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Westminster, Co, Us

• Led a team of Business Analysts, Process Analysts, and Automation Analysts, delivering value by evaluating processes, understanding technical projects, gathering requirements, defining success measures, delivering process improvements, and delivering low code/no code automation. • Governed key processes performance in alignment with the Baldrige Excellence Framework, driving performance excellence and organizational resilience.• Mentored Lean Six Sigma Green Belts to implement data driven improvements. • Developed a community of practice consisting of Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belts trained on how to facilitate process improvement events to achieve meaningful results.• Facilitated Journey Mapping and Process Improvement workshops with cross functional teams to optimize internal processes and systems. • Facilitated the intake and evaluation of projects to align project delivery efforts with strategic goals.• Managed project lookbacks to drive accountability and to understand the impacts realized.

• Collaborated with stakeholders to define project objectives and business requirements of incoming requests.• Supported strategic initiatives to efficiently provide a world-class member experience.• Collaborated with subject matter experts to identify and implement process improvements.

Greater Denver Area

• Provided coaching and career development to direct report, resulting in a Green Belt certification and self-led process improvement events.• Mentored Green Belts to drive cost savings projects across all areas of the plant and conducted Yellow Belt training for manufacturing floor employees.• Led plant continuous improvement efforts to improve process reliability, efficiency, and cost per unit through formal DMAIC Kaizen events and informal process optimization efforts.• Facilitated problem solving events including value stream mapping and root cause analysis workshops.

Greater Atlanta Area

• Managed a $16 million strategic project to improve production capacity, reduce yield losses, and reduce quality defects using waterfall project management• Led a team of engineers and skilled trades members to successfully implement equipment design modifications and introduce new equipment into the facility• Supported the operations team in improving KPIs through process and material handling flow improvements

Greater Atlanta Area

• Led a team of 30 members in 4 assembly cells to deliver quality products in a safe and cost-effective manner• Facilitated development discussions and training with direct reports to create a path for skill development• Monitored and adjusted production capacities to optimize customer lead times while minimizing cost• Launched safety team to proactively identify and resolve safety and ergonomic issues

Greater Atlanta Area

• Optimized the distribution center layout to improve storage capacity by over 50% while reducing the number of touches per item by 40% by understanding customer demand and warehouse fulfillment processes• Led the local preparation and launch of a new offsite distribution center to support market demands exceeding the capacity of the onsite distribution center• Led a project to upgrade equipment within the factory to increase output, reduce quality defects, improve yield, and reduce labor cost with a projected annual savings of $6.7 million• Coached the facility on the effective use of Lean Six Sigma tools including VSM, A3, 5 Why, and PDCA

Moline, Il

• Performed time and work measurement studies on cylinder assembly and test operations• Improved quality test processes resulting in time savings of 16 hours per week, resulting in the receipt of the Continuous Improvement Impact Project of the Year Award for the facility• Maintained part specific work instructions and identified bottleneck processes

Lake City, Mn

• Worked on a team to support REVO series product launch by setting up material flow for the new product• Proactively employed safe production procedures• Implemented numerous successful improvements during Kaizen events• Wrote and updated standard work as improvements were identified and implemented on the production line

Prairie Du Chien, Wi

• Researched, designed, and implemented productivity processes and improvements• Designed production management tools to analyze historical output• Created inventory tracking system in Excel using Visual Basic• Streamlined packaging warehouse, reducing department footprint by over 15%

Master’S Degree, Industrial Engineering

Bachelor'S Degree, Industrial Engineering

Activities and Societies: Institute of Industrial Engineers, Habitat for Humanity