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Lincolnshire, Illinois

Improve External QPPM by 70% heading a 100 QPPM project globallyInteract with customers globally to enhance their quality and throughput.Proactively address and solve specific and systemic failing.Collaborate with internal and external technical staff, Quality and accounting to improve quality and throughput.Manage and oversee warranty departments globally. Improve response time and information to improve customer experience, correcting nonconformances and application related issues. Proactively work with customers, production and design to improve performance of Hydraforce products and applications.

Vernon Hills, Illinois

Review and remedy system issues with key customers to improve performance and delivery. Including design, process changes and training to best practices.

Lincolnshire, Il

Oversee the operations of 3 production facitlitiesDirectly supervise Plant, Facilities, Manufacturing and Engineering managersIncrease throughput significantly while improving first pass yield and customer QPPM, using Shainin, six sigma and theory of constraints rigorouslyCreate and maintain personnel policies and manufacturing standardsImprove productivity through effective problem solving, process management, improved product design, and departmental communication.Report directly to President and interact with Board of Directors as needed.Plan strategy to meet annual growth and improve deliveryDevelop annual budget while controlling spending,Lead and participate in kaizen projects to optimize plant throughput.·Mentor engineers through DMAIC, establishing proper key performance indicators (KPI) and directing activities.·Meet with executives to present information concerning production, applications and customer issues.·Assure launch of breakthrough and platform products to market.Keep informed with current and upcoming legislation, market opportunities, technical and environmental changes.

·Supervise degreed engineers-Maintenance manager·Lead quality teams in kaizen projects to optimize plant throughput.·Mentor engineers through DMAIC, establishing proper key performance indicators (KPI) and directing activities.·Responsible for fourteen product groups producing ·Compile capital budget for production, training, testing and growth. ·Oversee capital projects. All projects completed within budget and schedule.·Meet with executives to present information concerning production, applications and customer issues.·Collaborate with design and sales to launch over 84 new products per formal APQP process.

Work with UAW associates in parts manufacturing, stamping.Establish Preventive Maintenance for stamping equipment.Design tooling.Quality team leader: improved throughput, ergonomics and reduced waste.Increased production capacity by 22% on blanking press by improving machine design and developing a new economic quantity production system in line with JIT production methodConduct line tries and designed experiments for best production processes and materials.

Die design Create metallurgical evaluation program in QBASIC and Data Ease to evaluate incoming material.Conduct Designed Experiments to select best materials and setups.Establish required material specifications.

Mba, Leadership

B.S., Industrial Automation, Physics

Activities and Societies: ISU Rugby Team, ASME, Physics Club