Olayinka O. Ogunro Ii Email & Phone Number

Santa Clarita, California, United States

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Championed continuous improvement and lean efforts across functions, resolving technical issues and advising executive leadership on quality initiatives for expanding business unit.
• Digitized Visual Management System and revamped KPIs for cross-functional teams to identify process gaps and continuous improvement opportunities.
• Overhauled SQDC (Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost) management framework for Tier meetings and led collaborative initiatives between technicians and stakeholders.

Saugus, CA

• Pioneered creation of their first Quality Assurance department, leading a team of 23 across 12 plants.
• Slashed nonconformance rate by 68.8% within 9 months, saving over $500K monthly.
• Generated $52k monthly savings with incoming raw material inspection and process automation.

Graham, Texas, United States

• Optimized exceptional return rate below 0.25% across 750K+ units of food, beverage, and cosmetics.
• Achieved GMP & SQF certifications for food manufacturing by leading internal/external audits and creating an SDS database, ATP Sanitation System, allergen program, product testing SOPs, and change control.
• Ensured facility and supplier compliance with food and cosmetic safety regulations (SQF, GMP, HACCP and ISO 22716) by creating pest control, recall, equipment, and environmental/sustainability metrics.

San Antonio, Texas, United States

• Rescued operations for struggling start-up nutraceutical test lab (capsules, powders, liquids, gummies, and leaves) in 3 weeks by streamlining workflow, repairing instruments, & significantly reducing operational costs.
• Revitalized client relationships: Recovered key accounts, enhanced customer satisfaction, and successfully cleared a backlog of 300 analytical reports.
• Drove organizational growth by providing interim leadership to a diverse team of 10 staff, recruiting three experienced scientists, and aligning departmental staffing plans and capital projects with strategic goals.

San Antonio, Texas Area

• Promoted 3 times in 4 years for consistently achieving results and collaborative rapport
• Successfully built and ran a sampling operation covering oil and gas wells nationwide and offshore
• Directed a pilot project team in field sampling, data modeling, and fluid analysis used in Enhanced Oil Recovery.
• Co-created an online database with a team of software developers for engineers in data analysis, simulation, and forecasting models.
• Led all regression modeling, analysis, and reports for the physical properties of fluids to forecast the value of producing assets. Regression Models saved the company $9 million: the cost of drilling a new oil or gas.

Houston, Texas Area

• Generated $250k monthly by consistently hitting monthly reporting goals for client lab testing.
• Designed lab experiments, crafted SOPs, and performed QC according to ISO 9000.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Chemistry, 3.73

Theoretical Studies of Physical Systems: First-principles density functional calculations of single walled carbon nanotubes, using an MPI.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Chemistry

High School Diploma