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Chicago, IL, US

Chicago, IL, US

• Managed development of the United Secure Software Development Lifecycle for assigning, triaging, and tracking cybersecurity requirements in ServiceNow
• Led company-wide burndown of enterprise vulnerabilities for 60 applications
• Developed vulnerability risk scoring criteria to consolidate, normalize and prioritize application and infrastructure vulnerabilies
• Led effort to modernize United asset management by creating system level traceability in CMDB

Chicago, IL, US

• Led a dedicated team of industrial engineers in Lean redesign of catering facility food manufacturing process with more than 100 frontline employees resulting in one-piece flow and reduction in FTEs
• Managed a portfolio of network-wide Lean and Six Sigma workstreams establishing standard process flows, key metrics, and visual management dashboards through partnership with executive sponsors and collaboration across.
• Grew United’s continuous improvement programs through coaching of green belt candidates and development and delivery of United’s CAP change management course

Greater Chicago Area, IL, US

• Managed operational startup of $30MM production line responsible for all Original Wheat Thins volume in North America to bring first of its kind equipment from start up to >85% overall equipment effectiveness
• Trained 50 hourly union employees in use of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) processes and statistical process control

Greater Chicago Area, IL, US

• Led local process improvement teams in waste reduction initiative resulting in >50% waste reduction on pilot line and >$1MM in annualized savings
• Developed Root Cause Analysis (RCA) process standards and trained employees at all levels in use of RCA and other Lean Six Sigma tools
• Supervised shift production, managing 30 hourly union team members to meet plant cost and delivery targets

Zurich, CH

• Managed team of nine QC technicians to meet quality standards for customers including J&J and Unilever

Leuven, BE

• Reduced defective product by 80% for threaded aluminum bottle line using correlation analysis, hypothesis testing, and collaboration with supplier R&D resources
• Managed black belt projects for strategic development areas in downtime reduction and quality improvement
• Managed aluminum supplier quality to ensure process capability, standardize performance and service expectations, and drive corrective action to abnormalities
• Led teams of suppliers, contractors, and plant maintenance personnel in new line equipment installation and startup as well as extended equipment overhauls

Rapid City, SD, US

Optimized heat-load simulation software to automate time-intensive tasks

Coralville, IA, US

Designed and implemented unique solutions to improve DNA synthesis process through utilization of Computer Aided Design (CAD) software

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Mechanical Engineering

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