Managed all aspects of manufacturing for electronics/furniture business with over 125 high value projects per year and 100+ vendors.Reduced manufacturing expenses by 40% and decreased product creation times by 66% over 2 years.Increased on-time deliveries from 81% per year to 95% in two years.Managed continuous improvement initiatives to drive gains in quality, flow and output.Developed and implemented cost controls and other expense reduction measures.Established position requirements, schedules and production team processes.Routinely improved product quality and reduced delivery costs.Procured required manufacturing equipment and parts.Standardized production procedures, job roles and quality assurance guidelines.Successfully managed production activities so all orders were shipped on time.Investigated and implement ideas for quality improvement, increased productivity and cost reduction.Maintained and communicated daily productivity and shipment reports for all departments.Drove daily production activities with effective communication and leadership.

Media Decor, LLC was purchased by Leon Speakers in October, 2013. I continued to work for Leon Speakers in this position until March, 2018.Collaborated with team to build a product that included a mix of everyone's ideas and inputs.Sourced materials to keep up with production goals and meet customer demands.Championed quality initiatives.Completed and maintained accurate and organized records, documents and reports.Completed required safety training programs for fork lift operation and maintenance.Oversaw repair and maintenance of equipment, buildings and grounds.Managed product quality to guarantee compliance with quality policies, procedures and systems.Met aggressive production and safety goals while minimizing equipment downtime.

Installed and deployed WAN equipment for upgrades at American Red Cross National Headquarters, Regional Headquarters and their facilities. Equipment upgrades included Cisco routers and switches, CSUs/DSUs, modems, UPSs, category 5 UTP cabling and fiber optic installations during minimal downtime windows. Conducted site appraisal visits, site plan creation, budget formulation, equipment purchases, personnel management and deployment coordination with site contacts.Managed American Red Cross national equipment maintenance contract through NCR Corporation. Reduced unnecessary expenses and streamlined maintenance procedures, which led to a yearly savings of over $500,000. Revised SLA for future maintenance contracts.Managed T3 circuit and InRange WAN equipment for American Red Cross National Disaster Recovery Plan. Maintained and troubleshot connections to SANs and Disaster Recovery site. Participated in IP telephony project and assisted in IP telephone deployment throughout National Headquarters.

Performed daily administrative and supportive tasks for mission-critical nationwide data network for the American Red Cross National Headquarters, 39 biomedical regions and their 92 facilities, 9 National Data Centers, 128 Chapter sites and 40 laboratory, tissue and metropolitan sites.Monitored and managed approx. 350 networked circuits daily (frame-relay, point-to-point T1 & ISDN) for circuit outages and performance issues.Monitored, managed and installed network components including routers, switches, firewalls, hubs, terminal servers, remote access servers, CSUs/DSUs, modems, UPSs, WTIs, switch probes, MDFs, IDFs, and web-caching and load-balancing appliances.Troubleshot, tested and resolved network issues such as network component failures, performance issues and user-reported issues. Used network sniffers and Network Health application for performance-related issues. Interfaced with WAN service providers & hardware maintenance providers for repair of network circuits and components.Performed circuit upgrades and router configuration changes. Installed Chapter sites including circuit order, router configuration, router/circuit installation and documentation.Installed and diagnosed network connections for servers, switch ports, and LAN drops.

Managed deployment of computer hardware (approx. value $575,000) for two regional sites of the American Red Cross. Tasks included site appraisal visits, site plan creation, budget formulation, personnel management and extensive travel.Built and installed Windows NT 3.51 servers for eight regional sites.Installed and configured WAN equipment including hubs, terminal servers, LAN adapters, modems, routers and CSUs/DSUs.Installed and configured LAN equipment & peripherals including desktop computers, dumb terminals, barcode readers & scanners, scales, label printers and laser printers.