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Certified Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) business. Develop client base and deliver contract proposals in support of customer needs and company offering. Specific services include: • Provide leadership development programs for clients, building transformational team capable of leading the organization’s initiatives, and contributing to a reduction in attrition.• Conduct assessments and action plans, moving clients from reactive to proactive maintenance strategy, with a focus on determining failure modes and elimination of improper lubrication, contamination, and incorrect installation.• Design site specific training program, eliminating re-work and addressing root cause of unreliability.• Assist clients in the identification of the lean tools needed, rather than the lean tools being forced into the organization.• Coach senior leaders in the creation and implementation of a strategy designed to grow the business.• Lead clients to evaluate and decide upon key investments in equipment, infrastructure and talent.

Raleigh, Nc, Us

Dr. Wright is a member of the IDCON team and focuses his attention on our clients in the States, Canada and abroad. He will be using his expertise in process improvement, equipment reliability, Root Cause Analysis, Failure Mode Effects Analysis, and Planning and Scheduling to assist our clients in improving their maintenance and operational practices.

Herndon, Va, Us

Managed a $7M budget and 27 employees, implementation of proactive reliability strategies, workflow management, and planned maintenance (PM) optimization. • Executed proactive maintenance strategy eliminating improper lubrication, contamination, and incorrect installation, contributing to 28% improvement in plant throughput.• Optimized planned maintenance and CMMS utilization, increasing work management effectiveness by 33%.• Devised and led strategic and tactical programs, pursuing the targeted goal of increasing production capacity from 4 to 7 day a week operation.• Built processes to streamline work and quickly identify waste, reducing re-work and increasing technician productivity by 30%.

Chicago, Il, Us

Oversaw $10M budget and 32 employees responsible for reliability and maintenance of production equipment, facility, Lean implementation, root cause problem elimination, and proactive reliability strategies. • Created and implemented lubrication program, reducing costs and increasing production capacity by decreasing and eliminating 70% of equipment fails.• Established and executed contamination control program, eliminating unreliability in fluids, stores, and physical assets, and improving operational equipment efficiency by 15%. • Fostered and employed proactive strategy, addressing improper installation rooted in storeroom management, increasing inventory assurance to 98%.

Budel-Dorplein, Nl

Delivered impressive improvements while directing asset operations including design of maintenance approach, implementation of reliability centered maintenance strategy, and capital project validation. Demonstrated expertise by providing multiple skilled trades management to 8 operational units across Tennessee, and directing 26 supervisors and over 172 employees.•Improved profitability and decreased operational costs from $4.3M to $2.15M by delivering individual and group professional coaching; shifting the maintenance approach from run to failure to strategic. •Increased operational productivity from 5,500 to 8,250 tons/day by incorporating lean processes. •Reduced warehouse inventory from $22M to $17M by implementing resource management tools.

Ciudad De México, México, Mx

Provided cross-functional management across five operational areas. Responsibilities included capital and long-range planning as well as company-wide cost-saving projects while leading general and front-line supervisors, and more than 50 employees. •Increased equipment availability by 7% via leadership development, coaching, strategic planning and reliability-based processes. •Implemented effective technology solutions that were simple to operate resulting in reduced training requirements while providing fast actionable information to prioritize maintenance activities.•Enforced electrical safety focus by spearheading company-wide projects resulting in 100% compliance from all 5 operating units.

Falls Church, Va, Us

Directed departmental capital projects. Spearheaded vision, strategy, and execution of change management. Oversaw staffing, strategic directives, and technical training of facility and maintenance teams. Directed project teams through due-diligence, prioritization, and development. Participated in research and development of modernization of facility processes to increase reliability and efficiency. • Implemented a comprehensive maintenance strategy that increased equipment availability to 95%.• Initiated Lean Manufacturing and Total Productive Maintenance Program (TPM) reducing waste and increasing profitability, trimming electrical cost $1.2 million (20%) in 2006 through energy efficiency, equipment upgrade, employee education, and operation modification programs.• Received the President’s Leadership Award in 2005 and 2006 plus 3 awards from Pacific Gas & Electric.• Named the 2006 California “Best Overall” company out of 5,000 by the Flex Your Power Organization.

Originated and developed analysis methods to determine reliability of components, equipment and processes. Acquired and analyzed data. Prepared diagrams, charts, drawings, calculations and reports to define reliability problems and make recommendations for improvements. Conducted analysis of reliability problems and investigated to determine the required reliability approach for a particular situation, with consideration given to cost limitations for equipment uptime/downtime, repair/replacement costs and weight, size and availability of materials/equipment. Determined cost advantages of alternatives and develops action plans that comply with internal/external customer demands for reliable processes/equipment to avoid failures.

Guided the development of new technology and provided technical advice to customer senior management on major equipment acquisitions and overhauls. Developed and instructed training seminars. Programmed and trouble isolated programmable logic controllers. Directed a 24 man construction crew in the erection of large mining equipment. Performed start-up and commissioning of new and used equipment.• Generated $100M increase in company profitability by conducting onsite research and development of new technology resulting in permanent modification in company design and philosophy as well as setting the industry standard for large mining excavators. • Increased company revenue from $1.35M to $1.6M, by implementing predictive and preventive diagnostic programs.• Developed aftermarket retro-fits for the equipment controls generating $1 million in annual profits.

Phoenix, Az, Us

Specialized in electrical systems of buildings, stationary or mobile machines and related equipment. Responsible for the installation of new electrical components or the maintenance and repair of existing electrical infrastructure. • Maintained P&H mining shovels, BE drills, SXEW process systems, powerhouse, haul trucks, , rectifiers, and other facility or support equipment.• Repaired and maintained pumping systems, overhead and mobile cranes, and other handling and delivery equipment.• Constructed facility services, motor control centers, substations, and other control systems

Washington, Dc, Us

Provide system employment recommendations; perform organizational and intermediate maintenance on digital computer equipment, subsystems, and systems; operate and maintain combat and weapons direction systems, surface-to-air and surface-to-surface missile systems, and gun fire control systems at the organizational and intermediate level; inspect, test, align, and repair micro/minicomputers and associated peripheral equipment, data conversion units, data display equipment, data link terminal equipment, print devices, and system related equipment; make analysis for detailed systems, computer programs, electronics, and electronic casualty control; and operate associated built-in and external test equipment; load, initialize, and run preprogrammed diagnostic, performance and testing routines for digital computer equipment, digital subsystems, digital systems, and overall combat systems.• Sailor of the Year for the US Navy in 1991• Top Electrical and Electronic Technician in Pacific Fleet 1987-1990• Technician Afloat for USS Ranger CVA-61 Battle Group WestPac 1987• Technician Afloat for USS Constellation CVA-64 Battle Group WestPac 1989• Technician Afloat for USS Carl Vinson CVN-70 Battle Group Med Cruise 1992• National Defense Medal for service during the Gulf War in 1991• Navy Commendation Medal for Superior Performance of Duty• Four Navy Achievement Medals for Superior Performance of Duty• 44 Letters of Commendation from Commanding Officers, Rear and Vice Admirals and the Chief of Naval Operations for Superior Performance of Duty• 20 other Naval Medals and Citations for Superior Performance of Duty• Qualified and stood watch as Combat Information Center Watch Supervisor onboard 2 Naval war ships.

Washington, Dc, Us

- Prepare work packages for every planned maintenance activities inclusive of repetitive maintenance.- Order, receive and supervise required material to assist maintenance activities.- Plan and arrange activities related with equipment maintenance to enhance equipment and plant accessibility and competence supporting site production supplies.- Coordinate daily as well as weekly planning meetings related with maintenance.- Ensure to execute techniques to improve overall efficiency.- Coordinate to rebuild spare equipment through external suppliers.- Collect drawings, manuals and other documents to assist contractor and maintenance repairs or modifications.- Submit engineering drawings for any further required revisions or upgrades.- Coordinate plant shutdowns to attain all essential schedules.- Execute modification in maintenance records and key equipment with significant spares during setting apt reorder levels along with quantities.- Provide assistance for least amount of production downtime.- Provide technical assistance for supporting entire on-site maintenanceactivities.- Support proactively all EH&S procedures and policies.

Washington, Dc, Us

Set up, maintain and repair electronic systems and devices. Test system performance, analyze and report on results. Hands-on experience using various hand and power tools to calibrate and align system components and circuitry. Comprehend and follow complex technical manuals.Good problem-solving skills, an eye for detail and good manual dexterity.

Doctorate Of Management, Organizational Leadership

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Operations Management And Supervision

Bachelor'S Degree, Project Management

Vocational, Salesmanship

Technical, Advanced Electrical & Electronics

Technical, Intermediate Electrical & Electronics

Vocational, Basic Electrical & Electronics