Independent Contract working on individual initiative assessments with various Logistics and Health Care clients. Mapping current-state process flows and performing multiple process analysis to identify weaknesses and improvement opportunities proposing increased revenues, productivity and performance.

A. M. Castle & Co. (NYSE:CAS) is a leading provider of metals, services, and supply chain solutions. Castle Metals' has been the metals business brand since 1976. We distribute and process alloy, carbon, stainless steel, nickel, aluminum, titanium, cast iron, and red metals.Operating in locations throughout North America, Europe and Asia, we work with international OEMs to better serve their multi-location production requirements and delivery needs. We also help the thousands of machine shops that service the OEMs or have their own niche end market. We leverage our long-standing metals expertise and focus on processing and other value-added services to meet the unique requirements of industries such as aerospace, defense, oil and gas, power generation and heavy equipment.Our highly regarded H-A Industries, a state-of-the art heat-treat and bar processing facility, provides an extensive range of thermal treating and finishing services. In addition, we offer a comprehensive range of value-added processing services for plate, sheet, tubing and bar products from locations throughout our network.

Manufacturing company of commercial size ovens, from large to small. • Supervisor of 20 plus employees within a union environment. Areas of responsibility included: Fabrication; Assembly line production of advanced cooking ovens, assembly of oven sub-assemblies, Stockroom, Packing of finished products. • Responsible for attainment of daily production goals, employee performance, and safe working conditions. • Daily monitoring of customer orders to ensure on-time delivery.• Worked closely with Manufacturing Engineers setting up line balance, verify and correct bills of materials, and accuracy of inventory levels.• Worked in conjunction with material handling supervisor to ensure timely replenishment of component parts for production lines.• In coordination with the Supply Chain department, daily monitoring of key component parts to proactively ensure components parts were delivered from vendors as scheduled. • Maintained daily time keeping in Kronos system, authorized time off and weekly approval of time cards

Purpose: To notify North-East Ohio companies that hire Project Managers about the availability and benefits of the PMI Job Bank, and encourage the companies to post current and future positions to the PMI Job Bank.Goal: To have the PMI Job Bank populated with a large number of postings, and have companies post PM positions to PMI's job bank at the same time, or earlier, than posting to other job sites on the Internet.

• Manufacturing Client: Cleveland Range, Cleveland, OH• Senior consultant working in the Fabrication Department focusing on expediting jobs for next day’s production, along with emphasis on identification of production and maintenance issues adversely effecting efficiencies.• Directly working with supervisors on in line production issues and interactions with areas providing sub-assemblies to the production line.• Responsible for the daily Aged Unit report identifying missed units to customers, prioritizing production to meet customer schedules and identification the dollar value of the aged report. • Responsible for the daily reporting of the production status of all production line with regards to quantifying units at the various stages within the end-to-end manufacturing process.• Developed a “Hot” list of purchased parts that were unable to be delivered to the various production lines and sub-assembly lines. Provided the report to various individuals within the Supply Chain function as well as management. This report provided the necessary information to highlight focus on urgent missing parts causing delays in production and adversely effecting deliveries to customers.

• Table games coach with primary focus on craps tables. • Part of the original employees at Horseshoe Cleveland when the facility officially opened in May 2012• Track guest plays; relay all pertinent information to manager utilizing table touch software• Maintains bank floats including tracking money being distributed and ensuring banks were full throughout each shift

• Financial Client: KeyBank, Cleveland, OH• Project Manager working in a team environment to develop a standard set of tools to plan and forecast loan and commitment balances.• Created various process maps using Microsoft Visio documenting the current state process flow for the Balance Sheet Planning and Forecasting process. • Ongoing identification of issues and improvement opportunities, as well as implementation of best practices surrounding the planning and forecasting process based on current industry standards.

• Health Care Client: University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA• Senior consultant for a regional heath care facility supply chain initiative with my primary focus being Pharmacy. Resulted in operating budget reduced by $1.7M annually. Collaborative team effort with vendors to reduce pricing based on market share, switching to less expensive / generic medications and utilization of vendor assistance programs to offer free drugs for indigent patients. • Succeeded where others have failed to install a system to identify and monitor IV waste resulting in reduce costs by $20,000 annually.

• Health Care Client: University Health Care System, Augusta, GA• Project Manager, In the Access department, developed daily patient demand patterns and corresponding staff schedules resulting in improved productivity and reduced direct labor costs in excess of $1M annually. • Implemented an automated patient log in the Access Department to provide management the ability to monitor and proactively react to off schedule conditions. Increased customer satisfaction by reducing wait times by 21%. • In the Patient Financial Services area identified in excess of $335,000 in annual savings by implementing process improvements and installing productivity tools enabling managers to plan daily work flows more effectively.• Reduced outsourced transcription jobs through elimination of process impediments and management monitoring of new standards resulting in annual savings of $255,000.

• Financial Client: Credit Suisse, New York, NY• As a Project Manager directed a team that identified over 80 process improvement opportunities resulting in annual savings of $2.9M. Developed resource planning and performance measurement tools to improve management effectiveness. • Financial Client: Mercantile Bank, Baltimore, MD• Experience with change management resulted in over 130 improvement opportunities for the back office operations, Cash Management and finance areas. Working as a Team Leader and Senior Consultant, developed planning tools and identified financial savings in excess of $750K in the Procurement, AP and Human Resources areas.• Financial Client: Charles Schwab, Phoenix, AZ, Denver, CO • Identified in excess of 150 improvement opportunities. As a Project Manager initiated implementation action plans resulting in annual cost savings of over $400K• Performance Analytics Client: Russell / Mellon, Tacoma, WA • As the Project Manager, successfully implemented redesigned processes and established capacity modeling tools that achieved benefits totaling over $4M annually in direct cost savings.• Developed and initiated specific action plans to implement over 200 improvement opportunities.• Implemented an Executive Management Operating Report measuring performance and quality metrics.• Mortgage Client: Freddie Mac, McLean, VA • Identified over 150 improvement opportunities in the Analysis and Design phase of the Seller Billing department.• Worked with client team, developed internal and external training enhancements to increase invoice accuracy, reduce errors and research time, and improved customer satisfaction.• Established critical success factors for the end-to-end billing process; clarified roles regarding the resolution of seller billing issues; all resulting in achieved benefits totaling over $300K in direct labor savings.

• Telecommunications Clients: Verizon – Boston, MA• Health Care Clients: Baptist Health – Little Rock, AK & Montgomery, AL; Vaughn Medical Center, Selma, AL; St. Joseph Riverside Hospital, Warren, OH; United Hospitals, St. Paul, MN; Meridia Health System, Mayfield Heights, OH; Akron City Hospital; Mercy Hospital, Watertown, NY• Human Services Clients: Florida Department of Children and Families, Orlando, FL; Cuyahoga County Department of Human Services, Cleveland, OH• Worked with senior level management and front-line supervisors in clinical and non-clinical areas to improve productivity and reduce costs at several acute and primary care facilities. • Developed new productivity standards, planning tools and management tools for measurement of performance.• Eliminated non-value added activities and published reports resulting in substantial annual savings.

• Transportation Client: Union Pacific Railroad, St. Louis, MO • Worked with Regional Directors and Team Leaders for call center maintaining car inventory and tracking the location of freight vehicles throughout the United States. Identified payroll savings of 33.5 % or $6.8M. • Developed and implemented a Management Program providing a uniform, comprehensive and organized process of planning, assigning, and evaluating work. Implemented a Daily Schedule to assist the directors and team leaders in making decisions regarding the assignment of queue work throughout the day.