Don Ruppenthal Email & Phone Number

Houston, Texas Area

Corpus Optima provides coaching, education, and transformation services based on Superperformance to organizations, project teams, and individuals. Our core values are: Superperformance in Everything We Do, Servant's Heart, Joy in Work, Share the Wealth, and Integrity Counts.

Houston, Texas, United States

Houston, Texas

• Responsibilities include developing a volunteer reporting/on boarding system, increasing volunteer commitment and increasing strategic partnerships.
• Developed and maintained a volunteer onboarding system, which allowed us to track, volunteers hours and increased communication to volunteers.
• Increased overall volunteer hours from less than 80 per week to over 350 per week which resulted in less direct staff needed to run the operation.
• Increases Strategic partnerships in the city for increased volunteer engagement and funding sources

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

• Responsibilities include all manufacturing operations, safety, and purchasing.
• Developed and implemented a new manufacturing resource planning system that resulted in a $300,000 or 15% in process inventory reduction in the first year.
• Established and maintained 10 vendor partnerships which resulted in $ 250,000 in raw material savings per year
• Revamped new safety policies to meet up to date O.S.H.A standards.

Canton, Ohio Area

• Responsibilities include planning/implementing new poverty to self-sufficiency Program in Stark County.
• Researched and developed a new poverty to self-sufficiency program in Stark county Ohio.
• Received 501(c)(3) status and raised $250,000 in operating funds in the first year operation.
• Established 12 key strategic partners in the community for clients and funding sources.
• Graduated 45 clients in year one with 25 getting a job 30 days after graduation.

Canton, Ohio Area

• Responsibilities included organizational improvements through team building and implementation of business philosophies including the following accomplishments.
• Organizational improvements through project management, team building and implementation of business philosophies.
• Supervised a team of 12 direct reports and 5 indirect that included all key areas of ministry in the church.
• Developed a organizational structure and project plan to expand from 1 location to 3. This led to an increase of attendees from 1200 to 2400 in 2 years time and involved over 200 volunteers.
• Developed a volunteer recruitment process that increased our volunteer engagement by 80%

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

• Responsibilities included all aspects of manufacturing including purchasing, process and industrial engineering, and human resources across 4 plants in a high paced consumer product environment. Supervised a team of 7.
• Responsible for a 1.5 million dollar yearly budget and consistently came in at or under budget.
• Led corporate initiatives such as Just in Time Manufacturing concepts that led to over $350,000 in yearly cost improvements.
• Established project control procedures such as project forecasts and cash flow projections.
• Established operational objectives and work plans and delegated assignments to subordinate managers.
• Introduced Design for manufacturing concepts to reduce assembly time and improve quality and time to customer.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

• Responsibilities: Manufacturing/Industrial engineering, maintenance and tool room functions.
• Development of preventative maintenance of all equipment resulting in 30% increase in equipment run time.
• Planning and development of plant layouts and time studies using Methods Time Measurement systems
• Implementation of cost improvement programs resulting in an average of $250,000 yearly savings

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

• Responsibilities included Industrial/Process Engineering, plant security, maintenance, and tool room.
• Implemented new assembly system to improve through put and reduce direct labor cost
• Developed inventory control system for tool room purchases and resulting in $100,000 yearly savings.

Canton, Ohio Area

Process improvementsPlant layoutMethods and Time study analysisCost Reduction syatems

Master'S Degree, Divinity/Ministry

Bsie, Management, Human Resources

Activities and Societies: Delta Sigma Pi- Business Fraternity Society of Manufacturing EngineeringOfficer in Business Fraternity