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TriVista is a global consulting firm focused on identifying and driving operations and technology improvements. Our services span operations, supply chain, footprint, technology, and executive recruiting. We also support add-on acquisitions with diligence, cost synergy modeling, and post-merger integration (PMI).Many of our projects address capacity, cost reduction, capital optimization, and risk mitigation. Our support can extend from strategy development all the way through diagnostic design, detailed planning, and implementation to ensure theory evolves into real sustainable results

Memphis, Tennessee, United States

Responsible for global distribution operations with > $400MM inventory and 150+ direct and indirect labor. Operations functions include inbound and outbound processes, material handling, inventory control, build, service and repair of electromechanical equipment and surgical instrumentation and reprocessing of surgical assets. Support functions include procurement, production planning, lean and continuous improvement, process engineering, field service operations and operations analytics.

Dayton, Ohio, United States

Led a team comprised of production planning, purchasing, material handling and lean shareowners, owning wing to wing Materials and Planning value stream for NuVasive Manufacturing. Established supply agreements, favorable PPV and reduced spend on indirect material. Improved abs. inventory variance from 8% to 1% with < 5k inventory loss on 10MM, maintaining a 99% CC accuracy and >50% backorder reduction.

Waukesha, Wisconsin

Managed +$300MM gross inventory of service parts in the Americas while leading cross-functional and cross-business process standardization and simplification initiatives.I owned and led strategic improvements to global repair planning as the technical and systemic expert, consisting of +$100MM good-stock gross inventory and 60+ warehouse locations. I led development contributing to new system launch and improvement to the global repair DRP and MRP processes.

Waukesha, Wisconsin

Responsible for managing 19 direct reports across 2 shifts with assembly and test operations, MR Cabinet production output with developing roadmap towards 95% SCOT.I drove lean projects working towards Lean Six Sigma Certification, monitored staffing for best utilization of labor establishing product line priorities and improved general plant activities such as safety, 5S and productivity contributing toward $350k CCP in Q1 2016, $140k CCP in Q2 2016 and $230k CCP in Q3 2016 with 38% volume decrease.

Florence, South Carolina

While providing daily support for 38 technicians & 3 production associates across 1 assembly line, full system staging & 3 shifts, I rebalanced standard work increasing output, implemented kaizen opportunities facilitating standard work, simplification and improvement in key KPIs - 75% short shipment improvement, 47% CT reduction, 53% incr labor efficiency, 1.2MM obso material removal.I owned and drove Lean Test principles delivering with reductions in: 1.6MM P&E avoidance, 16% LT, 20% manual labor, 80% staging WIP, 80% floor space, 66% Ergo risk, 73% consignment inventory, 83% material moves. I achieved Lean Six Sigma Certification of Rear Pedestal Assembly line as Production Team Leader and SME.I provided subject matter expertise for New Product Introductions (8 NPIs), software validations, tool and process qualifications while ensuring compliance with CAPA, DHR files, EHS, QA and concern reporting.

Florence, South Carolina

Supported the worldwide MR Installed Base owning & maintaining the Field return list for Magnets & Gradients while reporting to Engineering and Service Management with part reliability, defect trending and life data analysis improving organization and collection of service part reliability data with development of a tracking system.I designed and implemented variable cost productivity projects, supported advanced technology development and improved, standardized & simplified the Tool Release & Upgrade Process & Field Replaceable Unit Process consolidating Florence Engineering owned MR service tools by 40%.

Lab interests included mechanisms of embryology using the model of a developing heart with research focusing on the investigation of a representative Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) chicken embryonic heart, its mis-location of the elastin protein and decreased extensibility of the pulmonary arteries.

Executive Master Of Science, Engineering Management, 4.0

Thesis Publication ID10008875: Industrial Robot Acceptance: Effects of Workplace Demographics and Establishing a Culture of Acceptance.

Bs, Biomedical Engineering And Statistics

Activities and Societies: Society of Women Engineers, Phi Mu Fraternity, Alpha Lambda Delta Honors Fraternity, Biomedical Engineering.