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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States

Port Everglades

Caribbean Region

Houston Texas

• Conceived and brought to fruition this property investment firm involved in the wholesaling, renovation, and resale of residential real estate within the Houston metro area.

Malaysia

Directed the day-to-day and strategic activities of 9 direct reports, 93 managers/supervisors and 1800+ full time stevedoring staff for the yard, gate, warehouse, tugs/pilots, engineering and marine operations. Oversaw a $400 million annual operations budget. • Completed over 20 improvement projects, all on/under budget, using Lean and Six Sigma methods, generating an overall 11% operational cost savings. • Directed the design, planning, and project execution of a terminal expansion strategy, increasing ship-to-shore (STS) crane capacity from 44 to 52 STS units, on an expanded quay.• Realized an initial $4.2M savings within 6 months and $7.4M savings annually thereafter with implementation of the first-ever SLAs with defined KPIs.• Captured $1.6M in storage fees by accurately tracking extended storage times on containers.• Reduced out-of-service equipment by 75% using manufacturers’ mechanics to train local maintenance staff.• Dropped accidents by 9% with empowerment of the safety manager, a safety culture mindset, root cause investigations, and union cooperation with the programs.• Lowered equipment needs with a pooling arrangement and identified standby equipment addressing breakdowns within 15 minutes to the previous 50 minutes.• Saved a combined $31M in CAPEX expenses through rightsizing and aggressive negotiations in purchase of lighter equipment with capabilities to meet work demands.• Increased productivity by 2.9 movements per hour (MPH) with improved traffic flows and productivity bonuses.

Algeciras Spain

Managed a staff of 7 direct reports, 123 full time staff and a pool of ~ 1800 stevedores, along with OPEX and CAPEX budgets of €180 million and €130 million respectively for yard, gate, warehouse, and marine operations for this 2-million, twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) capacity facility. • Led a series of Process Excellence and Lean Six Sigma initiatives with bonus incentives, Green Belt certifications, and others for improved employee/labor relations, safety, and productivity.• Planned and drove over a €130 million in CAPEX projects to re-design and expand the terminal with 5 new cranes and a revise rail head. Upgraded/relocated equipment and terminal flow during expansion.• Saved a combined €9 million annually through innovative methods that reduced the cost per move by €3 and €1.5 on an aggregate 4 million moves.• Maintained terminal cost/productivity for 9 months in 2011 with the terminal capacity over 110% without diverting any customer cargo.• Reduced cost by 17% in 2010, 15% in 2011 and 11% in 2012. During that period, increased productivity by 2.7 MPH.• Overhauled the safety program replacing the incumbent manager with an assertive professional who engaged union participation through Kaizen projects and good behavior awards. Went from 1 fatality per 9 months to 1 fatality in 4 years.• Realized $6M in savings through a global 20-manager committee sharing and implementing best practices across a broad scope of productivity, safety, and equipment maintenance initiatives.• Designed the Maersk Line SLA with first-time joint accountabilities providing a win-win in improved productivity and lower costs for both entities.

Houston, Texas

Directed 24 terminal operations staff and ~ 300 ILA employees, while managing a $31 million labor budget for a 300,000 TEU facility. Served in a labor relations role and as a member of the contract negotiations committee. Coordinated operations with the USCG, CBP, ICE, and USDA, as well as local port officials, customers and vendors. • Reduce overall costs by 14% in 2007 and 17% in 2008 through improved work process, which increased productivity by 2.2 mph in 2007 and 2.4 mph in 2008.• Established a reputation as a “fair broker” in union grievance issues resolving multiple problems without escalations, while maintaining compliance with the labor contract. • Sliced management staff turnover by 71% through a more selective hiring process along with work schedules providing a better work life balance.• Achieved the highest SSE audit score in North America and “Safety for Life” terminal award in 2007 through extensive training in investigations, firefighting, first responder, rigging certification, and general safety focus.

Apapa Nigeria

Due to demonstrated result-generating abilities, requested by the President of North American Operations, to lead a team of four directors to establish structure in the newly acquired terminal with a history of low productivity and high fatality rates.• Negotiated with tribal chiefs, obtaining their backing, which facilitated the success of project initiatives.• Worked with the management on the redesign the terminal layout for equipment and development of safety and operations training.• Immediately stopped pedestrians being hit by trucks and equipment by providing air-conditioned busses, to workers and others, eliminating foot traffic within the work area. • Slashed fatalities from one soul every three weeks to zero for over a year with an intense safety program that included employee buy-in, work process changes, equipment and site inspection, root cause investigations, and hazard mitigation efforts.

Houston Texas

Denver Colorado

Managed the intermodal activities in the Denver and Salt Lake Region. Assured truck and rail transfers were dispatched and moved in accordance with customers needs. Met with key clients such as Case Logic, Con-Agra, Coors, IBM, and Soloflex to assure the intermodal needs were assessed and applieid to the sales contracts. Continuous contact with clients assuring the needs were met and service was consistently improved.Transitioned to Houston when the local function was consolidated to one central location to handle national intermodal for the US Region.

Greater Memphis Area

Worked as Assistant Terminal Manager assuring hiring and compliance with Owner Operator over the road truck drivers. Brought up compliance with DOT from less than 40% to over 95% within the first three months with operator training and oversight. Oversaw the the dispatch and gate operations for the yard. Settled any driver payroll, safety, compliance issues as they arose and was proactive with the known issues to avoid them for the future.

Memphis Tennessee

Part time nights and weekends whill at BTT

Melbourne Florida

Bachelor’S Degree

Activities and Societies: PSE - Marketing group Vice President ATO Fraternity

Hrci - Executive Education, Leadership And Strategic Management

Emba, Business Administration And Management

Executive leadership, finance, economics, change leadership, corporate strategy, mergers and acquisitions