CEO of B-K Lighting + Teka Illumination. B-K Lighting is now a 100% Employee Owned company.Experienced President and CEO with a demonstrated history of working in the light fixture manufacturing industry. A strong business development professional skilled in Manufacturing Operations, Industrial Engineering, Purchasing, Lighting, and Manufacturing. Coupled with a visionary mindset, I seek to develop the people that make this company run and develop the strategic plans that focus our efforts. I enjoy high-level analytics using day-to-day data to find and create new metrics by which to measure our success. I enjoy seeing the successes of our employees and watching how their growth in this company forever changes them. I am always looking for ways to bring more families into our organization to help effect change in their lives and give them hope for a better future.

Experienced President with a demonstrated history of working in the light fixture manufacturing industry. Strong business development professional skilled in Manufacturing Operations, Industrial Engineering, Purchasing, Lighting, and Manufacturing. Coupled with a visionary mindset, I seek to develop the people that make this company run and develop the strategic plans that focus our efforts. I enjoy high-level analytics using day-to-day data to find and create new metrics by which to measure our success. I enjoy seeing the successes of our employees and watching how their growth in this company forever changes them. I am always looking for ways to bring more families into our organization to help effect change in their lives and give them hope for a better future.

Oversee manufacturing operations including, manufacturing and industrial engineering, purchasing, planning, assembly, shipping/receiving, material control and machine shop. Active member of top management team to give direction to organization. Work closely with subordinates to implement a strategy of change to better the workplace.

Promoted to division lead, developing and maintaining processes to gain functionality and increase profitability for this manufacturing firm of Architectural Lighting. Development of ergonomics standards in relation to line worker positioning within manufacturing process delivering improved safety, efficiency in production, attaining a 40-70% productivity increase, while reducing expenses by more than 10%. Aided in establishing proper alignment of personnel involved in assembly process to enhance production utilization and increase profitability.Documented and implemented the Return Material Authorization process within the ERP software. Sales through ME were able to utilize functionality of procedure.Performed critical First Article Inspection of new parts; ensured compliance with engineered drawings, required knowledge of blueprints for parts, intended purpose of parts and knowledge of vendor capabilities.Demonstrate one-piece flow lines to increase efficiency, accuracy and speed during assembly process, resulting in production efficiency gains of 40-70%.

Managed daily operations of manufacturing facility including assembly, receiving, shipping and material control. Implemented lean activities to increase productivity 33% year-over-year, two years in a row. Participated in weekly staff meetings to apprise upper management the status of production.

From initiation into production in 1993 to purchasing and engineering, I worked my way through several positions during this span learning the ins and outs of production. The longest time was spent in production learning B-K Lighting's product line and mastering the assembly process. Gradual promotions led to positions in purchasing, as a buyer, and eventually ending in the engineering department as a junior customs engineer. Certified in Solid Works Level I and Level II.