As a Staff Industrial Engineer at Tesla, I am spearheading the end-to-end industrialization of a new factory delivery, with a particular focus on optimizing material flow, warehouse operations, and supply chain automation readiness. In this role, I leverage cutting-edge industrial engineering principles to design, implement, and refine advanced manufacturing processes, ensuring that our cell production lines meet rigorous operational efficiency, safety, and quality targets.Key contributions and responsibilities include:Factory Industrialization & Material Flow Optimization:Delivered over $40M in operational savings through strategic factory design enhancements, implementing best-in-class material flow systems and layout optimization techniques and introducing new traffic patterns outside and inside the factory.Warehouse Automation & AGV Deployment:Leading cross-functional teams to conceptualize, pilot, and fully deploy Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs), streamlining the delivery cycle to reduce lead times and operational costs.Technical Program Management: Steering comprehensive technical programs from concept until production, maintaining tight control over scope, schedules, and budgets. By defining clear manufacturing program plans, I am guiding multiple teams from initial design to full-scale handover.Vendor & Stakeholder Management:Fostered strong vendor partnerships and maintained transparent communication with internal stakeholders, ensuring smooth procurement processes, effective RFQ management, and timely progress reporting on all initiatives from equipment to storage systems.Continuous Improvement & Best Practices:Continuously identify, integrate, and standardize best practices across warehousing, material flow, and automation systems to enhance production throughput, reduce downtime, and drive sustained operational excellence.

As an Industrial Engineering Manager at Tesla, I am on a mission to push the boundaries of manufacturing efficiency and innovation. By leveraging cutting-edge technology and implementing new methodologies, I lead a team of highly skilled engineers, program managers, operation researchers and techs in optimizing production processes, reducing waste, and increasing output. My ultimate goal is to drive the advancement of sustainable energy and revolutionize the automotive industry. Join me in this exciting journey of shaping the future of transportation.

Leading an Industrial Engineering team and Technical program managers within the Gigafactories Industrial Engineering team focusing on:- M3/MY Powertrain (Battery Module, Battery Pack, Drive Unit)- S/X Drive Unit- Semi Truck

GigaFactory Nevada lead for:- Factory wide Material Flow Engineering- Offsite Warehouses Material Flow Engineering- Industrial Engineering Work Measurement Program- Factory Design sustainability- Factory wide and offsite warehouses layout and space management- Plan of Record Program Manager

Supporting MCFA (Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift America). Executing consulting services for multiple multinational customers and assisting Lean Deployment Executives with projects through data mining and rigorous material flow engineering analysis. My area of focus covers wide array of projects including: Transportation Analysis, Warehouse Slotting, DC Locations, Supplier Stratification, etc. My vision is to support LeanCor with new business growth through excellent outputs and effective professional representation to our customer base.

Responsible for guiding participants through an interactive professional development course to establish and build a Lean culture that drives business results in total cost reduction, process improvement, and decreased turnover to improve value stream processes with organizational impact.Key Contributions:• Leveraged Lean principles to effectively lead and manage, and drive operational excellence.• Developed and delivered coaching sessions to Manufacturing Leaders.• Developed and delivered an Online Webinar (more than 100 attendees), addressing the critical components of PFEP to ensure delivery of the Right part, at the Right time, in the Right quantity.

Responsible for supporting Polaris Industries in the utilization and maintenance of Plan for Every Part data to implement material flow improvements throughout the customer’s manufacturing plant, including direction of teams of four leaders and more than 15 members.Key Contributions:• Reduced material receiving time by 46%, picking time by 17%, and saved $55K annually through development of a comprehensive WH layout and zoning improvement plan.• Improved line-side presentation and material flow and replenishment through implementation of Pull Signals and Kanbans.• Decreased hot calls per day through effective leadership of a root cause analysis initiative.• Improved operational efficiency through development of a material flow plan to transfer to a full production line between two different manufacturing plants.• Established and nurtured Supplier, Buyer, and Planner relationships to address quality concerns and identify effective implementation solutions.• Collaborated with customers to drive action through Kaizen and problem solving events.

Responsible for preparation and analysis of statistical and productivity reports, and coordination of information management between different SCM groups.Key Contributions:• Reduced downtime by 76% in one of the kitting areas through comprehensive review and analysis of supply chain operations, and recommendations of changes to senior management.• Decreased scrap material costs by 65% annually through execution of Kaizen on the Scrap Control Improvement process using PDCA and 4M tools.• Ensured accurate inventory items and replenishment cycles, including engineering change implementation, in collaboration with Engineering, Production Control, and Materials.• Verified accurate sizing and frequencies to support scheduled production within planned inventory levels through provision of assistance in the audit of i-Kanban processes.• Ensured calculated Kanban quantities were pulled in a scheduled manner.• Promoted employee development through development and implementation of training material for Scrap Management process training for over 35 Supervisors and Technicians.• Developed KPIs and reports to support the i-Kanban Optimized Utilization project.• Developed accurate and cost effective diagrams to explain the flow of events and derive development requirements.