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San Diego County, California, United States

Executive management developing new facilities construction. Design of processes facilities to increase and expand capacity and implement technology advancement strategies.

Multi-site leadership position with direct responsibility to division President. Established high volume Lean manufacturing facility in Colorado Springs from scratch to support development and production of miniature X-Ray sources. Developed Lean leadership team based on leader standard work, daily standup management, metrics based continuous improvement processes, standard work, 6S, and optimized work flow using Kanban pull, and visual management. Received most improved site of the year… Show more Multi-site leadership position with direct responsibility to division President. Established high volume Lean manufacturing facility in Colorado Springs from scratch to support development and production of miniature X-Ray sources. Developed Lean leadership team based on leader standard work, daily standup management, metrics based continuous improvement processes, standard work, 6S, and optimized work flow using Kanban pull, and visual management. Received most improved site of the year award. Site used as example site for Lean implementation and training. Show less

Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States

Multi-site General Manager of ionizing radiation producing sources used for advance imaging processes in medical, electronic and clinical X-Ray inspection and elemental detection and identification. Sources include high magnification, high energy X-Ray and 2.5-14Mev, high flux isotropic neutrons.

San Diego County, California, United States

Responsible for the manufacture of high purity gas purification products. Developed personnel and processes for the transformation from a job shop to product based manufacturing. Successfully directed the installation of a fully integrated ERP system, ISO 9000 quality processes, manufacturing processes and cross-functional product development processes.

Responsible for the management of the materials, manufacturing engineering, purchasing, production and quality departments. Responsible for organizing and facilitating cross-functional development teams for the development and manufacture of high accuracy electrical-mechanical transducers. Directed the development of procedures and processes required to achieve ISO9000 certification. Directly involved in the integration and conversion of Western Data Systems software and provided… Show more Responsible for the management of the materials, manufacturing engineering, purchasing, production and quality departments. Responsible for organizing and facilitating cross-functional development teams for the development and manufacture of high accuracy electrical-mechanical transducers. Directed the development of procedures and processes required to achieve ISO9000 certification. Directly involved in the integration and conversion of Western Data Systems software and provided implementation and training to employees on its use and application in the manufacturing environment. Show less