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Delaware, Ohio, United States

Columbus, Ohio, United States

• Co-founded and led the operational start-up of a new steel fabrication and warehousing facility• Lead all strategic business activities (financial reporting & analysis, capital investments, acquisitions)• Lead the Business Manager in achieving sales growth, operational excellence, and workforce development• Performed all operational duties as needed during start-up including sawing, CNC programming & machining, assembly, packaging, shipping, order processing, bookkeeping

Columbus, Ohio, United States

• Led all engineering and operations activities to drive bottom line improvements• Created and managed reporting to track selling costs, product margins, and manufacturing overhead• Implemented a new Work Order & MRP system to track labor, inventory, and product costs• Directed and promoted excellence throughout the organization• Led the research, planning, and implementation of all capital investment projects• Traveled internationally to develop new supply partners and approve quality systems

Columbus, Ohio, United States

• Co-founded and led the operational start-up of a new steel fabrication and warehousing facility• Created all production drawings and collaborated with customers to improve their designs• Managed internal operations including accounting, payroll, and financial oversight• Maintained key relationships with suppliers, customers, and international supply partners• Traveled internationally to develop new supply partners and approve quality systems

Columbus, Ohio, United States

• Led the ten-person R&D team in developing innovative products and creating new brands• Created an R&D budgeting and tracking process to improve accountability for R&D spending• Created new engineering systems including part numbers, BOM’s, MRP, and a drawing library• Maintained key relationships with suppliers, customers, and international supply partners• Traveled internationally to develop new supply partners and approve quality systems

Columbus, Ohio, United States

• Designed and developed several new products in less than six months• Fabricated prototypes for testing and sales reviews

Kohler, Wisconsin, United States

• Drove the “Platform Engineering” strategy that ultimately achieved our time-to-market business objective• Instrumental in developing Kohler’s “Early Supplier Involvement” strategy• Initiated and led several globalization efforts• Traveled internationally to approve manufacturing and quality systems during pilot production

Kohler, Wisconsin, United States

• Led the design of the Simplice kitchen faucet with greatly improved functionality and leading edge aesthetic• Designed the Bellhaven and Archer lavatory faucet lines in record time

Slinger, Wisconsin, United States

• Redesigned the mortar mixer product line for a 15% cost reduction• Invented a mixer locking system (US Patent 6,695,467)• Designed a larger, gearbox-driven mixer that went from concept to sales in less than nine months• Designed a hydraulically driven mixer to sales in under one year• Traveled internationally to solve field failure problems

Slinger, Wisconsin, United States

• Updated drawings in Pro/ENGINEER and SolidWorks• Updated product manuals in FrameMaker