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Rocky Mount, North Carolina Area

Actively engaged Executive Board Member leading Resource Development activities which target increasing financial contributions to positively impact community programs, services and initiatives.

Irvine, CA

Responsible for all Engineering and Maintenance for the site. Successfully led start-up and remediation activities resulting in lifting FDA warning letter.

Rocky Mount, North Carolina Area

Actively engaged Board Member leading community investment & allocation teams that target time, talent and financial contributions to positively impact community programs, services and initiatives.

Rocky Mount, North Carolina

• Promoted to manage plant supply chain operation consisting of 236 employees on a seven-day week, multi-shift basis involving $500M in production throughput and $26.6M operating budget. Managed all production planning.
• Served on the lean and Six Sigma plant review board which reviewed, approved and prioritized all lean and Six Sigma projects resulting in plant meeting aggressive cost reduction targets.
• Improved shipping performance by 30% by establishing and tracking metrics for shipping operation.
• Implemented lean teams in Receiving/Shipping setting records for labor utilization and trailers shipped.
• Led cross-functional team that eliminated a bottleneck in Gamma sterilization operation within three months by validating backup radiation facility and increasing capacity through additional source material.
• Instituted safety team involvement program reducing OSHA injuries by 60% and achieving safety “Team of the Year” award.

North Chicago, IL.

• Managed plant supply chain and large volume parenteral operations consisting of 197 employees on a five-day week, three-shift basis involving $140M in production throughput and $20M operating budget. Managed all.
• Led teams that established targets… Show more Managed plant supply chain and large volume parenteral operations consisting of 197 employees on a five-day week, three-shift basis involving $140M in production throughput.
• Led teams that established targets for WIP and exception report cycle times reducing average days on hand inventory by 20 days.
• Reduced defects per million by 27.6% by establishing a system for immediate notification of defects.
• Implemented frozen schedule program improving batches delivered on time by 13%, product average cycle times by 16.1% and customer service level from 97.6% to 98.7%.
• Led Six Sigma team using DMAIC process reducing average parametric release cycle times from 12.5 days to 9.8 days.

B.S., Industrial Engineering

Activities and Societies: Knights of St. Patrick Honor Society, Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity

M.A., Management - Executive Program