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Leads vision, strategy, and execution for all facets of operations worldwide as a member of the executive leadership team. Cultivated a strong and robust workforce by introducing an engineering rotational program as well as a corporate change management program. Directs areas of operations that include Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, PMO, Quality, IBP, Warehousing, Facilities, Strategic Planning Process, and R&D.• Outstanding results, drove towards 10% YOY growth while lowering costs by innovating and executing the SMART Factory roadmap.• Collaborated with the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer on the management of P&L and cash flow.• Oversaw the company’s end to end digital transformation vision and execution.• Delivered an eight-point increase in on-time delivery and more than $27M in total savings across manufacturing sites by restructuring operations to incorporate enterprise value stream management.

Met the challenge of simplifying out end of end product execution including developing the business continuity plans and global footprint optimization.• Partnered with 6 internal stakeholders and strategic suppliers to optimize global manufacturing footprint, reducing COGMS by 3% and shortening lead times by 25%.• Created a suppliers strategic account management strategy to maximize the value of the company's supply chain. • Captured improvements in forecasting, inventory turns, capacity management, and capital projects forecasting by executing the corporate integrated business planning process..• Led the global manufacturing strategy to capture double-digit savings in the COGM.

Met the challenge of developing the company’s Industry 4.0 transformation roadmap while building a Business Analytics team to drive data literacy and intelligent decision-making. Translated data into predictable models using Qlik Sense.• Entrusted with the oversight of international manufacturing facilities in the United Kingdom and Taiwan. Responsible for the global corporate footprint strategy, managing product location, current and future facilities and distribution centers.

Promoted to lead the primary manufacturing facility, supervising 450+ union workers and 100-nonunion employees engaged in the production of 8+ million components annually for the aerospace, semiconductor, power generation and oil field markets. • Navigated the plant to achieve all operational, financial, safety, and quality goals. Maintained compliance with AS9100, ISO9001 and ISO 17025 quality certification requirements.• Led negotiations of collective bargaining agreements with the union.• Achieved $6.5M in annual savings through a continuous improvement strategy that included transitioning from departments to value streams.

- Responsible to develop and manage 22 employees consisting of union machinist and non-union technical team- Develop a composite M&P department to lead the new materials and process development- Develop the manufacturing vision for the thermoplastics and ceramic matrix composite product lines - Responsible for the establishing the manufacturing strategies and transition from prototype development cells to a high volume manufacturing site - Member of the company’s aerospace strategic team - Lead the effort to obtain production and process certifications at major aircraft and engines OEM’s

- Responsible for all aspects of design, development and application in the department. As well as implementing standards of new products in the Aerospace department and industrial market segments- Lead of a lean six sigma project produced over $250k savings annually- Work to ensure that GTC products meet the application requirements and expectations of customers- This is accomplished through: product design, material selection, and project management. Also providing laboratory testing coordination and diagnostic evaluations and recommendations- Responsible for designing sealing solutions for the A380, B787, B777 and B747-8 hydraulic and fuel systems - Responsible for designing aircraft structural injection molding and thermoplastic components to meet customer - Lead designer of the development of a discontinues long fiber (chopped fiber) composite product line

Responsible for technically feasible and commercially viable new product development serving the automotive, aerospace and wind generation industries. - Transitioned ideas from concepts to products through design, analysis, prototyping and testing. Manage designs, suppliers and built of prototypes.- Engineering design using CAD and FEA; solid modeling using IDEAS and SolidWorks; linear & nonlinear FEA using ABAQUS and LS-DYNA; pre-processing (mesh creation) for FEA using HyperMesh; computer aided design, simulation and testing of automotive and aerospace componentsand other mechanical engineering devices.

Engineering, Aerospace

Activities and Societies: SHPE, SAMPE

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