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Worked 269 projects with a total hard and soft savings of over $485 million. 5,984 Belts trained, with 1,354 projects mentored. Instructed 44 Black Belt, 6 DfSS, 157 Green Belt, 6 Master Black Belt, 3 Lean Master, and 48 Lean Practitioner waves. Conducted 57 of these waves virtually using Zoom, WebEx, or Teams. Taught 157 Yellow Belt classes and 16 Root Cause Analysis classes. Facilitated 6 Project Identification and Selection Workshops and 132 LSS Awareness sessions. Authored 5 Black Belt, 2… Show more Worked 269 projects with a total hard and soft savings of over $485 million. 5,984 Belts trained, with 1,354 projects mentored. Instructed 44 Black Belt, 6 DfSS, 157 Green Belt, 6 Master Black Belt, 3 Lean Master, and 48 Lean Practitioner waves. Conducted 57 of these waves virtually using Zoom, WebEx, or Teams. Taught 157 Yellow Belt classes and 16 Root Cause Analysis classes. Facilitated 6 Project Identification and Selection Workshops and 132 LSS Awareness sessions. Authored 5 Black Belt, 2 DfSS, 4 Green Belt, 2 VOC, 1 QbD, 1 LSS for Pharma, 1 Lean Fundamentals, 1 Lean Master, 1 Lean Sensei, 1 Statistics with Minitab, 1 Kaizen Fundamentals, and 1 Root Cause Analysis curriculums. Conducted 9 Kaizen Events and 1 LSS Train the Trainer. Show less

Austin, Tx

Perform training, consulting and coaching services through instructor led training, kaizen events, and indiviualized sessions.

Mentored 49 projects with a total hard and soft savings of over $80 million. Engagement Leader for 2 Fortune 500 companies. Awarded the companies “Robinson Crusoe” award (for service excellence, while alone on an island, with no support) in 2007. Trained 8 Black Belt waves, 2 Lean Master waves, and 2 Green Belt waves. These waves included Lean Six Sigma for Service (1 BB/1 GB), Design for Lean Six Sigma (3 BB/0 GB) and Lean Six Sigma for Manufacturing (4 BB/1 GB). Conducted 4 Kaizen Events, 2… Show more Mentored 49 projects with a total hard and soft savings of over $80 million. Engagement Leader for 2 Fortune 500 companies. Awarded the companies “Robinson Crusoe” award (for service excellence, while alone on an island, with no support) in 2007. Trained 8 Black Belt waves, 2 Lean Master waves, and 2 Green Belt waves. These waves included Lean Six Sigma for Service (1 BB/1 GB), Design for Lean Six Sigma (3 BB/0 GB) and Lean Six Sigma for Manufacturing (4 BB/1 GB). Conducted 4 Kaizen Events, 2 Project Identification and Selection Workshops, 2 VOC/QFD classes and 2 Executive Training sessions. Authored a 1-week VOC/QFD curriculum. Show less

Trained in the DMAIC and DFSS methodologies. Implemented, sustained, and lead highly focused Six Sigma initiatives within the Tyco Safety Products SBU. Software related projects included an Automated Test Suite that saved $284k per year and reduced testing from 8 man-months to 12 hours. Additional concurrent responsibilities included the globalization of all R&D software code, defect tracking, builds, and release management for nine sites worldwide and the isolation of all TSP-W R&D labs from… Show more Trained in the DMAIC and DFSS methodologies. Implemented, sustained, and lead highly focused Six Sigma initiatives within the Tyco Safety Products SBU. Software related projects included an Automated Test Suite that saved $284k per year and reduced testing from 8 man-months to 12 hours. Additional concurrent responsibilities included the globalization of all R&D software code, defect tracking, builds, and release management for nine sites worldwide and the isolation of all TSP-W R&D labs from the corporate backbone.Co-Trained 27 Black Belts, and trained 190 Green Belts, and 22 Yellow Belts over 13 different waves. Responsible for mentoring 30 Black Belts and 113 Green Belts. Instructed students in DFSS, DMAIC, and LEAN tool sets, Minitab, Sigma Flow, VarTran, and Decision Capture software packages. Researched the application of Six Sigma to software development and began outlining a course for delivery. Show less

Managed a small SCM group ranging in size from 2 to 5 members depending on conditions. Reduced R&D costs by $4.8 Million over 3 years through a self-directed, aggressive cost reduction and process improvement initiative. Increased productivity for all members of R&D by 4.62%. Decreased time to market by 6.92%. Taught 6 Total Quality Management classes and unsuccessfully introduced Six Sigma to R&D in 1999. Tyco acquired Simplex in 2001.

Instructed classes as a member of the WPI School of Management staff. Taught “Database Application Development” to graduate students and “Business Data Management” to undergraduates for 2 semesters.

Masters, Mba

Activities and Societies: Beta Gamma Sigma, Graduate Policy and Curriculum Committee

Masters, Operations And Information Technology

Activities and Societies: Beta Gamma Sigma

Ba, Political Science & Psychology