Matthew Blanchard Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Menlo Park, Ca, Us

Cupertino, California, Us

Chicago, Il, Us

Argo, Inc. is an international consulting firm that delivers operational performance by focusing on business processes, continuous improvement principles, and changes in workforce behavior. With an unrelenting commitment to achieving identified business and financial outcomes, we implement our recommendations to ensure our clients’ profitability and sustainability goals are realized

Austin, Texas, Us

Led a team of 300 in 24/7 operations in the Model 3 Stator department Production Lead for third Final Assembly Drive Unit line installed at Gigafactory 1; the most successful production line launch in Tesla history. Led team of 60 during ramp period to attain steady state production within 10 weeks of launch, developing performance metrics for our team in safety, quality, cost, and delivery while also leading a team of 110 in the Model 3 Stator Production departmentLed a team of 240 in 24/7 operations of the Rotor and Final Assembly departmentsGrew drive unit production from 300/day to 1,600/day in 6 months

Austin, Texas, Us

Oversaw production in Final Assembly & Rotor departments for Model 3 Drive Unit from pilot line at 4 units/day to final production line at 300 units/day, making it the most successful Model 3 component line, as first area to reach this rateManaged 36 associates across both departments; hired and on-boarded 100+ associates across all departments

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Traveled to 50 countries throughout Africa, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. I volunteered my engineering and leadership skills to help communities in need, learned to communicate without speaking, and published a travel blog. Hiked Mt. Olympus and the Himalayas, took a trip down the Nile, learned Muay Thai, and created lasting friendships and connections across continents. Exposure to a variety ideas, experiences, and cultures helped me develop creative ways of solving challenges and the ability to see issues from all viewpoints.

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Liaison between operations and customer support - managing applications with customers and providing product expertise including servo motors, actuators, drives, PLC controllers, and use of Salesforce and Oracle

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Team lead for a cross functional group in supply chain, finance, sales, and operations on projects ranging from capital acquisitions, application design, and insourcing. Large emphasis on data analytics. This program led to:1.5%+ increase in operating profit100% increase in machine center utilization$1M of capital acquisitions with one-year paybackCreation of a company-wide SQL application used for procurement analysisEnterprise software acquisition to increase efficiency between engineering and operationsWhile leading these projects I also had process engineering responsibility for 3 product lines and our machining center

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Managed a 26 member team across two product lines delivering $10 million of revenue per year, and owner of cost, quality, and delivery. Increased area productivity by 82%, and served as a leader and facilitator for the operations business system and kaizen projects

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

A part of the Business Operations Leadership Development Program, I was responsible for quality control across two product lines with $8M in revenue, as well as capacity planning & scheduling of customer orders. Decreased the average time of quality issue resolution by 70%

Newport, Tn, Us

Raleigh, North Carolina, Us