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Rochester, New York, United States

Assist with manufacturing operation day-to-day activities, provide machine-shop training for new apprentices, perform precision machine shop work as needed, and provide managerial consulting to area staff as needed.

Rochester, New York Area

Manage all aspects of Kodak’s Film Finishing Organization, including 4 direct report supervisors and 165 additional indirect employees. Organization consists of multiple product-specific production areas tasked with the final operations required to convert wide rolls of film into Kodak film products for professional, consumer, and entertainment industry use. Responsibilities encompass the entire organization and include frequent collaboration with corporate management, HR, Safety, Quality, Maintenance, Security, IT, and Site Services.

Supervise the day-to-day operation/activities of Kodak’s Film Finishing business. Daily activities include monitoring, scheduling, and supporting production demands related to the consumer and entertainment industry film products that are slit, perforated, spooled, and packaged. Additional activities include interviewing, hiring, and disciplinary actions for 65 direct-report manufacturing personnel, as well as collaborating with the quality, maintenance, and production planning teams.

Rochester, New York

Instruct Mechanical Engineering students on the proper and safe use of machine tools and precision measuring equipment. Guide students through a semester long production and assembly project and grade upon completion.

Managed and monitored daily and monthly production needs, outputs, and scheduling for 7 separate and unique component manufacturing areas with a total annual production output of $25M, while maintaining quality, safety, and strict environmental requirements. Collaborated with engineering and maintenance staff on a daily basis to coordinate activities in order to ensure continuous production output. Provided daily direction for area production activities and rotated employees as needed. Maintained employee related documentation and participated in ISO 9001 and 14001 audits. Directly managed any/all employee disciplinary activities, reward and recognition, and employee related union issues within the business center. Created overtime projections and monitored usage for budgeting purposes. Investigated safety issues and implemented corrective actions when required. Interacted with shop-floor employees daily in order to maintain open communications and resolve issues. Direct reports included 2 supervisors and 36 union employees. Position was eliminated in August of 2018 during a company-wide downsizing event.

Webster, Ny

Collaborated and worked directly with the Xerox quality group, manufacturing engineers, parts buyers, global purchasing Quality Assurance, and worldwide component suppliers to resolve/eliminate any incoming material quality issues impacting Xerox’s Webster production lines. Communicated daily with suppliers and met with representatives to identify and resolve issues, return defective parts, and arrange replacement part shipments to ensure continuity of supply. Administered, supported, and maintained the Quality Management System used by Xerox manufacturing for reporting, tracking, and resolving supplier related quality issues. Direct reports included 2 manufacturing quality engineers.

Webster, Ny

Supervised all job performance and development aspects relating to a staff of 6 union Quality inspectors and 2 non-exempt salaried employees. Managed the day-to-day activities of the Xerox Electrical Lab, Metrology Lab, and Receiving Inspection areas. Managed tool calibration activities and status for Xerox Webster manufacturing areas to ensure compliance to ISO 9001 Quality standards. Conducted manufacturing area shop-floor audits to ensure compliance to ISO 14001 environmental standards. Interpreted blueprint GD&T and provided direction on appropriate methods of component quality inspections. Managed Receiving Inspection area component/material inventory levels to ensure accuracy, performed inventory transactions to production areas as needed. Provided ongoing quality support and measurement services to multiple assembly/production areas, engineering groups, and tool-room/model shops located on the Xerox Webster site.

Webster, Ny

Worked with manufacturing based employee involvement teams on cost and quality related projects. Provided safety and quality training to manufacturing employees. Facilitated team meetings, conducted problem solving sessions, coordinated team activities, developed and delivered formal presentations to audiences including union leaders, plant and senior management, and senior executives.

Webster, Ny

Supported manufacturing floor Activities included designing, quoting, building, and troubleshooting the wide variety of tooling used in the Xerox mfg. environment, specializing in sheet-metal stamping operations.

Rochester, New York Area

Duties included building, set-up, tryout, and repair of all types of sheet metal tooling, fixtures, gages, prototype work. Supported CNC production machining area with fixture creation and custom cutter fabrication. Performed setups, troubleshooting, and teardowns of metal stamping presses and equipment, including material handling and use of forklift trucks as needed.

Master'S Degree, Strategic Leadership

Bachelor'S Degree, Organizational Management

Associate'S Degree, Business Administration