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Belleville, IL, US

Wood Dale, IL, US

Wood Dale, IL, US

• Provides leadership, development, & coaching for the following departments; Manufacturing, Material’s Management, Quality Assurance/Control, Shipping/Receiving, and Manufacturing Engineering for two manufacturing.
• Zero lost time accidents through consistent daily management.
• Drove Out of Box Quality from 94.7% to 96.1% by keeping team focused on top issues.
• Led First Pass Yield improvement from 89.4% to 90.5% utilizing Pareto’s & action plans.
• On Time Delivery dropped from 96% to 94.6%, changed OTD calculations to expose gaps.
• Improved supplier OTD from 66% to 70%, the Material’s Team had not previously measured.

• Provided leadership, development, & coaching for the following departments; Environmental Health & Safety (EHS), Manufacturing, Material’s Management, Quality Assurance/Control, Facilities, Information Technology (IT).
• Successfully developed a safety program, no previous system existed, 6 of prior 8-years with 0 lost time accidents.
• Improved associate engagement by 7% by creating focus groups and developing AP’s.
• Remotely led improvement of nozzle FPY from 75% to 95% in our Wood Dale, IL facility.
• Coached team to drive FPY quality improvement from 90% - 99% through Pareto’s and AP’s.
• Led team to Improve OOBQ from 70% to 100% through failure analysis, Pareto’s & AP’s

• Provided leadership for the manufacturing of industrial inkjet assembly processes.
• Improved OTD from 88% to 94% by focusing on largest miss reasons, Pareto’s & AP’s
• Kept responsibilities from previous Manufacturing Engineering Manager role.

• Provided leadership for the improvement/development of industrial inkjet assembly processes.
• Led Improvement of nozzle internal yield from 70% to 99% through problem solving.
• Kept responsibilities from previous Principal Manufacturing Engineer position.

• Responsible for process improvement/development for industrial inkjet assembly processes.
• Reduced printer internal yield from 80% to 91% by focusing on biggest areas of opportunity.
• Improved printer external quality failure rate from 51% to <3% through failure analysis.

Bridgewater, NJ, US

• Responsible for process development/improvement related to assembly of medical devices.
• Maintained and developed process & regulatory documentation; cGMP & FDA.
• Implemented a packaging cleanroom process for disposable medical devices.
• Organized a safety team.

Engineer responsible for electric motor assembly for the automotive industry. Created and maintained process documentation including SOP's & PFMEA's. Participated on multiple new product launches including prototype assembly, process tooling design, process design, and process documentation.

Jasper, Indiana, US

Engineer responsible for wood office furniture manufacturing, including; new process development, process improvement, capital expenditure projects, time and motion studies for maintenance of incentive based pay system. Implemented process improvements to reduce new "Off-the-Gun" finishing system in-process rejects from 50% to <3%.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Operations Management And Supervision

Bsme, Mechanical Engineering