Milton Dean Email & Phone Number

Palm Beach Gardens, Fl, Us

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Team of marine scientists and technologists developing "Sensing Solutions for Managing Aquatic Ecosystems". Providing operational and technical leadership in the development of optical imaging systems for marine life taxonomic identification and quantification. Contributed to the development of the OceanSpace Small Aquatic Organism(SAO) imager (Patent Pending) through CAD design, component fabrication, lab analysis of optical, electronic and mechanical components and the assembly and field testing of prototypes.

West Palm Beach, Florida Area

Providing contract services with a focus on creating a culture of operational excellence. Developed improvement roadmaps and business scorecards for a global contract manufacturer of medical, automotive and industrial products and components. Completed development of a Quality Management System and successful certification to ISO9001-2015. Provided global integration and change management services for a merger. Implemented processes compliant with ISO13485 and FDA Title 21 CFR820 Quality System Requirements(QSR) for medical devices.

Palm Beach Gardens, Fl

Accountable for responsive demand fulfillment of products known for being highest quality and reliability in biometrics industry. Accountable for managing working capital, reducing and controlling costs and inventory. Directed Lean-Six Sigma Black Belts on key initiatives including significant throughput improvement in manufacturing of electro-optical biometric devices. Developed Operations Annual Operating Plan and multi-year strategy. Organized and conducted Company Quarterly Business Reviews. Responsible for US Operations and was Managing Director of German facility.

Established a new electro-optical manufacturing operation for a Swiss-based company that required production of military products in the USA. Studied on-site in Switzerland the assembly and inspection of electro-optics. Resulted in a certified US operation 30% under budget and 4 months ahead of schedule. •Designed layout of facility and managed contractor for full up-fit on time and within budget.•Required extensive hands-on approach to launch on time. Improved and documented processes, trained employees and reduced build time by 25% of first product transferred from overseas.•Hired talent required to run Supply Chain, Quality, Manufacturing Operations and Services.•Developed and presented to Board of Directors long term strategic plans and near term tactical plans.•Targets for Revenue, EBIT, Inventory levels, cash Flow, quality, on-time delivery were all met or exceeded.

Directed worldwide Best Practices identification, Lean thinking, Six Sigma and Hoshin Planning methodology for this $15B+, 100K+ employee Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) provider.• Conducted benchmarking and “Voice of Customer” interviews to understand company-wide needs to enable collaboration across business divisions. These business units covered the range of Industrial, Computers, Automotive, Consumer, Medical Devices, Photonics, Communications, Defense & Aerospace.• Successfully defined requirements and directed development of comprehensive process and database system for identification, implementation, and assessment of Best Practices through global network of subject matter experts across 60 sites in 30 countries.• Operating Committee Member of the (MIT-LFM) program. – Leaders For Manufacturing.• Defined and managed Internship projects.

Provided leadership to Manufacturing Engineering Managers across several factories. Ran multiple cross-functional and cross-business teams to identify, document, deploy practices for improving and maintaining standards of excellence.• Successfully resolved long outstanding issues with strategic customers by leading collaborative efforts in addressing technical and personnel conflicts seriously affecting business relationship. Implemented preventive measures.• Developed process technology roadmaps; directed transfer of technologies into factories.• Improved the efficiency of the global New Product Introduction(NPI) process. Directed cross functional global team to design standard corporate Product Life Cycle model with detailed gates, checkpoints and checklists adaptable to meet scope of individual projects.

Directed staff of Program / Business Development managers responsible for P&L, contracts, quotes, forecasts, demand planning and key operating indicators for $100M business. Conducted quarterly business reviews with customer executives requiring global travel. Developed through international cross-functional team corporate product transfer guidelines, forms, checklists and Measurement-of-Effectiveness methods significantly improving the transfer process.

Led group of 85 engineers, software developers, and technicians. Reduced budget by 30% while expanding capability and improving level of service; reduced cycle time by 60%. Directed program involving multiple cross-functional teams in successful transfer of products into Cabletron due to customers Merger and Acquisition. Required extensive travel to domestic, European and Asian factories and suppliers. Led divestiture team to select, negotiate, and transfer manufacturing to outsourcing partner.

Organized and implemented customer satisfaction improvement strategies; supplier qualification and improvement, and new product quality planning for the Amiga multi-media computer/ game machine and the emerging PC market. Performed on-site assessment and hands-on application of continuous improvement techniques in US, European and Far East factories, subcontractors and OEM suppliers requiring extensive worldwide travel. Implemented Field Product Performance analysis and action process. Reduced non-conformance costs by 80% through implementation of process focus teams.