General Management duties related to the construction, staffing and start-up of a new hot-dip galvanizing facility.

Managing all plant operations and functions including facilities management, production, scheduling, purchasing, manufacturing, engineering, supervision, maintenance, and EH&S. ● Established modern management practices and controls using data analytics and lean techniques to significantly improve plant performance and customer service, resulting in record sales in 2016 and sustained growth through 2018.● Achieved historical record levels in revenues (+14% over two years’ time), safety (elimination of lost-time incidents), labor productivity (decreased headcount by >50% while growing output), customer complaints (down over 90% in frequency), and service (on-time delivery of >98.8% to promise).

General management of all plant functions including production, inventory control, planning, scheduling, maintenance, manufacturing engineering, supervision, shipping and receiving, EH&S, union relations....• Completed the modernization of critical production lines through the use of 5S and lean engineering, flow rationalization, and the selective application of technology.• Achieved significant growth in the core refrigeration products line by systematically improving service levels (~98% to schedule) through the application of modern manufacturing techniques coupled with data-driven inventory management.

Managed a 243,000 sq-ft facility producing specialty ceramics used in a variety of applications including military body armor, sliding surfaces (tribology) and related applications.• Executed a 230% sales gain from 2006 to 2009 to a level in excess of $100 million per year.• Achieved a 52% reduction in OSHA recordables with the elimination of lost time accidents.• Managed an 87% reduction in customer complaint frequency from 2006 to 2012.• Negotiated consecutive union contracts to achieve significant productivity gains and the virtual elimination of costly work rules.

Oversaw the 24/7 production of Tostitos, Cheetos and Funyuns snacks. • Achieved benchmark cost, food safety, and quality standards by leveraging national product team experts to re-design and upgrade aged production lines.• Received corporate award for our team as “The Most Improved Site” in USA in 2005.

Managed profit and loss for a $60 million facility in this Fortune 500 company. • Coordinated all local functions including production, accounting, quality, customer service, engineering, product development, and purchasing.• Achieved cost savings in excess of $1.1 million in calendar 2001 through the reduction of waste in manufacturing operations and the re-engineering of administrative processes.• Achieved record performances in critical business measures: safety, productivity, delivery, and yield.

Directed all functional areas of Kirkwood Carbon, a $26 million division of this global, high volume manufacturer of highly engineered electrical components.• Increased annual revenues from $18 million to $26 million through strategic product development, creation of customer-focused teams, and the leverage of organizational and technical core competencies.• Merged three divisions to achieve significant savings in administrative and manufacturing overhead, increasing EBIT from 0 to 10%.• Achieved ISO 9001 certification and QS9001 compliance.• Led a team of material specialists in the development of new products and materials.

Began as a Senior Product Development Engineer, promoted multiple times to Sales and Applications Engineer, later assumed Process Engineering Manager and managed all operations. Actively managed an increase of revenues from $21.5 million to $30.5 million by targeting specific market niches, developing differentiated product offerings; and achieving product approval through integrated selling methods in a difficult automotive supply environment.• Named worldwide Chef de Produit (one of six worldwide) by French management. • Produced estimated annual savings in direct labor and quality costs equal to ~4% of sales by surveying existing technologies in French and German facilities, and implementing Best Practices as worldwide standards.• Raised market share in North American fuel pump market from 31% to 80% in four years.• Patented an “EMI/RFI Suppressing Brush Holder Assembly for Electric Motors.”

Developed the production process for the fuel source in the RJ Reynolds smokeless cigarette.Assisted in production scale-up to 1 billion parts per month.

Conducted testing in a product development setting. Introduced new products and processes in a production setting.