Leading this proven manufacturer of military & aerospace cables, harnesses, and electronics assemblies through profitable growth and expansion.

Leading an innovative electronics manufacturing site full of top industry talent while growing our business segments and maximizing profitability

While leading the Mack site in Melbourne, FL: Over-hauled the organizational structure to form a team that could control and succeed with triple digit growth that has sustained. Revenue increased from $30M to over $90M in 12 months while Operating Income increased from 2.7% to 5.6%. # of assemblies manufactured on a monthly basis increased from under 5,000 to over 35,000 units while sustaining above 99% quality.* Managed headcount growth from 176 employees to over 430 employees creating enhanced on-boarding procedures to ensure OTD and Quality goals remained green.* Within a 9 month period successfully planned and implemented substantial operations overhaul adding new equipment to include: 5 dual Universal SMT lines complete with DEK screen printers, KohYoung SPI, 2D AOI, 13 zone Heller ovens, and Kohyoung 3D AOI, 2 Ersa selective solder machines, 1 Vitronics wave solder machine, 1 Aqua Storm wash, Stencil wash, Environmental chamber, automated blow-ion machine, and an Apollo-Seiko robotic soldering system. * Developed a 3-Tier reporting structure to allow production cells, program teams, and site management team to use key metrics to drive improvements.* Lead program management team and created close-professional relationships with customers to ensure high-level engagement with customer leadership team.* Implemented cell manufacturing in operations increasing assembly output by 40% while decreasing manufacturing defects by nearly 50%. * Created weekly all-hands meetings (in small groups) creating an inclusive environment where voice of employee is heard and their ideas implemented.* Overcame major management team adversity to create a team that came together to take on the challenges of significant growth.

While leading Benchmark’s site in ND: Formed and energized a collaborative team that enabled site to, In short magnitude of time, increased sales 20%, improve operating margins by 40%, while increasing strategic headcount and increasing customer satisfaction. Was asked to lead a troubled site in CA, and in doing so, united the management team to work towards common goals and metrics. With this unified team the site has turned from a $6M operating loss to a projected $4M operating gain while increasing customer satisfaction from 3.4 out of 10 to above 9 in a 9 month period. Working in conjunction with Corp. sales team, personal leads, and site affiliations, increased sales from $56M to a projected $108M. Strong interpersonal skills built solid working relationships with current customers resulting in steep organic growth. Instrumental in developing Site/departmental Stop-Light reporting for key metrics, ensuring teams were informed; facilitated root cause analysis of failure to meet metric goals and attain high customer satisfaction ratings. This methodology was rolled out corporate-wide to all sites. Created quarterly “Strategic Strategy Sessions” with teams to ensure integrity of goals and track changes in the market conditions that required attention.  Made major contribution in expanding positive communications amongst department heads to maintain and ensure parties were informed and in tuned to operational environments and corporate expectations. Financial/operations background allows for making quick and decisive business decisions with the ability to properly analyze business proposals and contracts. Working relationship with Materials team combined with personal relationship with suppliers has resulted in 60% improved turns. Market knowledge coupled with budgeting expertise and team collaboration has enabled sites to hit bonus targets.

Reviewed and analyzed divisional performances and reported results directly to the owner in order to make critical decisions of maximizing company profits. Took charge of setting up and updating automated electronic time tracking system for efficient and accurate real-time labor analysis. Successfully introduced, installed, and implemented new dispatching software for two trucking companies to streamline the process of an all-in-one dispatching, routing, fuel tax, and billing system. Installed and implemented new accounting/mrp/crp systems and procedures to allow for real-time accounting and reporting resulting in efficient, accurate, and timely GAAP compliant financial reporting of this $17M entity. Analysis of divisional performances enabled owner to make critical decisions in order to maximize company profits. Fixed Asset audit ensured depreciation schedules were accurate resulting in accurate financial reporting. Budget & forecasting separate business lines assisted departmental managers in making critical decisions maximizing operating efficiencies

Re-organized Accounting & IT Department and maximized employee strengths, which resulted in timely and accurate financial statements allowing for critical cash flow assessments of this $25 million-a-year company. Strategically developed business plans and business analysis for aggressive acquisitions of domestic and foreign business purchases, driving company’s annual revenues from $11M to $25M. Served as a liaison between the Production Vice President and Chief Executive Officer in securing stronger commitment from production personnel and facilitating staff training on new procedures to generate accurate report and record job costs. Effectively handled $750K budget for network equipment and upgrades, ensuring project was within scope, timeline, and budget. Supervised the development of departmental budgets and sustained flex budgets to keep projections within forecast. Performed accurate internal audit of accounting system, leading to major changes in procedures monitoring work-in-process, while streamlining accounts receivable process and utilizing accounting system for accounts payable in order to take full advantage of vendor discounts Restructured the Accounting Department to utilize employee strengths resulting in timely-accurate financial statements allowing for critical cash flow assessments

Spearheaded the Accounting Department and ensured collaboration of employees to facilitate departmental cohesion, enabling the company to deliver GAAP-compliant monthly financial package to the Board of Directors within target dates. Effectively integrated A/R and A/P modules to banking activities that supported the automation of cash flow management, eventually improving cash flow with minimal intervention. Coordinated cash flow and budget management aiding tighter internal controls to significantly reduce overall expenses to correspond with budget-to-actual variances. Demonstrated in-depth knowledge of business model, processes, and cycle that made major adjustments to process flow; thus, cultivating systems efficiency. Management of Accounting Department facilitated full employee involvement leading to departmental cohesion enabling RxStrategies to deliver GAAP compliant Monthly Financial Package to Board of Directors within target dates Aggressive decision making within accounting department and over-all employee production analysis helped make this start-up company grow from $39,000 in sales to over 5.75 million dollars in 18 months Migrated Accounting system from Peachtree to Solomon allowing for auto-generated uploads from production systems into Solomon creating automated invoices and cash receipts reducing processing time by over 10 days a month Internal Audit controls helped ensure processed transactions continue to follow business rules and contracted vendors’ pricing is accurate Developed, created, and delivered a suite of automated reports utilized by all customers for program monitoring and analysis.

Served as project lead on a corporate financial consolidation team to merge financial software and processes for 19 entities of $575M a year of Health Care Provider Corporation. Led the implementation and integration of new project accounting software feeding G/L, A/P, FA, and Materials Management sub systems. Gathered and documented raw financial data from AS400 through Report Writer programs, analyzing results, and presenting analysis to Directors to assist them in critical decision making.  Analyzed, developed, and delivered financial presentations to Management Groups and Board Members.  Took charge of overseeing capital purchasing process to ensure precise reporting and accurate departmental budgeting and cash flow analysis.