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Wichita, Ks, Us

Wichita, Kansas Metropolitan Area

This position combines both Portfolio and Program Management. Not only focusing on aligning and optimizing the collection of projects and programs with organizational strategy. Then ensuring successful execution and delivery of a specific set of related projects. Both roles require a blend of strategic thinking, resource management, and stakeholder communication to drive organizational success.Balancing portfolio and program management involves juggling strategic alignment, resource allocation, and risk management to ensure that both individual projects and overarching organizational goals are met efficiently. Additionally, developing new PMO (program Management Organization) software to develop that single source of truth for all the data and KPI. Giving instant information on progress, finances, and KPI for a overall role up. It has reports and dashboards for all levels of users.

Wichita, Kansas Area

Contracted to Cargill• Mentoring many developing people often resulting with them getting a promotion.• Developed new KPI’s to attain scalability and enhance program performance. • Developing new and maintaining existing customer and enterprise relationships.• Demonstrated excellent people leadership capability to drive and motivate staff to meet project deliverables• Deep experience in technical project management including sound understanding of good design, system scalability, and troubleshooting• Remain flexible and adapt to changing priorities with promptness, efficiency and ease; demonstrated ability moving between rigid and agile planning while simultaneously maintaining a focus on both short and long term strategic goals• Managed Globally Project managers and Work Stream Leads in strategic top signature capital programs that align with corporate key initiatives.• Transformation programs ranged from IT infrastructure, ERP, Cyber security, Smart Manufacturing, applications, and change management systems. • Plant infrastructure transformation, a +$60M program to transform 980+ plants globally to an IT standard and protecting against malware.• Develop portfolio strategic plans and goals ensuring alignment with corporate roadmap. • Develop new communications to create awareness and understanding of complex program.• Manage work estimation, project scheduling, and resource allocation for project demands.• Mentored program managers in PDP methodology (Scrum & Agile) including Charter, timelines, financials, capital commitment, and identify resource needs.

Wichita, Kansas Area

• Managed and mentored large group of PM, portfolio, and technical groups in 4 global regions touching 70 countries.• Define programs charter, resource requirements, guardrails, timelines, critical paths, and P&L (capital and expense).• Managed a global program that develop segmentation with Malware protection utilizing a centralized group for maintenance / updates to 980+ plants in over 70 countries. • Managed a Cloud SaaS solution for remote access using SSO.• Managed technical resources to develop base infrastructure architecture including how ERP, Cloud apps, On-prim, IOT communications would function for a protected network.• Defined strategic roadmap for future projects would integrate onto a base architecture including Smart Manufacturing, Data Analytics, Power BI, SAP-ERP, and automation.• Developed new KPI’s, dashboards, and briefings to senior leadership on program performance and solutions to any critical issues.• Created program benefits to sell a negative ROI program to Sr. leadership, different businesses, customers, vendors, and plant managers.• Deep experience in technical project management including sound understanding of good design, system scalability, and troubleshooting.• Mentored on how to remain flexible and adapt to changing priorities with promptness, efficiency and ease; demonstrated ability moving between rigid and agile planning while simultaneously maintaining a focus on both short- and long-term strategic goals• Mentored program managers in different project methodologies (waterfall, Scrum, Agile, Lean) and change management.• Consulting in OT/IT roadmap for future effects of transformation programs• Utilizing Kaizen results to drive enhancements• Driving Program Governance and process changes

Wichita, Kansas Area

Assigned to Key Senior Management investigations and Programs. Focused on portfolio launches, cost reduction programs, process development / enhancements, and pricing structures. Mentored upcoming program managers, engineers, and supply chain management.• Completed on time and within budget large/high dollar concurrent programs with multiple internal / external global teams creating $1+ Billon revenue streams. • Successfully launched wide range of Senior Management programs ranging from Product Simplification, Software, Processes (HR), and Portfolio releases.• Program interface for Tier 1 OEM customers (IBM, Teradata, SGI, etc.) completing to customer’s schedules resulting in customer awards, market share gain, and satisfaction.• Managed manufacturing locations moves ($4+ Billion revenue) between different countries resulting in over 10+% manufacturing cost reductions and quickest site bring up (6 months).• Led Programs for company acquisitions integrating business and production allowing a seamless transition of the new company into NetApp.• Headed time-to-market and cost reductions programs resulting in multiple $1M+ yearly savings.• NPI – Cradle to grave product ownership for Tier 1 (IBM, Teradata, NASA, and etc) • Drove multiple Program steering committees which work 5-year roadmap, Portfolio supply chain, and streamline active programs resulting in investment costs and manpower savings.• Ran project phase reviews with senior management. • Mentored different groups and Program managers in financials, and best PM practices (RIO, ROI, and PMP practices). • Selected contract manufacturer and counties for Global programs and seeing them through product up.• Negotiated contract manufacturer / customer contracts resulting benefiting company in yearly cost reductions and favorable terms. • Business Manager for Contract Manufactures creating best in class supply chain.

Wichita, Kansas Area

Managed program managers, industrial, and mechanical engineers. Managed portfolios transformation keeping them on budget and time. Creating an outsource design contracts to balance workload, timeline, and costs.• Backup Director for Engineering for my focus area.• Severed as back up director for Engineer during Out of Office time frames.• Managed 30 direct engineers in Asia, Italy, Brazil, and USA in multiple projects resulting several successful launches simultaneously. • Managed engineers in NPI, Lean, and Kaizen projects. • Discovered / developed contract manufacturers and NPI Design houses resulting in the ability to quickly bring in help for large programs to keep them on schedule. • Managed up to 90 outside design engineers for large scale program requiring a ODM setup which resulted reducing program schedule from 2 years down to 10 months.• Managed large-scale complex capital project programs keeping the schedule and often under budget.• Program interface for NPI releases for customers. Launches were successful resulting winning market share. • Led Electric over Hydraulic steering program for all families of skid steers resulting in CNH breaking into the market place and 1 button machine activities.• Steering committee member for project / programs ensuring that multiple programs kept in sync with each other. • Ensured program health for budget, phase review, schedules, and multiple groups head count. • Enforced change management process which resulted in successful launches.

Wichita, Kansas Area

• NPI focusing on new market share for Tier 1 customers (Walmart, Cosco, Target, Cabela, and etc)• Portfolio Programs entailed meeting a marketing for different channel based customers. • Customer interface for engineering.• Setup supply lines, RMA, and product support for NPI launches.• Managed multiple product releases from conception to EOL. • Found OEM manufactures globally (Asia, Italy, and Germany) to product the product.• Designed new products with cost and patent protection as key drivers. • Received over 10 Patents. • Ran manufacturing review and quarter board meetings.• Negotiated cost reductions with vendors.• Setup LEAN and Kaizen. • Develop supply chains globally and connected them with OEM manufacturing.With the new product being designed Coleman wanted to start production in China. Traveled Asia to find and develop contract manufacturing for the products. This included complete business setup with Asian contract manufacturing as well as manufacturing, logistics, finance, and etc. Program interface for Marketing and Sales for customer meetings. This included Gander Mountain, Bass Pro, Walmart, Costco, Target, Kmart, and etc. This normally included product logistics, customer Key Features, Price Point, channel marketing, and etc.

Bachelor Of Engineering (Be), Mechanical Engineering

Continued Education, Physics Of Plastics