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Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

• Increased ROI of labor, facilities, and machinery through optimization of operations, staffing levels, materials, supply chain, and distribution channels
• Increasing efficiency in diverse manufacturing and warehousing environments, union and multi-cultural. Shop Floor to CEO direct interaction to develop and implement sustainable programs
• Lean plant layouts, Machinery / Racking / Conveyor design and installation
• Management of general contractors and sub-contractors during facility construction and expansion
• Plant & DC network analysis, facility design for material flow and future state throughput requirements
• Product rationalization and profit enhancement analysis across business units and international borders US, Mexico, and United Kingdom

AL And CT

• Cigar Facilities: US, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Honduras
• Lead design and construction of 5 manufacturing facilities in Santiago, DR
• Relocated & Consolidated manufacturing operations from US to Caribbean
• Researched, developed, purchased, and installed world-class capital equipment, reducing direct labor cost 60%, improving speeds 300%, and increasing yields 200%
• Directed efforts to secure a low cost / high quality Homogenized Tobacco facility
• Created partnership with European facilities to capitalize on low cost labor of Caribbean operations

Marengo, IL

• Film Fabricators packaging manufacturer for Proctor & Gamble and Coke, Marengo, IL
• Departments reporting: Extrusion, Press, Converting, Distribution, Logistics, and Customer Service
• Improved productivity 37%, reduced direct labor cost by 30%, optimized the material flow of the facility and labor planning to achieve a lean production environment
• Maximized inventory turn rates and reduced production lead times
• Developed programs to forecast product mix, demand, capacity loading, and shipping frequency to Proctor & Gamble manufacturing facilities in the US and Mexico
• Utilized Six Sigma to improve production efficiencies and reduce rejects

Fiskeville, RI

• Arkwright Manufacturing for OCE, Fiskeville, RI
• Managed a unionized converting plant, and process engineers on all shifts
• Installation and start-up of automated production and packaging lines and upgraded slitting machinery
• Improved the Cpk’s through equipment upgrades, raw material control, and crew training
• Developed comprehensive training program incorporating operator experience and engineering knowledge
• Collaborated with 3M to develop a removable stripe tape for Hewlett Packard Transparencies

Milford, CT

• Kimberly Clark, Milford, CT
• Responsible for the high speed, web based production of Huggies diapers
• Oversaw three shift seven day operations and implemented continuous improvement projects
• Interfaced with Raw Materials, Production Planning, Maintenance, and Engineering

Hartford, CT

• Union Carbide, Hartford, CT
• Mechanical Engineer for the new plant design and relocation team
• Upgraded packaging machinery for higher rates and efficiencies
• Developed a process utilizing in-line metering and mixing of three liquids to produce a solid raw material in house that was previously purchased, thereby reducing the cost by 60%

Masters, Mechanical Engineering, A

Bs, Mechanical Engineering, A