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Englewood, Colorado, United States

Mesa, AZ

Phoenix, Arizona Area

• Provide leadership and vision to teams in achieving $10 million/month revenue goals. Create and execute manufacturing plan meeting site’s stretch goals.
• Analyzed labor hours against earned hours creating efficiency metric driving 20% improvement using lean manufacturing methodology.
• Reviewed engineering drawings and manufacturing processes modifying current state resulting in safer, more efficient builds.
• Evaluated shop floor layout creating multiple new productions lines increasing site capacity.
• Fostered weekly leadership discussions with production leads driving culture change through increased employee engagement, motivational drivers, and professional development.

Irvine, CA

• Led team of 35 operators towards production performance metrics with daily reporting against targets, while facilitating resolution of issues between departments.
• Created dashboard driven visual board with daily support team meetings improving customer on time delivery (OTD) from 91.5% to 99.5% and Spares OTD from 71.9% to 94.7% in six months.
• Implemented single-piece flow reducing work in process and production inventory levels by $1 million, resulting in consistent hourly outputs.
• Initiated weekly efficiency meetings with engineers and production leads identifying root cause of issues and applying rapid solutions resulting in 15% efficiency improvement.
• Streamlined departmental operations through improved communication tools and accountability with daily metric report outs achieving zero past due orders.

Irvine, CA

• Provided oversight in complex manufacturing lines ensuring safety, quality, and delivery goals are met. Trained production teams to meet AS9100 and OSHA specifications.
• Led cross-functional teams in designing production cell layouts utilizing lean manufacturing and Six Sigma tools, increasing on-time delivery by 20%.
• Coached senior engineers fostering corporate drive towards Lean Six Sigma manufacturing methods, resulting in improved project performance, and significantly reducing project times.
• Utilized process control methodology in successfully consolidating complex multi-site, cross-country production facilities with downtime of less than 5 days.
• Coordinated with senior engineers identifying root cause of 80% production scrap rate, while implementing visual aids, training, and process controls reducing scrap rate to 10%.

Riverside, CA

• Oversaw all laboratory functions, such as personnel, equipment, and experiments. Responsible for ensuring prompt data collection and analysis for graduate students.
• Developed efficient workplace layout improving laboratory run times from 4 hours to 16 hours resulting in 30% increased data collection.
• Trained incoming student interns in laboratory functions assisting graduate students in timely completion of PhD research projects.

Riverside, CA

• Assisted in the development, documentation, prototyping, testing, validation and implementation of new/improved manufacturing processes.
• Documented non-value added activity in manufacturing processes, significantly reducing waste and distance traveled.
• Constructed visual shop floor aids assisting operators in following step by step process flow resulting in 20% cycle time reduction.