▪ Lead plant operations and team of production employees and office staff engaged in supply chain and assembly business with major OEMs improving safety, quality, delivery, and customer satisfaction.▪ Plan and execute CapEx and P&L for the site. Played instrumental role in increasing sales 30%. ▪ Championed project to streamline recycling and waste management resulting in a 80% cost reduction.▪ Led project to identify and eliminate obsolete inventory reducing on hand inventory 10%.▪ Initiated and led quality improvement team resulting in 90% reduction in quality defects.▪ Implemented safety culture improving PPE adherence resulting in zero recordable injuries.

▪ Responsibility for manufacturing in Grimes Iowa as well as contract manufacturing in Mineral Wells West Virginia and Dublin Virginia.

▪ Led a high performance factory business unit of 150 direct and indirect employees. Manage all safety, quality, delivery, and efficiency for the main assembly line of the Des Moines Large Sprayer business.▪ Developed and executed operating budgets for business unit including workforce planning and utilization.▪ Maintained an operations scorecard that accurately reflects overall manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and delivery performance.▪ Created and promoted a continuous improvement culture using lean six sigma tools to drive productivity and increase margins. ▪ Provided ongoing input on factory layout and state of the art manufacturing operations to maximize productivity and efficiency.

▪ Lead high performance team of 15 Manufacturing Engineers responsible for driving improvements to support our distinctive product quality initiatives, and direct continuous improvements in delivery, uptime, cost, and efficiency in one of John Deere's largest business units.▪ Led 20 member cross functional team on eight-month multi-million dollar project which increased line throughput 40% resulting in 310% ROI. ▪ Directed redesign of manufacturing process reducing $100,000 in yearly warranty costs (80% reduction in warranty claims). ▪ Managed team in implementation of paperless work instructions improving new operator training and change management communication, and reducing 1 FTE engineering resources required.▪ Led the enterprise in adoption of digital CI and dashboards increasing visibility and effectiveness of the CI process.▪ Led Manufacturing Engineering efforts to achieve over 90% on time delivery in FY21 YTD for the Application Business Unit.▪ Implemented agile process to determine over takt time conditions and resolved 50+ production issues per week which resulted in reduced overtime and increased productivity.▪ Led engineering strategic initiatives around employee engagement, developing structure of focused teams on civic stewardship, recognition, feedback, and technical/professional training resulting in improved employee engagement and performance.

▪ Led team of 10 Industrial Engineers responsible for process innovation, documentation, and driving productivity improvements. ▪ Developed manpower plans, productivity measurement, and process improvements in a multi billion dollar factory producing world class operating margins.▪ Identified gaps in process documentation and training for engineering team. Developed and conducted training classes and centralized documentation which improved performance of engineers by 10%.▪ Championed team increasing productivity by 8% through higher utilization of fabrication production employees.▪ Coached and mentored other managers on technical and soft skills to improve their effectiveness and employee survey results.

▪ Led diverse global matrixed team to develop process improvement strategies, manage major initiatives, and deliver projects with significant return on investment.▪ Facilitated business requirements meeting with a large group (20+) process expert stakeholders delivering a prioritized list of IT development requirements.▪ Created complex system design for next generation graphical process planning tool with large enterprise savings ($1M+ yearly).▪ Led process planning project with matrix stakeholders (IT, Engineering) delivering multi million dollar savings in engineering resources per year.▪ Facilitated communities of practice meetings for lean and continuous improvement global projects.▪ Developed process to improve wire harness routing time estimating. Resulted in $1M+ cost avoidance on future products year-over-year. ▪ Led efforts to develop industrial engineers in offshore engineering center resulting in 50% reduction in FTE cost.

▪ Led diverse global matrixed team to develop systems design and business requirements for internally developed process planning documentation system.▪ Partnered with Global IT and global manufacturing sites to develop and communicate the process planning toolset vision, strategy, and roadmaps to align with identified best practices.▪ Led digital transformation for all enterprise documentation, processes, and training resulting in dramatic operational efficiencies.▪ Improved operational efficiency, effectiveness, and aided in action plan development as internal consultant to multiple factories.▪ Developed a 40 hour online training strategy on Industrial Engineering principles (time study, problem solving, continuous improvement, standard work, 5s) resulting in a 2 FTE reduction.▪ Designed and facilitated expert level 40-hour training class on Industrial Engineering best practices (capacity planning, advanced line balancing) to 150+ engineers.

▪ Managed (3) engineers who focused on CI and Industrial Engineering projects delivering direct labor reduction to the business units. ▪ Identified, scoped, and implemented multi-million dollar complex manufacturing process that resulted in a 40% direct labor cost savings. ▪ Led Quality Improvement Teams to identify quality issues and fix root causes resulting in $50,000+ reduction in scrap.