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Houston, TX, US

• Industry leader in manufacturing Polymer Concrete manholes with multiple locations. Responsible for driving the development of TPS based business systems in Operations and Quality through lean projects development.
• Responsible for developing the operational excellence system including coaching and leading continuous improvement activities at multiple locations.
• Established a Lean culture utilizing OpEx tools in production.
• Production KPI boards, facility layouts, Value Stream Mapping, material management.
• Established single pieces flow for base production achieving 40% reduction in cycletime.
• Challenge current operational standards to foster critical thinking and a culture of CI.

• A lean business group focused on improving customer production to meet demand while eliminating waste through production process analytics and implementation of material flow lines. (contract based) Accomplishments:
• Reduced Working Capital by $2.5M per month by recalculating standard WIP levels per machine.
• Reduced labor burn by 20% at Green Nursey by redesigning BOM picking flow and racks.
• Utilized trademarked software to establish VSM, SWIP, Op Sequencing, Resource Utilization, Takt.

Texas, United States

• Concrete products manufacturer with 55 facilities and over 100 product offerings across the USA. Responsible for developing TPS business system to meet customer demand and increasing production in the Texas region..
• Developed and implemented business strategy to take a startup business from 12 ($600k) products per month to 50 ($2.5M) using value stream mapping, level loading, op sequencing, Quality Inspections.
• Established sub-assembly production to supply main production lines.
• Increased output at MW fabrication plant by 10% & $400k in 3 months through Waste Reduction efforts.
• Successfully designed and implemented 2 shop layouts with visual material & production flow.
• Implemented MDI boards, morning huddles, and leadership gemba walks for 2 businesses locations.

Manufacturer of O&G Production & Processing products with 4 unique businesses in the Houston area.Responsible for establishing a Lean Culture for all 4 businesses in the Spitzer Corporation. Fisher Rd- Gas Compressor assembly and test: labor burn rate reduced by 20%. 2day taktFisher Rd- Pipe Fabrication: labor burn rate reduction of 20%, 15% capacity.

Stafford, TX

• Responsible for building and strengthening the Quality Management System and Continual Improvement Culture. Managed a team of 6 and established development plans for each.
• Achieved 1-year safety incident free in department and facility.
• Developed the Quality Department to meet ISO 9001, 14001 & Regulatory Compliance
• Developed and prioritized Business Development Plans (BPD) to meet strategic objectives.
• Developed metrics to monitor BPD performance and trained leadership on their value add.
• Managed and developed Product Quality Engineers, Supplier Quality Engineers, Manufacturing Engineers and product inspector for manufacturing/assembly and injection molding.

Houston, Texas Area

• Responsible for quality assurance for all subsea oil production trees manufactured for Exxon-Mobil.
• Validate manufacturing documents meet FMC and customer specifications.
• Review & approve vendor production and quality standards for FMC and API alignment.
• Identify improvement projects through defect & cost analysis
• Lead projects through to completion.Major accomplishment: - Successfully reduced Quality Non-conformance resolution cycle time by 75%.- Global quality award nominee

Conroe, Texas

• Responsible for managing all aspects of the drill bit service centers. Oversaw daily operations of a dual shift team of 45 employees that generated $8-10 million annually. Managed both direct and indirect reports.
• Lead strategic planning efforts to align with corporate and customer initiatives.
• Developed and executed budgetary plans to achieve financial objectives.
• Partner in the Business Leadership Team.
• Created current and future state value stream maps.
• Identified process gaps and initiated kaizen events to eliminate wastes.

Houston, TX

• Responsible for managing all aspects of two business units at the Wireline manufacturing facility. One unit composed of 26 employees generated $18 million annually. The other unit consisted of 5 employees and generated.
• Lead strategic planning efforts to align with corporate initiatives.
• Developed and executed budgetary plans to achieve financial objectives.
• Implemented New Production Development into the production area
• Created current and future state value stream maps.
• Partner in the Business Leadership Team

Houston, TX

• Responsible for improving the quality and reducing lead times of five of Wireline’s top 10 critical tools. Improvement actions were identified through detailed defect data reviews along with collaborations with.
• Utilized lean tool kit to reduce defects and improve product quality.
• Facilitated multiple Kaizen and Total Preventive Maintenance events.
• Improve product and equipment quality and reliability.
• Trained top spend suppliers Lean 8D problem solving methodology.
• Resolved multiple supplier quality issues with and/or at the supplier’s facility.

Houston, Texas Area

Six-Sigma Blackbelt is a critical role in a GSCM and Project Execution business with extensive training in six-sigma and statistical tools required. Requires total immersion in high profile business issues and resolutions. Provides continuous exposure to business leaders who demand comprehensive and analytically correct resolutions to their business.

Houston, Texas Area

Continuous exposure to operational management and engineering practices with responsibilities in project management, quality control, sales, quote procurement, sourcing, logistics, scheduling, customer service, cost reduction, and growth initiatives. Major Accomplishments:- Managed over 100 Power Transformer Projects.- Improved business relationships.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Accounting And Finance, 3.4

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Electrical Power

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