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Greenville County, South Carolina

I work with Greenville County businesses by providing manufacturing consulting through SCMEP.South Carolina Manufacturing Extension Partnership (SCMEP) helps manufacturing companies throughout South Carolina by solving business and supply chain process problems. Through SCMEP, I help companies determine and follow the best path for advancing their businesses to more competitive and profitable levels. Our approach is simple:1. Analyze—Complete a competitiveness review at no cost2. Plan—Define a customized action plan for highest priority improvement areas3. Implement—Roll up the sleeves and get to work4. Review—Measure and verify the resultsVisit our website for more information: http://www.scmep.org/

Greer, South Carolina

• Led multi-shift gas turbine engine component repair and overhaul operations with 4-direct reports and 150-indirect reports, generating $100M annual revenue• Led teams and support functions in driving significant improvements in Safety, Quality, Delivery, Inventory, and Cost• Coached direct and indirect reports, successfully implementing Honeywell operating system, building maturity into visual Management, root cause chain analysis, 5S, process design for flow, standardized work, leadership standardized work, and total productive maintenance• Matured operating system, achieving and sustaining on time delivery >=95%, exceeding operating income targets >10%, and beating expense budgets 5%• Achieved annualized cost savings of $6M by contributing to development and execution of work scoping projects• Reduced WIP inventory 16% through cycle-time improvements by personally facilitating 12 Kaizen events in 2 years focused on process flow and waste elimination, employing Six Sigma and Lean principles and tools• Improved employee satisfaction scores in annual survey in 13 of 15 categories: focused on employee engagement through Gemba walks, layered process audits, tiered accountability meeting process, and Kaizen events• Completed 4 weeks of Six Sigma Blackbelt and Lean Expert training; achieved Lean Expert Certification

Greer, South Carolina

• Led manufacturing operations, engineering, customer support and business development for component repair business, including P&L responsibility of $100M+ annual revenue and 180 personnel• Led strategic initiatives and new growth programs to secure overall component business revenue growth from $88M to $102M in 5 years, while offsetting $25M in mature product line decline• Created $10M per year top-line revenue for 3 years by identifying new product market penetration strategy and managing cross-Honeywell division team to gain entrance• Solidified core product and process competencies to create clear market approach, resulting in numerous non-Honeywell platform market penetrations such as the V2500 LPT vane repair at $2M per year)• Led sales and program team in developing and signing unique performance-based long-term agreement with key international customer that secured $8M per year in revenue• Spearheaded successful transition and business integration of the Laser Services business from Norcross, GA to Greer, including 7 lasers, 40+ pieces of supporting equipment, 35 personnel, resulting in $2.4M annual cost savings with no interruptions to customers• Developed and launched safety and compliance awareness program, resulting in world-class employee safety levels of no-lost-work day incidents and less than 1 annual OSHA recordable injury for 3 years• Developed and implemented Lean deployment plans, redesigning product family cells and creating Lean flow, resulting in 50% cycle time reductions (30 days average to 15 days average)

Dayton, Ohio Area

• Oversaw P&L for 80-person, $20M business unit• Handled engineering, direct management of manufacturing cell leaders, cost reduction programs, new business development, and customer relations• Developed and instituted customer-driven production scheduling system and operational focus, yielding consistent on-time delivery performance of 95% to 98%• Developed cost reduction methodology and led numerous cost reduction teams, achieving yearly targets of 5% reduction or better• Reduced inventory 30% in 3 years by streamlining product flow through implementation and leading GE’s work-out process• Received Business Achievement awards 4 consecutive years, recognizing the surpassing of internal operational goals for cost reduction and delivery

Dayton, Ohio Area

• Led manufacturing and engineering operations for 70-person business unit with annual sales of $12M• Reorganized operations from traditional batch and queue into efficiency-driven product family manufacturing cells, resulting in 12% average yearly cost reductions and cycle time reductions of over 50%• Facilitated generating 100% business growth from $6M to $12M in 3 years

Greer, South Carolina

• Oversaw 4-person component repair development shop, manufacturing engineering support, and repair program management including development, prototyping and introduction of new repair programs• Specified and procured fabrication equipment for new facility ($1.2M budget)• Managed plans for testing new repair materials

Gainesville, Georgia

• Spearheaded on-schedule start-up of 15 person gas turbine engine component fabrication department and supporting processes, including welding, vacuum furnace brazing, sheet metal forming, cleaning, and surface treatment• Hired, trained, and certified operators; purchased and set-up equipment; certified processes and managed department resources to achieve scheduled milestones

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

• Handled manufacturing technical support for all plant vacuum furnace brazing operations and 30% of welding operations• Standardized programming and planning sheets for all brazing operations• Developed and implemented 2 major cost saving solutions to problematic parts• Worked closely with design engineering on new part design for manufacturability (joint design, process capability, process applicability)

Bswe, Bachelor Of Science Welding Engineering

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