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Elkridge, Maryland, United States

Led effort to in-source MTRS II robotic assembly.

Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States

Manage various capital related projects targeted to improve productivity, quality and/or safety.

Pittsburgh, Pa Headquarters

• Leading effort to standardize project data acquisition/input into Financial Services systems to facilitate Lien management system. • Led effort to migrate 40k+ suppliers to electronic payment process and the sunsetting of 20k suppliers. • Developed a scalable Branch Performance Improvement process and executed a 14 site Pilot of program. • Performed Lean Tool training to all levels of management via the WESCO White Belt, Yellow Belt, Green Belt and Blue Belt certifications approach.

Lexington, South Carolina

• Led Global Lean Assessments and Development of Skill Matrices• Managed and Led Monthly Global Lean Training, on-site Lean Training and on site Kaizens. • Provided support for 3P projects & used SAP data mining skills to support Kaizen efforts.

Keene, Nh

Managed projects related to equipment startup, new product introductions, environmentally-related and safety-related.

Franklin, Nh

• Developed, sold & initiated a 5 year Continuous Improvement Strategy focusing on overall Operational performance improvement in Safety, Quality, Delivery and Costs.• Created “Lean Associate” concept to focus dedicated resources to drive Lean deployment • Developed and initiated 5S deployment process to address significant process discipline issues • Developed Problem Solving methodology for workforce to enhance employee engagement

Franklin, Nh

• Key improvement area was developing a TPM system for a $22m Low Lead Foundry addition.• Developed and initiated a 5S process intended to address significant process discipline issues. • Re-engineered Kanban/Pull process to reduce inventory and increase material velocity

St. Pauls, North Carolina

• Establishing a Continuous Improvement Program focusing on 5S, TPM and Employee Problem Solving• .Initiated Lean transformation of Operation• Led Continuous Improvement effort for 120+ employee Operation yielding $32m in annual shipment; focused on 5S, Value Stream Mapping, TPM and Employee Problem Solving• Developed and led execution of a plan to bring 41 key pieces of equipment up to standard and implement a PM program• Developed & implemented scaleable 5S Deployment process for Branch Operations. Led the development of a Lean Assessment Tool which is being piloted for distribution Enterprise wide.

Columbia, South Carolina Area

• Provided Production leadership for 350+ direct & indirect reports whom packaged approximately 125k customer items per shift • Provided performance evaluations weekly for all associates and & provided performance feedback weekly to bottom 10%• Led four direct reports and 340+ indirect reports evaluating and providing weekly performance feedback

Sumter, South Carolina

• Led Lean transformation of Operation • Provided Lean, Warranty, Quality & Training leadership to a 750 person Operation which yielded approximately 550 Panelboards and 50 Switchboards daily resulting in $240m in shipments annually and included the following processes: punching, forming, powder painting, manual and semi-automated assembly.• Also provided Eaton Business Systems leadership for the Operation coupled with being on the corporate Eaton Business Excellence Examiner Team; Capital Program Support• Eaton Lean Tools trainer, Eaton Quality Systems trainer, Eaton Excellence Examiner• Led Eaton Business Systems effort which yielded the Operation becoming “Premier” level; led ISO9001 maintenance effort; led Quality effort to obtain Nuclear Power Plant business• Created needs-based training program leveraging in-house developed training videos along with creating an employee computer training center connected to Eaton University• Leveraged Staff to Champion Lean Tool deployment along with leveraging QE’s, ME’s & Supervisors to serve as Tool Experts to strengthen CI culture• Develop systematic cost out program which yielded $1m+ in savings YOY• Maynard LeanLine Balancing Certified, 2004; Certified MOST, 2004; Eaton Board of Examiners, June, 2006; ASQ Certified Quality Engineer, 2008

Cochran, Georgia

• Provided Manufacturing Engineering & Quality leadership to a 1200 person unionized Operation which yielded 47k light fixtures daily representing $300M annually and included the following processes: stamping, punching, notching, roll forming, bending, welding, powder painting, product testing, semi-automated and manual assembly. • Supervised 4 Quality Engineers, 2 Supervisors, 51 Quality Technicians & 5 Clerical Personnel; Multi-site responsibility for Quality (Monterrey, MX) • Led Six Sigma program which yielded 2-4 Green Belts per year • Capital Program Management, drove 14%+ YOY product quality improvement; re-engineered Metrology approach; Development & implementation of SMED strategy which resulted in 71 kaizens yielding an average reduction time of 61%• APICS Supply Chain Management Certified, 2003; Certified 6 Sigma Green Belt, 2003; Certified Project Manager, 2003

Lexington, Kentucky Area

• Invested and managed personal capital in technology-related securities.

Lexington, Kentucky Area

• Provided Quality Leadership for 900 unionized employees yielding $350M ETO and stock loadcenters, safety switches and metering products annually; provided leadership on 3 company/union committees• Supervised 8 Quality Engineers & 6 Quality Technicians; Multi-plant Quality (Tlaxcala, MX; Tijuana, MX; Rojo Gomez, MX) Supplier Development & Quality• Lead 6 Sigma, 8D & PDCA problem solving related to thermoplastic molding, stamping, notching, bending, plating, wet-dip painting & testing plus semi-automated, automated and manual assembly processes

Columbia, South Carolina Area

• Provided Manufacturing Engineering leadership for 600 person 300k sq. ft. Operation yielding $80M of low voltage contactors and starters plus welder control systems annually • Supervised 8 Manufacturing Engineers and 5 Clerical personnel• Leveraged TPI, SMED, Visual Management• Managed Capital Program; created Engineer development program; Led multi-site industrialization effort (Paris, FR; Pacy, FR; Columbia, SC) of new products

Westville, Ok

• Provided Safety, Quality & Industrial Engineering process support of electrical grade steel lamination stamping, annealing, die casting, broaching; bi-metal steel welding & dye penetrant testing; steel and cast iron turning, boring and machining which yielded approximately 10k 5-500 HP AC motors weekly• Leveraged SMED, Kanban, statistical process control • Tooling design and acquisition; capital project management

Athens, Georgia Area

• Provided Safety, Quality & Industrial Engineering process support of thru-hole & surface mount printed circuit board manufacturing plus high speed s/w manufacturing, high speed chip programming/burning and product assembly which produced approximately 11k boards weekly• Leveraged SMED, Kanban, 6 Sigma, 5S, DFMA, VSM, Continuous Flow, Heijunka, JIT, established Visual Management, KPI’s and migrated processes from being soft-coupled to being hard coupled processes• Capital project management; drove industrialization process; achieved 6 Sigma process performance on 4 processes• Process support for thru-hole & surface mount printed circuit board manufacturing, product assembly, product testing, software manufacturing. • Completely Lean transformation of $30m business by implementing Kanban of in-house produced sheet metal assemblies, hard-coupled assembly processes, used six-sigma to improve wave soldering processes which resulted in $1.1m annual savings. • Incorporated DFM/DFA concepts into new product designs. Established TPM program for respective equipment which reduced downtime by 24%.

Athens, Georgia Area

• Provided Safety, Quality & Industrial Engineering process support of electrical grade steel lamination stamping, annealing, die casting, broaching; bi-metal steel welding & dye penetrant testing; steel and cast iron turning, boring and machining which yielded approximately 10k 5-500 HP AC motors weekly• Process support for electrical steel stamping processes, steel annealing process, aluminum alloy casting process, bi-metal shaft manufacturing, steel turning/grinding processes, cast iron machining.• Improved bi-metal shaft welding process by reducing defects by 75%+ validated via Dye Penetrant Inspection. • Achieved reduced Set-up times by 31% leveraging SMED techniques • Leveraged SMED, Kanban, statistical process control • Tooling design and acquisition; capital project management

Education record

Bachelor Of Science, Agricultural Engineering