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Scottsdale, Az, Us

Bentonville, Arkansas, Us

Director of Walmart Fulfillment Reliability Maintenance Management team for North America.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Responsibilities: I oversee maintenance functions across 55 Amazon Robotics outbound fulfillment centers for North American Customer Fulfillment (NACF). I manage and optimize manufacturing processes across departments consisting of 53 senior maintenance managers serving as department heads of each site and 62 maintenance managers as well as 355 area maintenance managers and 55 control systems engineers. I manage preventive and corrective maintenance procedures for the department with a total budgeted maintenance headcount for the business group, including 3700 skilled technicians and leaders. I direct various key tasks such as standard operations with a focus on safety, OEE availability, equipment uptime, and lost and productivity hours.Key Accomplishments: • Supervised weekly/monthly/quarterly business (WBR/MBR/QBR) reviews by synergizing with internal Amazon Regional Maintenance Managers and all Outsourced Service Providers (OSP) to include Jones-Lang LaSalle, ELS (Daifuku), CBRE, and Cushman & Wakefield companies.• Directed 10 direct reports (Regional Maintenance Managers) and five Outsourced Service Providers - Sr. Regional and Regional Maintenance Managers.• Generated various continuous improvement projects and safety audits as Director Safety audits.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Responsibilities: I oversaw and optimized the operationality of maintenance procedures across 33 inbound processing centers for North American Customer Fulfillment (NACF). I steered all maintenance activities across a department with 28 maintenance managers serving as department heads for each site and 102 area maintenance managers and 21 control systems engineers. I managed predictive/preventative maintenance programs with a total budgeted maintenance headcount for the business group, of 2032 skilled technicians and leaders.Key Accomplishments: • Directed six direct reports (Regional Maintenance Managers) and five Outsourced Service Providers - Sr. Regional and Regional Maintenance Managers.• Led control over continuous improvement projects and multiple audits as a Director of Safety Audits.• Oversaw major annual PRM budget worth $53.9MM.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Responsibilities: I delivered oversight to the team in creating and optimizing pipelines both internally and externally by utilizing alternative methods of talent acquisition. I synergized with colleges, universities, and other companies within North America, specifically focused on Mechatronics and robotics engineering technicians to secure and develop high-performance teams.Key Accomplishments: • Gained recognition for Amazon as the leader in the development of safety-conscious, certified, and skilled journey workers capable of performing at any level with the highest quality in craftsmanship.• Upskilled and reskilled both current and potential workforce with tactical implementation by utilizing apprenticeship models as well as creating bespoke strategies.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Single-threaded leader to solidify the vision and create strategies for multiple project programs designed around workforce development and future workforce for operations and mechatronics technicians. Leading a team of SME leaders to design, implement process solutions along with recruiting and implementing a workforce focused on the reliability of advanced automation technologies.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Provisional Director for the Reliability & Maintenance Engineering organization in Fulfillment. Was responsible for over 48 fulfillment centers in NACF (North American Customer Fulfillment), Canada and Mexico. 6 direct reports (Regional Maintenance Managers), 6 Outsourced Service Providers with Sr. Regional and Regional Maintenance Managers reporting into the organization. Approximately 48 Maintenance Managers served as department heads of each fulfillment center and approximately 160 Area Maintenance Managers. Total PRM (Parts, Repair and Maintenance) annual budget managed, approximately $31.5MM and over $150MM in labor costs. Scope consisted of daily leadership standard work focused on safety, equipment uptime, lost productivity hours, continuous improvement projects review, Director Safety audits, WBR/MBR/QBR review with internal Amazon Regional Maintenance Managers and all OSP (Outsourced Service Providers) to include Jones-Lang LaSalle, ELS (Daifuku), CBRE and Cushman & Wakefield companies.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Strategic initiatives leader in providing subject matter expert guidance aligned with the vision of the RME Organization. Responsible for all Fulfilment, Sort Centers, Fresh and Pantry reliability teams to include CMMS (EAM) team. In addition to direct reports for Sr. Reliability Manager and Sr. Data Manager of CMMS and Business Analytics, further scope includes Sr. RME advisor and project manager for all network EHS to SVPs and VPs for Amazon Fulfilment. Helped to create vision and strategy for reliability strategic goals reporting to SVP of Operations on behalf or Reliability and Maintenance Engineering team director and VP of Engineering.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Responsible for multiple Amazon Robotic sites that handle small product and extremely high volume with multiple sorts. Both Amazon Facilities Managers and the 3rd Party Senior Facilities managers’ report to me. Total annual P&L budget managed is $6M for parts, repairs and maintenance services for all managed sites. 5 Senior Maintenance Managers, 36 Area Maintenance Managers and approximately 275 maintenance technicians report up through my chain combined. Work directly with Sr. Regional Directors, Directors and General Managers for each building and region. Major focus on maintenance and reliability for all 20 Amazon Robotics sites in eliminating reactive failures and ensuring reliability KPIs are accurate for Executive Dashboard to present to Amazon’s S-Team for Fulfillment.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Overall responsibility for all building infrastructure and process equipment as the department head of one of the largest sortable buildings in Amazon’s network. Responsible for 5 direct reporting Facilities Area Managers, 50+ mechanical technicians and 7 controls technicians. Responsible for sites P&L for parts, repairs and maintenance of the building. Control all vendor functions as it relates to the building such as Base Building Maintenance (CBRE) and housekeeping (ABM). During peak, this building holds approximately 5000 Amazon Associates, therefore maintaining not only infrastructure components is critical, but proactively maintaining process equipment is imperative to deliver on our customer promise both internal and external.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Responsible for the leadership, equipment uptime and maintenance of a 1.1 million sq. /ft. high volume retail Fulfillment Center with 6+ miles of conveyance to include building and distribution equipment maintenance. All aspects of facilities preventive and reactive maintenance in an automated environment. All types of Conveyance, Sortation, Scanning, SLAM, Dock, and Material Handling equipment.ng multi-site production by working in a safe, customer-focused manner. I am highly self-motivated and customer-centric.

Managed all crisis maintenance, preventative maintenance, and project management activities for Ford’s Power Steering Pump Assembly and Machining departments. Supervised the decommissioning of old machining equipment and the plant’s heat treating department. Collaborated with skilled tradesmen, including electricians, machine repairmen, tool makers, die makers, and welders to ensure production.

Master Of Science, Industrial Engineering Technology

Master Of Business Administration, Project And Business Management

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Organizational Behavior Studies