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Washington, Dc, Us

Frederick, Maryland, Us

Frederick, Maryland, Us

Mayfield Heights, Ohio, Us

Technical leader responsible for global project management and client systems integration. Lead a fast paced group with many cross platform efforts in-flight. Served as the bridge between our clients and the technical teams.● Lead project management and development teams on three different continents, including direct employees, contracted team members and vendor resources.● Lead multiple client integration projects through the Informatica platform. Managed global roll out of new Project Management tools, including technical training and automation.● Participated in senior leadership discussions to identify and develop execution plans for value driving initiatives. Regularly communicated technical concepts and strategic rationale to D- and C-level executives.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Senior leader overseeing processes in high-speed wood products facility and managing functionally diverse teams, including project management, information technology, safety, and reliability. Utilize multiple datasets to define strategic vision with active involvement in road map discussions detailing multi-year plans. ● Lead technical departments in two regions and support multiple facilities with team of 70 members. Analyzed large volumes of data to improve quality and performance.● Managed major and pool capital projects with budgets exceeding $30M annually, realizing net increase of $6.5M per year in operational effectiveness.● Conduct strategic budget and personnel planning and achieved best unit conversion cost in facility history. Identify strengths and gaps and strategically develop annual team improvement plans.● Regularly communicate with senior level executives on appropriate technology and strategy, including conveying highly technical projects to executive leadership. Represent leadership in union negotiations.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Managed Predictive Maintenance and Process Controls Departments and expanded previous role to include Reliability Department operations. Lead team in root cause analysis process to identify failure modes and implement process changes to mitigate risk. Developed multiple technical departments and served as lead on all process/infrastructure capital projects while supporting engineering, operations, and sales teams.● Facilitated cohesiveness and managed staff of 12 team members; developed, trained, and mentored 4 new engineers.● Served as site leader for Lean projects, for continuous improvement, and regional leader of root cause analysis process; co-developed root cause tracking software, automated KPI tracking process, and created innovative, predictive programs.● Managed major capital projects with budgets >$300K and improved equipment availability by 8%.● Ensured all work was completed safely, on time, with high-quality results, with effective cost management. Met with international customers to discuss product quality and manufacturing processes.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Determined system operational feasibility by evaluating, analyzing, defining issues/requirements, and developing database solutions to store critical data for root cause analysis process; Systems Analyst focusing on improving raw material conversion.● Process Controls Department supervisor and team leader managing pool capital projects (Budget <$100K). Developed and implemented sitewide database to manage facility automation improvements and ~$500K annual department budget.● Developed raw material optimization application tool (log verification software), replicated company-wide, used to generate value predictions based on a historical data set, resulting in $600K annual savings at each facility.

Corvallis, Or, Us

Contracted advisor working directly with university clients and faculty members on system design and requirements to design prototype hardware/software for various industries and implemented project constraints established by clients. Established protocols for testing and troubleshooting pre-production equipment. Programmed in C/C++.● Managed multi-disciplinary teams including Process Control, Computer Science, Mechanical, Engineering, and Industrial Engineering, and functioned as electrical systems subject matter expert to faculty, researchers, and designers● Designed modular training tool for implementation to streamline and automate training processes, resulting in $1M+ cost savings for clients while managing client expectations.● Lead control system design and programming, including power distribution and automation to increase safety and reliability of machine controls, improve machine performance, and lower production/overhead costs.● Lead the design of electrical systems with members of the Electrical & Computer Engineering team and completed projects within budget and met all deadlines.

Created detailed business system requirements documentation, data mapping specifications, and functional flow diagrams to achieve business needs, objectives, and solutions. Developed and executed testing protocols for pre-production network hardware. ● Evaluated, interpreted, and documented results from testing hardware products in the development environment to verify functionality per design.● Translated business requirements into functional specifications and oversaw technical implementation process; wrote technical documentation including procedures, user guides, and reports.● Performed end-to-end testing; prepared and executed user acceptance testing and data validation; responsible for troubleshooting systems and processes to propose solutions.● Conducted version management throughout testing process; analyzed testing results to determine performance and communicated results to leadership; maintained accurate documentation of testing procedures and results.● Focused on testability and traceability of system requirements and managed enhancements to baseline requirements; developed test plans for functional and integration testing and assisted with test plan execution.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Information Technology Management