Producer of Gamecock Brand of smoked sausage, smoked meats, loaf specialties, hot dogs and fresh pork sausage.

2nd Shift Maintenance Supervisor at Heinz Portion Control. Producers of condiments and sauces for the fast food industry.Supervision of maintenance technicians who maintained 39 pouch and cup condiment packaging lines, all Fanuc packing and palletizing robots, processing vats , heat exchangers as well as all utility systems providing steam and air to the plant.• Used my reliability expertise to mentor and lead the technicians on shift to become what was described by the planner and scheduler as "the role model shift for PM execution."• Increased "wrench time" on our shift by being the first responder to a downtime call, evaluating the part required, directing the technician to begin the teardown while I acquired the part from the storeroom.• Instrumental in the effort of increasing the Mean Time between Failures (MTBF), by enforcing daily PM completion by keeping a person on the PM through coordination of reactive calls. • Decreased the Mean Time of Repair, by evaluating the best technician for the call and if need be providing help from another technician for a few minutes

Quality Assurance Supervisor at Heinz Portion Control. Producers of condiments and sauces for the fast food industry.Provided supervision and expertise in food processing to the Quality Assurance Department.Assisted with the development, implementation, and maintenance of the Heinz Quality Risk Management Process (Q-RMP). Assured that all products processed, packaged, stored, and distributed were in compliance with all regulatory, customer, and company guidelines. Enforced all cGMP and HACCP rules and regulations.Assisted in documentation and records associated with Food Safety Systems Certification (FSSC 22000).Served as primary support for all FDA, customers and third party audits including preparation and CAR corrective actions.Interfaced with pest control and raw material suppliers to ensure compliance.• Instrumental in coordinating the use of x-ray to improve food safety as well as reduce product loss.• Member of the team that was recognized as instrumental in improving the Q-RMP process, resulting in an improved score from the previous corporate audit.• Owner of three Quality Risk Management Standards.• Certified in HACCP Planning.• Job was eliminated in the 3G/Warren Buffett takeover of H.J. Heinz and I was appointed Maintenance Supervisor.

Maintenance Reliability and Production Manager with experience in leadership, relationship building, planning, scheduling, parts procurement, vendor relationships, budget control, training and process improvement. Track record of recognition by higher management for leadership and training ability. Special expertise in start-up operations including the implementation of reliability standards in manufacturing environments.

Supervision of an 8 Technician team that filtered and prepared beer for packaging. • Selected as the first Production Manager to integrate to Maintenance. • Trained all Group Managers in the use of SAP business software.• Selected as the Department Mentor for all new hires.

Lead management team member from Kingstree to start-up the Penang, Malaysia glove manufacturing facility.Directed and trained all the new hires in Malaysia to allow the company to begin manufacturing latex gloves in Penang.Instituted the Statistical Process Control (SPC) program at the Kingstree facility.

Member of the first management team to start-up the Fulton, New York brewery.Selected to start-up the Eden, North Carolina brewery.Selected to start up the Albany, Georgia brewery.Promoted and relocated to the Albany, Georgia brewery.Supervised 20 Brewing Supervisors

Supervision of 19 inmates who collected, pasteurized, homogenized and packaged milk for distribution to all prisons in the State of South Carolina.Also responsible for Herd Management, administration of medicine, birthing assistance, artificial insemination and all health care of the herd.