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Houston, Texas, United States

NaviScale helps cleantech / hard-tech startup companies mitigate the risks in their upscale journey by flexing our global network of highly experienced engineers and supply chain experts. Specializing in HSE, Quality, Design for manufacturing (DFM), LEAN manufacturing, process control, and Global Sourcing.

Houston, Texas Area

* Work with manufacturing plants globally to create strategy, identify opportunities and provide recommendations using right sized technology.* Oversee engineered solutions for top HSE projects at manufacturing facilities. * Advocate automated solutions to improve Safety, Quality, Cost & Throughput.* Use A3 and Hoshin methodologies to drive and measure continuous improvement.* Work cross-functionally with IT and Product Technology for alignment with overall strategy.* Ensure projects are fully implemented with standard work, drawings, maintenance, LOTO, and FMEA documentation. Follow up with audits for sustainment/PDCA.* Partner with industry automation leaders to implement automation solutions.* Facilitate global capital project recommendations and prioritization of requests.

Conroe, Texas

*Hire and retain high potential employees in critical positions on the Mfg Eng Team*Manage daily priorities according to VOC*Identify and execute quality and through-put improvements*Capital Project management *Provide Engineered Safety solutions and improvements*Drive Manufacturing Engineering Advanced Technology improvements

Conroe, Texas

*Drove the completion of the 2013 strategies defined in the CI cockpit and reported on HDBS progress in the monthly calls. *Organized kaizen events to eliminate waste, increase HSE and throughput.*Organized and led the 2014 Hoshin, established or 2014 big bets and BFC A3s.*Managed completion of 70 TPM events at the Woodlands facility from June 2013 through May 2014.*Hired high potential employees and managed the completion of engineered solutions with limited resources.*Set the vision for the team to become customer focused organization*Led the completion of numerous Safety solutions and participated in 8 TapRoots.

Houston, Texas Area

Develop and execute Global Manufacturing Process Assurance Strategy.Developed and implemented Management of Change and Quality Stop Work Authority processes for 18 manufacturing locations globally.Edited and published Manufacturing Global Standards and Quality Manual.Collaborated the efforts of Global Quality Managers to create common best practices and implement them.

Houston, Texas Area

Developed and implemented Global Supplier Quality processes manual and website.Conducted supplier audits in China, India, Singapore and the UK.Worked with International Sourcing to develop and qualify a variety of special process suppliers such as, shot peening, laser cladding, HVOF, electrochemical conversion coating, and various welding overlays.Developed audits for API Q1, shot peening, laser cladding, and electrochemical conversion coatings.Trained Supplier Quality Professionals on quality tools, and auditing.Managed numerous Global Quality projects for machined, welded and cast parts.

Warren, Michigan Area

Global Welding specification development and implementation. Plant startup support, including technician training, processes and procedure development, and implementation of welding process monitoring systems.Consulting on multiple car programs from a welding manufacturability standpoint.Supervision of production, skilled trades, engineers and technicians.Production equipment maintenance planning and execution.

Liuzhou City, China

Worked cross-culturally to implement Lean Manufacturing principles in the Body Shop in support of First Time Quality, Total Production Maintenance and Thru-put improvement. Taught root cause analysis techniques to process, mechanical and product engineers. Implemented quality strategies supporting don’t accept, create or pass defects. Led perceived quality workshops and organized teams to find root causes of issues. Worked with the Press, Body, Paint and General Assembly shop managers to coordinate quality and thru-put improvementParticipated in plant wide lean manufacturing calibration. Established a weld quality system with GM Global common best practices adapted to the local situation.

Warren, Michigan Area

Welding Tool source verification and buyoff. Welding specification development and implementation. Plant startup support, including technician training, processes and procedure development, and implementation of welding process monitoring systems.

Shanghai City, China

Trained Shanghai General Motors engineers and technicians, in Body Shop daily operations and procedures. Taught Resistance and GMAW weld schedule development. Taught destructive and non-destructive inspection techniques, as well as documentation control procedures. Planned, scheduled and lead all welding group work activities. Start up and launch of two car models into full production.

Education record

Bs, Welding Engineering Technology

Ms, Manufacturing Operations

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Education record