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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 System, and Six Sigma to maximize operational and production quality, efficiency, and cost control.• 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 Northeast region.• 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 best practices within unwelcoming union environment.• 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 maintenance and safety.• 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 serving with distinction in several earlier positions, including Fluorochemicals Unit Manager and Teflon® Production Superintendent / Teflon® PSM & Quality Leader, as well as Engineer, Operator, and Mechanic.

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Mechanical Engineering

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