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Ogden, UT, US

Helping businesses accelerate their business strategies and growth through outside the box vision and innovation. Sometimes it just takes an outside perspective to see what you can't see yourself. As a 20+ year manufacturing veteran, serial entrepreneur, small business owner, and business professional, I bring a spectrum of skills and abilities to help.

Pleasant View, UT, US

Pleasant View, Utah, US

Boaz, Alabama, US

Pittsburgh, PA, US

- Orchestrated the reorganization of our team and focus to bridge the gap between new product development and manufacturing systems, opening a role for manufacturing engineering integration into R&D with a focus on automation- Engineered the world’s first gas boiler to electric boiler retrofit conversion called Electrofit- Improved project on time.

Pittsburgh, PA, US

- Established a continuous improvement culture through implementing a Lean Daily Management System with Tiered accountability and autonomy, 2 Second Lean, 3S, and a daily Gratitude Moment- Reorganized the Quality Department to strengthen the team and rebuilt a strong team through strategic hiring- Developed an electronic Nonconforming Material logging.

Stockholm, SE

- Lead all quality activities over 45% of plant revenue (plant revenue >$1B annual)- Reduced 8D completion time by monitoring and mentoring daily and weekly progress of Root Cause/Corrective Actions- Lowered daily scrap rate by approximately 50% using data driven analysis of Mini Wrap failures, resulting in updated supplier tooling to eliminate main.

Salt Lake City, UT, US

- Responsible for all plant operations, continuous improvement programs, and manufacturing deliverables with oversight over 100+ plant personnel- Increased production throughput by leading an incredible recovery to end Q1 with record production in March (450% increased shipments over Jan., 225% increase over Feb.) leading to a record quarter, followed by a.

Pittsburgh, PA, US

- Organized and headed teams of Quality, Welding, Process, and Manufacturing Engineers/Technicians, Six Sigma Green/Black Belts, Resource Safety Officer, Quality Inspectors, and Certified Weld Inspectors- Chaired plant Continuous Improvement/Operational Excellence program- Led Lean Six Sigma cost savings initiatives worth over $315,000 in the Quality.

Cody, Wyoming, US

- Responsible for R&D, Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, and Quality including equipment/software acquisitions- Designed Gunwerks’ first rifle system – receiver, bolt, bedding block, bottom metal, trigger guard, scope rings, rifle stock- Organized shop production through process mapping, time studies, value stream mapping, lean and six sigma methods.

- Wrote business plans to procure $1.4 million in funding- Managed the RAS-12 project timeline, deadlines, budget, labor usage, etc.- Responsible for all aspects of sourcing and supply chain including COGS and price negotiations- Designed the first functioning, all polymer shotshell capable of being fired in rapid succession as part of the RAS-12 project.

Jacksonville, FL, US

- Established an ISO Quality Management System for a multi-site company within BAE Systems, Inc.- Wrote bids for solicitation for military contracts and directed Design Verification Testing, FAT, and LAT- Innovated new and effective quality programs to drive quality culture to the entire organization- Took on plant management vacancy responsibilities.

Jacksonville, FL, US

- Responsible for driving product cost reductions and quality improvements through product design/redesign, strategic sourcing, and manufacturing process improvements- Engineered new products using flow, simulation, stress and strength analysis, and Finite Element Analysis (FEA)- Used knowledge of proper manufacturing techniques to save a multi-million.

Salt Lake City, Utah, US

- Redesigned a medical bracket system using SolidWorks to consolidate many single use products (21) into a smaller family (5) of multi-use products; sourced a different, more optimum process for making the brackets that reduced inventory and part cost- Mapped processes to analyze and improve the value stream according to lean manufacturing principles.

Salt Lake City, Utah, US

- Ran the entire machine in between machine shop managers, programming, setting up, and operating CNC equipment to keep products and business moving without interruption

Bachelor Of Science, Manufacturing Engineering, Minor In Business Management

Applied Associate Of Science, Engineering Technology