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⦿A subsidiary of Kaman Corporation (KAMN) headquartered in Lake Forest, California with annual revenue of $100m and 600 employees. Specializes custom seals, springs, and electrical contacts that improve the performance and reliability of critical equipment used everywhere – from deep sea to deep space. Main area of focus is Medical and Aerospace.❖Managed $36M product division annually which is 40% of company revenue and 56% of the customer base❖Led cross-functional teams (sales, engineering, finance, operations) and provided deliverables on-time❖Managed lifecycle and led the design, quality and cost review of 300+products by using Oracle Agile PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) and E1 (EnterpriseOne) with engineering, operations and finance ❖Navigated changes in government policies and ensure compliance to FDA regulations with key customers and stakeholders (FDA, IATF 16949 and AS9100)❖Provided VP level reporting, including periodic status and critical metric reports, on scrap and quality issues❖Served as a consultant from quality standpoint to ensure compliance to the requirements of European/Asian automakers ❖Performed failure analysis with the use of Design of Experiments and Six Sigma principles to make recommendations for product design changes

❖Created 40+ product roadmaps which successfully guided teams through the NPI phase from prototype to production ensuring on-time deliveries and robust schedules❖Travelled extensively with a cross-functional team (sales, engineering, purchasing) to build lasting relationships with 10+ international/domestic vendors to prioritize Hyundai orders over other OEMs and to ensure compliance to Hyundai standards❖Reviewed/ensured Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) documents met required quality specifications prior to submission to customer ensuring on-time deliveries and robust schedules❖Provided regular VP level communication of technical health of program by utilizing KPIs such as on-time delivery, advanced quality level, cost of quality and cycle time❖Created PPAPs, achieved 96% approval by Hyundai Motor division and led the cross functional teams (application engineering, sales, finance and purchasing) ❖Performed root cause analysis on 300+ dealer returns, based on findings issued corrective actions and coordinated them with the vendor’s manufacturing team and Hyundai product design and reliability engineering teams

⦿ A subsidiary of the Heico Metal Processing Group making up the 2nd largest steel wire products producer in North America with 8 facilities in US and Canada, over 800 employees and sales in excess of $400million in 2017. Products include bright and galvanized wire for industrial applications, acsr wire, guy strand, chain link, concrete reinforcing products, agricultural products, and building products for home construction. Processes include chemical cleaning, wire drawing, galvanizing, welding, weaving, saturating, and waste water treatment. .❖Reduced material cost by $540,000/year by adjusting the material spool weight which caused customers to receive more material than what they paid for. ❖Drove Kaizen projects with operations and facilities teams to help eliminate wastes and improve quality within the facility. 5s, Kanbans, JIT, KPIs, Poke-Yoke’s, SMED and 8Ds are examples of the tools used ❖Established and led the first preventive maintenance schedule which reduced the number of breakdowns by 53% (cost savings of ~ $20k annual) while working cross functionally with maintenance and operations leadership

❖ Established first preventive maintenance schedule (PM), reduced the number of breakdowns while ensuring optimal equipment operation without costly downtime❖ Lead 6S program, ensuring all departments are in compliance and significantly improved housekeeping❖ Established daily walk-around for safety department with maintenance department which helped enforce the belief that repair schedules need to be accurate❖ Investigated workplace injuries to identify root cause and causal factors and recommended corrective actions to prevent future occurrences.

⦿Privately held supplier of electronic solutions and logistics services Headquartered in Baldwin Park, Los Angeles with annual revenue of $35M and 45 employees.❖ Designed and developed a mixed model assembly line for the Siemens V30BLKR Electric Vehicle Charger based on lean manufacturing principles which lowered labor and material costs by 10%❖ Balanced the work lines by synchronizing assembly stations by determining takt times and applying line balancing algorithms resulted in improved labor efficiency and reduced non-value added time by 34%❖ Drafted “Series of Events” reports as well as incoming and outgoing quality control checklists❖ Worked in an ISO 9001 environment and trained employees on ISO standards ❖ Drafted Incoming and Outgoing quality control checklists