Continuous Improvement Coach for SaaS software company, reporting to the VP of Customer Solutions, instrumental in coaching SafetyChain’s customers and their employees to the next level of Operational Excellence. Engage customers directly and identify lasting quantifiable operational improvements by leveraging SafetyChain Enterprise Plant Management Platform. Apply Continuous Improvement tools and methods to visible production data resulting in tangible and quantifiable ROI for SafetyChain’s customers. Leverage TPM and Lean methods including Six Sigma, Kaizen, TQM, and Focused Improvement projects.- Establish relationship with customers and ensure Continuous Improvement objectives are met through the multi-year engagement with SafetyChain.- Facilitate onsite Continuous Improvement workshops focused on using data from SafetyChain systems.- Serve as pre-sales subject matter expert to support the implementation of an effective business case and ROI- Serves as an internal business champion of Process Improvement to increase effectiveness of SafetyChain departments to deliver growth and more efficient operations.

Business manager, part owner for pharmaceutical consulting company with a concentration on quality systems and FDA compliance. Manage annual tax filings, client scheduling and strategic resource development. Supported overall growth through benchmark development. Assist with SOP review / production

Responsible for directing all site operations, including continuous improvement, project management, warehouse distribution, finance, engineering capital projects, safety, staffing hiring and preformance management. Led a team of 142 people supported by 14 salaried managers, 4 supervisors, 1 buyer including over 68 production staff. Develop and mentor leaders to grow into roles of increased responsibility and drive site improvements through data analysis. • Utilized downtime trending data to reduce production losses resulting in 30% increase in productivity within the first 6 months finishing the first full quarter better than the previous 5 years.• Managed site budget to reduce spending by over 4% through managed reduction in over time while still exceeding production output goals saving over $1 Million vs prior year.• Completed 3 process improvement projects that enabled a reduction of 2 total operators resulting in approximately $100k savings.• Installed data analytic system to monitor real time production on newest high-speed line and record line stoppages to further increase line efficiency. • Personally conducted monthly “town hall” presentation including all site employees to review current site safety, quality, productivity data and future state goals. • Prepared legal separation documentation and reports for employee behavioral and performance-based issues.• Conducted internal investigations into employee reports of company misconduct or falsification of production records and documentation.

Managed Operations, Procurement, and Planning team of over 95. Recruited new employees, evaluated employee performance and developed career path progression. Developed site strategic business plan to meet annual production and fiscal goals.  - Redesigned shipping and receiving area to facilitate improved inventory warehouse flow and comply with FDA regulation to maintain separation of ship / receiving materials. - Managed data analysis daily to set distribution and production priorities resulting in driving $2M back-order reduction of over 50%. - Instituted cycle count process resulting in improved inventory accuracy reducing inventory outages by over 70%. - Created a new analytical process from extracted raw financial and shipment data and consolidated into a report highlighting trends resulting in a 30% increase in manufacturing productivity.

Directed 19-member pharmacy procurement and supply chain operations team. Managed commercial prescription drug fulfillment for over 100K patients daily. Partnered with operations and contracting to drive strategic growth in wholesale and direct drug pricing.  - Instituted analytical process in Excel using Oracle prescription fill data for over 100K patients daily to ensure same day fill resulting in a 98% fill rate an increase of 10%. - Integrated cross functional team to reduce network transfers by 60% resulting in over $600K in supply chain cost reduction. - Conducted wall to wall inventory resulting in less than 2% variance adjustments.

Directed operations team of 160 managers and hourly associates for North America's highest volume still beverage facility. Partnered with local union officials to resolve employee grievances and negotiate work contracts. Managed all facets of safety, cGMP quality in an FDA regulated environment.  - Led plant implementation of TPM through autonomous maintenance step IV in under 1 year. - Utilized data analysis process to improve thermal processing cold fill line speed by 25%. - Led strategic growth team to determine facility expansion resulting in the addition of 1 production line and 15% employee increase.

Managed plant operations team of over 140 people with a $22M budget. Led daily LEAN manufacturing operations utilizing TPM methodologies. Coordinated new brand launches / promotions with the top wholesale and grocery stores. - Led plant safety to two years injury free through driving safe behavior and building a culture of safety, an improvement from 5 injuries the previous year. - Developed and implemented a strategic 3-year efficiency plan based on principles of TPM and AM step 3 to deliver a more empowered workforce resulting in a 30% OEE increase to affected work centers and 25% through AM step 3 within the first year. - Managed schedule adherence to achieve 99.8% on time delivery rate to customer. - Leveraged statistical process in resolving material component product quality variance which resulted in a 10% increase in equipment operational efficiency.

Managed a planning and procurement team of 6 people to meet 2.5M case / month production of dressings and sauces. Developed site fiscal operating budget and capital expenditures. Partnered with over 300 ingredient vendors to ensure environmental sustainability and diversity inclusion.  - Led R&D / engineering cross-functional material loss cost savings team to reduce annual expenses by $330k. - Partnered with Sales Customer Supply Chain to increase on time delivery metrics by 20%. - Partnered with co-pack suppliers and Customer Sales Teams to improve production label quality process resulting in 60% decrease in stops due to defective materials.

Led Supply Chain joint venture business for Glad food storage production and sales distribution. Integration led for corporate marketing, planning and sales. Led coordination and manufacturing objectives across 5 production facilities. - Collaborated with R&D, Marketing, Brand and Sales Teams to launch three key innovation projects ahead of schedule that led to a 3% increase in domestic market share growth in the category. - Developed end to end supply chain and acted as project manager and liaison between Sales and Brand Teams for 5 projects through completion including two foreign; Vietnam and China. - Provided production capability insight to Stakeholders and communicated with Sr. SBU leaders to consolidate SKUs reducing complexity by 10%.

MANAGE 30-PERSON TEAM RESPONSIBLE FOR PLANT PRODUCTION OPERATIONS IMPLEMENTING TPM METHODS TO ENABLE WORLD CLASS MANUFACTURING OPERABILITY. • Led a reliability improvement team using IM and Kaizen methodologies for assigned production lines, which resulted in 15% reduction in OEE loss.• Maintained 85% completion of operator individual development plans, which resulted in all operators reaching equipment-training objectives.• Recognized and developed leadership potential in operators to develop and propagate equipment operation confidence and improve floor level troubleshooting processes and teamwork. • Developed plant-wide recycling process that resulted in 700 tons of material annually that is no longer land filled and an expected savings of $80, 000 annual cost savings.

• Led maintenance team that achieved 94.7% vehicle readiness, 4.7% above Army standard. • Rated by battalion commander in “Top” 5% of 18 lieutenants in battalion. • Second in command of 95-person Headquarters Company. Led 12-person team maintaining 62 vehicles and equipment and providing logistics support for $30 million in equipment. Managed $10 million supply and logistics budget• Responsible for providing intelligence and threat assessment support for 510-person armor cavalry squadron.• Partnered with Border Patrol, identifying over 600 illegal aliens entering US, reducing illegal entries 25%.• Planned/executed human intelligence training program that provided brigade with 18 additional teams.• Directed intelligence analysis that contributed to discovery of multiple enemy caches, 30 top Anti-Iraqi cell leaders, and early detection and neutralization of enemy indirect fire in Iraq.• Led 80 person team that provided intelligence support for Stryker equipped, light infantry brigade combat team in Iraq, contributing to mission success. • Led intelligence collection effort that resulted in killing/capture of 500 terrorists, over 33% brigade total, contributing to 60% decrease in terrorist attacks in Mosul, Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM.• Implemented improved unmanned aerial vehicle risk management operations that set Army-wide flight record of 2,764 consecutive accident-free flight hours in combat. • Developed retention plan that increased overall reenlistment in troop by over 300%• Attended 9 months Intelligence Captains Advanced Operations Course and 6 weeks Counterintelligence Course.

Direct supervisory roll of team. Responsible for planning, resource development, and delivering results effects based operations. Managed annual budget and equipment readiness. Comprehensive work with computer system programs and database analysis.