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Avon Lake, Ohio, United States

Oversee all manufacturing and building management functions for Re:Build's Cutting Dynamics, Pin Oak facility. Work closely with customer vendors to ensure quality and OTD of scheduled product. Manage a production, quality, and shipping / receiving team of 50 personnel. Maintain budget, operations schedules and RIE (Rapid Improvement Event) programs.

Cambridge, Ohio, United States

• Supervisor for 13 employees, 2 forklift (PIT) drivers and 8 machine centers in a Batch-Manufacturing facility. Assisted in the management of 3 Class VI and 2 Class VII Semi-Truck vehicles and drivers. Oversaw the.
• Maintained fuel cards, physical recertifications, DoT expirations, drug testing and maintenance for all associated fleet vehicles. Zero safety or traffic incidents.
• Due to prior experience with Government audits, was placed in charge of the Container Audit Process for the factory. Oversaw 1 successful audit by DoT with no infractions.
• Coordinated with 5 domestic factories for order fulfillment. This included finalizing unfinished orders, refining order requirements and specializing adjustments.

Skaneateles, New York, United States

• Supervisor for Machine-Shop, Tool-Room, Plating and Physical Assessment value streams totaling 41 unique work centers and 93 employees. Repeatedly given multiple value streams due to my leadership capability of.
• Due to prior experience with Decibel variations, saved the organization more than $150,000 by implementing acoustic dampeners in Fabrications work-centers prior to an OSHA audit.
• Increased Productivity by 13.2% annually for Physical Assessment products by properly utilizing talent, increasing quality standards and eliminating motion excess.
• Intertwined local Plant production needs with International Sister-Plant counterparts.
• Championed a culture of safety by establishing recurring ‘safety cycles’.

United States

• Self-started entertainment organization valued at $20K, fostered a viewership of 100K users.
• Developed recurring viewership programs that incentivized return-customer purchases; resulted in a customer retention rate of 77% in a competitive market.
• Conducted in-depth analysis of consumer data files using demographics, interaction / engagement rates and time of viewership to drive company policy; resulted in 17% increase in return-customers.

Fort Sill, Oklahoma, United States

• Promoted above peers to position one level above rank responsibilities; oversaw 5 company HR offices and 1,500 employees.
• Streamlined recruiting efforts through the creation of a candidate guide that matched applicants’ skills with company requirements; saved organization 14% in recruiting costs.
• Implemented a new onboarding process which cut down training times for 2K+ employees by 2 days.

United States

• Established joint U.S-Iraqi Sexual Harassment and Assault Prevention training encompassing both U.S and Iraqi cultures; led to zero cultural conflicts between coalition forces.
• Developed junior management training programs on recognizing barriers for Equal Opportunity.
• Conducted 9 investigations involving organization horizontal to reprimand instances of harassment, assault, and ignorance.

Doha, Qatar

• Hand-picked amongst 11 peers to guide 5 projects for a 72-employee worksite.
• Collaborated with Government Agencies and Contractors to execute full life-cycle project phases valued over $500M including planning, budgeting, requirements, operations, and implementation.
• Coordinated cross-continent virtual meetings with sister companies to synchronize project executables; resulted in a 13% increase for organizational success standards.

Fort Campbell, Tennessee, United States

• Executed Value-Proposition budgeting analysis for Air Traffic Control operations valued over $5M.
• Guided diverse team of multi-vocational members during training exercises to deconflict airspace usage; reduced safety infractions by 9%.
• Instituted new lines of communication between department heads regarding critical deficiencies, resulted in reducing the organizations service and repair expenses by 21%.

Erbil, Arbil, Iraq

• Conducted recurring sprint cycles that analyzed emerging threats from hostile actors; directly responsible for detection and interception of 11 hostile attacks.
• Commended by CEO for developing a training program that surpassed KPI’s by 26%.
• Training program became a model for re-structuring of organizations training strategy; empowered mid-level managers to train more than 2K employee’s with user stories regarding their operation.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, History, 3.4

Associate'S Degree