Patrick Gerrard Sr Email & Phone Number

United States

Quality/ Lean 6Sigma Master Retired working special projects

Baseline and Training>Quality>Continuous Improvement

Salt Lake City Metropolitan Area

Managed 40 Quality professionals in transition from Genysis Brand Solutions and Labs to Nelson llc merger with spin off Dyad Labs and Sensapure flavor solutions.

Greater Salt Lake City Area

Consulting engagement with $25B military and industrial data security leader; 56,000 employees.Served as interim Director of Quality Systems until target candidate could begin; responsible for preparing organization for ISO AS 9100 and CMMI audits. Managed 42 staff members. ✪ Achieved preferred contractor rating; positioned company for $5B in new business over next 2 years.✪ Outlined new Continual Improvement Program (gaps, milestones, staffing); on track for $15M annual savings.✪ On-boarded permanent replacement with developed future state in just 2 weeks.

Greater Salt Lake City Area

$5B medical device and instruments manufacturer serving healthcare systems and providers; 3,200 employees.Oversaw quality management for 760K surgical kits produced each month; materials of concern, foreign regulatory compliance and supplier issues. Directed a team of 8 in order to ensure EBITA, CPQ, OTD and Sigma objectives were achieved. ✪ Improved companywide performance from 3.9 to 4.9 Sigma; generated $4M in annual cost savings.✪ Achieved 100% efficiency gains across 3 key production areas; reduced expenditure by $700K.✪ Planned and launched 2 process improvement training programs for 1,200 employees, spanning 7 facilities.

Greater Salt Lake City Area

$2.5B industrial rubber and urethane manufacturer serving the mining, space and energy sectors; 14,000 employees.Consolidated resources and personnel of newly acquired manufacturer into parent company facility. Established multiple centers of excellence, sustained customer confidence and maintained 5.2 Sigma quality threshold; led a 25 person staff.✪ Decreased management staff by 18% and on-boarded replacements; yielded cost savings of $1.7M annually. ✪ Achieved ~0% defects; attained dock-to-stock privileges with distribution center resulting in $800K annual savings.✪ Negotiated off-loading of unprofitable equipment; increased floor space and capacity for profitable presses by 19%.✪ Established closed accounting system; increased efficiency by 24% and made BOP information available on-demand.

Magna, Utah

$4.4B contract manufacturer of superstructures, satellites and spacecraft serving NASA, NSA and DOD; 12,000 employees.Planned and coordinated 1,500 business unit employees to ensure continuous improvement of space structures, launch systems and rocket motors, across 8 facilities. Trained and mentored 350 local staff in ATK’s Performance Enterprise System.✪ Decreased frozen temperature asset carrying cost by 50%, generated cost savings of $800K annually.✪ Reduced operational work areas by 30% while maintaining existing output; resulting in $1.4M savings.✪ Optimized weekly accounting closeouts from 3 days to 3 hours; reduced expenditure by $600K annually.✪ Cut on-demand manufacturing lead-time by 38%; attained Northrop Grumman Gold Supplier rating.

West Valley City, Utah

$600M contract manufacturer for DOD, consumer products and medical industries; 400 employees.Oversaw all production systems, EHS and product development issues worldwide. Ensured efficient, on-demand, manufacturing with superior quality and customer satisfaction in accordance with EBITA, BOP & CPQ objectives.✪ Facilitated ISO 9001 certification of U.S. and China electronic manufacturing facilities only 3 months into job.✪ Staffed, trained, mentored and led an international quality excellence organization of 40+ employees.✪ Received 18 letters of merit from customers and letter of gratitude from Hangzhou/Ningbo Council of Commerce.

Greater Salt Lake City Area Previous To 2004

Rapidly promoted through a series of roles with increasing responsibility to maintain QA/testing and documentation.Oversaw facility and supplier conversion to Lean Management systems optimizing workflow and usage of internal resources for all departments and technical programs. Achieved significant recognition and awards for operation of management, engineering, Lean Six Sigma, Safety, Technical, Computer Education, and Training Center. Recognized for excellence by NASA, U.S. Air Force, Navy, Army, Marine Corps, and many foreign allies military and space customers.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Ng Ext. Air And Space Operations Technology, 3.6

Activities and Societies: Litton/Northrop Grumman corporate university extension Management Club Toastmasters International Industrial.

Bachelor Of Applied Science (Basc), Electronics And Computer Engineering, 3.2

Activities and Societies: VICA MESA Student CouncilEngineering degree in Electronics and computer hardware.

Associate Of Science - As, Electrical And Electronics Engineering, 2.8

Activities and Societies: VICADiscrepancy resolved on physics project to issue Associate Science degree

Electrical And Electronics Engineering, 3.6

Activities and Societies: VICA Student Library TeamICAC Jr College Football Champions. Left my knees there and transferred to UVU.

Graduate With Honors, Electrical And Electronics Engineering, 4.0

Activities and Societies: National Honor Society, National Thespian Society, Student Council, State Speech, State Drama, State Wrestling.

Sophomore

Activities and Societies: Athletics, VICA, CIVITAN, Youth Religious Council Conference in Portland, OregonFamily moved to Heber City, Utah.