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San Antonio, Tx, Us

Leading site Continuous Improvement and Manufacturing Quality Management initiatives.Initiatives:- Leading implementation of site manufacturing quality improvement transformation through dantotsu techniques in conjunction with my quality team - Value stream mapped and orchestrated improvement projects on key production process at the San Antonio facility.- Leading improvement activities beyond operations with other departments.

Lexington, Kentucky, Us

My role comprised multiple special projects focused on manufacturing and transactional continuous improvement and data visualization/automation. Some examples include:Supplier Lean Activities SupportDrive, support, and facilitate continuous improvement activities at our contract manufacturer (CM) in China. This involved project management, coaching, technical analysis, and creation and training for statistical tools. Much focus was also on creating Kanban calculators and conducting business case analysis to justify changes to external stakeholders.Manufacturing Monthly Metric Dashboards (Project Manager)Work with the manufacturing IT team to create live dashboards of top-level performance metrics. This reduces manual work previously needed for the preparation, distribution, and reporting of these metrics.Manufacturing Analytics (OEE+)Led project to create an automated calculation tool for Overall Equipment Effectiveness reporting leveraging data in our MES and Power BI. The system also automatically extracts key insights from the data to help the team drive targeted improvements, eliminate waste, and improve the metrics and factory productivity. Manufacturing Digital Twin Initiative (Project Leader)Led initiative to develop a digital twin of our manufacturing operations across the globe. This included setting up a standard documentation system to structure manufacturing line information and integration of this data in Power BI with our internal MES system.Design For Manufacturing and Assembly - DFMABrought lean to development organization by creating and teaching classes on DFMA techniquesSupply Chain Mapping/Supply Chain Risk SimulationMiscellaneous Side Projects-Lean Leader SW tool (Developer)-Surplus Equipment Tool (Developer)-Memory Allocation Tool (2014) (Developer) - created a tool to "autonomate" the memory allocation process saving the team members supporting this sourcing process 4 months per year.

Lexington, Kentucky, Us

__Lead a Lean project as a PM working at our CM (Primax) in China.__Lead a process improvement initiative at our CM focused on test time reduction at the end of the manufacturing line.Made ergonomic adjustments for faster starting of the machinesIdentified R&R problems that ultimately were rooted in design issues, the corrective actions are ongoing.Implemented new Standard Work__Assisted local Shenzen office as a lean / developer resource.__Work with the planning team at the CM to develop a scheduler/optimizer that looked ahead to balance load while satisfying capacity constraints (VBA). This was done in conjunction with a lean project at the CM after this procedure was identified as an opportunity for automation. Time saved was several hours per week.Developed an automation tool for the memory allocation process used in deciding from who Lexmark purchases memory(Google Apps Scripts). A Lean project was being led by a local lean resource at the time, and I provided programming assistance. The automation focused on eliminating NVA of generating and emailing reports (previously done manually) and creating a quick allocation tool that presented all the variables for the employee to quickly make allocation decisions. Saving of ~20 h of labor, and improved process flexibility reducing the total allocation process time from ~4 to 3 weeks.Assisted/led miscellaneous lean training and continuous improvement efforts at the office.

Lexington, Kentucky, Us

Helped drive usability improvements in our printers.My role included:Conducting user observations (exploratory) of external participants, on-site, in our usability lab in order to discover opportunities to improve the ease of use of our printers. This included using DOE to look for interactions between different cues to determine the best fix for a particular customer issue.Developing and analyzing an external nationwide survey examining certain printer usability issues.Analyzing data from user observations to draw out trends from different user experiences.Lobbying the development organization to make changes to fix customer pain points.

Lexington, Kentucky, Us

Supported the manufacturing of our printers done by our contract manufacturer LiteOn in China.My role included: Improving Lexmark U.S. oversight into operations at our CM by developing manufacturing dashboards (including statistical process controls), helping us make data driven decisions and catch problems as soon as they beganAnalyzing data from our CMs and supply chain using SQL and Excel to provide recommendations to administration when unexpected problems arose.Performing manufacturing process improvements by running experiments to determine how a process might be better run and whether specifications from development were even feasible.

Lakeland, Fl, Us

Developing and instituting improvements to the Watson Clinic LLP using Lean Six Sigma techniques, worked in the Patient Financial Service (Billing) and Purchasing Departments.Completed L6SBB Certification with this company as part of my on the job training.

Lakeland, Fl, Us

Performed various electrical repair / installation procedures dealing with light switches, wall sockets, and overhead lightsLearned the basic principles of the central automated heating/cooling management system for the main clinic buildingsBuilt, repaired, and installed cabinetryUpdated the clinic*s parking plan and presented possible improvements of this plan to administration

Industrial Engineering

Bachelors Of Science, Manufacturing And Design Engineering