• Leads manufacturing operations consisting of 60 employees responsible for manufacturing customized industrial cranes and rail repair equipment.• Serves as company leader for safety processes and programs.• Plant achieved zero recordable injuries in 2023.• 1 recordable injury in 2022.• Functional oversight include experts in welding, machining, assembly, paint, maintenance, materials management & manufacturing engineering.• Aligns the Whiting Corp strategic business plan and the company wide goals in the areas of cost, quality, safety, and delivery.• Prepares and performs to annual departmental budgets.• Sponsors and participates in continuous improvement projects relating to manufacturing and Materials/Purchasing activities.• Applies Lean Manufacturing theory and application within a custom project “job shop” type of production environment.• Manages the human resource element for proposing and sustaining fair-market equity for employees. • Responsible for oversight and upkeep of property, plant and equipment. • Proactively manages manufacturing capacity and takes appropriate actions when capacity is constrained in order to fulfill customer demand patterns. • Leads walking production meetings with cross-functional team members.• Develops succession planning through skills assessments for direct staff and their employees in terms of OTJ training and education. • Supports the Whiting Quality System in terms of ISO9001, NQA-1, Appendix B program, Corrective Action system.• Leads weekly boardwalks for manufacturing.

• Managed factory consisting of 30+ employee production team who manufactured large specialty water valves.• $18M annual operating plan consisting of welding, machining, assembly, paint and test.• Responsible for P&L planning and execution.• Enabled collaborative decision making with key direct reports including; engineers, operations managers, maintenance, quality manager, continuous improvement and materials managers. • Ensured the alignment of factory objectives to corporate strategic initiatives. • Development and management of factory annual operating budget.• Developed processes for maximizing safety, quality and productivity.• Ensured site was properly maintained and follows 5S methodologies. • Ensured facility operates in compliance with all governmental regulatory requirements.• Responsible for achieving precise customer quality specifications.• Managed communications and employee labor relations.• Operated as key member of the extended value stream leadership team.• Implemented development and succession planning for all team members.• Sponsored and implemented continuous improvement to create a lean manufacturing culture.• Responsible for all personnel decisions, including: hiring, corrective action(s) and termination decisions, performance evaluation and monitoring, coaching, training, and professional development.

• Operations & project management for customized specialty water valve products.• Managed the manufacturing engineering team.• Responsible for coordinating welding, machining, assembly and testing processes to meet customer specifications. • End-to-end collaborator from sales order processing through final shipment.• Led the implementation of lean manufacturing methodologies.• Estimated custom product lead-times for Sales and Orders teams.• Reviewed critical customer requirements for manufacturing schedule development.• Developed sourcing, manufacturing and cost reduction plans. • Developed and tracked project milestones to assure timely completion.• Led safety and ergonomic assessments.• Led technology transformation planning through capital project management.

• Led Engineered Value Chain improvements to accelerate product Order-to-Delivery times.• Established inclusive work environment with cross-functional teams to implement new engineering value chain improvements.• Developed Finish-to-Order (FTO) strategies and execution plans to reduce supplier variability, maximize flexibility and late stage product configuration. • Led BOM reconfigurations, dealer kits, assembly validations, manufacturing planning and pricing strategies.• Developed Execution Playbook for ‘Assembly-to-Order’ processes.• Developed and implemented Operational agility guidelines.• Led inbound supply chain plans for facility relocations which includes packaging design/returnable racks, transportation modes and customs acceptance.• Characterized customer service promise expectations through VOC.• Assessed product configuration complexity and identified approaches for rationalization.• Eliminated rework waste to improve efficiency and profitability of product and processes.• Identified critical cost drivers and sources of scale, complexity, operational, service and quality issues.• Created preliminary views on the sources of value / capabilities and profit impact and assessed gaps to quantify profit potential.• Defined capabilities needed across the end-to-end value chain to help achieve competitive advantage. • Translated capability needs to value chain/ functional needs.• Defined optimal strategic inventory buffers to improve product availability.

• Responsible for completing 6 Sigma and continuous product improvement projects to improve customer satisfaction and profitability. • Analyzed failure and warranty data to create business cases for continuous improvement projects. • Provided scheduled standard reports to management and peers on quality metrics, failure & warranty trends.• Developed and led implementation of local and corporate tools/processes to identify product defect trends.• Developed tools and processes to improve forecasting accuracy for warranty budgets.• Developed the Parts OPACC Optimization process, which resulted in $900K of annualized OPACC savings.• Led the successful implementation of next generation lubrication systems across multiple product lines to improve top systemic quality issues.• Developed a comprehensive proactive quality process known as the “Plan for Every Failure” to identify defects trends for prioritizing rapid resolution.• Developed and implemented the Product Defect Trend Tool which was recognized as a best practice for low volume quality analytics by the Caterpillar Global Quality Team.• Developed and led the 994H Field Kitting Project which has been regarded as a best practice by dealers for efficiency and quality. • Led annual quality metrics target setting process.• Customer and dealer interface engineer for new prototype/pilot machines.• Provided 6 Sigma Green Belt training through an interactive teaching style that encouraged student participation and enthusiasm.

• Provided technical and assembly leadership and support for next generation of machines through the ‘Design for Manufacturing’ methodology.• Investigated and challenged current methods of design to improve manufacturability, quality and cost of product.• Conducted virtual assembly reviews and defines assembly process for new product programs.• Developed VOB for manufacturing to improve quality and cost of product assembly.• Managed capital for assembly fixtures, torque tooling, component transports and any infrastructure modifications. • Drove design commonality and modularization through ‘Design for X’ methodology.• Provided assembler/inspector training for new product assembly processes.• Led design and manufacturability reviews, PFMEA’s, project planning, Obeya style meetings.• Presented new product presentations to executive management.• Coordinated assembly documentation, standard work, discrete event simulations, and line balancing activities for new product programs.• Supported APQP, customer accepted validation, pilot builds and focus teams for new products.• Developed future state assembly line layouts.• Certified 6 Sigma DMEDI/DMAIC Green Belt.

• Responsible for planning material routings, assembly process sequences, MBOM consists, and developing assembly documentation for engineering and process changes. • Identified and provided necessary tooling and fixturing for assembly areas.• Responsible for Lean Manufacturing implementation.• Responsible for maintaining assembly line layouts.• Collaborated with product design teams to improve manufacturability of current production models.• Facilitator of Small Business Team which focuses on the resolution of repetitive internal and customer quality defects.• Lead Safety and Contamination Audits on assembly lines.• Back-up Operations Foreman for main assembly line.

* Documented the manufacturing processes of industrial cleaning equipment. (work instructions for ISO9001).* Verification of bill of materials, ECN’s, and production schedules using a UNIX database. * Conducted time studies on main assembly lines.