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Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States

Responsible for deploying a corporate Business Process Management (BPM) framework and for instituting a Continuous Improvement (CI) program in North America at multiple locations.Completed Green Belt / Yellow Belt projects and Kaizen events with savings of ~$1,300,000. Completed mapping business processes with process owners, identified metrics and opportunities to improve. Setup and facilitate Continuous Improvement Council with site leadership to architect / oversee CI implementation, identify projects / belt candidates and define goals and objectives. Started department Huddle Boards for daily metric reviews, brainstorm solutions and track improvements. Conduct Yellow Belt training to provide all employees the skill set to solve problems and continuously improve. Consulted with Site Leader to develop and deploy a balanced scorecard with lagging and leading metrics.

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Program Manager and subject matter expert for ABB’s Make Quality Happen campaign. The campaign resulted in Lean Six Sigma being implemented in 18 months at 240 sites and engaging 85,000 employees with sharpening their customer and quality focus. Led the establishment of Business Process Management (BPM) and Continuous Improvement in the Corporate HR function. Completed Master Black Belt Lean Six Sigma projects in HR, GBS and Marketing.ad interim - Regional Head of Internal Consulting Group, AmericasResponsible for supervising a team of 11 consultants, managing engagements, ensuring client satisfaction and achieving company quality and cost savings targets.

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Set up tiered accountability boards for daily management reviews. Trained factory personal on Continuous Improvement methods and with A3 problem solving. Facilitated after-shift problem solving sessions to reduce top defects.Set up leadership Rapid Problem Solving forum to review quality metrics and identify, select, staff and oversee Continuous Improvement projects to address top quality issues at site.Facilitated Kaizen events and led Lean Six Sigma projects in front office operations (Engineering, Sales and Program Management).

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

Built and led a corporate-wide continuous improvement program from the ground up by influencing senior leaders, training the workforce and delivering tangible results. The continuous improvement program generated more than $125+ million in savings across Manufacturing, HR, IT, Finance, Customer Service, Quality and Global Shared Services.

San Jose, California

Completed many Lean Six Sigma projects that resulted in improved customer experience, cycle time, quality and cost savings.Example: Led a project team that removed burn-in chambers for several product lines of network switches that resulted in an annual savings of $16 million dollars and reduced lead time by 14 days.

Milpitas, California

Developed the strategy for Lifescan's Six Sigma implementation, identified improvement opportunities with senior leadership, delivered Six Sigma training, mentored Black Belts and Green Belts and led high-impact Master Black Belt DMAIC projects.Mentored and certified 8 Black Belts and 22 Green Belts to produce an annualized project savings of over $5 million.Completed project to improve glucose meter assembly frame yield from 81% to 92% resulting in $250,000 in savings.

Ms, Quality Assurance

Bs, Industrial Technology