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Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Full P&L responsibility for China Operations. Leading a team of 15 through 2 direct reports - Responsible for Sales, Manufacturing, Quality, Maintenance, EHS, HR, Supply Chain, Customer Service, AccountingAdditional responsibility for new business development in Western US across all product segments and marketing for pretreatment business.

Circle-Prosco, Inc. is an innovation leader in the formulation and application of specialty chemicals for the metal finishing industry. Reporting directly to the president with responsibility for setting up and running China manufacturing operations. Leading a team of 11 through 5 direct reports: , Production/Engineering, Quality, HR, Supply Chain, and Accounting. Key accomplishments: • Factory Site selection, leas negotiation, factory build up, equipment installation - complete set up of new factory operations. • Registered company, completed environmental certifications. • Achieved ISO TS 16949 Quality Systems certification to support automotive business. • Launched automotive programs exceeding KPI for labor cost, material cost, yield, while achieving 100% OTD and 0 DPMO customer defect rate to date through first 50 months of operations.

Kunshan, China

BVTC is an “In-China-For-China” educational startup, focused on providing Chinese High School students with an alternative path to foreign university. Reporting directly to the owner, providing operational and strategic leadership for all non-academic functions including: sales growth, customer relationship and loyalty management, cross cultural communication, pricing, financial analysis, strategic partnerships, development and management of all operational and administrative processes. • Doubled enrollment year over year• Reached breakeven within 18 months of launch• Developed and implemented marketing initiatives including summer camp and cultural exchange events, engaging prospects from across China (Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shandong, Yunnan, and Heilongjiang provinces)

Taicang, China

Full P&L responsibility for China Operation. Growth oriented general manager with proven results developing &commercializing “In-China-For-China” packaging solutions. Cross cultural bridge builder adept at leveraging market insight and “know how” of local team coupled with North American manufacturing BDP's to deliver China relevant solutions for local customers. Drove efforts to restructure local team, identifying and hiring key managers, upgrading talent to support key initiatives, and right size the organization to match commercial opportunities.Managed all KPI’s for China organization: commercial, financial, & operational metrics. Lead an organization of 50 through four direct reports: National Sales Manager, Production Manager, Quality Systems Manager, Maintenance Manager and two “dotted-line” (Matrix) Reports (2): Finance Manager, HR Manager• Ran new product development and commercial launch team, coordinating technology, procurement, manufacturing, and sales to develop and commercialize packing solution for Tenwow. Developed local material suppliers, identified and installed new manufacturing capability, meeting customer requirements and demand schedule, while minimizing capital investment risk. Successfully met customer launch timing for Chinese New Year distribution in Carrefour and Metro stores achieving $360,000 in new product sales.• Led team to develop 3 new customers in 2 new segments in 12 months, representing $250M (5%) new sales growth.• Delivered $255,000 in year over year productivity savings vs. plan of $100,000. • Drove plant safety process improvement achieving 3.5 years without a OSHA recordable incident through emphasis on energy isolation and forklift safety processes.Sonoco Asia transitioned to a functional structure in June, 2012 eliminating China GM position. In advance of this transition, I was offered & declined a promotion to Head of Asia Manufacturing based in Malaysia. I declined so that my family could remain in China.

West Coast

Insightful and compelling communicator adept at building high level relationships with new accounts, and acquiring customer specific knowledge required to develop relevant solutions. Specializing in new market customer acquisition and product development. Drove Western Region new business development for rigid packaging, across all technology platforms. • Penetrated Nissin Foods and developed relationships within customer organization that controlled purchasing decision. Identified customer pain points with incumbent supplier, and offered alternatives to solve recurring quality issues. Worked with Sonoco manufacturing organization to develop a package that solved customer quality issues at competitive price. Won $500,000 in new business, with new customer, in new segment for Sonoco. • Developed and commercialized new package format for novelty ice cream maker looking to differentiate their product through packaging innovation. Customer and segment new to Sonoco in North America. Met aggressive launch timing by identifying existing Sonoco packaging components that could be combined to meet customer packaging requirements and timeline for Trade Show debut and immediate market launch. Achieved customer retail launch in 187 of 288 Whole Foods stores within four months of initial concept development. • Managed portfolio of rigid paper and plastic packaging accounts across Sonoco technology platforms -blow molding, thermoforming, injection molding, composite cans, and functional closures in excess of $20MM annual sales, achieved favorable variance to budget of $2.4MM, or 9.0%, and exceeded PY by $3.6MM, or 14.1%.

Los Angeles, Ca

Strategic, visionary leader, demonstrating strong execution skills and proven track record of achieving customer satisfaction, and operational results. Directed 24 hour, unionized, manufacturing plant with annual sales in excess of $37MM. Built solid team which achieved objectives for safety, customer satisfaction, working capital reduction, year over year productivity, and fixed cost control. Adept building relational capital across the organization, improving labor relations, and realizing gains in employee satisfaction. Founding leader of the RPP Division "Line of the Future" Process Innovation Team. Lead an organization of 50, through a team of 4 direct reports: Production Manager, Quality Manager, Administrative/Finance Manager, Maintenance Manager• Achieved Abbott Labs supplier certification requirements in less than 12 months • Reduced customer disruption index by 49%• Delivered year over year productivity savings of$1.1MM• Exceeded three years, and 300,000 hours without an OSHA recordable incident • Reduced Inventory days by 22% • Negotiated 5 year union labor agreement with Teamsters Union achieving all economic objectives, while improving management/labor relations.

Los Angeles, Ca

Dynamic change agent and driver of operational excellence through Six Sigma process/quality improvement projects for converting and metal end plants throughout North America. Directed cross functional process improvement teams in the solution of complex operational problems. Facilitated Kaizen/Lean Manufacturing rapid improvement teams to identify and eliminate waste. Division Six Sigma trainer, and Black Belt mentor. • Directed Kaizen Blitz events reducing labor requirements by 20%, 25%, and line changeover/setup time by 50%. • ASQ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt, ranked in Top 5% of the Company for verbal, written and presentation communication skills by Vice President of Global Operations • Developed and delivered division-wide training on sustaining productivity improvements

Directed safe, efficient, and profitable production and maintenance department operations, producing in excess of 160MM units annually on 9 manufacturing lines. Fostered innovation as a way of doing business. Established stretch objectives and facilitated cross functional quality and productivity improvement teams to delivered improved customer satisfaction while driving EBIT improvement. Reduce waste and increase throughput. Coordinated all operational scheduling. Lead key plant safety initiatives for energy isolation, ergonomics, behavior based safety process, and environmental regulatory compliance. Designed manufacturing equipment, line layouts, as part of operational productivity and quality improvement initiatives. • Utilized Six Sigma process to deliver 35% process scrap reduction.• Designed and implemented line modification, increasing throughput 10%. • Developed and implemented operational efficiency, and throughput tracking system. • Developed plant energy isolation (EI) process, including behavior based tracking database to target competency and compliance gaps. Conducted target employee training and refresher courses to close gaps. Established plant HECP’s. • Served as Plant Energy Isolation Champion and Ergonomics Champion• Directed EPA, SCAQMD, compliance programs. Responsible for all permits.

Directed 1st shift production department operations emphasizing safety, product quality, and process efficiency. Drove plant safety effort, iestablishing behavior modifcation emphasis on energy isolation compliance. Conducted weekly plant safety mtg.'s. and all new employee safety orientations. Reduced OSHA recordables from 2 in '94, 1 in '95, to 0 in '96. Managed plant hourly staffing, and hiring of plant temporary personnel. Coordinated daily production department inter-shift communications

Directed plant accounting, purchasing, and administrative functions with priority given to cost control and administrative system refinement. Responsible for all plant raw material purchasing and inventory management. • Identified and negotiated $80M in purchasing productivity savings • Prepared plant operating budget. • Performed monthly P & L analysis.• Coordinated month-end closing and raw material inventory reconciliation process.

• Scheduled all plant manufacturing orders for 3 shift operation with emphasis on minimizing changeovers, and overtime while exceeding on time delivery objectives. • Developed weekly, plant master schedule, and directed manufacturing department overtime and staffing decisions.• Developed automated finished product labeling system, reducing labor related to inventory tracking. Trained quality technicians to operate system.

Mba

Executive MBA Marshall Class XXIV

Bs, Aerospace Engineering

Activities and Societies: InterVarsity Christian Fellowship IVCF