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Greater Chicago Area

Provided professional project management consulting services: • Led a three-line process and packing expansion at a pet care company through scoping, kickoff, long-lead equipment procurement and basic design.• Co-led pharmaceutical PMO playbook governance development.• Developed consumer product portfolio life cycle management strategy and initiated implementation.

Greater Chicago Area

• Implemented Program Management Office (PMO). Developed PMO policies, procedures, and templates. • Coached and mentored project managers. Conducted capacity and resource planning.• Developed New Product Introduction Process integrating The SiriusDecisions Product Marketing and Management (PMM) Model and incorporating Agile principles.

Greater Chicago Area

• Led new door development across residential exterior and interior businesses resulting in sales of $118M.• Improved portfolio management, stage gate, design and manufacturing processes. Launched PPAP with Quality.• Partnered with Product Management to standardized product offering.

Bowling Green, Oh

• Initiated Product Development Process; successfully completed over 30 projects and dispositioned 8,000 items.• Led technology development. Identified trends, gaps, created strategic road maps and executed projects.• Developed water soluble board stock, prototyped next generation food rotation e-ink labeling system and launched web based food safety menu editor.• Created and implemented Quality Management System. Reduced customer defects by 30%.

Perrysburg, Oh

• Led Project Management Office (PMO) in $660M business. Managed programs, portfolio and allocated resources utilizing Oliver White Integrated Business Planning, developed PM methodologies, policies and tools, controlled, monitored and mentored, resulting in $11.5M cost savings, $22.7M sales and $47.3M potential revenue.• Successfully integrated separate engineering organizations by migrating engineering data of models, parts and bill of materials (BOM) comprising over 70K attributes, 35K drawings/documents, 200K BOM lines spanning five locations and harmonizing two development processes and software. Supported North America, China and U.K.• Supported $30M savings in plant consolidations through design documentation update.• Initiated and led the quotation process and successfully supported TS and ISO re-certification.

Perrysburg, Oh

• Successfully launched numerous branded and private-label products ($321M) with multi-site cross functional teams, meeting scope, schedule and budget targets in $390M business.• Led new business venture to launch an oil management system solution to increase heavy duty vehicle oil drain intervals. Annual sales of $1.3M. Co-developed key technology with joint venture partner.• Managed project portfolio, development process and program reviews to drive launches and productivity. 14 reports, $1.9M department and $.5M capital budget. Global support to U.S., Canada, Mexico, China and India.• Doubled Configuration Management throughput by process standardization and intra-country training.

Perrysburg, Oh

• Launched new emission reduction technology to lead OE customers on time, despite tight schedule and development of new production processes. Annual sales of $3.6M.• Managed team to successfully digitize Product Development Process into electronic work stream (PLM/PDM) and build global capability resulting in annual savings/operating income of $1.9M. Supported U.S., Canada, Mexico, China & India.• Collaborated, created and implemented Ideation Process, Technology Review and Cost Take-Out Process. Managed annual cost savings portfolio of $1.2M. Led phase gated development process and allocated resources.• Mentored team to improve speed of new products launched, resulting in tripling throughput to 263 new models per year with sales of $10M and a cycle time reduction from 110 days to 69 days.

Torrance, Ca

• Led and mentored high leverage improvement projects in $330M business, resulting in $2.6M cost savings, $5.9M cost avoidance, $3.7 improved cash flow and $2.6M potential revenue growth. Deployed resources in Supply Chain, Business Ops, Finance, Human Resources, Marketing, Information Technology and Engineering. Launched and led Regional Six Sigma Council.• Reduced late product launches by 48% to 15%.• Supported U.S., Mexico, Brazil, China, U.K. and France.• Delivered Six Sigma learning to 3 Black Belt classes and Green Belts. Mentored/managed 69 Black Belts, Lean Experts and Green Belts globally. Highly skilled and experienced in the use of Six Sigma Plus/Lean tools, including manufacturing (DMAIC), design (DFSS), strategic marketing (Growth), administrative and continuous processes.

Torrance, Ca

• Managed eight direct and forty indirect Six Sigma Black Belts across four product lines (Heat Transfer, Turbomachinery, Electrical Mechanical Power Systems and Environmental Control Systems) in a $360M business. Mentored Black Belts in technical, problem solving and team leading skills. Improved certification rate by 90%.• Developed site continuous improvement strategy with Leadership. $7M annual savings realized. Identified and prioritized projects for both administrative and manufacturing process and assigned resources.• Deployed and administered Six Sigma Green Belt training/projects resulting in over 650 Green Belts trained.• Championed Six Sigma Methodology. Teamed with organizational experts to drive continuous improvement.

Torrance, Ca

• Led and facilitated problem solving efforts as a Black Belt to improve both manufacturing and administrative processes using Six Sigma methodologies. • Substantially improved F-22 evaporator yield resulting in $660K savings.• Reduced fin-flow test stand measurement error by 50%.• Developed corrective actions to address drawing revision discrepancies for Space Station program.• Led team to improve parts kit-picked short and late from 10% to 60%.• Mentored and taught individuals in Six Sigma tools. Implemented Six Sigma Product Design Scorecard.

Torrance, Ca

• Led, managed, coordinated and directed team of six functional experts in integrated product development.• Successfully launched PW4000 Servo Fuel Heater and Boeing 737X Precooler on time and within budget.• Worked closely with customers to design, develop, test, and produce lightweight heat transfer components for cooling systems for military and commercial applications in a matrix organization. Customer applications included turbo fan engine fuel heating, advanced integrated propulsion system cooling, turbo fan engine bleed air cooling, and environmental control systems.• Directed detailed design and analysis, hardware development, qualification and development testing, management of schedules and budgets, documentation, production support and customer liaison.

Stow, Ohio

• Planned, organized, supervised and evaluated military training for 35 subordinates.• Responsible for NBC support of Regiment. Instructed individuals in military skills.

Reston, Va

• Assisted in a torsional vibration survey of a diesel generator and vibration/strain survey of a Sulzer diesel engine.• Analyzed and evaluated airborne noises caused by HVAC systems, and then corrected noise level exceedences.• Conducted analysis of possible ship damage scenarios to determine the effect on fire damage control and ship survivability

Masters In Business Administration, Business Administration And Management, Entrepreneurship, 3.9/4.0

Bachelor Of Science In Mechanical Engineering, University Of Akron - Bachelor Of Science In Mechanical Engineering - Cum Laude Graduate, Cum Laude Graduate