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Houston, Tx, Us

Dublin, Ie

Houston, Texas, Us

Selected to drive key oilfield equipment transformation deliverables that included a proactive performance culture; improved quality and reduced the cost of poor quality; attracted, developed, and retained diverse, high potential talent; and built supplier quality. Spearheaded change across seven P&L centers, 30+ manufacturing and service locations.• Initiated bottom-up approach on 250+ projects that reduced cost of poor quality 30% YOY and $60M margin expansion. • Operationalized defect-free initiative across 24 manufacturing sites that reduced defects 50% and increased first pass yield 25%. Stood up comprehensive quality systems in all newly acquired businesses.

Responsible for Drilling Engineering organization technical leadership and strategic product direction for the broader O&G equipment portfolio. Drove productivity, quality, and competitive advantage in the overall drilling business and guided restructuring and transformation of the global subsea drilling organization during energy downturn.• Established Centers of Excellence in low-cost regions across China, India, Vietnam, and Mexico. Optimized global talent footprint, strengthened talent acquisition, and reduced operating expenses by 40% to sustain legacy equipment and systems.• Guided introduction of leading technologies including next-generation blowout preventer (BOP) and controls system that improved reliability by 66%, reduced customer operating expense by 50%, and doubled service life.

Promoted to GE Executive Team 2014 with responsibility for building operational framework for entry into O&G and the integration of a significant acquisition. Created and aligned enterprise quality management systems from the ground up for future acquisitions and built a global team from ground zero to more than 100 professionals. Led quality strategy, regulatory compliance, Lean Six Sigma, continuous improvement, and product quality.• Led significant cultural changes that drove heightened quality ownership and process improvement. Spearheaded Six Sigma and lean projects that contributed $10M+ business margin expansion in three years. • Initiated industry first, aviation style, wing-to-wing process controls for safety components from design through manufacturing that stopped $3M+ quality defects annually. Reduced YOY cost of poor quality by 30%.

Chicago, Us

Responsible for strategically growing the commercial sales portfolio through consultative selling at the C-Suite level. Led health system engagements that increased GE brand awareness and upsell opportunities to C-suite audiences. Delivered cultural transformation, executive coaching, and lean improvements with oversight of more than 50 projects with $18M ROI. • Led multimillion-dollar strategic engagement for health system comprised of 14 hospitals and multiple outpatient clinics. Recognized as “Top Talent in GE” and earned “Trusted Advisor” status within two major health systems. • Ranked in Top Ten Commercial Sales Managers nationwide in year one.

Boston, Ma, Us

Directed worldwide engineering in development and execution of Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) programs with leadership roles in project management, design engineering, and process improvement.