Provide Management direction, input and support to the Project and Ops Support functions at Johnson & Johnson Vision Care (JJVC). Departments include Optical Tooling, Molding Services, Formulations, Product Re-Packaging, Calibrations, Raw Material Warehousing, Spare Parts Operation, and Equipment Maintenance and Re-Builds. These departments include 200 employees and support 2 manufacturing plants and several world-wide service territories.Currently retired.

Manager for production of MOIST Brand Contact lenses; organization includes over 250 technicians, engineers, and supervision. Value stream includes nine highly automated production lines with annual capacity of 900 million units serving the entire world market in the regulated medical device industry.

Led Manufacturing, Engineering, product development, and business development at the Plastomer Technologies Division in Houston, TX• P&L responsibility for production, engineering, maintenance, supply chain, QA and EHS functions at a specialty manufacturer of Teflon (PTFE) and engineered plastic products • Directed analysis and subsequent upgrades of personnel, equipment, and systems; efforts resulted in doubling of production volumes in less than 6 months while adding over $1M to the monthly operating income; $4M annual improvement• Division restructured and successfully absorbed into another EnPro company

Provided Technical and Mechanical support to a Municipal Water / Wastewater Utility in the areas of Corrosion and Odor Control, Major Maintenance Projects, Preventive and Predictive Maintenance, Equipment Refurbishment, and Capital Project Management• Directed Lean / Six Sigma hybrid process in equipment repair and fabrication, resulting in cycle time reduction of over 50% in pump repairs.• Updated Mechanical Integrity and Reliability Program for both water and sewer groups

Directed Manufacturing and associated Distribution Networks in 4 business units with 9 plants in North America• Applied Best Practice Standard Metrics, Continuous Improvement, 5S, LEAN, and Value Stream techniques in all businesses to improve profit performance, increasing Specialty Manufacturing Profit by over $43 million annually.• Utilized Porter’s 5 Forces, financial modeling, and risk/sensitivity analysis programs to determine strategic business expansions, purchases, rationalization, and divestitures.• Provided senior leadership to Continuous Improvement Program throughout G-P, directly resulting in implementation of $87 million in profit improvements. • Conducted assessments, training classes, and change management seminars for business units in areas of purchasing, IT (CMM), warehousing, distribution, sales, and marketing.

Reporting to the president of LPI, managed U.S. Corporate Production, Engineering, Maintenance, Communications, Computing Technology, and Purchasing for the company.• Improved product acceptance from 72% to 96%, improved yields to 98%, and reduced unit costs by 25% though institution of quality-based SOP’s and changes in major process equipment, PLC control systems, and utility services.• Instituted Best Practice preventive and predictive maintenance procedures that doubled equipment availability.• Designed and constructed Quality Control laboratory for the company and obtained plant-wide ISO 9001 certification for the operations.

Managed the Production Plant and Southeast Regional Sales / Consulting business for a privately-held Specialty Chemical company• Increased sales by 50% within two years by utilizing new products, closing sales to new accounts, and expanding services to existing customers utilizing collaborative techniques• Revitalized existing product line with new application technology and product reformulation• Designed and led the installation, operation, and maintenance of over $4 million in proprietary chemical and mechanical systems at customer sites. Equipment included communication technology and PLC control / data acquisition systems

Improved production efficiency and cost controls, installed Total Distributed Control System (Honeywell TDS) for Operations, upgraded boiler, generator, and air compressor systems for plant, provided steam / power balance modelling software for corporate energy reduction projects

Project Manager for Utility Construction and Start-up, Contributed to corporate Engineering Standards, provided trouble-shooting and improvement services to various manufacturing plants.