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Altanta, GA

Value Chains are a Competitive Advantage. Motv8 Co-Piloting Services - we have Proven Best Practices to create Winning Teams, Deliver Innovative Products, and Accelerate Production Excellence. Whether launching a new operation to scale or driving bottom line impact, it's your teams working on what matters that will make you successful. Launched Monarch.

Atlanta; US Metro

Led the transformation of advanced technology production systems to produce premium brand mattresses. The existing retail fulfillment model will be revolutionized across multiple plants with industrial automation solutions based lean technology principles. Implemented Technology Platforming and Innovation to automate production across multiple sites.

Batesville, Indiana

Global Sourcing Thought LeaderEstablished and implemented value chain strategies for profitable growth. Senior Global Sourcing Executive leveraging supplier partnerships to drive innovation for growing revenue, improving gross margin in operating cost / cash, and driving predictable quality in the supply chain - both direct materials and indirect services..

The Woodlands, TX

• Built a customer focused integrated business process for the startup company RLX, the pioneer of a new form factor of computer product – serverblades. The successful Operations management strategy was complete.
• Implemented an outsourced lean manufacturing model with a flex workforce, build-to-order production process scalable to $100M/yr.
• Improved lean manufacturing operations velocity by 38%, lowered costs by 23%, logistics model delivered over 99% on-time shipments with product quality performance 1/3 of industry norms
• Formally established strategic relationships with over 50 suppliers developing partnerships to leverage commodity expertise
• Developed and Implemented Information Management Solutions for sales order management, e-commerce, e-marketing, engineering product data management systems, life cycle management and back-office financial systems
• Implemented Service and Support team driving a CRM business process to the next level for Professional Services to include Systems Integration installing “turnkey solutions” in 1/10 the time of standard servers..

Round Rock, TX

• Established Supplier Quality Management Strategies at Dell, the market leader in the direct model computer manufacturing. Focused on driving end to end customer experience with strategic supplier partners by gaining.
• Implemented a Supplier Quality Engagement model to measure benchmark performance of all commodities and suppliers. Results directed resources and investment for improvement using Business Process Assessments and.
• Established common language using a formal Quality Management System for 130 SQEs in 5 regions with over 400 Supplier Resources to provide value-add-engineering practices for supplier selection, development and.
• Designed, Developed, and Implemented intranet/extranet web portal applications for Supplier QBRs, Quality System/Process Audits, New Product Validation, Closed Loop Corrective Action, and Business Process Improvement.
• Developed and Implemented a Business Process Improvement model (6 Sigma Black/Green Belt Program) training over 400 supplier engineers. The model birthed a corporate BPI initiative spreading across all business.

New Braunfels, TX

• Led the Engineering and Quality strategic/operational/tactical activities for a lean manufacturing startup growing to $33M. Supplied custom injection molding components and integrated products for automotive, medical.
• Built an exceptional Engineering / Quality Team consisting of 5 professional and 20 technical personnel to provide support for new product development and production fulfillment for plastic injection molded products.
• Established a 5 Phase Product Development Process to improve “Time to Market” cycle time from 54 days to less than 10
• Implemented Quality at the Source: a product, process, and system of real time quality control enforcing unique customer requirements in a lean manufacturing environment. Certified the online quality management system.

San Antonio, TX

• Led plant and corporate initiatives to startup a new vertically integrated manufacturing facility for B&L, the market leader in eyewear industry manufacturing RayBan sunglasses. Executive Staff member developing.
• Developed a TQM Environment driving global teams in networking Best Practices and Benchmarking performance. Crafted the Quality @ the Source Strategy to deploy visual factory, SPC, work teams, and product/process.
• Implemented Strategies for Manufacturing Process Capability Improvement – 6 Sigma to drive performance improvement and significantly reduce waste. Completed deployment globally for over 300 engineers. Institutionalized.
• Built a Cross-functional team process for managing production performance recognized by the Exec Mgmt - MEC. Production Management Teams (PMT’s) utilized KPIs and team oriented problem solving for continuous.

Longview, TX

Product engineering owner for wheel-end accessories and oil seals for Stemco, the market leader in OEM Exhaust and Wheel-End Products for the large truck automotive industry. Designed new products and provided design modifications to existing products for improvement in performance and cost.