Christopher Rudolf Email & Phone Number

Braiding, Extrusion, Coating, Coloring, Tubing, Winding, Engineering, Development

Singapore, Sg

Connersville, In, Us

Batesville, Indiana, Us

Chicago, Il, Us

Chicago, Il, Us

o Production support with daily activities including documentation, PSP, issue identification & resolutiono Point person for all safety, quality, delivery, cost, line balances, efficiency gains and actual implementation to lineo Collaborate and/or lead cross-function teams for improvements to the line, production, and companywide effortso Brainstorm, develop, quote, make business case, purchase, implement all planned process improvementso Lead Kaizen, 5S, safety, innovation, quality, cost, sustaining initiatives and manage each effectively, simultaneouslyo Understand compliance, quality, safety, regulatory, design assurance parameters in a highly regulated Med-Device Co.o Progressa Transformation Lead, main architect for solutions, strategist and implementation point person ~460K in line improvements via Kaizen, efficiency and capacity gains on an established line full production line ~Turned adding 1 FTE into 60Million in capacity gain, 41.6% efficiency gain & a return on investment of 2hrs o Green belt project – UCB flash failures – 92K in scrap reduction plus 95K identified in Value Streamo Contributor, lead, investigator, process owner for audit findings including lifting a FDA warning letter o Streamlined reconfiguration process to turn 960K worth of complete but un-sellable units into sold producto Contributor and manufacturing support for TCO of $1.5Million in FY16 and $1.3Million in FY17 o Assembly Project Lead for a successful launch of Centrella Med-Surge bed ($60 million project)

o Train, manage, and delegate tasks to 35+ workers at multiple dispatch pointso Cater to a local customer base of 2000+, sales totaling more than $4.5 million/year, company-wide $171 milliono Design, implement and maintain plant, region, and company-wide safety protocol to prevent injury or collisionso Communicate effectively with customers, employees, sales, mechanics, maintenance, supervisors, ownerso Responsible for daily plant operation, decision making, troubleshooting and accreditation(FDA, OSHA, IPIA, PIQCS) o Project: Door fuel switch; puts refrigeration unit in “PAUSE” mode to gain better temperature control and savingso Project: Mobil merchandiser rehab program, develop a procedure to bring all field units to “Grade A” quality, create individual job instructions, and fully outfit Ford Transit Connect (CNG) for ease, effectiveness, and efficiencyo Project: Production Training Manual and Program; create a convenient manual and associated program for management to use for training purpose and employees to access clarification, previously there was no manual and employees were taught by another production employee. o Project: Efficiency Tracking; Setup birth-to-sold tracking of a bag of ice for the entire ice making, loading, and delivering process. This highlights areas of improvement and compares data to theoretical and obtainable levels. This was the first in company to monitor nonconforming parts and lay responsibility upon everyone to maximize efforts.o Have played a key role with involvement in the following: Driver Training Program/Certification Day, Trainer Program, Standardized Stacking, PIQCS Documentation, HACCP Documentation, Haz-Com Documentation, Plant improvement projects, IceQ Sonar, Principles and Standard for all drivers, Safety Contest/Rewards, Team Building

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Mechanical Engineering

Honors Degree, Physics, Engineering