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Houston, TX, US

Houston, Texas, US

• Program owner for Operational Excellence initiative across 10 US locations to standardize business processes, improve efficiency and eliminate non-value-adding processes.
• Lean champion for company-wide 5S implementations.
• Lead SME for new factory design and setup to implement brand new production line in TN.
• Acting Plant Manager for all US locations, providing coverage as needed for daily operation support.
• Leveraged Keller’s supply chain network and negotiated better shipping contracts to reduce shipment cost by up to 20%.-New vendor/equipment evaluation to bring new technologies to the business.

Marlborough, MA, US

• One of main SMEs for cross-functional Integration & Acquisition project to relocate Preventice Services operations from Houston, TX to Arden Hills, MN.
• Responsible in providing and setting up Line-Readiness action items, including equipment list, process maps, layouts, purchase list, time study, head count and capacity requirements, etc.
• Responsible in providing system and operational functional requirements, test cases, validation test plans and reports.
• UAT and End-to-end system and operations testing lead.
• Provided data validations for Practice Vs. Procedures and equipment validation activities for integration transfer approval.

Marlborough, MA, US

-SME for Microsoft Dynamics 365 CE ERP system. (Created processes, work instructions, and trained the trainers for Operations group.)-SME for Integration & Acquisition facility relocation project from Houston, TX to Arden Hills, MN. -Responsible in providing and setting up Line-Readiness action items, including equipment list, process maps, layouts.

Marlborough, MA, US

- SME for Process Improvements at Houston site. - Part of the leadership team that implemented new Dynamics 365 ERP system by assisting with requirements creation, test validations, regression testing, bug discoveries, and UAT.- SME for Process Validation activities for Preventice Services group. Working in tandem with Quality and Operations to execute.

Charlotte, North Carolina, US

• Managed end-to-end manufacturing processes for the GCI Cloud Imaging Camera system, duties and achievements include but not limited to:
• Diversifying material and resource procurement process by adding new global partners, resulting in cost reduction of up to 55% across critical and high-cost components.
• Implemented one-piece-flow concept to streamline assembly process and improve inventory management.
• Managed 3 manufacturing technicians to maintain production schedule according to the customer order requirements.
• Coordinated customer product delivery through our logistics partners under various incoterms. (DDP, DAP, FCA, EXW, etc.)

Cleveland, OH, US

Led the development of Parker's High Performance Team for Houston site by coaching, mentoring, and engaging employees in becoming skilled problem solver in their natural work environment.

Cleveland, OH, US

· Improved on time delivery from <60% up to 100%.· Planned, scheduled, and managed production and shipment over group of 6 employees to maintain daily shipment of up to $150K per month, encompassing of commodity Thermowells, protection tubes, sample probes, and custom application products such as Nuclear Thermowells.

Cleveland, OH, US

• · Developed product quotes, costing, and routings to facilitate new sales opportunities (e.g. New product inquiries, auctions bidding, etc.)· Maintained process routings and BOM’s to ensure manufacturing feasibility.
• Internal Project Manager over process improvement projects, facility and layout modifications, and other cost-saving opportunities. e.g.: PM for Robot Integration Star Team that implemented fully-automated Robotic Arm.
• Value stream operation flex support, providing manufacturing support over five different value stream groups to sustain and improve daily production. Internal ISO Auditor

Houston, Texas, US

• Coordinated, provided, and implemented 5S training and initiatives to field service district locations across US Land
• Skilled in Root Cause Analysis (RCA), Failure Mode & Effects Analysis (FMEA), and Process Mapping activities
• Assisted in Six Sigma project for Top Drive downtime reduction (min 20%) for the year 2013
• Involved in corporate implementation of ISO 9001:2008, API Q1/Q2, and ISO/IEC 12207 compliance standards
• Part of core team for corporate Quality Management System (QMS) rollout using BusinessPort Agility 2.0 platform

Houston, Texas, US

• Took charge in various small to medium scale process improvement projects (3P, 5S, Kaizen, Visual Factory) - resulting in financial savings of ~$2M
• Improved manufacturing processes by providing tooling/fixtures support, and maintaining SAP Routing/BOM for the Liner/Hanger completion tools.
• In charge of managing time-sensitive, division-wide Engineering Change Requests to ensure continuity in communication between manufacturing team and end customers.

Boston, MA, US

- Exposed to GE Lean Six Sigma Green Belt training.- Co-led Lean process improvements within GE Combustion Cell such as repair process standardization, single-router workflow implementation, and Lean Manufacturing & Six Sigma concepts application such as D.M.A.I.C (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control) method.- Engaged in Quality Control.

Master Of Engineering, Industrial & Systems Engineering

Bachelor Of Science, Industrial Engineering