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Northern California

Sacramento, California Area

* Responsible for implementing new processes, procedures, and equipment to improve safety and efficiency of the logistics department.* Implement and maintain 5S audits and related procedures.* Responsible for the design and implementation of all material delivery systems and related equipment. * Eliminated custom work order specific material carts moving to a standard delivery cart resulting in a cost reduction and overall improvement in flexibility and material delivery.* Aided in the planning , design and setup of a 60,000 sqft warehouse expansion.* researched and purchased printer mounts for all order pickers and fork trucks to hold wireless printers for SAP* Aided in the development of logistics related training material for our SAP implementation.* Designed a "cart corral" to organize and store material delivery carts outside of the warehouse.* Increased steel bulk storage area by 20% by designing and implementing custom stack racks.

Grass Valley Ca

Responsible for the introduction and sustainment of productsinto manufacturing. Develop and maintain product work procedures, and floor layouts. Implement lean best practices ,conduct time studies , and facilitate Kaizen events. Responsible for supplier quality on all metal parts and assemblies.Responsible for all compliance audits.● Conducted floor wide lean manufacturing training sessions.● Developed and implemented 5S strategy for the manufacturing floor.● Implemented Kan-ban system for all hardware parts on the floor.● Developed MRB process that reduced non-conforming material inventory by 80%● Facilitated Kaizen event (VSM) that reduced G4 product RMA turnaround time by 60%● Facilitated Kaizen event (VSM) that reduced credit returns inventory and transaction time by 50%● Developed automated system to record HI-POT test results to reduce operator time

Grass Valley Ca

Responsible for the introduction and sustainment of new products (NPI) into manufacturing. Developed and maintained work procedures, floor layout, Kanban levels, and QC standards. Created and maintained product Bills Of Material. Coordinated manufacturing processes and responded to issues to ensure product quality and delivery. Responsible for estimating production times, and resources for new products. Responsible for supplier quality and aid them in improvement opportunities. Developed and sustained a new business model (Solution Cell) to setup, test and configure turnkey systems to our customers. Acted as project manager, Interfaced with customers, account managers and sales engineering to obtain key data for the configuration process. Responsible for continuous improvement to reduce cost, inventory and improve production efficiency.• Created and sustained work procedures for Grass Valley Server, Switcher, ITX and Router product lines• Developed and implemented a Manufacturing Alert process that effectively communicated changes to key stakeholders.• Design and implemented lean manufacturing concepts into Grass Valley's router production process resulting in a 20% reduction in inventory and 50% reduction in customer lead time.• Reduced Dead On Arrival field failures by 50%• Reduced field commissioning costs by 40%• Delivered multi-million dollar systems to customers like EuroSport, NBC, CBS and Shaw Media• Achieved an on-time delivery of 99.5% for all Solution Cell orders• Delivered 395 solutions to customers since 2009

- Responsible for integrating and testing complex systems to customer specifications. Managed swing shift production team (20) to achieve daily production goals. Responsible for providing 1st level support for issues in manufacturing.• Created Systems Failure Analyst (SFA) role to provide 1st level support to manufacturing personnel• Delivered training classes on Cisco network components, Unix programming and manufacturing test servers to new SFA technicians• Developed a network intrusion detection system for our internal manufacturing network• Created web based order status tool to improve communication between shifts• Created Unix code to deliver critical updates and software to manufacturing test servers• Setup test and network infrastructure for our new 100K square ft. manufacturing facility

Responsible for operating, and maintenance on catapults, arresting gear, barricades, and associated flight deck launching and recovery equipment. Operate and service aircraft handling equipment and machinery. Operate and service aircraft crash, firefighting and rescue equipment and operations.• Aided in the launch and recovery of various helicopters and the AV-8B Harrier• Commissioning crew and plank owner of the USS BOXER LHD4• Supervised 15 man flight deck crew• Trained in all aspects of shipboard firefighting• Member of ships self-defense force

Billy Goat Industries, Inc. is the premier manufacturer of commercial grade outdoor power equipment used in debris management. Responsible for the assembly of various products.

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