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Warren Technical Center, Warren, Michigan

Duties:Act as a liaison between Manufacturing and IT for the Global Maintenance organization of General Motors. Work with global and regional maintenance leaders to envision maintenance strategies, and how to implement them in the common maintenance management application – Maximo. Also responsible for numerous additional applications supporting other manufacturing and non-manufacturing business functions. Responsible for leading the Plant Productivity Systems group consisting of 11 Business and Senior Business Analysts. Lead staff meetings, coordinated annual project/portfolio planning, and performed all HR functions. Experience Highlights:• Salvaged a troubled global migration from Maximo version 4.1 to version 7.1 for 40+ North American manufacturing plants.• Increased my group’s contribution to IT ROI from $1.8M to more than $54M in just two years.• Assisted with the implementation of a global common business process for a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS).• Managed the processes required to integrate General Motors Components Holdings (GMCH) IT infrastructure and applications into the common suite of GM manufacturing applications.• Presently performing the role of Sr. Business Analyst in General Motors’ global migration from Maximo version 7.1 to version 7.6 including the implementation of a new, globally common business process.

Warren Technical Center, Warren, Michigan

Duties:Oversee the manufacturing IT operations at six to ten North American assembly, stamping, and powertrain plants for General Motors. Implement global common systems, infrastructure, and applications in support of GM’s Global Manufacturing System. Manage a group of IT Plant Managers – one for each plant, and up until 2009, one manager specializing in idling operations at closed plants. Manage all operations to an aggressive set of manufacturing metrics while also overseeing the integration of IT systems with global product launches and systems deployments. Assist in the career development and advancement of IT Plant Managers. For a brief time, managed the interface between GMNA’s Manufacturing and Labor IT Operations with GM’s Worldwide Facilities Group North American Region. Experience Highlights:- Managed several assembly, stamping, and powertrain plants with an annual operations budget of over $30 million, and IT assets totaling over 25,000.- Oversaw the IT portion of the project to amalgamate CAMI Automotive Manufacturing into the GM business and operations models upon its purchase in 2011.- Oversaw the Brownfield Architecture Conversion for the Spring Hill Manufacturing site converting all legacy Saturn systems to global common GM systems while launching the Chevy Traverse.- Oversaw the IT portion of the successful launches of the Chevy Traverse, Buick LaCrosse, Chevy Malibu, Hummer H3T, Chevy Volt, Chevy Camaro, Buick Regal, and Cadillac XTS.- Oversaw the deployment of a host of global common systems at my plants including GEPICS, GSIP, GPMC, GTS, QAS, GDIS, and others.- Renegotiated the global service contract between GM and Sprint Nextel for the Custom Network Solutions (CNS) sites in 2009. - Lead the manufacturing process area of M&L IT for the GM Restructuring Project to divest the Hummer brand during the GM bankruptcy filing of 2009/2010.

Flint Assembly Plant, Flint, Michigan

Duties: Comprehensive management of all elements of the IT Plant Manager role. Included management of an out-sourced IT service provider model with EDS, AT&T, HP, and others. Also included daily interface with plant Staff and all departments to support daily production and quality goals. Regularly managed and participated in major systems deployments, hardware refreshes and software releases, change control management, management of production critical incidents, and daily systems management for all the IT needs of the plant’s user community. Developed a very thorough understanding of all IS&S manufacturing common systems and their use and criticality for plant production processes. Experience Highlights:- Deployment of PFCN Common Architecture and associated firewalls- Implementation of the Wavepoint hardware refresh and later dot releases- Migration of COSS to GEP for two assembly lines over one shutdown- Implementation of RF EPS, and later migration to WhereNet pendant solution- Migration to centralized Flex model from local mainframe model- Migration to centralized Maximo model- Support of pilots and proof-of-concept programs for multiple systems- Frequent support of the plant as a subject matter expert on power distribution systems, their maintenance, and incident recovery

Flint Assembly Plant, Flint, Michigan

Leadership of a group of permanent and contract electrical engineers covering all areas of the plant including Body Shop, Paint Shop, General Assembly, Systems, and Infrastructure. Execution of all aspects of leadership including work assignments, scheduling, training coordination, evaluations, salary determinations, disciplining, interviewing, mentoring, and more. Experience Highlights:Year 2000 (Y2K) Site Coordinator.GMT800 and GMT560 Product Launches: Lead electrical engineer for implementation of the following information systems during two successive product launches: - Common Operator Support System - Quality Andon System - Production Monitoring and Control - Product Routing and Tracking - Common Quality Information System - Electronic Pull System - Production Pull System - Plant Wired and Wireless LAN InfrastructureDirect supervisor of all plant systems engineers responsible for implementation and maintenance of systems. Primary plant interface to IT. Other Responsibilities:Resident subject matter expert on medium-voltage power distribution systems, grounding, electrical safe work practices, and electrical power systems maintenance practices. Responsible for development and implementation of Plant Engineering Change Control Procedure. Lead Plant Engineer for controls and systems integration for the GMT800 and GMT560 re-engineering efforts (post-launch). Acting site coordinator for fire protection system inspections and maintenance, and all class III and IV laser installations. Training Coordinator for Plant Engineering. Responsible for all Paragraph 183 negotiations between plant management and UAW management regarding contracted labor. Key technical consultant for implementation of a common approach to Paragraph 71 (Overtime Equalization) tracking and management. Fifth-year thesis advisor for multiple Kettering University Fifth-Year Seniors.

Nao Worldwide Facilities Group, Flint, Michigan

Duties:Responsible for coordination and implementation of projects involving plant utilities, HVAC systems, plant proprietary and security systems, Fire & Watch systems, and plant utility SCADA systems. Included both new construction and maintenance of existing systems. Responsibilities included: coordination with A/E firms, OEMs, vendors, and suppliers; management of project installation and maintenance activities; interfacing with Worldwide Purchasing, in-plant Financial and Purchasing organizations, GM-UAW Health & Safety, and skilled trades organizations; development of technical specifications, estimates, appropriation requests, and other supporting documentation. Major Project Responsibilities:Specific major projects included: coordination of WFG Flint Region plants for the PCB transformer abatement project including Flint Truck Assembly, Bay City Powertrain, Flint Metal Fabricating, and Flint V8 Engine; replacement of the secondary switchgear section of Substation D2 at Flint Truck Assembly and associated groundbreaking work on installation of new DeviceNet-based power monitoring SCADA system; coordination of primary and secondary switchgear maintenance programs for WFG Flint Region plants (21 plants in region); investigation and implementation of a medium voltage cable coating compound to extend the life of installed distribution cables; development and implementation of first regional blanket purchase ordering system for electrical equipment maintenance services in support of the GM corporate specification EMM-1.

Clcd Group, Flint, Michigan

Duties:Responsible for design, installation, start-up, and de-bug of electrical systems including process controls, operator interfaces, lighting systems, environmental reclamation equipment, facilities systems, and low and medium voltage power distribution systems. Required to maintain strict adherence to corporate and government standards, codes, and ordinances. Major Project Responsibilities:Lead or participated in a large number of projects during this period. Two of the most notable were an automated aluminum piston vertical mill in the Bedford, Indiana casting facility, and the complete renovation and centralized automation of the Flint 3800 V6 Engine Plant HVAC system. Developed experience with the following systems: - Low and Medium Voltage Power Distribution & System Coordination - Energy Management Systems & Electronic Power Metering Systems (SCADA) - Programmable Logic Controllers & Program Documentation Systems - AC and DC Variable Speed Drives & Servo Motor Controllers - Robot Controllers, Interfaces & Weld Controllers - Operator Interface Systems (HMIs) - Solid State Protective Devices - IEC and NEMA Equipment Standards - Drafting Software (CADAM & AutoCad) - Factory Integration Software (Distributed Control and MIS systems) - Process Modeling (Simulation)

Buick Motor Division, Flint, Michigan

Spent work semesters in a number of manufacturing and assembly plants at the Flint Buick City site including the Buick City Assembly Plant, Flint V6 Engine, Hydra-Matic Transmission Component Plants 31 & 81, Powertrain Component Plants 05 & 10, Delco Coil Spring Plant 03, and Delphi Plastic Injection Molding Plant 09. Participated in process engineering groups, maintenance, SPC activities, Personnel, Quality of Worklife groups, and finally in Facilities Engineering. Wrote undergraduate thesis after settling in the Facilities Engineering Department.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba)

Activities and Societies: Graduate Thesis: The Personal, Communal, and Corporate Impact of Business Failure and Capital Flight

Bachelor Of Science, Electrical And Electronics Engineering

Activities and Societies: Eta Kappa Nu Electrical Engineering Honor Society; Undergraduate Thesis: Process Emulation for Design.