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Kent, Washington, United States

Kent, Washington, United States

Kent, Washington

Implemented lean strategy throughout the division and developed Lean Engineers and Lean Resource Team, 9 direct reports with a total managing team of 21. Coordinated deployment of Gemba Team project board, line balance charts, takt walks, and abnormality management across 5 sites. Led Lean transformation from batch and queue to small lot pull in sequence.

Kent, Washington

Managed lean progression of multiple cells within military value stream. Led kaizen events, value stream mapping events, and onboarding Lean training. Progressed assembly cell from large lot push to 1x1 pull while improving quality, delivery, and cost resulting in 40% savings in lead time, and 32% savings in unit hours. Connected cells together through.

Ferndale WA

Increased plant wide reliability through the implementation of failure analysis and equipment reliability teams to eliminate bad actors and increase the mean time between failure. Well versed in root cause analysis and failure mode and effect analysis. Project manager experience using expense and capital funds up to $5M a year. Advanced a motivated and.

Lynden, Washington

Implemented lean methodologies such as kanban, heijunka, and standardized work throughout the manufacturing operation and led kaizen teams and value stream mapping events. Created process routings and time cost estimations for harvesters up to $250,000 and 4000 piece count. Designed and implemented manufacturing Bill of Materials resulting in improvements.

Lynden, Washington

Experience with three and four axis CNC machining of plastics, steel, aluminum, and stainless steel. Extensive knowledge of G&M code and experience with generating code via CAD/CAM software. Determined methods of increasing efficiency and decreasing set-up times.