COO reporting to the Board of Managers of a greenfield joint venture start up integrating 787 Midbody fuselage sections delivered from three main international suppliers. Profit and loss responsibility for the entire operation including Finance, Operations, Quality, Human Resources, International Supply Chain Logistics, Company Strategy and Manufacturing Engineering.· Improved quality thru development and deployment of a advanced skills training center· Improved manufacturing planning skills to reduce cycle time and backlog while increasing quality which allowed us to take advantage of additional revenue opportunities · Successfully hired 450 (225% increase) employees and developed processes to ensure the quality and immediate success of new personnel· Transformed the employee culture to lean and engagement by providing company vision and organizational alignment thru training, accountability, personal visibility and commitment leading to elimination of union organization attempt.· Achieved AS9100 QMS compliance on schedule with negligible escape items

Executive leadership position for a high volume sheet metal machining and forming Business Unit responsible for cost, schedule, quality, and strategy with $273M annual cost base and 1100 employees.· Developed and deployed Employee Engagement and Lean cultural transformation which resulted in 65% reduced behind schedule orders and 34% improved flow time.· Instituted disciplined program management processes responsible for output increases of 16% and budgeted cost savings of $11M. · Coordinated the activities of multiple similar product business units to develop collaborative strategies eliminating redundant capacity and integrating capital acquisition plans.

Executive responsible for 717 Airplane program direction and work authority including sales plan, configuration and offerability, work statement authorization, business plan development and project management. Served as deputy program manager. Director of Assembly and Delivery Operations for final 15 months of the program.· Guided program LT thru transformational process that reduced unit cost, improved employee engagement and extended sales base.· Program managed the customer order lead-time reduction project delivering a 50% reduction· Implemented orderly operations shutdown on schedule and 7% better than budgeted cost· Significantly reduced shutdown costs by developing and executing the program shutdown strategy while maintaining customer and employee satisfaction