• Built and led a team of 20+ engineers, with technical oversight of $40M global casting direct material spend, driving $2B annualized sales.• Developed and executed Project United, a global DePuy Synthes external casting supplier strategy, establishing strategic partnerships with new suppliers, mitigating service risks, and ensuring reliable quality, compliance, capacity, and an optimized supply base.• Managed concurrent new product development and external supplier transfer portfolio, regulatory submissions, and spend management of 100+ Class II/III Orthopedic implants.• Achieved $25M+ annualized savings through process and product improvements, material optimizations, yield and labor efficiency increases, and scrap reductions.

• Oversaw Actis Collarless Hip Stem forging product re-launch, exceeding Phase I Supply Chain commitments and achieving production re-start 25% ahead of schedule.• Acted as a key liaison between supply chain and leadership, delivering precise direction and guidance to cross-functional project teams.• Collaborated with various departments to deliver an integrated commercial launch plan two months ahead of schedule, surpassing 2022 commitments.

• Oversaw a global team dedicated to casting foundry technology innovation, process transformation, GMP, supplier performance, capacity growth, service attainment, and cost management.• Drove innovation and continuous improvement in casting technology and operations, achieving historic low scrap, superior quality castings, increased capacity, and reduced cost of goods sold.

• Directed the Manufacturing Engineering team supporting the Raynham Foundry & Polish Value Streams.• Executed equipment installations, new product development, validation, and regulatory approval for 81 new product component & finish good codes for the Attune Revision Knee System commercial launch.• Identified and delivered numerous cost improvement projects for both the Cork and Raynham Foundries that have resulted in annualized cost savings/avoidance in excess of $1M.• Validated new F75 alloy supplier to mitigate raw material supply chain business continuity risk and enabling multi-million-dollar cost reduction through contract negotiations.

• Responsible for daily process and product support for Raynham foundry value stream.• Collaborated with R&D on DFM improvements for Attune Revise Augmentation implants, resulting in enhanced manufacturability and reduced COGS.• Developed an electronic scrap data analysis tool enabling a focus on value-driven scrap reduction program, achieving sustained all-time low foundry scrap.• Refurbished, upgraded, and revalidated (IQ/OQ/PQ) foundry pusher oven, reducing supply chain risk associated with this critical, single-source failure piece of capital equipment at the Raynham foundry.

• Process ownership responsibility for Wax, Shell and Foundry Departments of a 150 employee $60+ million Automated Investment Casting Facility.• Utilized PFMEA to identify critical process variables and equipment, establish risk mitigation project plans and resolve process and equipment issues.• Created electronic “Critical Process Variables Dashboard” and automated “Help Chain” notification system to reduce scrap, down time and improve part quality utilizing statistical process control. • Initiated development and implementation of a companywide standardized scrap reduction program. Created data analysis tools, project management guidelines, training materials and report out structure delivering $2M cost savings in the first year.

• Full P&L and operational ownership of 100+ employees aerospace investment casting facility.• Implemented Lean principles(e.g. standard work, pull systems, Kanban scheduling, Andon help chains), achieving 40% inventory reduction, shorter lead times, and improved on-time deliveries.

• Handled Lean manufacturing implementation and supporting production departments by developing solutions to a wide range of manufacturing and technical issues.

• Operations and P&L responsibility for the management of a 40+ employee Investment Casting Foundry supporting over $120 million in annual sales.• Facilitated LEAN/TOC training and associated projects that eliminated department throughput constraints, increased on-time delivery and reduced foundry scrap by over 60%.• Reduced annual department costs by $250K through efficiency improvements, scrap reductions, equipment TPM projects, inventory reductions and raw material savings initiatives.

• Process development, validation and maintenance of a portfolio of 50 highly complex, thin walled investment castings for GE Aerospace.• Utilized Six Sigma and solidification modeling software to reduce process variation and new part qualification times by 25% resulting in $275,000 of annual savings.

• Instituted multiple Lean/Six Sigma Kaizen projects that eliminated throughput constraints, reduced lead times and safety/ergonomic issues, increased department efficiencies, and improved part quality issues.

• Supervision and P&L responsibility for 70+ manufacturing employees across three departments.

• 2 ½ year corporate management program rotating through a series of 6-month assignments in Engineering, Quality, Finance and Operations.