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Utah

• Full accountability for performance of 400 staff at surface mine producing salt and plant nutrition products to protect and feed people.
• Cultivating cooperative, trustful relationships in a self directed team environment.
• Designed and executed maintenance, operations, and reliability improvement projects with focus on optimizing operational effectiveness and production efficiency and cost control.

Towanda, PA

• Provided direction to large plant manufacturing electronics materials, including management of operating and capital budgets and promotion of meticulous safety and maintenance operations.
• Full accountability for performance of 400 staff, as well as cultivating cooperative, trustful relationships in a self directed team environment.
• Designed and executed maintenance, operations, and reliability improvement projects with focus on optimizing operational effectiveness and production efficiency and cost control.

Richmond, Virginia Area

• Operational leader for largest DuPont plant globally, including oversight of 2,100 multi-functional staff, control of large operating and capital budgets, and ability to use Lean manufacturing, DuPont Production.
• Spearheaded operations related to manufacture of Nomex®, Kevlar®, and Tyvek® product businesses with each having staff of 600+.
• Turned around highly contentious union work environment to one that values cooperation, collaboration, and team work.
• Held accountable for additional responsibilities over 9-month time period as Regional Operations Director with accountability for four additional manufacturing sites for company’s Protection Systems business within.
• Established 90-year best-ever safety performance record within plant, while maintaining high quality production operations and meeting all business objectives.
• Outstanding community and industry-based relations. Served as Board Member of Virginia Manufacturers Association.

Houston, Texas Area

• Provided direction to large plant with multiple high hazard product businesses, including management of operating and capital budgets and promotion of meticulous safety and maintenance operations.
• Full accountability for performance of 700 staff, as well as cultivating cooperative, trustful unionized labor relations.
• Designed and executed extensive maintenance, operations, and reliability improvement project with focus on optimizing operational effectiveness and production efficiency and cost control; implemented lean manufacturing.
• Represented plant and company with industry professionals, community leaders, and elected officials within region, serving as Member, East Harris County Manufacturers Association from 2010-2013 and Chairman in 2012.

Parkersburg, West Virginia Area

• Managed and led high hazard unit with multiple product businesses of high-growth Teflon® products, including recruitment, training, and retention of approximately 600 staff, budget formation / control, and unit.
• Delivered significant amount of additional product pounds to sold-out business through use of Lean manufacturing tools and techniques.
• Boosted plant’s efficiency and productivity by introducing data-based decision making that followed Six Sigma concepts and best practices.
• Led execution of multi-faceted environmental capital improvement project that was critical in introducing complex controls that ensured business prosperity.CAREER NOTEBuilt highly successful career with DuPont by.

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering