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Long Beach, CA, US

Torrance, California, US

Scottsdale, Arizona, US

Carlsbad, CA, US

• Led supplier management and supplier development for activities for ViaSat’s Tempe, Arizona facility.
• Managing key suppliers to meet design, prototype, and production deliverables on-time and with quality for critical satellite technology programs by facilitating cross-functional and cross-organization collaboration.
• Providing leadership and mentorship within the supply chain team and leading numerous critical internal and external efforts including Design for Manufacturability, root cause analysis and strategic supply management.
• Designed and implemented improved Supplier Manufacturing Readiness Review process for space programs.

• Create the supply chain for hardware and software needed to support a new data center, network, voice call center, end user computing, service desk, information security and applications at Amex Global Business Travel.
• Drove over $900K in savings at Bentek for its solar and semiconductor businesses while leading all sourcing efforts and multiple purchasing and operational process improvement projects.
• Led the building of a supply chain for Linamar for an advanced solar technology for a China-based customer.

• Fulfilling CFO duties at VoiceCut Technologies, a game-changing video editing technology company.
• Developed and implemented an IP strategy across two companies with three patents pending.

• Involved in all phases of creating a technology company out to transform fundraising through partnerships with community organizations and the local business community.
• Led the Integrity Giving team as CEO to develop and launch a full technology suite including mobile, web, front and back-end technologies to transform the way money is raised for community organizations. Led the.

Chandler, Arizona, US

• Engineered and implemented the manufacturing operations and supply chain strategy of a green technology products company helping it evolve and grow from 20 to 140 employees during tenure.
• Led the sourcing of all of the equipment, materials, and services required to complete a world-class R&D facility and led supply chain and manufacturing required to develop, build and test new technologies.
• Led the team to design and build a conversion of an 8-cylinder gas engine to run on hydrogen in addition to designing and installing an engine test cell resulting in a key milestone and an initial $40 million investment.
• Created and presented the supply chain and manufacturing mission, vision and plan to stakeholders enabling $128M in investment and substantial organizational growth.

• Directed cross-functional global teams across multiple organizations to design and manufacture power conversion units, electronics and controls for utility-scale renewable energy power plants based on Stirling engine.
• Delivered the first-ever, mass-production design Stirling engines with all electronics and controls on-time, with quality and under budget for a 1.5 MW reference plant.
• Negotiated a comprehensive, multi-year agreement for the delivery of the Power Conversation Unit valued at over $2 Billion.
• Promoted twice in a year as a result of strong leadership abilities and the ability to deliver on key milestones.

• Developed and ran a diversified portfolio of businesses with partners including a car wash, a supply chain and operational consulting company, a technology marketing company and a private golf and country club.
• Developed a successful car wash business and realized a $800K profit after 1.5 years of operation.
• Consulted with multiple clients to help develop robust supply chain and operations strategies utilizing the concepts of Total Cost of Ownership, Six Sigma and Lean.

Providence, RI, US

• Led global purchasing and supply chain functions within multiple Textron businesses and obtained Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification.
• Directed and managed the purchasing organization responsible for $220M of annual materials and services purchases to support golf cart and specialty vehicle manufacturing.
• Constructed a successful integrated supply chain strategy recognized as best practice and rolled out corporate wide as the benchmark and standard for all of Textron’s companies.
• Developed and Implemented a cross-functional, rigorous, data-driven, and toll gated launch process with total cost of ownership (TCO) modeling to design the supply chain and launch of all new and outsourced products..
• Improved the cost, quality and performance of vehicles by negotiating a contract with Kawasaki for a best-in-class gas powertrain.
• Implemented over $9M in savings by leading supply chain and lean six-sigma efforts across several global business entities as a supply chain and Six-Sigma Black Belt leader.

Dublin, Ireland, IE

• Selected into the prestigious, rotational Operations Management Development Program. After two years of successful assignments in automotive, electrical/industrial and corporate roles was promoted into Supply Chain.
• Developed, with senior leaders, the strategic plan for the Supplier Resource Management (SRM) function for all of Eaton. Collaborated with consultants on strategy development and the integration of a large acquisition.
• Developed and implemented a comprehensive restructuring and transformation plan to reinvent the supply chain management organization while driving the strategic plan, as a key member of the executive staff, resulting.
• Managed the operations of the Connecticut facility ($70M in annual revenues and 250 people) then the Milwaukee facility ($80M in annual revenues and 400 employees including a unionized manufacturing workforce).

Dearborn, Michigan, US

• Increased departmental productivity 17% during first manufacturing operations assignment.
• Drove test method development pertaining to the durability and integrity of adhesive bonded joints in structural automotive applications. Designed rigs, performed extensive testing, collected and presented data.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Engineering

Electrical And Electronics Engineering

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Logistics, Materials, And Supply Chain Management