Client focused operational management and leadership for Architectural Door and Hardware Solutions, Electro Mechanical Solutions, Speciality Project, and Service teams.

Architectural Door and Hardware Solutions Manager, servicing Division 8 and Division 10 construction needs for national accounts.

Operations leadership for the North American market leader of whole house residential central vacuum systems, with responsibility for plant operations, scheduling, production, personnel, and logistics. This business is growing market share and sales by introducing multiple high quality filtration platforms and customized products via next day shipping. Brands include Vacuflo, Dirt Devil, Element, and Maxum. - On Time Delivery averaging 98% over the past 4 years during growth period where the product mix doubled and market share grew 10% annually. Achieved by redesigning the manufacturing system, balancing flow, and implementing kanban methodologies. Currently leading a design team to streamline product assembly by standardizing product and implementing design for manufacturing concepts. - Reduced the labor percent to sales 23% by creating user friendly efficiency standards for scheduling personnel, as well as aggressively implementing a cross training program. Future projects include adding visual real time efficiency performance data and digital work instructions to each cell.- Lean Enterprise Champion. Recent event held in most critical production area resulted in 50% reduction in cell floor space, 43% reduction in non value added cycle time, and 75% reduction in cycle distance. Future projects include multiple events in order to regain floor space to accommodate continued sales growth.- Project leader for 12 successful product launches, across multiple brand platforms in the last 18 months. Strengthened relationship with core supplier, who became a bottleneck, by growing our relationship, improving communication, and identifying mutually beneficial solutions. Future projects include adding custom labeling capabilities in house to acquire competitive companies. - Reduced inventory dollars by 5% while SKU increased by 12.5% through increased vendor managed inventory participation.

Quality Assurance Manager – Central Vacuum Division (2004-Present)Responsible for restructuring the Quality Assurance department to address high numbers of quality rejections and customer complaints, as well as eliminate design based quality nonconformances. - 65% reduction in customer complaints over 10 years by mistake proofing processes, improving inspection methods, and implementing 8D problem resolution method. Future plans including creating a supplier quality development / performance evaluation program. - 90% reduction in design based customer complaints and 50% reduction in warranty cost by implementing DFMEA process before product launch and utilizing root cause analysis tools post launch.- PPM levels average below 300 on over 2,000 custom items after restructuring quality and manufacturing systems.- Significant overhead reduction by eliminating the Quality Assurance support staff. Quality functions were driven to the source, gauging made intuitive, and inspection built into the process. Future projects include digitizing quality records and automating certain inspections.

Responsible for entire product life cycle including product design, cost estimating, product launch, and project management.- Successfully launched over 25 automotive and transportation related products resulting in 30% of division sales.- Implemented and peer trained Autodesk Inventor and Microsoft Excel based program to accelerate product design, bill of materials, routing process creation. Customer quote lead time reduced from three days to one day.- Robotic programmer for integration and launch of robotic welding (FANUC) and assembly systems.

Process Engineer – Meteor Automotive Sealing Systems (1998-2000)One third of a team responsible for joint venture facility acquisition and production launch to deliver automotive body sealing system to the high end luxury automotive market. - Implemented robotic coating application system (ABB) with 95% uptime using a strict maintenance plan.- Launched production in 9 months, providing over 500 sealing sets daily to MBUSA.Specialty Product Engineer – Lauren Manufacturing (1995-1998)Responsible for product and project management for custom rubber extrusion company, allowing growth into new markets.- Created new manufacturing process to gain entry into specialty markets, resulting in sales growth.- Project leader to establish raw material qualification program resulting in higher process control.