• Operations Manager supporting Surveillance and Network Systems / Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Systems.

• Overseeing a robust project management process and delivery timelines to keep projects on schedule and on budget to meet and exceed customer expectations.• Leading lean manufacturing best practices including 5S, Kaizen documentation, Root Cause Analysis, Embedded Tests, Pokeyoke, Red Rabbits, DMAIC, DFMEA, and risk & safety analysis.• Resolving escalated issues arising from day to day operations and requiring coordination with other departments.• Managing performance and coaching of an interdisciplinary team of Welding, Manufacturing, and Controls Engineers on processes and skills.• Guiding the Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA) in tandem with Quality Manager to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, customer specs, and internal development processes per GMW14058 and TS16949.• Implementing strategies to meet Part Production Approval Process (PPAP) on 16 new production lines to certify and exceed manufacturing capability at quoted production rates.• Improving processes using Overall Equipment Effectiveness to prioritize team goals in Efficiency, Quality, and Uptime.

• Monitored process practices and implemented more efficient and cost effective ways of performing processes, optimizing work force , using technology and other resources to achieve maximum productivity within budgetary constraints.• Created effective work instructions, Standard Operating Procedures, Department Work Instructions, rework instructions and quality related instructions, to assist manufacturing and lab departments.• Implemented the application of automation to resolve bottlenecks, including the adoption of automated quality vision inspection cameras in a large conveyor system reducing defect rate in process by 90%.• Responsible for the research, study, and evaluation of prospective new high precision lab equipment by identifying voice of customer needs; voice of quality; developing a measurement system; and selecting best modeling tools in collaboration with process owners to provide business case support.

Experience:• Implementing, reviewing, and troubleshooting manufacturing procedures in a Tier1 supplier of automotive SUV structural components for General Motors' Suburban, Yukon, Tahoe, and Escalade vehicles.• Leading dimensional GD&T improvements in welding and manufacturing fixtures and gauges.• Manager of technical/dimensional team across three shifts and responsible for their attendance, schedule, discipline, training, and annual reviews.• Working in high-pressure environments with teams of operators, technicians, and engineers, implementing: 5S, Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and the Toyota Production System.• Planning and executing efforts of quality control and preventive maintenance to sustain automated FANUC robot production lines using Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) to improve overall equipment efficiency (OEE) and machine utilization.• Examining and developing design modifications through Solidworks, DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control), and ROI reports, to achieve cost reductions and continuous manufacturing improvements. • Leading all programming of FANUC material handling robots, PLC fixtures, and arc welding robots.• Performing as technical authority to assure of the deliverable quality and structural functionality of automotive components in compliance with TS 16949, General Motors GMW14058, the AIAG CQI-15 Welding Assessment, and ISO 14001.

Experience:• Supporting major accounts representing sizable multi-$MM revenue in industrial equipment and consumable product sales.• Working with industrial automation and FANUC robotic systems in welding and cutting applications.• Developing technical product training programs.• Presentation of Technical product developments for Sales, Marketing, Service and Application teams.• Growing sales through creative implementation of a wide portfolio of solutions including military, commercial, and industrial applications.

• Directed integration of new warehouse and point of sale system software.• Responsible for training of digital sales staff in shipping, customer interaction, etc.• Lead architect of digital storefront and online purchases.• Acting representative of company for contractors and sales-related services.

• Performed general electrical repairs/maintenance, and custom wiring on electrical appliances and fixtures.• Assisted customers with electrical, air conditioning/heating, lighting, and residential regulation inquiries.• Managed inventory/billing, key holder of electrical glass displays, created and maintained clerical duties such as purchase orders and commercial sales.• Carried out extensive physical and over-the-phone customer service.