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Louisville, Kentucky, United States

Personable, highly organized, and motivated leader that has sharpened the existing operations and spearheaded a plethora of new operational projects for four separate companies under the same corporate entity. Single handedly submitted and obtained FDA approval for two hospital grade surgical masks and developed the Quality Managment System, from the ground up, needed to produce the masks in the USA. Supervise the Warehouse Manager, Customer Care Technicians (CCT), Operations team, and Returns department while tracking key performance indicators to reduce labor and improve efficiency.Lead in the procurement and development of capital expenditures including the refurbishment of a 325,000 sqft multipurpose building and a 5,000 sqft office building.

Erie, Pennsylvania

* Oversee process development projects and new product introduction projects* Resolve product quality issues with customers* Manage Quality Inspection Department* Host customer/third party audits and ensure all required corrective actions are implemented and communicated to the auditing party* Divisional Quality Systems assessor and auditor for the IATF 16949 and NADCAP accreditation* Ensure validity of furnace system accuracy tests as well as furnace temperature uniformity surveys

Dunkirk, New York

Responsibilities:*Design manufacturing processes for specialty stainless steel to aerospace and defense contract specifications*Manage a multi-unit Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE) project to increase throughput from a known operational constraint*Coordinate with sales and operations departments to review new customer orders and utilize stock material to fit their needs effectively reducing inventory levels*Train new office personnel on company order fulfillment systemAccomplishments:*Technology Representative for the corporate IT Steering Committee, focused on prioritizing all major IT projects and initiatives company wide*Managed a project designed to improve customer satisfaction by reducing the amount of shipped material outside of length tolerances*Cooperated with metallurgical and operations departments to develop new standardized processes for hex shaped material*Designed a Lab Inventory Management (LIM) system in Microsoft Access to track and diagnose potential quality issuesCurrent Projects: *Redesign material recertification process into a more automated system to give greater customer satisfaction*Create automated system to identify required test samples needed by the lab to qualify material to ordered specifications

Dunkirk, New York

* Assigned process routing for maximum yield of material while meeting the needs of the customer* Developed a new characterization platform to organize and improve ease of use when assigning process routing* Programed VBA software utility to collect and analyze furnace thermocouple temperature readings used for material heat treat verifications

Dunkirk, New York

* Self-initiated a project to establish and develop the practice of collecting and statistically analyzing laboratory test data from previously shipped material to identify trends for multiple material grades*Coordinated with Quality department to create material certifications

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Bachelor'S Degree, Physics

Associate Of Science (A.S.), Individual Studies

Activities and Societies: Rotary Youth Leadership Association