Develop and industrialize additive manufacturing processes for gas turbine engine component repairs.

Procurement of advanced gas turbine components for development engines. Design specifications, project management, supplier development/selection, sourcing and delivery to schedule.

Development and implementation of new repair technologies for the Gas Turbine Industry.Project managed programs across multiple engineering disciplines globally. Areas of expertise include Blisks, Material Additive, NDE and joining processes.Team budget over $10M with documented savings exceeding $50M.

Managed over $3M of customer funded efforts at multiple facilities to develop and insert new technologies. Program managed projects delivered over $10M is cost savings at the shop level.Introduced two new technologies (Blue Arc/ECDM and Translational Friction Welding) saving over $50M in cost and avoidance dollars.Allocated over $10M in new technology spending, benefiting specific customer requests.

Initiated new team responsible for commercializing, innovating and promoting the intellectual property of GE Aviation. Developed strategy, team and contacts to reach goal of $20M in licensing revenue.Teamed with individuals from Legal, Marketing, and Technical communities.Formed specific alliances and agreements with companies to develop and promote technologies.2007 Licensing income exceeded $10M

Responsible for 45 global engineers at 3 different locations: Turkey, Malaysia and China. Team accomplishments:Global Savings of over $1650K vs. target of $1400K.Generated income of over $558K vs. $300k targetMaintained Global Headcount - no attrition32 global technical team members Green Belt certifiedHired 5 in country China engineers and developed China Strategy to support our Asian Customers

Job involved leading a team of 20 individuals to globally support GEAE engineering requirements. Specific highlights:Led Department’s Asia Sourcing Strategy. Initiated, trained and established new Sub-section in Malaysia. Hired (6) direct reports in Asia, structured proactive support for Asian. Team exceeded stretch goal of Six Sigma project savings over $4.5M.Developed new repairs for Gas Turbine Hardware that resulted in over $15M savings/new business for GE Engine Services

Master Black Belt/Commercial Quality LeaderResponsible for standardizing business processes across sites. Focused on the engine invoicing process.Led effort to reduce invoicing cycle times by 77%, standard deviation 89% and saving over $6M the first year.Assisted in the restructuring of the Six Sigma Organization in Wales, with a focused approached to satisfying customer needs, achieving Six Sigma savings of $22M above Operating Plan.Reduced amount of unbilled invoices by $18M. Sponsored/Mentored projects that had over $10M dollars of savings to the Wales Service Shop.Reorganized and lead an order-bill-collect team with (32) reports; established from (5) different organizations.

Six Sigma Black Belt/ Project LeaderResponsible for integrating Six Sigma into the organization.Completed projects that reduced defects by over 90% while decreasing costs by $540K and cycle time by 25%Initiated, developed, trained and provided mentoring to over 50 salaried Green Belts (Project Leaders) and over 200 hourly employeesDeveloped a new business venture (Kitting) with sales of $5M in 1998 and over $40M by 2000

Developed new products to increase business market share.Received (3) patents and the President's Award for the design, manufacture and qualification of new GE components.Implemented new Lean Cell area to produce componentsComponent designs have resulted in over $10M new business for Elano

Value Process Engineer, Tubes and FittingsManufacturing and Quality functions

Responsible for welding and thermal spraying operations at Allison manufacturing facilities and certification of suppliers worldwide.