Operations professional with significant experience in consumer products, pharmaceuticals, vitamins, chemicals and packaging businesses in positions from supply side manager, plant manager,general manager and director.Experience in leading groups through "turn-around" sitations, lean manufacturing, high performance team management in union and non-union facilities.Creative problem solver. Trained and experienced in leading teams to solve complex business issues in facility design, equipment selection, manufactuirng process, QA/QC, customer relations and warehousing- logistics. I bring the best practices from different organizations to bear on the issues of today. Specialties: Lean Manufacturing, change management, high-performance team management systems, plant management, general management, project management, union negotiation, Environmental Health & safety, government regulations FDA, cGMP, DEP, DEA.