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Little Rock, Arkansas Area

Manage new product development and process improvement projects from <$5K to $1.5M by leading cross-functional teams in a collaborative environment. Identify and develop risk mitigation plans in the areas of quality and schedule. Forecast budget requirements in multi-year plans. Drive industrialization effort in the transition from first of series to serialized aircraft completion. Work with vendors of key equipment to achieve on-time delivery. Approve change management requests from customers.• Drove the development of early industrialization; the process is in final validation and will be a key component of the General Manager’s production transformation strategy • Led major reorganization effort that implemented project management methodology and redefined roles and responsibilities for a 20 person department.• Developed a tracking and workflow process for demands independent of aircraft; increased facility visibility by 100% and added concrete scheduling to support new product development • Reduced subcontracting process time 50% by creating measurable process milestones and targets• Created and led the Demand Review Board; solved 50+ supply chain issues with a cross-functional team

Little Rock, Arkansas Area

Supports key mission requirement of producing fully capable and ready to deploy Airmen. Manage the evaluation of critical war fighting skills for 120 personnel. Acts as the “eyes and ears” of the Commander with regard to training quality. Responsible for meeting the evaluation targets and reporting resutts to AFRC A4. Provides leadership with unit skills gap analysis as input to continuous improvement of readiness.

Little Rock, Arkansas Area

Principal advisor to the commander on all issues related to the enlisted force and exercises general supervision of 120 assigned enlisted personnel. Supports the 96th Aerial Port Squadrons mission through interaction and management of Airmen at all enlisted rank levels. Coordinate the resolution of complex problems with the supervisor, member, commander and appropriate base • Proactively interact and communicate with airmen at all levels of the organization• Perform quality reviews on enlisted performance reports, awards, decorations, promotions, classifications, quality control, and disciplinary actions • Enable supervisors and members to resolve problems or complaints at the lowest level by providing leadership and mentoring • Hold current security clearance

Searcy, Ar

Oversaw the manufacturing and logistics operations at a company contracted manufacturer's site. Operations include 2 distinct product lines for OEM and aftermarket consumers. The unique nature of the position required direct involvement in every aspect of operations to include; manufacturing processes,logistics management, purchasing, scheduling, maintenance management, and information systems development.• Increased productivity of HVAC motor manufacturing by 60% over a 1 year period• Created process for printing UL required nameplates in-house saving $800K annually• Developed and implemented maintenance and line downtime tracking processes that eliminated perception based resource allocation• Successfully handled a short notice purchasing agreement worth $800K and avoided a production shutdown

Conway, Ar

Led department of major consumer brand in meeting safety goals, production goals and demanding product specifications in ISO 9000 certified facility. Managed core team of 7 and $9M budget in an environment of high-tech, low manpower processes.• Increased working capital by $1.6M by reducing production cycle time from 6 weeks to 2 weeks in order to support business objective of freeing cash• Partnered with HR Organizational Development to create and implement departmental training program that resulted in sustained record productivity• Saved $300K annually by systematically identifying sources of loss and facilitating problem- solving teams in developing and implementing solutions• Actively coached salaried engineer in improving performance in 3 of 4 identified areas for improvement• Delivered $400K in savings by achieving waste and rate targets well ahead of plan after major product improvement project

Malvern, Ar

Led 2 departments, Polystyrene Extrusion and Thermoforming, ensured safe work environment, met or exceeded production goals, and attained demanding customer specifications in union facility. Managed staff of 7, supporting 170 production employees in environment of low-tech, labor-intensive processes.• Logged 635 days without OSHA reportable injury by daily focus on eliminating workplace hazards and holding people accountable for unsafe acts• Increased productivity by 5% through application of Lean principles• Created selection process for first-line supervisors, which contributed significantly to productivity increase of 5% over 2-year span• Reduced finished goods inventory by 14% while maintaining order fill rate of 99%• Lead Kaizen problem solving groups which resulted in 2% downtime reduction and reduced unscheduled overtime by 6%• Reduced production supplies expenditures by 42% by finding lower cost alternative vendors

Malvern, Ar

• Identified plant performance gaps and collaborated with management team to drive improvement actions • Created, communicated, and maintained the plant’s balanced performance scorecard• Developed 2-week training program for new supervisors that facilitated understanding of processes, tools and expectations for their positions resulting in a dramatic increase in effectiveness

Malvern, Ar

• Trained and mentored 50 production employees on processes, work goals, and performance improvement methods

Various

• Performed functions in field of Military Intelligence linguistics• Trained in both Russian and Serbo-Croatian languages• Earned progressive levels of leadership roles and responsibility at stations within US and overseas• Held high-level security clearance

Bs, Industrial Technology

Activities and Societies: Dean's List multiple occasions Transferred college credits from a 2 year program

Associate'S Degree, Human Resources

Associate'S Degree, Electronic Systems Technology