Kyle B. Email & Phone Number

Lowell, AR, US

Springdale, Arkansas, United States

- Part time freelance work for Traxion Engineered Products to design various products including automotive accessories and automotive maintenance equipment.

Lowell, Arkansas, United States

- Part time freelance work for RoBoxx Portable Structures to design various products including portable modular building structures and associated accessories.

Lowell, Arkansas, United States

Lowell, AR

- Directed Arvest’s Lean Six Sigma Green Belt program. Managed training vendor relationship and coordinated class schedules. Managed intake and preparation of candidates, and coached candidates throughout projects. Mentored other coaches, and ensured coaching practices aligned.- Established and led the Green Belt Alumni Association with the objective of.

Fort Smith, Arkansas Area

- Led numerous workshops and projects focusing on both process and equipment changes with impacts including increased throughput, improved process capability, elimination of defects, and reduced downtime.- Directed all product trials targeted at both new product development and current product improvements.- Served as project leader and vendor relationship.

Van Buren, Arkansas

- Led multiple Six Sigma projects resulting in measured claims reduction.- Implemented new manufacturing line including development of all SOPs and training of personnel.- Developed and implemented new scrap tracking system that included root causes allowing appropriate countermeasures to be developed.- Doubled critical tooling life through development and.

Van Buren, AR

- Implemented scheduled gage R&R studies ensuring accurate and repeatable test results.- Identified specific applications for "fit-for-use" raw material achieving significant savings.- Led review of all part numbers for transfer into SAP while simultaneously updating part recipes alleviating production difficulties due to out of date information.- Reduced.

Van Buren, Arkansas

- Reduced scrap rates and claims through schedule and execution of plant-wide calibration system for length counters.- Drove retrofit of Redraw equipment to accept laser counters as part of calibration system. - Designed and instituted supplier evaluation system for all critical vendors per ISO9001 standards. Evaluation form ultimately adopted at the.

Fort Smith, Arkansas Area

- Designed, built, installed, and troubleshot control panels and automated control systems for industrial machinery ranging from conveyors to robots.- Programmed and installed HMI terminals and PLCs. - Engineered industrial machinery for new process implementation as well as existing process modifications.

Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States

From the age of 13 through 19, every school break was spent working full-time in concrete construction. I worked as a general laborer, form setter, concrete finisher, and equipment operator.

B.S., Mechanical Engineering

B.S., Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: American Society of Mechanical Engineers