Brendan B. Email & Phone Number

Lawrence, Massachusetts

Responsible for New Balance’s R&D analytics and data management for the Footwear Product organization. Accountable for delivering actionable R&D insights to improve and streamline the product creation process, quality, performance, environmental impacts, and system monitoring. Also responsible for maintaining a robust and flexible data environment while continuously evaluating and improving data sources, structures, and tools. Along with performing the analytics, must also develop and implement a long term roadmap in conjunction with executive leadership to generate data driven decisions & KPIs for business optimization. A hands-on leader with experience in data acquisition, statistics & analytical techniques, problem solving, understanding of the footwear business processes/challenges, and the ability to work across numerous cross functional departments.

Lawrence, Massachusetts

Responsible for New Balance’s R&D analytics and data management for the Footwear Product organization along with the Product Sustainability department. Accountable for delivering actionable R&D insights to improve and streamline the product creation process, quality, performance, environmental impacts, and system monitoring. Also responsible for maintaining a robust and flexible data environment while continuously evaluating and improving data sources, structures, and tools. Along with performing the analytics, must also develop and implement a long term roadmap in conjunction with executive leadership to generate data driven decisions & KPIs for business optimization. A hands-on leader with experience in data acquisition, statistics & analytical techniques, problem solving, understanding of the footwear business processes/challenges, and the ability to work across numerous cross functional departments.

Portland, Oregon Area

Performed consulting for the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC: www.apparelcoalition.org) around development of the second generation Higg Index and the Material Sustainability Index (MSI).

Beaverton, Or

Responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining Nike's Footwear environmental & sustainability Index. Required to contribute to and apply understanding of advanced R&D Considered concepts to Nike's product processes and offerings. Also required to use statistical analysis for Nike footwear environmental & sustainability benchmarking and investigation. Responsible for the development of Nike’s second generation footwear sustainability Index. Developed new metrics, provided statistical analysis, and project management for creation of new Index. Also responsible for reporting and monitoring of Nike’s first generation Index to the footwear business and key leadership stakeholders. This also includes using SQL queries to tie different data sets together to better understand how sustainability is being integrated into key business practices. Accountable for providing sustainability consulting to other functions within Nike including development categories, Innovation/Kitchen team, along with engineering.

Guangzhou, China

Responsible for the global implementation of tooling related initiatives within the Guangzhou (GZ) factory base. Assisted or led the following initiatives in the GZ NLO: Digital Product Creation, Road to Beijing, Mold Lifecycle, Adobe Acrobat Professional/3D, and FLIRTI (Tooling transfer protocol). Led several projects targeted on cost reduction, lead time minimization, and improved mold capabilities / tolerances. Also responsible for the successful commercialization of key innovation platforms from a tooling perspective. Accountable for tooling and software training within the NLO.

Beaverton, Or

Responsible for the quality of the Max360/Max180 running air bags. Primary responsibilities include the establishment and maintenance of quality systems at IHM, the development of Max360/Max180 specifications, and the data analysis for sample orders/trials/production data. Have conducted several extensive growth/shipping trials for the Max360/Max180 air bags. Have traveled to China and Korea to assist with the commercialization of the Max360/Max180 shoe. Responsible for communication with running category, Asia factory, IHM production, and techlab to troubleshoot any potential air bag issues.

Portland, Oregon Area

Assistant manager for the Chemical Wafering team. Responsible for several essential end of the line processes including particle measurement, OCR verification, recipe management, and visual inspection criteria. Need to work with approximately 30 operators regarding any process or hardware changes. Since operators do not report directly to me, I need to build and develop strong relationships. Also lead projects correlating customer specifications to various measurement gauges and equipment. Directed and assisted in purchasing and implementing new OCR technology into Wacker Siltronic. Also responsible for the documentation, tracking, SPC, monitoring, and development of the above processes. Assistant manager duties include leading meetings, reports, and any other essential responsibilities that my supervisor needs completed.

Salem, Or

Responsible for external quality issues for entire customer base. Directed process engineers through investigations and reporting for customer complaints and quality issues using the 8D Process. Assisted Field Engineering and customer contacts in gaining visibility for permanent corrective action implementation throughout the company. Also developed and expanded Quality systems, policies and procedures within Mitsubishi Silicon America. Responsible for the effectiveness and legitimacy of the CofC system and its current updates and revisions.

Nagoya, Japan & Portland, Or

Completed rigorous 7 month training in Nagoya, Japan focusing on language skills, Japanese sales and marketing techniques, technical training, and fundamental research and development. Gained valuable insight in international business and production schemes. Also improved and expanded interpersonal and cross-cultural skills. Responsible for technical support, sales, and marketing for entire west coast.

Chemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering

Six Sigma Black Belt

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