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Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Marietta, Georgia, United States

Mcdonough, Georgia, United States

► Oversaw a portfolio of engineering projects with a budget of $1.5M, managing new product development and equipment installation to complete 100% of projects on time while driving $20M in annual revenue for the company.► Spearheaded the integration of equipment to support the customization process for a contract with Ray-Ban valued at $750K, improving workflow and productivity to successfully generate additional revenue of $50K per hour.► Implemented a series of cost optimization initiatives to save $600k annually, developing innovative data analysis and used design of experiments (DOE) methods to reduce rejected products from 14% to 5%.► Managed production design for a variety of products across 4 cross-functional teams, serving as the project lead to engineer a new sunglasses case design to reduce cycle time by 20% and decrease project rejects by 9%.

Carrollton, Ga

► Led a suite of improvement projects to provide technical support for 9 fiber-optic cable manufacturing lines, implementing lean manufacturing principles to optimize processes while generating over $24MM in annual revenue.► Designed custom industrial components to increase production output by 28%, partnering with senior project managers to integrate new systems that resulted in an additional $150K in revenue per week.► Served as the project lead to plan, coordinate, and commission $2MM in machinery for new manufacturing facilities, successfully launching 2 international buildings in Mexicali and Morocco.► Developed extruder tooling for a team of 9 staff members to reduce product defects by 65%, driving cost optimization initiatives and integrating creative solutions to save over $25K per week in operational expenses

Peachtree City, Georgia, United States

► Managed a variety of technical projects for a staff of 4 engineers, implementing lean principles to increase productivity by 18% and generate an additional $100K in annual revenue for the organization.► Created training materials to lead Kaizen events and developmental workshops in support of 4 production lines, coaching 60 associates on Demand Flow Technology (DTF) manufacturing practices and methodologies.► Implemented updates to standard operating procedures to reduce WIP inventory by 35%, designing and building manufacturing work cells to eliminate production wait times and improve workflow efficiencies.

Peachtree City, Georgia, United States

► Led all data analysis initiatives to support projects valued at $200K analyzing sales orders, production schedules, and purchase history data for projects to reduce inventory by 50% and save over $500K in costs.► Supervised projects to coordinate and implement engineering process improvements, partnering with a cross-functional team of 10 engineering and technical specialists to increase productivity by over 30%.► Developed a new review and reporting process to reduce total backorders by 75%, integrating systems to streamline internal communications to save over $42K per week in unnecessary product remakes.

Rocky Mount, Virginia, United States

► Oversaw a portfolio of supply chain projects valued at $500K, spearheading improvement initiatives such as integrating new software across 8 facilities to support production revenue of $18MM per year.► Designed a series of procurement dashboards to reduce process times by 50%, strategically implementing data-driven decisions to decrease material outages by 73% and save over $235K in costs by lowering inventory levels by 35%.► Spearheaded data analysis initiatives to save over $150K in annual logistics costs, driving improvement projects such as creating transportation customer charges that generated an additional $200K in annual revenue.

Parkersburg, West Virginia, United States

► Provided data mining on key metrics such as glass yield, repair/remakes, and other production measurables.► Assisted in the development and management of projects and presentations for the Operations team.► Team increased glass yield by 15% through analytics-based scheduling resulting in $1M savings annually.► Led weekly presentations reviewing glass yield data for 5 manufacturing plants.

Rocky Mount, Virginia, United States

Used feedback from assembly line to develop ways of increasing efficiency. Learned the value of the 5S system and how to implement it. Proactively sought out new tasks to make best use of available time.