· Promote a safety-first culture by identifying safety concerns during audits and optimization efforts.· Lead Valmet and customer audit teams to determine bottlenecks, optimization opportunities, and areas for cost reduction.· Coached mill team members to maximize the performance of their operation.· Leveraged structured approaches with customer teams to establish baselines and goals to set the direction of improvement initiatives.· Performed data analysis with mill teams to troubleshoot and optimize processes.

· Set the safety example by thinking through tasks to identify hazards before beginning work.· Fostered a team environment based on trust.· Cultivated production crews to improve breaks per day (~97% reduction).· Mentored crew leaders to improve production rates to move the needle.· Reviewed operating parameters with operations team to benchmark ourselves and maximize our capability.· Involve production teams and CSC in project development to ensure that projects met the needs of production goals.

· Quality manager for the core converting side of the plant leading a 5-person multi-shift team of technicians to monitor plant quality, performance, and improve safety· Developed individual skill sets with each of my team mates to improve individual performance which lead to increased overall team performance· Lead audit teams to access compliance to the Sonoco Performance Systems quality standards and implemented projects to close gaps and improve customer experience· Used Lean Six Sigma Greenbelt tools to develop projects, measure quality, and improve process times to reduce cost and increase throughput· Provided technical support to plant team to develop new product lines for our military assembly operations and to show compliance with MIL-STD-2439G as well as 12977500 specifications.· Worked with suppliers, corporate testing labs, and US Government to assess a 5-year-old documentation issue and successfully showed that the assemblies were in compliance to avoid a potential 7.5-million-dollar non-compliance complaint· Worked with defense customers to demonstrate ISO 9000 compliance for new quality requirements· Worked with military customer engineering team to develop a completely new core application for a munition that was currently in development to include dimensional design and sourcing· Worked with Picatinny Arsenal to develop a new military core assembly to include design, mock-up, prototype, and raw material sourcing· Represented the Newport team at customer’s facilities to assist in solving problems in the field whether it was a customer’s process or the product supplied to reduce external failure costs and increase customer satisfaction· Use papermaking background to collaborate with operators to improve best demonstrated practices and, ultimately, the end product

· Lead multi-cultural, multi lingual teams to keep projects on budget and on time with both company employees as well as vendors/contractors· Worked with a multi-machine mill in Russia to identify a customer need, a way to measure it, and develop the project to get the appropriate equipment in the mill to ensure customer expectations are met· Worked with a Russian mill to stream line a paper machine wet end project resulting in reducing the projected cost of the project by 50% while improving the projected capability of the machine· Lead a multi-department team to coordinate the rebuild of an acid waste pit that resulted in 0 mill downtime and a successful project finish· Worked with paper machine operations group in the US to analyze production data to choose impactful wet end upgrades / modifications / renovations that brought immediate results· Acted as a technical lead for a US mill for a headbox and stock prep upgrade by providing needed paper machine performance data, assisting in technical analysis of the options, and working with 3rd party engineering partners to develop drawings· Worked with a Spanish mill to develop a fiber analysis project for the stock prep area of a paper machine to improve refining and cleaning capabilities· Managed the execution of a lime kiln systems upgrade in a Russian mill to improve overall operational efficiency with 0 safety incidents· Visited customers and trade shows to evaluate established and emerging technology in Finland.· Developed a waste stream filtration system in a Russian mill to reclaim fiber going to the effluent area· Participated in a project audit in a Polish mill to evaluate project execution, effectiveness, and safety

· Provided technical support to department teams to ensure savings in reliability projects.· Used Six Sigma White Belt tools to optimize processes and develop projects· Worked with mill team to develop a safety culture · Lead a team to develop standard work that increased machine reliability· Coordinated vendors/contractors maintain safety while staying on budget and on time for outages

· Worked with mill management to approach projects using Lean Six methodologies· Worked with process engineering and operators to improve fiber inventory management to improve cost· Worked with operators to incorporate daily log activities into the mill’s online trending software· Worked with operators and process engineering to improve outage efficiency

· Worked with lab personnel to analyze data and measure results · Worked with senior scientist to develop design of experiment skills· Learned which paper tests to run to analyze certain product features· Worked with senior scientist to perform statistical analysis to determine measurable results

· Developed skills need to make efficient decisions in pressing situations.· Sought after training for skills needed by the team.· Improved hazard recognition skills by participating in hazard reviews.· Thrived in a multi-cultural environment.

• Learned how to work with a team to effectively outperform company production goals• Worked with quality control to increase line efficiency by reducing rework• Worked with my team to have a clean and safe workplace• Team helped me develop leadership skills to lead a diverse group

· Worked with onsite personnel to monitor chemical usage for the mill· Worked with field representative and operating crews to gather data· Learned how to analyze chemical efficiency and product quality through lab testing

· Worked as a team to analyze kraft cooks for variances· Worked with the pilot plant team in machine operations, thermos-mechanical pulping, and bleaching operations· Worked with professors to understand the variables that affect paper properties.