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Jacksonville, Florida, United States

• Responsible for development and execution of manufacturing growth strategies in partnership with multiple GE Aerospace sites and suppliers, managing complex issues of a technical and business nature within functional areas of expertise and be involved in long-term planning and contribute to overall growth playbook strategy.

Jacksonville, Florida, United States

• Program managed 10+ capital equipment projects simultaneously plantwide including radiation free spark gap fusing station, igniter semiconductor manufacturing cell, igniter automated buffing robot, laser marker, igniter fusing station, igniter laser welder, igniter robotic braze system.• Speed sensor new product development focusing on getting military DX and DO rated sensors back on track and into production.• Creating standard work combination sheets and visual management tools to achieve Lean Model Line status for the speed sensor assembly cell.• Project managed installation and start-up of a stockroom vertical storage system.

Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Managing major projects to facilitate the start-up of a new 550,000 square feet manufacturing facility•Project managed, designed, procured, and installed new style one piece flow assembly cell for Mooney Regulators.•Project managed and procured modular assembly and metrology rooms.•Project managed the design, procurement, and installation of new style assembly and weld fixture for Becker Valves.•Procurement and installation of welding equipment.•Participated in several lean action workouts to develop the plant layout and process flows throughout the facility.

Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Program management of $10M high volume production project to develop new processes, new tooling, and new semi-automated assembly equipment for the assembly of ground based power generation engine spark plugs, including managing equipment vendors to provide equipment on time and on budget.•Utilized the GE tollgate process for program status and management reviews.•Experience with developing new processes and new tooling for the assembly of jet engine ignition system leads, igniters and harnesses.•Responsible for transitioning ignition leads and igniters from the new product development group to the operations production group.•Leading Assembly Mistake Proofing (AMP) and lean events for jet engine ignition system exciters, igniters and harnesses.

Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Program managed and launched several Ford, GM, and Toyota programs on time and on budget.•Program managed the closure of two assembly facilities and the transfer of product to the Jacksonville facility.•Experience with progressive die stamping, roll forming, welding, powder coat painting, and assembly processes of various steel products.•Achieved Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification.•Lead several Lean Six Sigma and Kaizen programs on various processes throughout the plant to increase efficiency, reduce scrap, and generate $3.5M in cost savings.•Responsible for generating assembly line layouts, process instructions, process flow charts, PFMEA’s, and control plans for various processes and products.

Carey, Ohio, United States

Program managed and launched several Ford and GM exterior automotive components.•Experience with compression molding, trimming, drilling, bonding, and painting processes of sheet molding compound (SMC).•Heavily involved with the Carey plant achieving QS9000 quality certification.•Responsible for the daily manufacturing engineering support throughout the facility.•Received training in GD&T, Taguchi Methods, and Design of Experiments (DOE).

Bachelors Of Science, Technology; Mechanical Design; Mechanical Design Drafting

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