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Lincolnshire, Il

Negotiated creation of and ran new company responsible for data security. Provided third-party support for a partnership between a U.S. company and foreign entity. Managed approximately 300 employees and contractors. Oversaw responsibility for data intake, data protection, access restrictions, and monitoring. • Created processes that led to zero significant security incidents over entire 2 ½-year period. Under the National Security Agreement, significant incidents were defined and performance met the expectations of protecting the data and ensuring there were no significant incidents.• Conducted hundreds of team sessions throughout the organization to enhance processes to ensure incidents would not occur.• Successfully ensured 100% of contract elements were met.• Ensured team was fully integrated and motivated to be a part of company’s new organization.

Lincolnshire, Il

Oversaw responsibility for procurement, real estate, travel, and procure-to-pay after purchase by Blackstone. Managed procurement process that included over 7,300 suppliers with over 6,000 purchase orders. Guided procure-to-pay spend for over 30 countries and touched $1.2B in spend.• Created approval process and consolidated/reduced supplier base by 20%.• Completed separation of 1,100 Aon contracts representing over $7M in cost savings and efficiencies. Executed/Stood up over 700 additional net-new supplier contracts. Negotiated additional $9M in cost avoidance through value-added negotiations. • Led management of all 87 global real estate sites and during split from Aon Hewitt. Delivered year-over-year savings of over $5M that included mark-to-market adjustments and site reductions. • Achieved completion of separation of all travel contracts that included air travel and transportation. Negotiated favorable rates despite smaller spend.

Lincolnshire, Il

Oversaw all aspects of a new continuous improvement program. Created all training and concepts introduced to leadership and employees. Held senior leadership sessions to educate and motivate on the new Operating System (OS). Reorganized the organization to support the growth and establishment of the OS. Created new metrics and performance process to monitor progress and results.• 100% of the organization involved in executing the OS.• Created over 30 new training modules virtually and in person and trained thousands in the new tools and concepts.

Farmington, Connecticut

Oversaw all aspects of UTC’s office and factory continuous improvement, supplier development, quality, and operating system for over 25,000 suppliers, 210,000 employees, and four division quality management systems. Created international operating system that instilled common culture and behavior across all business processes and manufacturing. • Led strategic planning and execution of initiatives by managing all worldwide divisions, which resulted in UTC improvements for key top-level sites of 86% in sales/employee, 17% in delivery, and 20% in customer satisfaction. • Served as board member on NADACP representing UTC.

Farmington, Connecticut, United States

Managed worldwide Lean/CI program for P&W successfully. Aligned functional organizations and divisions around common metrics, tools, and processes. Introduced operating system to business functions. Led all UTC divisions in advancement. Increased highest achievement level by over 300%. Upgraded core organization with 75% new employees. Achieved team successes, including 33% increase in production fill rate, 17% in aftermarket deliveries, 10% in employee satisfaction, 11% in inventory turns, and over $700M in three-year projects.

Farmington, Connecticut, United States

Oversaw all design and production of over $65M of complex machined, fabricated, and welded military and commercial products. Improved deliveries from worst to best in all of P&W. Managed 130 salaried and union hourly people, including engineering and purchasing. Increased worker productivity by over 10% and reduced cost 7%. Reduced lead times of major parts by 30% and increased output 100%.

Farmington, Connecticut, United States

Developed and implemented new, company-wide manufacturing cost reduction program. Created vision and strategy to integrate all organizations, identified agreed-upon metrics, reviewed processes, and executed to achieve results. Identified plan to reduce all commercial and military products by $170M in three years. Managed budget of $50M. Implemented detailed process to allocate and manage each task. Saved $78M in 18 months.

Farmington, Connecticut, United States

Developed and managed European and Middle Eastern strategic plan to expand into new jet engine services division. Conducted due diligence activities. Developed and implemented integrated strategic plan for P&W’s overhaul and repair, with program meeting increased revenue goal of $500M in five years. Negotiated and implemented memorandums of agreement and letters of intent to form two new ventures that would generate over $100M/year in revenues.

Jupiter, Florida, United States

Reported to senior operational executive, responsible for largest fleet of military aircraft engines in world. Managed successfully all aspects of engine program, including profit and loss, engineering, customer support, and production. Improved product safety performance by 33% and reduced production quality issues by 55%. Exceeded top-line growth by selling $473M in engines and parts vs. plan of $438M.

Jupiter, Florida, United States

Oversaw $13M budget and meeting all production and cost reduction targets for F100 family of engines. Delivered 105 engines valued at over $400M and reduced cost by over $300K/engine.

Jupiter, Florida, United States

Led aggressive campaign and won new engine retrofit program worth over $200M during declining government budget period. Managed successfully all aspects of existing $100M engine retrofit program.

Jupiter, Florida, United States

Oversaw all issues with government and airframe customers, including logistics, production, schedule, and budget.

East Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Designed and produced various engine components, managed winning $25M proposal for new part design, and resolved engine safety and reliability issues during initial product introduction phase.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba)

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Tau Beta Pi, National honor society for engineering

Bachelor'S, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Tau Beta Pi Honor Society