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Think Humanity is a Colorado based, global NPO aimed at "making a positive change for refugees in Africa." As president of TH, the primary responsibility is securing that this mission is met, financial planning and management is an integrally managed business process, developing global strategies, tactics and goals for the organization and effective internal and external relationship management.

Currently I am a part-time adjunct teaching Teamwork/Communications, Leadership, and Lean Manufacturing. This is not a job, it is another educational development for myself and it's just plain fun.It is so rewarding to apply my experience to see lives helped--much like it is with Think Humanity, but on a local level.

My past track record includes managerial activities spanning Supply Chain Management, IT Management, IT Support Management, Procurement Management, Materials Management, Business Unit Management (reporting into the Division Manager), Order Fulfillment Management, Production Engineering Section Management, Production Management, training and Project Management. Having over 33 years of consistently superior performance is documented in all of my performance evaluation records.

2006-2009: Supply Chain/Vendor Relationship Manager for ITResponsibility for Vendor Relationship Management, Contract Negotiations/Management related to Application/Maintenance & Support, Software Licenses, Projects and Strategy Creation/Growth for over $30M worth of expenditures; Globally Management of over 50 IT Resources, matching resource demands with supply

Mgt of IT Resources for PM work, Support, M & S, etc.

Global Management of Legacy Application Support and AMS Sub-Contractors Internet Marketing (concurrent with Hewlett Packard

Global Management of team to bridge business requirements into IT Solutions

Management of local team securing customer orders were processed, planned into production and met on time

Management of over 150 production people & externally subcontracted labor through 7 direct reporting managers

Management of HP's $40M ½" GCR tape business reporting directly to division manager. This role ranged from the introduction of new products, management of existing production, spanning R&D/production engineering, quality control to marketing.

Management of 7 production managers, technical production management totaling over 100 people

Management of over $50M worth of annual inventories setting record inventory turns

Buyer of commodities ranging from hardware, integrated circuits, PC boards, power supplies, motors, etc.$15M/annum.Managerial Expertise/Noteworthy Accomplishments/Affiliations:Over 3 decades of global management/leadership experience.Pioneered and implemented key world class manufacturing methods (HP, Production Manager), including on-line SPC, TQC, TQM, CIP and led the introduction of Pokyoke (fail-safe production engineering) resulting in the reduction of human induced quality errorsSet divisional records for inventory turns pioneering the A/C inventory management concept (HP, Procurement Manager). Multiple papers published. Provided divisional leadership for the creation and implementation of the ½" Tape Business Plan (HP, Production Section Engineering Manager)Active studies on the topic of Leadership including reading, journalism, teaching and related independent studies (Ongoing)Led divisional effort on On-Time Delivery Total Quality Control resulting in better FY96 On Time Delivery performance (HP, Production Manager)Co-founder & BOD Secretary of Think Humanity 501c3 organization (Ongoing)Led divisional project to outsource all of our printed circuit assemblies to a minority firm (HP, Procurement Manager)Led successful TQC product quality project to solve a critical issue in Japan (HP, Production Manager)Overall ability to successfully create and manage change throughout all assignments Effectively designed and managed global team to implement radically new 'direct ship' supply chain model between US and Dublin Ink Jet Manufacturing (HP, Business Systems/Process Engineering Manager)Created and Implemented Key Business Partners Quarterly Engagement Reviews focusing on Continuous Improvement, 6-Sigma Programs, Cost Optimization Improvements and Resource Flexibility (Agilent, Supply Chain/Vendor Relationship Manager for IT)Published . hit from behind. (released 11-Nov-2008)

Independent Start-up Company related to e-commerce, web-site content management and business development