* Directs and oversees the organization's material management policies, objectives, and initiatives. Responsible for purchase of raw materials, supplies, and equipment.* Provide management and direction to a global supply chain including: selection of suppliers, contract negotiations, product quality, and supplier performance.* Responsible for leading the global sourcing and overall supply chain strategy to support continued growth.* Provide clear visibility and mitigation plans to any potential inventory threats or opportunities.

Provide the leadership, management and vision necessary to ensure the proper operational controls, administrative and reporting procedures, and people systems in place to effectively grow the organization and to ensure financial strength and operating efficiency.• Provide strategic and day-to-day management of the manufacturing operations, with a focus on execution and improvement.• Formulate and recommend manufacturing policies and programs that guide the organization in improving its competitive position and profitability of the operation.• Minimize cost of production through labor efficiency, continuous improvement projects and the application of technology in manufacturing processes.• Ongoing assessment of people, process, technology to ensure capabilities are in place to deliver on growth plans.• Manage workforce staffing plan and hours/capacity utilization to minimize labor costs, while meeting production requirements.• Oversee the timely execution of production schedules based on priorities established by sales requirements and plant capacity.

Responsible for managing the overall growth of the business through strategic planning and implementation of operational improvements to increase profitability. Provide the overall organizational leadership and direction. Responsible for overseeing the planning, development, and execution of policies and programs to achieve organizational objectives including: the organization’s overall sales, financial, customer service, human resources, physical assets (i.e. buildings, equipment, etc.), P&L, quality and compliance results. Act as the visible model of leadership, managerial excellence, and integrity.• Developed the strategic plan for short and long-term growth and profitability, which increased bookings by 78.2% and shipments by 62.9%.• Champion company culture around safety and ensure that all programs met expectations.• Establish product pricing strategy and guidelines for the sales organization. Identified new target customers and ensure that unmet customer needs and concerns are addressed.• Ensured that all team members understand their respective roles and responsibilities; drive down sense of accountability, urgency and flexibility to all levels. Increased average conversation dollars per hour by 10.4%.• Systematized, streamline and implement work flows and work processes across the entire organization to provide the visibility and metrics required to facilitate analysis of operations and ensure sustainable improvements in performance. Reduced accounts receivable by 51.1% and average days by 14.5%.

Working with the president in developing organizational effectiveness by establishing methods for performance optimization. Serve on the company’s Board of Advisors. • Developed the annual operating plan for the fiscal year.• Work on internal programs, frameworks, proposals and solutions at the direction of management.• Introduce sustainable improvement to existing processes and services such as manufacturing optimization, quality methods, and cost optimization.• Identify risks/issues and elicit countermeasures – capital equipment and employee capabilities.

Vice President of Operations (2010 to 2016)Director of Operations (1999 to 2009)Reported to the CEO, formulated, drove, and delivered business strategies for global network of six plants and 250 employees. Created and deployed global manufacturing business objectives, policies and programs integrated with functional areas of the supply chain – engineering, planning, sourcing, production, and delivery, including materials, inventory management, and logistics. • Participated in Growth Business Council to maximize performance & profitability by establishing business strategy, allocating capital and resources, acquiring new businesses, and managing product lifecycles. Set the strategic plan, talent acquisition and M&A. • Provided leadership to new product development project teams. Accelerated time-to-market by 30% and reduced project costs by 25%. • Drove value creation including revenue enhancement, cost reductions, working capital improvements and better capital project development and execution. Experienced company growth of 107% over 17 years. • Led cross-functional team that achieved MRP II “Class A” certification by Oliver Wight. • Led operations involvement in all mergers and acquisitions resulting in acquisition of three businesses. • Managed international operations in China, Sweden, India, Italy, and the Philippines.• Held P&L responsibility for Bird Service Center.Grew revenue to record levels in each of the last two years.• Established cost reduction program that realized over $13.5M savings in product costs and improved profit margins by over 7%.• Reduced inventory by 25% through establishing a “Prime Source” program. Objectives included supplier partnerships, Kanbans, outsourcing and floor stock programs.• Improved employee productivity by 40% by implementing lean manufacturing, work cells, Kaizen, and continuous process improvement.

Reported to President, responsible (P&L) for the business designing, manufacturing, marketing, and servicing particulate control equipment.• Directed and ensured profitability of Controls division. Defined divisional objectives and developed strategies to promote quality products and services. • Increased service revenue by 21% and spares revenue by 30% by establishing maintenance agreements and revising the service policy and customer contracts.• Managed team tasked with selection of new manufacturing facility. Researched locations, finalized contract, supervised construction, developed layout, established services and coordinated move.• Transferred manufacturing of transformer/rectifier product line from South Boston, VA.

Reported to President, responsible for optimizing manufacturing operations in multi-plant environment, growing sales and improving profitability of the ATS division.• Led team that improved margins 5.2% by removing costs and adjusting product pricing.• Led inventory reduction steering committee that reduced inventory level from $28M to $21M in one year.• Improved on-time delivery from a 44% average per month to 94%.• Reduced RMA turnaround time from 151 days average to 14 days.• Spearheaded cost-reduction initiatives that reduced labor costs by 19%, overtime by 31% and material waste by 36% through lean and continuous improvement initiatives.

Reported to Division VP. Managed new product introduction, test engineering, documentation and product support engineering. Managed expense budget and capital budget.• Implemented automated testing in production, leading to a $140K cost savings per year in testing costs.• Transferred an in-building distribution production facility in from Vancouver.• Led manufacturing efforts to complete the ISO 9001 certification process within one year on first attempt.• Developed capacity planning program to determine manpower requirements for production.

Managed the manufacturing engineering, facilities engineering, maintenance, safety and security functions. Administered expense and capital budgets.• Revitalized mid-‘60’s manufacturing environment into world class 1990’s facility by implementing team directed and demand flow (Lean) manufacturing technologies, resulting in reduction in cycle time from three weeks to three days, enhanced quality and improved customer service.• Generated over $800K per year in operating expense savings by focusing on process improvements and competitive outsourcing.• Coordinated transfer of $10M antenna line to Dallas and $30M micro-cell line in from Chicago.

Reporting to the Engineering Manager, supervised the Industrial Engineers and Technicians at the Harrisonburg and Weyers Cave locations. Responsible for improving the productivity and efficiency of the assembly, plating and warehousing operations.

Industrial Engineering staff position reporting to the Industrial Engineering Manager. Responsible for the electronic assembly and printed circuit board fabrication areas.