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North Mankato, Minnesota, United States

Radical Thinker Harnessing the Power of Math, Science, and Data to Revolutionize Business Decision-Making

Minnesota, Colorado, California, Florida, Nevada, And Illinois

Various roles including: Intern, Research and Development Analyst / Process Improvement Specialist, Production Manager, Senior R&D Analyst/ Production Engineer VActivities: Research, testing, evaluation, process improvement, cost reduction, operations managementInterests: Inkjet enthusiast, ROI calculations, disruptive CapEx investments Results: Max profits

North Mankato, Mn

• Chief researcher of future production technologies • Category manager for digital print and graphic arts equipment • Strategic capital budgeting lead • Founding member of Tech Review Committee for capital equipment purchases• Member of Executive Committee Approval Board• $1 million+ annually in reoccurring profit improvement

Bloomington/Normal, Illinois Area

Progressive Impressions International (Pii) provides personalized direct marketing for leading companies in Insurance, Financial Services, Health Care, and Education. They are one of the country’s largest full-service direct marketing solutions providers. Pii is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Taylor, one of the largest privately held companies in the United States.• Implemented production metrics and incentive systems that increased output by over 50%• Improved on-time delivery from 80% to consistently over 99%• Held Top 5 ranking in Taylor Corp for lowest WIP, lowest DSI, highest profit percentage, highest profit dollars, and cross-selling products from other business units• Invested over $10 million to upgrade and replace over 90% of the manufacturing assets to current state-of-the-art technology - Transitioned digital print assets from 29% color printing to 73% - Completed ROI and installed first inkjet web press, reducing operating costs by 50% - Installed the second Canon VarioPrint i300 in North America through Canon's LCP program - Researched and justified the first paper wrapping systems in Taylor Corp, reducing operating costs by 50% over envelope inserting

Taylor Corporation is one of the largest privately held companies in the United States providing business and personal communications products, technologies and services.• Competitive research analysis on new equipment and technology• Equipment application, justification, and ROI assessment• Analysis of process workflows and implementation of improvements• Measurement of equipment productivity, capacity, and best practices• Establish costs for alternative manufacturing production methods

The Glennon Group was acquired by ID Technology, a division of Pro Mach Inc May 2006.• Devised and implemented process improvements with a consultant• Reduced and maintained set-up times to a maximum of 50% of the day• Operated narrow-web label presses as 1st and 2nd pressman• Gathered data for management analysis• Recorded and executed inventory transactions• Staged supplies for presses including; roll stock, ink, plates, and rotary dies• Mixed and color matched flexographic inks

EconoPrint has had two re-branding, the first was to EconoGraphix and most recently to egx group. • Assisted Production Manager with responsibilities• Reviewed job tickets for errors and scheduled jobs for production• Purchased and kept accurate inventories of paper and supplies• Prepared for press operators: metal, poly, and paper plates• Received inventory and closed purchase orders• Ran and cleaned-up offset presses and mixed ink• Aided mailroom bindery and finishing in the compellation of orders

Short Executive Course, Finance For Non-Financial Managers

Bachlor Of Science, Graphic Communications Management

Activities and Societies: Chancellors Award, Magna Cum LaudeUniversity of Wisconsin-Stout is a comprehensive, career-focused polytechnic.

Associates, Printing And Publishing

Activities and Societies: Member Phi Theta Kappa Society Alpha Rho Zeta, National Vocational – Technical Honor Society, Commercial.