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Waller, Texas, US

- Leadership to the Customer Quality, Supplier Quality, and Quality Management Systems teams- Focus on improving product quality using a disciplined problem-solving approach

Waller, Texas, US

- Led 4 engineers and 54 auditors that support 26 assembly lines through projects to predict issues, prevent re-occurrence, and protect the customer.- Drove creation/implementation of quality systems for a new 4.2M square foot state-of-the-art manufacturing facility that resulted in a 27% reduction in warranty and a 56% percent reduction in Not Right First.

Waller, TX, US

Facilitate the manufacture of HVAC products for the residential and commercial markets- Lead a team of manufacturing, materials, lean, quality, and maintenance- Create change through a data driven culture- Drive TPS across the facility

Waller, TX, US

Provide direction to a team of 6 quality engineers and 30 quality technicians and auditors- Created a Data Driven Environment to facilitate root cause analysis and problem resolution- Established training, skills matrix, and cross training programs within the quality team- Drove quality improvements on new product launches that resulted in best in industry.

Stockholm, SE

Provide direction to a staff of 9 direct managers, 90 salary, and 1350 hourly team members- Facilitate the assembly of 1.4M upright and chest freezers annually utilizing 1300 union team members- Identify and lead efforts to optimize process improvements and reduce expenses resulting in annual 3% reductions in fixed and variable expenses- Responsible for.

Stockholm, SE

Design and quality leadership to the assembly of 1.0M Top Mount and Side-by-Side refrigerators- Provided design support to the construction and startup of our refrigerator factory in Juarez, MX- Lead team that reduced field quality service call rate by 50% over 3 year period- Integral part of the successful launch of the Electrolux Side-by-Side.

Stockholm, SE

- Responsible for team focused into quality improvements and cost reductions- Duties included supervising engineers, designers, BOM, and technicians- Accomplishments of team include 3% annual cost reductions and 5% annual quality improvements on Top Mount refrigerators- Lead design team for 2001 energy standard change that resulted in 50% reduction in.

Stockholm, SE

- Lead design engineer on the Ice and Water system Improvement team - Reduced Ice and Water system complexity, improved assembly, and subsequently reduced field quality failures by 30% in 2 years

- Design of refrigeration systems for Ultra-low temperature freezers (-86 C)- Lead the conversion of R-12 to R-134a refrigerants in all freezer and refrigerator sealed systems- Received two US patents for the Ultra-low temperature freezer design (Split door design and Cascade system design)- Co-author of ASME Technical Paper on “Performance Factors for.

- Support engineer to the manufacture of low temperature freezers, blood bank refrigerators, and cryogenic equipment - Organized assembly operations to substantially improve efficiencies and production capabilities- Increased production level of refrigerated products by 25% in less than 12 months