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Atlanta, Ga, Us

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Lead a team of 2 delivery stations, 40+ operations leaders, and 500+ associates delivering smiles daily in the Atlanta area. Responsible for the overall safety, quality, performance, customer experience, and people development for the Atlanta South sub region. I lead a team of 40+ operations professionals for under the roof and on the road operations

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Sr. Regional - On the Road (OTR) Operations - AtlantaDAT6 | DAT9 | DGE7 | DTG5

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Site Lead for DGT2 delivery station

Smyrna, Georgia, United States

Site Lead/Delivery Station Manager for DAT1

Greenville, South Carolina Area

• Led team of 8 salaried technical staff and 100+ hourly assemblers and fabricators dedicated to assembling and delivering gas turbines to GE’s customers around the world. • Reduced safety risk associated with ergonomics, fall hazards, and crane usage leading to a 62% reduction in OSHA recordable events. • Consolidated 4 separate assembly and fabrication teams to one unified turbine assembly team resulting in increased labor effectivity of >40%.• Implemented lean principles to… Show more • Led team of 8 salaried technical staff and 100+ hourly assemblers and fabricators dedicated to assembling and delivering gas turbines to GE’s customers around the world. • Reduced safety risk associated with ergonomics, fall hazards, and crane usage leading to a 62% reduction in OSHA recordable events. • Consolidated 4 separate assembly and fabrication teams to one unified turbine assembly team resulting in increased labor effectivity of >40%.• Implemented lean principles to reduce waste in assembly and material delivery processes resulting in 8-day lead time reduction and $3.5M+ in inventory reduction.• Executed and oversaw assembly and shipment of 4 new gas turbine designs to support critical customer projects globally. These new products are in the 6F, 9F, and 7HA frame size families. Show less

Greenville, South Carolina Area

• Led salaried and hourly team of over 65 people to drive safety, quality, lean, and production for GE Greenville's rotor machining cell. • No OSHA recordables, over 120 safety concerns addressed, and elimination of high risk forging lifts.• Aged quality defects reduced by over 500% through RCA rigor• Championed 7HA.02 turbine wheel and spacer turning farm in strategy resulting in wing to wing lead time of 5 weeks, reduced inventory by $1.4M, and reduced product cost by… Show more • Led salaried and hourly team of over 65 people to drive safety, quality, lean, and production for GE Greenville's rotor machining cell. • No OSHA recordables, over 120 safety concerns addressed, and elimination of high risk forging lifts.• Aged quality defects reduced by over 500% through RCA rigor• Championed 7HA.02 turbine wheel and spacer turning farm in strategy resulting in wing to wing lead time of 5 weeks, reduced inventory by $1.4M, and reduced product cost by >$200k per set. • Developed inventory reduction strategy through lead time reduction projects resulting in 45% WIP reduction and overall inventory reduction of 20% • Drove operational excellence and improved op rhythm rigor resulting in 10% improvement in direct labor effectivity Show less

Greenville, South Carolina Area

• Developed strategic vision across turbine assembly focused on EHS, production, quality and cost savings goals• Led new product introductions for turbine assembly cell including the introduction of the worlds most efficient gas turbine. Responsibilities included work instruction planning, tooling design, assembly cost estimation, and labor allocation planning.• Developed lifting solution to increase manufacturing teams lifting capacity to over 1.5 million pounds at a cost 3 times less… Show more • Developed strategic vision across turbine assembly focused on EHS, production, quality and cost savings goals• Led new product introductions for turbine assembly cell including the introduction of the worlds most efficient gas turbine. Responsibilities included work instruction planning, tooling design, assembly cost estimation, and labor allocation planning.• Developed lifting solution to increase manufacturing teams lifting capacity to over 1.5 million pounds at a cost 3 times less than previously planned• Managed projects and associated > $3MM in P&E to support continuous improvement efforts Show less

Greenville, South Carolina Area

• Led team of 30+ production associates in the Unit Assembly team in GE's Gas Turbine Manufacturing plant in Greenville, SC. Responsible for safety of the team, quality, production planning, and product delivery for gas turbine final assembly• Reduced crane moves for gas turbine casings by over 80% resulting in 6 miles of moves eliminated per gas turbine build. • Launched combustion installation tooling redesign that resulted in safer install process and $60k of product cost out… Show more • Led team of 30+ production associates in the Unit Assembly team in GE's Gas Turbine Manufacturing plant in Greenville, SC. Responsible for safety of the team, quality, production planning, and product delivery for gas turbine final assembly• Reduced crane moves for gas turbine casings by over 80% resulting in 6 miles of moves eliminated per gas turbine build. • Launched combustion installation tooling redesign that resulted in safer install process and $60k of product cost out. Tooling now being leveraged globally for combustion installation on 7HA turbines.• Drove smooth introduction of 7HA.02 gas turbine into production and reduced lead time by 5 days resulting in >$3M inventory reduction• Coordinated successful integration of gas turbine final assembly into new ERP and MES systems (SAP) including implementation of new routings, an improved vouchering process, and a new work order management process. Show less

Greenville, Sc

• Responsible for maintaining and improving internal manufacturing processes required to make high quality gas turbine nozzles, determine root causes of any non-conformances, and drive improvements, implement correct actions. • Led implementation of newly developed braze processes resulting in $1.2MM of scrap avoidance in 2015• Reduced defective inventory by over $600k in 2015 through SPC implementation and root cause elimination • Installed and qualified new coating repair… Show more • Responsible for maintaining and improving internal manufacturing processes required to make high quality gas turbine nozzles, determine root causes of any non-conformances, and drive improvements, implement correct actions. • Led implementation of newly developed braze processes resulting in $1.2MM of scrap avoidance in 2015• Reduced defective inventory by over $600k in 2015 through SPC implementation and root cause elimination • Installed and qualified new coating repair process reducing part lead time by almost 3 weeks and the cost of the repair by over 95%. Show less

Greenville, Sc | Schenectady,, Ny | Exton, Pa

• Operations management leadership program member with 4 six month rotations at 3 different GE sites.• Saved over $20,000 in scrap avoidance by developing new rework process on combustion hardware• Led hourly manufacturing team of 23 employees resulting in 0 OSHA recordables and 95% on time delivery for our customers• Developed critical lift fixture that reduces ergonomic risk score associated withsetting up a turbine lift by 86%• Coordinated and executed site inventory plan… Show more • Operations management leadership program member with 4 six month rotations at 3 different GE sites.• Saved over $20,000 in scrap avoidance by developing new rework process on combustion hardware• Led hourly manufacturing team of 23 employees resulting in 0 OSHA recordables and 95% on time delivery for our customers• Developed critical lift fixture that reduces ergonomic risk score associated withsetting up a turbine lift by 86%• Coordinated and executed site inventory plan during Hunterstown major outage and 7FB to 7FA upgrade. This effort ensured the availability of over 100,000 parts needed throughout the outage. • Developed pacing model to predict final outage cost for Hunterstown. This upgrade was responsible for delivering ~ $100M in revenue for the business. • Identified and eliminated over $3.5M of extra on site inventory that can be reallocated to other sites. Show less

Bachelor Of Science, Industrial Engineering

Activities and Societies: Alpha Pi Mu Industrial Engineering Honor Society, Industrial Engineering Department Student Advisory Board

Master'S Degree, Logistics, Materials, And Supply Chain Management