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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

• Managed a portfolio of 30 external suppliers under the Collins Avionics strategic business unit• Responsible for $50M+ spend across various commodities: Mechanical, Interconnect, PWB, Build-To-Print, Commercial Off-The-Shelf• Experienced with rigorous levels of RCCA and ZDP methodologies, successfully led a supplier improvement plan that drove top level yield from 0% to 75%+ and reduced YoY internal turn backs by 40%, resulting in cost savings of over $350,000 per year

Coralville, Iowa, United States

• Maintained relationships with internal stakeholders to build value and trust in producing results that met and exceeded end customer satisfaction by maintaining an average DPMO of 7.0 and 99%+ OTD• Supported both third party and internal audits to help identify process and documentation gaps and drove RCCA plans to maintain compliance to AS9100 and ISO-9001 standards

Coralville, Iowa, United States

• Worked under a cross-functional operations team supporting 8 automated SMT (Surface Mount Technology) build lines capable of producing upwards of 1 million part placements per day in a high mix, low volume CCA build environment• Communicated and trained inspectors to build awareness and drive consistency towards workmanship standards

Waterloo-Cedar Falls Area

• SME for PDMLink tractor assembly management for both Large and Utility Tractor engineering teams• Supported F9 pilot program for Configured Product Visualization toolset integrating both Creo and PDMLink• Member of John Deere Top Performers Forum

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Technology Management

Associate Of Arts And Sciences - Aas, Computer Aided Design - Mechanical Engineering Technology