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United States

My consulting practice delivers real results for all stakeholders; Customers, Investors and Employees. We do this by avoiding the pitfalls that plague most improvement initiatives. We do this by:1. Diagnosing the real issues looking at the current state of business processes/operations AND the cultural and behavioral issues.2. Finding the high leverage.

Greater San Diego Area

• Led turnaround of San Diego Site from a target for divestment to the Cobham Site with the fastest rate of revenue growth (+20% CAGR). Developed and implemented course corrections for a Lean Implementation, initiated by.
• Increased on-time to promise (OTTP) from 60% to all-time highs in the mid-90%!
• Productivity increased +20%, which included a 45% reduction in overtime.
• 25% reduction in WIP inventory
• Repetitive motion injuries reduced by 85%
• Improved service earned sole-source positions on key programs which is leading to revenue growth from $155 million (2012) to $300 million in 2020.

• Initiated and led material and process developments that broke through widely accepted barriers in structural composites processing.
• Developed and managed creative process development relationships with larger supplier partners (Bayer Material Science, Krauss-Maffei, Weber Tooling, et.al.).
• Reduced part to part time from 48 hours to 60 minutes and developed steps needed to achieve target of 10-15 minutes for structural composite parts
• Structural composites stripped half the weight of metal parts that were significant part of achieving EPA rating of 206 MPGe.

• Turned around failed Lean implementation, re-built entire Operations Team, established strategic supply chain programs, and led first successful automation of the entire Club Assembly process.
• Recovered $60 million of past due orders and reached highest fill rates.
• $34 million in direct & indirect savings increased margins 5% and $0.30 in earnings per share.
• Developed Strategic Supply Chain relationships that led to improved supply and significant value creation for both partners.
• Assembly Safety, Quality and Customer Order Turnaround Times reach record performance

• CHEMICAL INDUSTRY Client (Rohm & Haas):
• Increased plant capacity by 25% without adding capital.
• Increased plant annual profit by $13 million.
• Deferred planned capital investment for 7 years.
• Lone project to win both Vice-President’s business award and the corporate TQM award.PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY Client (Novopharm): Implemented pull system from supply-base, all factories, through distribution
• Reduced inventory $26 million (20%),