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Naples, Florida Area

Training and mentoring teams through lean transformations. Industry experience includes: hospitality & entertainment, cruise lines, food & beverage, hotels & resorts, financial services, banking, and information technology & services. Trained and experienced in driving for results through Toyota Production System methodologies. Lean competencies: Standard Work, 5S, Transactional Process Improvement (TPI), Value Stream Mapping, Lean Daily Management (LDM), Visual Management, Problem Solving and Six Sigma. >250 kaizens led.

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

Led a team of 4 Managers and 6 financial analysts responsible for the financial planning and analysis for the vessel operations of Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises, and Regent Seven Seas Cruises. Areas of responsibility for planning and analysis include Hotel Operations, Food and Beverage, Casino, Shore Excursions, Entertainment, Onboard Revenue, Purchasing & Logistics, Operations Payroll & Related, Port Operations, Ship Operating Expenses, and Capital Project Planning.

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

Led and drove the Continuous Improvement and Lean cultural transformations for the company (2011 to 2014). Instituted practices and methodologies to help all employees (operations and corporate) focus on small improvements every day. Managed all improvement (Kaizen) events across the company. Trained team members to apply Continuous Improvement methodologies to eliminate waste, reduce cost, grow revenue, and increase guest satisfaction. Developed and implemented performance-tracking models to monitor the ongoing implementation of these methods and the results achieved and periodically reported to senior management on the progress of the implementation and the results achieved.

Master'S Degree, Operations Research

Mba, Quality Management

Bachelor Of Arts, Management, Meteorology