Leading operations: manufacturing, strategy, forecasting, purchasing, engineering, capital planning and facilities to ensure operational efficiency, quality, performance, delivery, and safety for Spincraft - Standex Engineering Technologies Group; AS 9100 D, ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, and Nadcap registered manufacturer of innovative metal-forming solutions to the aerospace, aviation, energy, medical, and defense markets.

Laminated Plastics is the industry leader for full line distribution and advanced fabrication of plastic materials serving the defense, medical, electronics, communications, contract manufacturing, and semiconductor industries.

Brookwood Laminating, a subsidiary of Brookwood Companies, Inc., is a world leader in advanced technical textile lamination technology and production of performance synthetic and synthetic-blended fabrics for military, tactical, medical, industrial, and consumer applications.Provide vision and leadership to develop, implement, and manage the company’s production control functions including Scheduling, Purchasing, Material and Labor Requirements, Work-in-Progress Tracking, Plant Engineering, Manufacturing Performance Reporting, EHS, Maintenance, and Customer Service. Oversee Supply Chain Initiatives, Supplier Quality Control, Continuous Improvement, Inventory Planning & Control, Production Engineering, and all day-to-day operations for ISO 9001:2015 registered facility.

SPF is a privately held company developing bioprocessing and bioanalytical devices and applications to meet manufacturing and sample-prep needs of biopharmaceutical companies, life science researchers, and drug development scientists. Create and manage the operations team consisting of laboratory technicians and design engineers to implement the manufacture of the Chromasette® cassette, a novel chromatographic device that speeds the purification process of pharmaceutical and biomedical liquids, from a start-up prototype lab to full-scale production facility (1 per day to 80 per month, while achieving on-time delivery of 95% and yield > 99%.) Develop the manufacturing process and production control system under strict QMS policies and procedures. Working with new product development, the team also produced a new, larger-scale cassette, successfully establishing the Standard of Proof required by the company’s commercial partner ahead of schedule. Chief architect of the Quality Management System, an ISO 9001-compliant Quality Management System (150+ documents), moving to current Good Manufacturing Practices. Principal author of the Scope, Quality Manual, Process Control Plan, as well as critical process control and management SOPs. In charge of Quality Engineer, and responsible for internal and external audits, and Material Review Board. Trained all employees on GDP and monitored compliance. Conduct time studies and develop process maps to analyze bottlenecks. Redistribute process loads and incorporate high productive tooling reducing cycle times by 33%, doubling overall capacity without adding headcount/overtime. In charge of critical supplier base. Drive design changes to eliminate in-house processing resulting in savings of $5 per unit.Chief Safety Officer. Research, develop and deliver safety training programs to the entire company – LOTO Fire Safety, Emergency Action Plan, within 3 months. No lost time incidents or spills.

CNC Contract Machining for medical device, aerospace, and robotic markets As Chief Operating Officer, consulted/advised pre- and post-acquisition of JR Higgins by Sathorn Corp. to ensure a smooth transition; performed financial due diligence, implemented the migration of legacy data to the new company’s ERP system, and communicated status updates to employees while maintaining continuous operations and growing revenue and EBITDA by three times the industry average.Manage multimillion-dollar budget with full P&L responsibility for all aspects of operations – Production Management, Procurement, Quality, Safety, and Administration including accounting, business analysis, business development, budgeting, reporting, forecasting.Implement all procedure/policies for AS9100 (includes ISO-9001) quality certification, including hiring a Quality Manager and Inspector, and providing operational support for internal and external audits. Added $100k new revenue annually, and cleared the way to make critical parts for our largest customer.Develop strategic business plans incorporating Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities Threats analysis/market intelligence used for budgeting and expenditure planning, as well as the purchase/financing of $1.5M of capital equipment doubling capacity and reducing cycle time 50%. Resulting revenue of $800k and cost reduction of $200k per year. In charge of the hiring policies and practices. Developed monthly incentive plan resulting increase revenue $50k per month and Dental Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA) plan saving company $7k per year.

Developed strategic plan for electronic products for the Business Imaging sector, which focused on photographic imaging database products and electronic scanners. Forged strategic partnerships and led a multi-disciplinary team that developed DisplayCase imaging database software from product inception - market debut.Provided market analysis/business assessments of emerging technologies to support long-range investment and product development for the insurance and real estate markets. Played key role orchestrating customer retention strategy for State Farm Insurance, one of Polaroid’s largest customers, over $40M in film sales annually, by successfully quadrupling scanner sales, and developing a proposal to sell over 10,000 electronic cameras.President’s Award--one of five selected from 224 recipients - Total Quality Ownership Corporate Recognition.

Polaroid Corporation, Corporate Strategic Planning Conducted/presented market and business assessments to C-level executives evaluating the market for new technologies including strategic partnerships with Hoechst AG to enter the LCD market.

Designed and implemented the production system for manufacturing the shutter for the Spectra Camera.Led the effort to automate camera packaging including purchase $1M of automation equipment.