dielectric testing time by 89% while increasing the precision and repeatability of dielectric results.
• Coordinated equipment calibration across six buildings. Cultivated a proactive safety culture.

Moon Township, PA, US

• PLANT CLOSURE: https://thinkhwi.com/harbisonwalker-international-fairfield-alabama-plant/Provided leadership, customer service, and problem-solving to meet or exceed expectations of internal and external customers of.
• Guided transition of plant from ISO 9001:2008 to ISO 9001:2015. Prepared plant for two external audits prior to layoff/closure, receiving zero major and minor non-conformances. Aided corporate team with internally.
• Oversaw innovative sustainability to reduce consumption of raw materials, netting $600,000 in annual savings.
• From 2017 to 2019, decreased finished goods scrap from 5% to 2% by improving control of brick formulations.

Monterrey, Nuevo León, MX

• Provided friendly and dependable customer service to Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen, Tesla, and many others in regard to metal stamping, metal assembly, and e-coating. Ensured incremental innovations occurred during product.
• Cultivated fruitful relationship with key customers. Achieved and maintained satisfactory monthly PPM ratings with biggest customer, Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, for two years straight.
• Worked with Mercedes-Benz U.S. International to optimize e-coat production, netting $30,000 yearly savings.

Murfreesboro, Tennessee, US

• Ensured and facilitated anodization and fabrication services. Oversaw APQP documentation and implementation. Tracked and trended cost of quality key performance indicators (KPI). Oversaw and managed corrective actions.
• Led feasibility process and engineering change process.
• Orchestrated calibration of measuring instruments and devices.

Aurora, Ontario, CA

• Analyzed quality of “class A” metal body systems to better provide world-class service for Volkswagen Group of America, Daimler Trucks NA, and Unipres USA. Utilized customer feedback to improve quality. Coordinated.
• Worked with customers to close out 8D problem-solving in a timely manner.
• Improved surface quality of “Class A” metal stampings via measurement data.

Cork, Ireland, IE

• Appraised instrument panel quality to exceed customer expectations of Honda Manufacturing of Alabama and Mercedes-Benz U.S. International. Mitigated and later eliminated conditions causing rework and scrap. Issued.
• Produced yearly cost savings of approximately $50,000 for Acura MDX instrument panel line.
• Evaluated supplier quality for domestic launch of Mercedes-Benz W205 sedan platform.

Atlanta, GA, US

• Facilitated expertise as lead engineer for flow-accelerated corrosion program and license renewal/aging equipment management program. Managed projects of varying sizes ($700,000 to $1.2 million). Coordinated repair.
• Trained suppliers on expectations of occupational and nuclear safety and health.
• Utilized internal and external benchmarking to improve quarterly performance.

Atlanta, GA, US

Offered continuous improvement value to variety of teams at plant. Served on engineering training team in 2009-2010, leak management and predictive maintenance team in 2008-2009, and E-FIN team in 2007-2008.

Bachelor Of Science In Industrial Engineering

Master Of Business Administration (Mba)