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Northumberland, Pa, Us

Great Neck, Ny, Us

Selected for position due to reputation for excellent team member engagement and human relations practices. Responsible for all production and maintenance operations for two plants (one baby products, one adult incontinence) with two unique cultures being combined into one. o Led leadership development sessions focused on servant leadership to shape and integrate the culture.o Wove two separate teams (each in the hundreds of team members) together into one with one culture.o Achieved record low OSHA recordable injury rate for the combined Lewistown site through July 2022.o Reduced turnover from ~40% to ~15%.o Achieved 99.5% on-time delivery through August 2022.

Great Neck, Ny, Us

Responsible for day-to-day operations and long-term strategies for growth for the First Quality Baby Products plant. Directed and implemented plans to achieve high efficiency operations, high quality products, low customer and consumer complaints, on-time deliveries, excellent safety performance, cost control, margin improvement, and excellent human relations. o Transformed the culture by infusing a servant leadership style throughout our team.o Reduced turnover from 30+% to less than 8% (best in company).o Achieved major improvements in safety to deliver a record low OSHA recordable injury rate. o 1.95 in 2017, 0.53 in 2021, 0 YTD 2022. o Reduced DART (days away, restricted or transferred) injuries and first aid cases by over 85%.o Delivered on all key business objectives via exceeding retention goals and growing skills.o Set numerous production output records.

Center Valley, Pennsylvania, Us

Led Olympus' brilliant team of ultrasonic transducer and acoustic design engineers who innovate to solve customers' inspection challenges.o Managed the development of technologies and materials for future transducer offerings.o Led the team in the development of new conventional and phased array probe products based on market and application requirements.o Fostered a team environment that boosted creativity.

Boston, Ma, Us

Responsible for Inspection Technologies’ worldwide Inspection Academy and global Customer Solutions Centers - physical locations that are equipped with Inspection Technologies equipment, and staffed with Inspection Technologies domain experts.o Planned and led successful customer forums, earning Net Promoter Survey scores over 90%.o Planned and executed several custom training events around the globe.o Grew sales opportunities from training and Solutions Center visits by more than 30% year over year.

Represented the global Inspection Technologies business in a one-year assignment on the "ONE M&C" Team as we worked on global projects and initiatives to deliver simplicity, efficiency, and growth to a parent business (GE Oil & Gas' Measurement & Control) that is comprised of 31 acquisitions over 10 years.

Boston, Ma, Us

Led all manufacturing operations and served as the overall cross-functional site leader for the GE team in Lewistown, with over 265 employees. Planned and directed all aspects of the organization's manufacturing and supply chain strategies, objectives, initiatives, and policies. Championed fulfillment, EHS, Lean and Quality strategies.o Successfully managed resources and processes through economic expansion and contraction cycles to reduce lead times while increasing profitability and customer satisfaction during a period of 60% growth (7% CAGR).o Led a $10 million expansion project to add new manufacturing space and a world-class Customer Solutions Center for the global Inspection Technologies business.o Led the team to obtain STAR certification in OSHA's Voluntary Protection Program (VPP).o Inspired the team to obtain one of the first “HealthAhead” wellness certifications in the entire corporation. o Collaborated with custom applications team to grow custom transducer sales to record levels.o Led community relations efforts for GE in the Central Pennsylvania area.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Over 12 years of experience as a U.S. Army Officer, culminating in the command of a 140 soldier company during combat, service, and support operations in Iraq from March 2004 through March 2005, and promotion to Major in 2006.

Cincinnati, Oh, Us

Led numerous Lean initiatives across multiple functions to deliver significant lead time reductions, as well as improved margins. Led education of the multi-function work force in Lean methodology.

Boston, Ma, Us

Boston, Ma, Us

Boston, Ma, Us

B.S., Electrical Engineering

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Advanced Manager Course

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