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Venice, Fl, Us

Markt Einersheim, Bayern, De

New York, New York, Us

As a part of the corporate leadership team, I lead the development and execution of the corporation’s capital strategy and plan. I developed and executed the companies automation strategy across multiple phases of packaging and cultivation. Lead the engineering organization through company mergers and acquisitions. • Established and lead a respected design engineering team.• Lead the design and development process for cultivation, processing and dispensary locations.• Directed the design and build of the Ohio cultivation and processing site. $13M• Directed the build-out of the Massachusett cultivation facility. $11M• Developed the design of the Kentucky CBD processing facility. $4M• Lead the development of the Florida cultivation and processing facilities. $30M• Identified and lead the standardization of the cultivation controls platform. • Standardized the dispensary design process, reducing design cost and timeline.• Developed the overall corporate strategy for packaging automation utilizing robotics.• Established key equipment and vendors partnerships.

I lead the development and reorganization of the corporate engineering department. Developed and directed the overall startegy for bakery automation and moderization. Developed and lead the implementaion of the corporate capital plan. Established engineering and sanitation design standards for the company.• Lead the development of packaging automation of baked goods, utilizing state of the art robot systems saving the company over $50M annually.• Directed the resdesign and retrofit of a purchased bakery, eliminating 110 headcount through automation.• Directed the design and development of a new high production baking line for sweet goods production.• Lead the process innovation of multiple baking lines to reduce headcount and improve overall quality.• Lead the development and implementation of high speed wrapping syatems at multiple locations.• Directed the implementation of over $250M in capital projects.• Directed the capital development for multiple new peoduct introductions.• Lead the capiatl review process.• Established strategic relationships with key vendors and suppliers.• Developed and executed the the capital equipment specifications and documentation for all new purchases.

Frisco, Texas, Us

As a member of the corporate leadership team I led the activities of the corporate engineering department across four large manufacturing facilities. Managed the design and construction of a new frozen distribution center and complete retrofit of an existing manufacturing facility, including the addition of new utilities and the reconfiguration of existing utilities for the manufacture of FDA and USDA products. Installed two high speed tortilla baking lines, and two high speed USDA frozen Mexican Food manufacturing lines. - Set strategic direction for the engineering process- Consulted on strategic direction for manufacturing processes and design- Consulted with corporate R&D on system designs and processes- Established procedures and protocol for project management- Prepared executive level presentations and project reviews

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

Senior leader in the development and execution of Kroger Manufacturing’s $250+MM capital strategy and vision. This plan excompasses all of Kroger’s 32 manufacturing plants.Directed the development and execution of the overall manufacturing strategy and supply chain efficiency.• Led the reorganization of the corporate project engineering team combing four engineering teams into one centralized technical team. This team executes over 75 capital projects across all 32 of the company’s manufacturing facilities, along with the construction of new facilities and expansions to existing facilities. • Responsible for leading the project engineering process and the overall management and development of the corporate equipment and construction standards.• Directed the Corporate Industrial Engineering and Supply Chain Engineering team.• Responsible for the development of the coprporate startegy for manufacturing. Determining where products should be produced to minimize the total delivered cost to our customers.• Led the new technology development process for packaging and process systems.• Partnered crossfunctionally with business units across the organization on new innovations to the industry. • Skilled at utilizing external resources to supplement the company’s engineering and development needs.• Accountable for the ongoing development and succession planning for engineering. • Shut down 3 manufacturing facilities and relocated production to existing facilities.• Directed the Development of strategic projects ranging from $500,000 to $90,000,000.• Directed, all capital purchasing contracts and documentation. • Negotiated key vendor contracts and oversaw all legal capital purchasing documentation.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

Senior leader of the Bakery and Deli corporate operations team. Directed the activities of the Bakery and Deli Division engineering organizations. Led the capital strategy development process and 3 year capital planning. Directed the plants engineering managers in all facets of maintenance management and assetreliability. Led the division project engineers and project management process in executing the capital startegy for all 8 manufacturing plants.• Developed the capital strategy for the bakery and deli division. Directed the 3 year capital strategy.• Directed the bakery project engineers in the execution of the division’s capital strategy across 8 manufacturing locations. • Led the integrated maintenance program within the bakery and deli division.• Developed a crossfunctional strategy to balance the project engineering resources across all divisions.• Developed the strategic vision to eliminate costs in our manufacturing plants using lean concepts and automation changes.• Directed the plant engineers in developing action plans and corrective action to increase overall maintanence effectiveness. • Conducted regular audits of the plants maintenance departments to evaluate key performance indicators.

West Bridgewater, Ma, Us

Greater Chicago Area, Il, Us

Bs, Manufacturing Engineering / Minor - Physics

Mba/Hrm, Business/Human Resource Management