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Atlanta Metropolitan Area

Atlanta Metropolitan Area

Atlanta Metropolitan Area

Atlanta, Georgia

Peachtree City, Georgia

- Led strategic planning. product development, marketing communication and commercialization for roadway and utility lighting business.- Drove double-digit annual sales growth with consistent year-over-year margin expansion for 4 years.- Expanded LED lighting sales into new market segments while growing margins in legacy products and phasing out old platforms. - Owned strategic product planning and new product development. Responsible for all facets of product line management including product definition, development schedule, capacity planning, life cycle management, demand forecasting, marketing collateral, and sales force training.- Coordinated activities between business functions to sell, process and fulfill orders.- Led development of 10 LED product families and line extensions, including the Navion and Verdeon (roadway) and the Caretaker (utility/security) luminaires.- Led planning, preparation and show activities for the annual Street and Area Lighting Conference. This includes booth design and setup, presentation materials, sales force training and booth activities.- Worked with the sales team to manage key customer accounts and projects.- Participated directly in product launch and cost reduction activities at the factories.

Peachtree City, Ga

- Led Post Sales Service organization for one of the largest lighting manufacturers in North America.- Led division-wide implementation of new software module for quality management.- Partnered with Quality and Operations team to cut warranty expenses by 1/3 while improving customer service levels. - Re-structured department to include salaried managers and degreed engineers.

Led Customer Service and Quotes teams with 11 direct reports. Drove improvements in order backlog and service levels for 24 key National Accounts customers. Reduced past due backlog by 60% and total backlog by 35%.

Led Lean projects to drive improvements between customer fulfillment and operations teams. Specific focus on reducing order processing time for orders requiring engineering review, tripling number of orders processed in 1 day or less.

Peachtree City, Ga

- P&L responsibility for $10M/yr Printed Circuit Factory with 7 work centers. - Improved annual cash flow from negative to over $500K. - Implemented quality system that improved yields from 92% to 96%. - Introduced Lean Manufacturing, reduced WIP by 40%, improved delivery performance from below 70% to over 90%. - Started quick-turn prototype business that generated over $220K in sales, $60K incremental cash flow in first year.

Newnan, Ga

Manager for ATV and Golf Car Assembly department with 5 salaried direct reports and over 90 hourly workers. Implemented Overall People Efficiency (OPE) and Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE) metrics. Organized and led small group and kaizen activities. Introduced small parts stock and distribution system that reduced part-related line downtime by 10%.

Peachtree City, Ga

Led printed circuit drilling department covering 3 shifts, over 50 employees, and 30 CNC drilling machines. Drove efficiency gains, cost reduction, and quality improvement through implementation of standard work, process audits, and scheduling enhancements.

Peachtree City, Ga

Contacted and interviewed over 700 management and engineering candidates in 1 year. Over 40% of candidates I selected received offer of employment.

Peachtree City, Ga

Lead engineer for mechanical fabrication processes in a printed circuit factory. Responsible for capital budget proposals, capability studies and process development. Developed NC programming procedures and statistical process controls for CNC routers. Fielded over $1.5M in capital equipment.

Glen Cove, Ny And Peachtree City, Ga

Fort Campbell, Ky; Deployment To Saudi Arabia And Iraq

Shop Officer - second-in-command of forward support maintenance company. Reduced parts inventory by over $500K and changed outdated operating procedures to keep parts loaded and company in deployment posture at all times, while improving job cycle time.Platoon Leader/Tech Supply Officer - Introduced rolling inventory process; improved inventory accuracy to over 95%.Moved entire small parts inventory from warehouse to secure mobile storage containers, ensuring deployment readiness at all times. Served in Saudi Arabia and Iraq during Persian Gulf War.