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Zeeland, Michigan, United States

-Work with business leaders and subject matter experts to evaluate project benefit and feasibility.-Oversee organizational data collection, cleaning, and maintenance.-Implement standards and best practices for functional areas reporting and data access security.-Monitor data trends, patterns, anomalies, quality, and availability.-Design and develop descriptive metrics, reports, and dashboards for functional areas.-Instruct, guide, and support project teams or senior leadership in the development of ad-hoc reporting.-Create new data features based on existing data to assist with predictive modeling.-Assist with presenting findings, improvements, and cost savings to business leaders.-Interpret data to identify business trends, conduct root cause analysis of business problems, or suggest areas for process improvement.

Zeeland, Michigan, United States

• Manage and develop two productions teams totaling 27 personnel and serve as acting Group Leader for adjacent areas when assigned Group Leaders are unavailable.• Utilize data processing tools and sources such as Gentex Test and Measurement tools, Grafana, Manufacturing Execution System, Microsoft Excel, Oracle Business Insider, PDEaLite, to identify trends, investigate anomalies, and effectively present findings to key stakeholders.• Work closely with adjacent shifts, cross-shift support staff, and organization management to promote alignment throughout the organization.

• Developed and continually improved comprehensive scheduling and performance dashboards and spreadsheets, utilizing multiple data sources and macros to automate previously time-consuming data processing activities.• Served as acting Group Leader for multiple teams when an assigned group leader is absent.• Learned the intricacies of multiple production lines and teams to implement continuous improvement projects.

• Utilize Model Based Problem Solving to conduct in-depth analysis of complex issues to guide decision-making.• Consistently analyze business, communication, & engineering practices to identify correct inefficiencies to improve effectiveness & productivity across adjacent work groups.• Serve as the initial point of contact for escalation response, coordinating across work groups & outside agencies to execute an appropriate & cohesive response to developing situations.• Provide administrative, operational, & technical guidance to engineers & technicians to align goals & work across multiple areas & functional groups.• Set priorities & supervise activities for the night shift manufacturing equipment technician team, get results across boundaries, ensure an inclusive work environment, develop employees, & manage performance. • Responsible for the overall safety of personnel, company assets, & the surrounding environment. • Manage a team of 22 highly skilled technicians to provide corrective & preventative maintenance support & troubleshooting for 45 complex chip manufacturing tools.• Conducted numerous interviews to fill team with quality & high-performing technicians & recommending additional candidates to adjacent teams to ensure factory-wide success.• Compile & communicate daily tool status updates to ensure cross-shift alignment, utilizing assisting programs, such as Microsoft Excel, to auto-calculate & auto-populate routine data for increased efficiency and tracking.

Okinawa, Japan

• Lead precinct in Exercise Constant Vigilance 21, culminating in a Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Device scenario.• Oversaw security for Camp Courtney Festival 2021, establishing a safe environment for all residents of Camp Courtney, Camp McTureous, and all military families living off-base nearby.• Oversaw all military police activity on Camp Courtney, Camp McTureous, 3 adjacent Army fueling stations, and all off-base incidents involving Status of Forces Agreement members.• Ensured quality of all reports and casework for both criminal and non-criminal responses.• Increased efficiency of coordination between Military Police Leadership, Camp Courtney Operations' Security Guard Forces, Camp Courtney's Japanese Security Guards, and local Japanese law enforcement.• Facilitated transition from the M9 Service Pistol to the M18 Service Pistol for both 21 Military Police Officers and 32 Japanese Security Guards stationed aboard Camp Courtney.

Okinawa, Japan

• Facilitated joint training of 145 United States Marines and 54 South Korean Marines for Korean Military Exchange Program 21.1, utilizing 24,174 rounds over 4 ranges with 7 weapons systems, including two Republic of Korea weapon systems.• Oversaw pre-deployment training of 48 Marines and Sailors for Dynamic Force Employment WestPac 21-1 to support Indo-Pacific strategic movements.• Planned, coordinated, and executed 5 law enforcement small-arms weapon ranges, utilizing 34,410 rounds to train 212 Marines and Sailors in 5 weapon systems.

Okinawa, Japan

• Acted as the single point of contact for all night-time Coronavirus coordination for all United States Armed Forces aboard Okinawa, Japan.• Assisted in the development of operating procedure for Joint COVID Response Center.

Okinawa, Japan

• Oversaw daily operations of the 3D Law Enforcement Battalion Intelligence section to include processing security clearances, providing country intelligence briefs, and processing Isolation Preparation forms for all unit personnel prior to deployments.• Managed a small team to successfully meet battalion intelligence requirements including rapid Isolation Preparation processing of 45 Marines in response to high-priority missions.

Okinawa, Japan

• Oversaw processing of 2075 junior Marines and Sailors arriving to Okinawa, Japan• Coordinated with all units aboard Okinawa, Japan for delivery of new-join Marines and Sailors.• Served as the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force 15th Brigade Liaison Officer for Exercise Keen Edge 2020, acting as the single point of contact for 15th Brigade and US Forces Japan.• Concurrently served as the Battalion Ground Safety Officer, overseeing maintenance of the Ground Safety and Hearing Conservation Program for Headquarters and Support Battalion.• Concurrently served as the Arms, Ammunition, and Explosive Audit Verification Officer, conducting quarterly audits of 7 armories and 1 Ammo Supply Point bunker.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Predictive Analytics & Data Visualization

Master Of Engineering - Meng, Unmanned & Autonomous System Engineering, 3.9

Basic Infantry Officer Tactics

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Systems Engineering

Activities and Societies: Sea Trials Phase Commander, Semper Fi Society Logistics Officer

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