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Sacramento, California, United States

Modesto, California Area

Manage Lean Consultants in their lean improvement work at four area hospitals across four counties. Coordinate the implementation of a standardized lean improvement system across all four hospitals, including Strategy Deployment, Daily Engagement System, and Value Stream Management. Drove improvements in Clinical Operations integration in Sepsis Mortality reduction, Multidisciplinary Rounds, eICU, Tekestroke, Musculoskeletal, and Palliative Care

Modesto, California Area

Working collaboratively with executive and senior leadership and the internal LPO team, I develop regional strategy, create and implement change management plans and deliverables intended to minimize employee resistance and maximize employee engagement in the Central Valley Region in support of a culture that will deliver excellent quality care at an affordable cost and minimizes waste in all its forms. To do this, I leverage communication, training, and coaching of staff and leadership throughout the CVR and the adoption of Lean tools and a Lean management system. I also direct the cultural assessments of each entity, and consult with senior leaders to meet or exceed the entities’ organizational goals. In this role, I provide coaching to the entity leadership teams as they develop their strategic plan and select and prioritize their value streams for driving the organizational goals. I also provide coaching to the entity leadership teams on developing the value stream steering committees which will guide the improvement efforts within that value stream. I build, lead and manage a staff of coaches, coordinators, and assistants whose support is focused on delivering Lean tools and a Lean management system across the region..

Modesto, California Area

Coach Managers and Executives on Lean Thinking. Lead Lean activities and events at Sutter Gould Medical Foundation and across the Central Valley Region. Act as a Change Agent in driving culture change in Health Care.

Morgan Hill, Ca

Promote Operational Excellence by leading the lean implementation movement at Lin Engineering.Primary change agent for lean activities.Develop and deliver lean training program.Drive bottom line savings by eliminating the seven wastes.Promote team building activities to foster a teamwork environment that can sustain the lean initiative, including Improvement and Coaching Kata.Build a Kaizen Culture, what I call the Kaizen Organism.

Ensure product delivery and conformance to specification. Drive Continuous Improvement through the organization (US and China) and the supply chain (primarily China). Develop supplier base to support future activities. Select, Qualify, and Evaluate Suppliers to meet organizational demands. Responsible for numerous transfers of production from local to overseas facilities/suppliers and developed a process ensuring zero supply disruptions. Designed and implemented Supplier Scorecards driven by Statistical Analysis and system data.Develop and establish policies and procedures to ensure compliance with European RoHS directive, including analytical procedures for xRF monitoring. Management Representative for ISO9001 and Lead internal auditor for 10 years. Successfully certified as Six Sigma Black Belt, led several projects, and mentored two Green Belts. Responsible for managing a change to a data driven organization utilizing Statistical Analysis for problem solving.As an expert facilitator (originally certified by Zenger Miller), I led numerous cross-functional and cross-cultural teams in problem solving and continuous improvement activities.Successes include:1.) Driving formal Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and Corrective Action monitoring, reduced customer returns to 10% of their initial level over a period of 3 years.2.) Served one of two key roles (Product Manager) for a companywide implementation of Demand Flow Technology and was primary point for launch of the associated toolkit.3.) Initiated Cost of Quality (COQ) reporting program to provide Department Heads with data on Cost of Poor Quality.4.) Led the implementation of an MRP installation and was a key participant in a second. 5.) Mentored the successful development of a Production Manager, Purchasing Manager, Manufacturing Engineering Manager, and Quality Manager as the company grew from $8M/yr to $24M/yr, establishing policies and procedures for these departments.

Concord, Ca

Key areas of responsibility: Manufacturing, Service, Purchasing, Inventory Control, Shipping and Receiving, Facilities, QualityAchievements and projects:* Achieved greater than 150% of target profitability goals two consecutive years, in spite of overall market decline.* Business Process Re-engineering to support 20% annual growth rate at 50% margins for $24M OEM.* Manufacturing operations consolidation and technology transfer.* Supply chain optimization and reorganization, including vendor qualification and incoming supply quality.* Optimizing Manufacturing Process Architecture, including cycle time reduction, in process quality controls, and lean and kaizen mfg techniques.* MRP system upgrade training and implementation. Shift from min/max inventory control to true MRP.* Establishing Best-in-Class Field Service Organization, including Performance Based Equipment Training (PBET).

San Jose, Ca

Began as Technician, promoted to Production Supervisor. Promoted to Operations Manager with full Supervisory responsibility for 4 manufacturing shifts and department budget.Project Management skills:* Yield Improvement Team Leader: Improved yields by average of 10% per product and response time by 300%.* Source Inspection Troubleshooting Team Leader: Reduced failure rate by 75%.* Packaging Team Leader: significant cost reductions and product quality improvements through qualification of new materials and supplier management.* Fully implemented Self Directed Work Teams in Manufacturing/New Product Introduction environment.Continuous Improvement activities:* Certified Achieve-Global (Zenger-Miller) Facilitator: Facilitation skills instructor.* Change Agent: Self-Directed Work Teams Steering Committee and Transition Management Team.* Facilitate Virtual Department best practices (Virtual Team Leader): Collaborative management and Knowledge management through Teamware (TeamRoom by Lotus)* Coordinate New Product Introduction to Manufacturing and technology transfer to overseas manufacturing.* Additional cross-functional teams: Computer Integrated Manufacturing Taskforce, Audit Readiness Team, Blister Reduction Team.Additional responsibilities:* Budget responsibility $6 million: Reduced costs by 25% in first 6 months.* ISO 9001 system expert through two successful ISO audits with no non-conformances. Corporate ISO responsibility.* Training, Implementing, and Coaching Self Managed Work Teams.* Technical supervisor for test maintenance group.* Worldwide Cost Review Coordination partner.* Visual Inspection Engineer.* WIP control, Process Flows and Capacity Modeling, Engineering Change Notices (documentation), and Production Planning (MRP). Implementing and improving statistical process controls.* Developed highly refined TQM, SPC, Cleanroom, and Continuous Improvement skills

Us Submarine Force

Qualified Radiological Controls Shift SupervisorQualified Engineering Watch Supervisor (EWS)Engineering Laboratory Technician (Chemical and Radiological Analysis)

Master Of Science, Material Acquisition Management

Mba, Technology Management

Bachelor Of Arts, Liberal Arts (Physics And Political Science)