• Managing a workforce of 90+ employees• Responsible for Planning, Purchasing, Receiving, Inventory, Silkscreen, Cleanroom, Assembly, Part Mark, Packaging and Shipping • Support 5S, Continuous Improvement and Safety programs• KPI’s

• Managed 15 employees.• Conducted budget control and reduced costs (inventory & scrap) of company.• Coordinated production with the logistics, using Just In Time methods to ensure stock inventory were aligned and deliveries were shipped on time.• Reviewed the operations of the company and established policies and standards to ensure a high level of service for the internal and external customers. • Reviewed tasks and duties of the employees and staff and evaluated their performance.• Prepared monthly reports to review activities and operations of the company. • Managed Production Operations of Screen Printing, Digital Printing, Shipping, Receiving and Graphic Design departments.• Managed Purchasing and Production inventories.• Coordinated machine and facility repairs.• Coordinated equipment selection, purchase and installation.

- Managed 19 employees within the Technical and Repair Services departments.- Developed and implemented continuous improvement initiatives with a focus on inefficiencies and lead-time improvements to grow 3rd-party repair business. Reduced lead times by 50%.- Managed the department’s tasks in support of the company’s Quality Management System (QMS) initiatives. Tasks were completed 30 days ahead of schedule.

- Managed 42 employees within the Technical Operations efforts for the Austin, TX campus with focus on continuous improvement.- Managed Single-Piece Flow implementation in the Circuit Card Assembly (CCA) area, which resulted in a lead time reduction of 15 days.- Implemented Demand Flow Technology (DFT) Line Designs for Vision System products and Bar Armor programs. Resulted in 3X increase in throughput of Vision Systems and 2X increase of throughput of Bar Armor products.- Managed the efforts of rebuilding the Austin campus’ Total Quality Management (TQM) System to be consistent with the principles of DFT Touch Quality Checks (TQC) versus Inspections.

- Accountable for managing the continuous improvement efforts for Sensor Systems (S2) Line Of Business (LOB), which consisted of seven manufacturing sites; Mojave CA, Nashua NH, Lexington MA, Manassas VA, Greenlawn NY, Wayne NJ and Austin TX.- Managed best practice implementations within the S2 LOB, including: On-line Documentation System (ODIS), Paperless Routers, Flat Screen Monitors, Backflushing, and DFT training and implementations.- Implemented continuous improvement initiatives of the S2 Supply Chain environment with emphasis on materials kanbans, elimination of non-value added activities, system enablers, and supplier managed inventories (SMI).

- Partnered with other lines of business within the Operating Group to provide engineering leadership by sharing best practices to engage, embrace, and drive Lean/DFT methodologies through training, design, and implementation.- Designed and implemented a manufacturing Change Management System.- Managed the design and implementation of a DFT Materials database that manages manufacturing point of use (POU) and raw in process (RIP) inventories.- Provided design engineering input for Design to Cost initiatives.

- Developed an employee Demand Flow Technology training workshop with lecture and hands-on lab and trained over 300 direct labor employees throughout the LOB.- Redesigned an existing assembly production line process using Lean/DFT methodologies. Reduced total product cycle time by an aggregate of 76% and increase throughput 3X.

- Designed Demand Flow Technology (DFT) pull-system single piece production flow lines utilizing Sequence of Events, Product Synchronizations, Time Study Analysis, Method Sheets, and Kanban management.- Decreased customer lead times from 16 weeks to 1 week, enabling the company to change from Build To Stock to Build To Order. Finished Goods Inventory was reduced by 15K square feet.- Performed capacity planning, manufacturing capacity constraint analysis, and modeling for management in support of corporate strategic objectives.- Managed the implementation of new products from engineering, product updates/modifications, and transfers from other facilities into manufacturing operations.- Managed the technical support of surface mount production lines and the plated-through hole manufacturing areas with emphasis on reducing set-up, cycle time, and costs, and increasing quality.- Directly responsible for managing Process Engineers, Process Technicians, and Technical Specialists (Programmers) covering 3 shifts of operation.- Served as corporate train-the-trainer, certifying company trainers on the delivery and use of functional labs for the global corporate direct employee Demand Flow Technologies course.- Taught direct labor employees the concepts and techniques of Demand Flow Technology with both lecture and hands-on workshops.