• Lead and oversee management teams in Operations, Quality, EHS, Inside Sales, and more to achieve targets in Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, and Growth.• Collaborated with commercial and corporate teams to exceed customer expectations and drive new product development initiatives.• Ensured associates had tools, support, and development opportunities to excel and contribute to a high-performing organization.

Operations Manager - Pipe & Fittings Value Stream

Member of a cross functional business unit team that defined metrics for the business unit through analysis of the current status, developed a balanced scorecard, and drove action through effective leadership of our individual functional teams.Leader a team of 7 Manufacturing Engineers in a production environment to achieve goals relative to safety, quality, and productivity.Led, mentored, and coached 7 different manufacturing engineers as a competency leader and subject matter expert for the manufacturing engineering function to help them learn the factory, business, strategy, metrics, and expectations of the manufacturing engineers.

FMP (Factory Master Plan) ME for 5000 Series Utility TractorLed a cross functional team in a $6 million effort to redesign a 50,000 sqft factory.Managed ME related budget of $3 million to implement new and refurbished technologies to a plan for increased capacities and new projects incoming over the course of the next 5 years.

Order Fulfillment Process 5000 Series Utility Tractor Daily Main Line Trouble Shooting,Quality Investigation/Root Cause AnalysisContinuous Improvement,Line Balance OptimizationFixture Design

New product development in the Product Delivery ProgramHydraulic system design of the utility tractor global product line. Parts resourcingSupplier testingDurability studies

Agricultural DivisionRotation 1:Large Tractor Global PlatformProduct Engineering CenterProduct Validation and VerificationSub-System Component Test GroupEducational Development Program:A two year program through which I will undergo three rotations within John Deere agricultural engineering disciplines I'm order to gain experience and exposure to multiple fields.

• Use of Computer aided design in the development of proprietary gear milling, gashing and hobbing equipment.- Products are custom designed to a customer’s specific need.- Each product is coupled with a set custom designed indexable carbide inserts.- Assistance with company growth procedure including marketing, construction, and web development.• Tool Sorting and Scrap Services- Assist with the management of recycling tooling equipment, mainly carbide inserts and high speed steel.

Reverse Engineering for Product Comparison- Reverse engineered an existing exhaust gas recirculater cooler from another company.- Rebuilt EGR cooler using 3D computer modeling and ran CFD and FEA analysis on the part.- Analyzed resulting thermal efficiency, pressure drop, surface area, and performance.- Compared data to the Senior Flexonics EGR cooler and designed improvements that wouldallow it to outperform the competitor.Process Design- Investigated new technologies that branched away from the conventional design of our coolers.- Assisted in the integrated CFD and FEA analysis of potential new products- Created a drawing through computer modeling as well as a tolerance stacking, and used those documents to reach out to potential suppliers to identify the company that could provide Senior Flexonics with the tightest tolerances at the lowest cost given their cutting process.

- Trained extensively on sales and sales approach.- Awarded Top Consultant in the region.- Able to match specific products to an individuals needs. - On the job training to gain extensive knowlege of products.