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Massachusetts, United States

South Hadley, Massachusetts, US

East Granby, Connecticut, US

Enjoyed multiple bikepacking camping trips, visited with family and reconnected with old friends around the country, hiked to the summit of Mt. Katahdin, survived stage lll colon cancer and chemotherapy, and visited 18 different National Parks, bringing my total now to 45.

Ware, MA, US

- Responsible for developing and leading a team of five engineers and technicians to support day and night shift manufacturing operations along with numerous R&D trials for new products.- Introduced project management and lean six sigma tools along with the DMAIC process to improve manufacturing practices. Championed the Greenbelt certification for each.

Milan, Italy, IT

- Identified and managed multiple capital projects to improve manufacturing throughput and reduce waste in areas throughout the facility. Facilitated multiple kaizen events, introducing and utilizing lean tools where applicable.- Assisted with a plant-wide rollout of an electronic data measurement collection system to facilitate analysis of material usage.

Atlanta, Georgia, US

- Responsible for developing and supporting the Quality and Engineering teams for a new facility designed to manufacture low, medium and high voltage energy cables for the US market. Established and facilitated a culture of continuous improvement and process understanding, and developed a partnership with the local community college to provide six sigma.

St. Augustine, FL, US

Responsible for leading a successful team of eight talented Engineers across three shifts to develop, support and improve manufacturing capabilities of a leading aerospace wire and cable manufacturer. Responsible for overseeing the financial productivity plan as well as R&D Engineering efforts. Supported the Organization as interim Plant Manager for sister.

Houston, Texas, US

- Responsible for championing and sustaining the plant-wide continuous improvement program to deliver over $11.0MM in 2009 cost reductions for a steel tube subsea umbilical cable manufacturing plant.- Facilitated and monitored kaizen and DMAIC project teams to drive labor and material usage savings.- Responsible for identifying and selecting areas for.

Milan, Italy, IT

- Key facilitator for successfully transforming a traditional electronics wire manufacturer into a world class competitive manufacturer and recognized by Industry Week magazine as a Top 10 Best Plant in 2008.- Project manager responsible for organizing and implementing the full physical cellularization of the plant. Led teams to drive numerous process.

Milan, Italy, IT

- Provided technical engineering counsel to the VP of Manufacturing and the associated Business Team.- Responsible for providing technical leadership and support for seven manufacturing plants in the US and Mexico comprising the Communications Cable manufacturing team of General Cable.- Assisted in establishing the framework for the LeanSigma development.

Milan, Italy, IT

- Responsible for performing key roles in engineering the closure of the Cass City, MI plant, and transferring equipment and process knowledge to assist in the expansion of the Jackson, TN plant. This project represented an $11.0MM corporate investment to develop a world class datacom cable manufacturing plant utilizing Lean Manufacturing principles in.

Milan, Italy, IT

- Responsible for evaluating plant manufacturing capacity and production constraints with a focus on implementing operational cost reduction measures. Nearly all projects were self initiated, with several aimed at developing corporate-wide Lean Manufacturing initiatives.- Provided key input in establishing a $1.6MM annual capital budget for developing long.

Milan, Italy, IT

- Responsible for developing and implementing engineering projects to reduce the building wire manufacturing facility's annual $43.5MM ex-metals operating costs by 6% annually.- Projects focused on economically justifying and installing new equipment, upgrading existing equipment and reducing copper and PVC waste. Improvements in production labor.

Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine, FR

- Responsible for organizing and managing several capital equipment projects to meet aggressive installation schedules. Coordinated and directed general contractors and plant maintenance crews.- Projects included installation of category 5e and 6 tandem wire drawing and insulating extrusion lines, fiber optic buffering lines and corrugated armoring.

Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine, FR

- Worked directly with the Quality Assurance department to successfully obtain ISO 9002 registration.- Performed economic cost analyses and justifications for new capital equipment.- Served frequently as Shift Superintendent. Responsible for organizing and managing the production flow for the entire manufacturing floor. Supervised 35 hourly associates.

Bs, Mechanical Engineering

Ba, Physics