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Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

San Diego, Ca, Us

• Leadership: Led a team of 3 professionals, providing guidance and support in roles and through company acquisition, solved abusiness gap by assembling a dedicated team to optimize design transfer from development to operations• Product Launches: Successfully managed 3 product launches; executing launch timeline, total cost, and quality KPIs.• End-to-End Oversight: Oversaw the entire design transfer process, encompassing operational requirements, supplier selection,negotiating development and supply contracts, manufacturing process flow, test strategies, and servicing.• Project Lead: Initiated and led projects to address functional and process gaps within the organization, such as the Field Updateprocess, process validations, and updating design control processes for ECOs to improve efficiency and quality.

Chicago, Us

• Global owner of Logistics Shipment Visibility Program: Drove visibility improvement 19% globally. Led technical team, managed relationship with software partners, and connected with customers to increase usability of tools• Managed and validated data migration eliminating manual tracking and 2 week data lag• Led automated revenue recognition project for America’s regions reducing manual entries by 55% in 2 quarters• Managed 2 Logistics contractor resources in India. Developed priorities, scope of work, and onboarding• Created ocean visibility tool which provides daily updates to materials and logistics team on multi-leg shipments• Learned how to develop Tableau Dashboards and coding in SQL

Chicago, Us

• Led supply chain readiness for new production area. Headed 3P, value stream mapping, & material process flow• Implemented automated line in-sourcing 2 product families. Main responsibilities: Design for manufacturability, trouble-shooting in PD, product design for EHS, and created validation procedures for equipment• Relocated manufacturing line in 5 weeks, reducing floor space by 50% and maintaining customer OTD• Initiated strategy and roadmap for Professional Maintenance certification & updated system to eliminate paper and reduce documentation time by 60%• Led cross functional team to update equipment validation procedures, reduced length of procedure by 42%• Managed 3 interns: developed priorities, acted as a mentor, and provided coaching

Chicago, Us

4TH ROTATION: REFURBISHMENT MANUFACTURING ENGINEER- SALT LAKE CITY, UT• Provided manufacturing support for $35MM in revenue line• Owned Design Transfer Leader activities for new refurb commercial offering• Implemented bar code scanning equipment saving 3,000 hours/year 3RD ROTATION: COLLIMATORS VALUE STREAM LEADER- WAUKESHA, WI• Supervisor, Materials Lead, and Lean for the line• Led team 14 of operators: eliminated backlog of 100 units & increased line capacity from 5 to 8 units/day• Materials: reduced line shortages 45%, revamped supermarket, & improved supplier forecasting• Improved employee engagement: 27 ideas implemented, 3 volunteer KPOs, implemented team lean training 2ND ROTATION: MAGNETS LEAN LEADER- FLORENCE, SC• Completed Lean Line Certification: increased capacity 35%, & decreased inventory $165K• Executed Green Belt Project: fixed failed Gage R&R, increased units in spec by 30%• Strengthened lean culture, implemented idea generation site that doubled the ideas generated per week 1ST ROTATION: MONITORING SOLUTIONS PRODUCT SOURCING LEADER- MILWAUKEE, WI• Owned 12 products that generated $142 MM in revenue• Led Disruptive Cost Workout in Helsinki that generated $6.2 MM VCP funnel and NPI supplier day that led to 8% reduction in product cost• Owned sourcing milestones for New Product

Madison, Wi, Us

• Managed in quality improvement projects• Followed FOCUS PDCA methodology and used Industrial Engineering tools • Worked in diverse projects including designing a navigation application for smartphone, standardizing notification process from hospital to nursing home to reduce re-admissions, and investigating how new technology can be used in enhance patient education

Madison, Wi, Us

Madison, Wi, Us

Chicago, Us

Neenah, Wi, Us

Mclean, Virginia, Us

Master Of Science (Ms), Industrial Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Industrial Engineering