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Shoreview, Minnesota, United States

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Developed process mapping standards.Process mapping using iGrafx using BPMN

Mineapolis/St. Paul, Mn

• Created capacity models and planning tools realizing appropriate staffing, significant cost savings, risk reduction, productivity metrics and improved customer experience• Led cross functional FMEA team in risk assessment of Soldiers Civilian Relief Act Foreclosure process prioritized 80 risks/70 unique controls• Rationalized multiple remediation processes after organizational consolidation providing one standard process• Led cross-functional multi-site FHA Home Preservation team develop/document standard loan modification process reducing risk of inconsistent results.• Directed Document Management teams:o Transforming document imaging from end of modification process to beginning, increasing imaging capacity/geographical flexibility of the loan modification teams. o Increasing capacity meeting rate rally requirementso Received Team Excellence Award• Led process integration effort providing roadmap for opportunities/risks for combining receiving and imaging processes. Received Team Excellence AwardLean Six Sigma Black Belt, Process Improvement, Data Analysis, Capacity modeling, Capacity Planning, DMAIC, Lean,Collaboration, Cross Function Teams

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Converted traditional medical device component job shop, dissatisfied customers, 40% on time delivery, high scrap rates and large inventories realizing: o $1 million reduction in inventory o 67% reduction in lead-time o 58% Improvement in productivity o 65% reduction in scrap saving $1.5 million o 100% improvement in on time delivery – 40-85% o Implemented 5S, standard work, visual inventory tracking and scheduling systems. o Improved customer satisfaction resulting in a new larger contract with leading medical device manufacturer • Acted as Project Manager for installation of ERP project resulting; o On time -Shipped product on Go Live date

Shoreview, Mn

Provided Lean/Continuous Improvement training while consulting with a variety of companies and organizations

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Developed Stratagrid product line • Developed and brought to market plastic snow and construction fences - $500K annual sales• Developed outside contracting manufacturers and suppliers into cohesive supply chain• Secured technical market data through small scale testing and in field tests• Hired, trained, supervised, and developed process engineers and technician

Athens, Georgia Area

• Responsible for Quality Assurance, Process Development and Scheduling for three shift operation• Coordinated start up and debugging of plant expansion which tripled production capacity • Directed Corporate Quality Task Force which developed and implemented first Quality Policy• Customer Interface on scheduling and quality matters

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Responsible for process improvement of mineral fiber ceiling tile operation. Focus was on energy efficiency improvement and new product development

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Production And Operations Management

Activities and Societies: Beta Gamma Sigma - Business Honor Society

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Chemical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Tau Beta Pi - Engineering Honor Society Phi Lambda Upsilon - Chemistry Honor Society