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Henderson, NV

Brillion, Wisconsin

• Managed 3 manufacturing facilities (over 1.2K employees), including all internal and external tooling and capital requirements, product quality, continuous improvement efforts, and complete engineering, NPD, ME, and.
• Developed and launched 22 new products and 75 innovation efforts, resulting in record product demand/backlog of over $30M in orders due to customer acceptance of new products.
• Delivered record multiple factory output both in units built and in sales value of units built by changing operations flow and assembly techniques and optimizing indirect/direct workforce.
• Executed organizational and procedure changes, resulting in over 20% efficiency gains in all departments.

Santa Ana, California

• Positioned company for acquisition and organized for growth and success. Installed Lean and Visual factory disciplines. Invested plant managers with full operations accountability.
• Streamlined company operations metrics, increasing process visibility and product throughput that resulted in efficiency gains in operations and improved customer satisfaction.
• Led complete turnaround of Boeing 787 mandrel tooling program, literally saving program from being re-sourced by introducing focused program management and 24/7 operations processes transparent to customer.

Cypress, CA

• Established Engineering, Industrial Design (10 members), and Quality (dedicated manager and 6 team members) teams and processes.
• Produced 3 new product lines (all launched in 2012), including company’s first patent, resulting in sales increase of over 25%.

Bellwood, IL

• Implemented specific strategies to significantly change and grow the business (3 facilities with approximately 150 employees and $37M in sales).
• Introduced innovative engineering and operations solutions, propelling company to industry leader.

Livonia, MI

• Strategic advisor to CEO/Owner on all facets of business, including customer base, growth strategies, and operations/financial metrics.
• Ensured continued successful and profitable stability though automotive turn-down by providing sound strategic and tactical advice.

Southfield, MI

• Division acquired from UTA for $2.6 billion. Promoted to Division President to change division culture and operations from existing complacent operation to aggressive, “can-do” culture. 3.7K employees, 5 manufacturing.
• Achieved cultural change to fast-paced, aggressive business in less than 1 year by creating industry leadership vision and division-wide motivational change resulting in a re-born, “Can-Do” enterprise.
• Implemented visual factory concept to all manufacturing plants, resulting in parts per million (ppm) defect rate from over 1.5K to 9 (Automotive World Class is defined as 60 ppm).
• Changed technical staff to can-do, focused team, delivering extensive new product innovations and sales.
• Established 1st electronic sourcing from the Orient, partnering with firms in Taiwan, Korea, and China.

Southfield, MI

• Managed worldwide engineering effort. Technical staff (in excess of 1.5K engineers) included US, Europe, Japan, Philippines, and India. Directed significant changes worldwide engineering management process and.
• Achieved reductions in tooling costs, part count, and volume procurement savings in excess of 25% by introducing common product architecture across all facilities.
• Authored world-wide NDP process, improving engineering efficiency, innovation, and standardization.
• Introduced automotive seating “common architecture”, resulting in standardization in seat frame design utilized over multiple world OEM customers.

Southfield, MI

• Established and maintained new company departments propelling company to the leader in the industry. My strategy was to make the company the first choice for technology, product innovation, product solutions, industry.
• Established industry leading customer and market research (product, population, and generational research) – recognized as best in industry
• Introduced and initiated new product innovation research and development – resulting in over 200+ patents
• Established automotive validation center in Southfield Michigan
• Recognized as the leader in product innovation and validation achieving heightened industry reputation and product trust – numerous awards received including recognition on CBS News

Louisville, KY

Brought in by CEO to change company mentality in all departments from slow and stagnate, to fast and aggressive. Made significant improvements to manufacturing methodologies, including taking production employees from dull and down to excited and engaged. Introduced new product lines to invigorate sales and grow business, Company went from run of the mill.

Elk Grove Village, IL

Established and maintained full responsibility for creating and managing technical engineering, sales, and quality staffs. Significantly improved company reputation and increased customer base. Innovated new products which set the company apart from its peers. Wrote and publicly presented numerous technical papers. Company became number one supplier to the.

Milwaukee, WI

Established and maintained full responsibility for creating and managing technical staff. Credited with company annual growth in sales from $3 million to over $25 million in less than 3 years. Developed and executed complete new product line – resulting in becoming the fastest growing company in the industry during my time.

Colorado Springs, CO

Responsible for space shuttle operational seating program production and validation. Maintained and managed complete program, including all technical aspects, staffing, production, budget and profitability. Managed program(s) from a loss position for the company to a profitable one.

Downey, CA

Lead engineer for the design, operation and validation for the space shuttle operational seating program. Engineered and managed the existing failed design to a successful, validated and mission approved one. Seating systems flew many missions for NASA’s space shuttle program.