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New company name after 21 years - still doing the same adventures, coaching CEOs and business owners in igniting business growth acceleration.

Business growth coaching. Executive coaching, leadership evolution, management consulting, strategic planning facilitation and implementation, public speaking, author. "If you have an unrelenting itch for excellence and learning you are a perfect connection for me. If you are driven to grow your company revenue, a zero or two, call me." Once you have committed to a goal deeply enough, "If" ceases to be. Then it's only a matter of when and how.

Over the counter pharmaceuticals formulation and development from concept to production including analytical design, formulating, testing, plant and equipment design, product to concept comparison finalization.

Houston, Texas, Us

Managed IC fab production from bare wafer to test, including diffusion, photolithography and etch. Directed up to 36 production staff. Member of management team that lead IC facility in 70% WIP reduction and reduced lot cycle time by 82%. Then melded IC facility production and culture shifted from one division to another while passing through required 50% reduction then 200% increase in output. Championed cultural melding and technical communication between former internal customer and IC fab on weekend shifts.• Led development of weekend shift twice daily fully attended passdown meeting that was key in enhancing weekend lot move rate by 25%.• Led production focus team to initiate process improvement and solve quality issues throughout entire ink jet production line.• Active in multisite task force within the IJBU world wide.• Initiated production manager’s task force to coordinate output, cycle time, quality, management structure issues and cost factors.

Lebanon, Oregon, Us

Transitioned Quality Assurance program from research single line operation to continuous production on five lines. Responsible for four quality technicians, result precision, training and quality issues over seven day operation. Established quality information systems and communication between production and national customer locations. Initiated and maintained customer quality assurance relations resulting in reduced waste for customer and increased sales. Establish quality systems and procedures for product, tooling and raw materials during 2100% increase in production. Trained production staff of 80 to production quality checks and applied SPC. Design and implement experiments for product and quality improvements.

Mba, Marketing & Finance

Bs, Business Management

High School