Reza (Russ) Pirasteh, Phd, Mba, Itlse, Pmp, Mbb, Clm Email & Phone Number

Plano, Texas

Founder of iTLS-ISO Group and RMP Lean Six Sigma. A management consulting Operations focused on implementation of iTLS to improve profitability.Applying iTLS and best practices in CPI, Implementing change to significantly improve operations velocity, cycle times, effectiveness, efficiency and profitability in services, manufacturing, and transactional industries and environments.• Published “Profitability with No Boundaries” – a comprehensive how-to book for implementing iTLS• Improved profitability of kitting operations by 150%• Applied 8 projects in a Pharmaceutical company saving over $2.4m• Improved operations throughput by 4X in an assembly plant applying iTLS• Re-designed warehouse infrastructure, implemented WMS, resulted - inventory accuracy of 99.8% from 65% • Client based included: o Kimball Electronics, o Alcon Labs, o Alcatel Lucent, o Sanmina o Dyson o HA- Pack o Stephen Gould, o Votorentine, o New Beginning, o Tessco, o Cisco, o RIM / BlackBerry, o American Airlines,

A $530 Million company focused on 3PL, supply chain management, design and development of packaging and fulfilment solutions Applying iTLS and best practices in CPI Implementing change to significantly improve operations velocity, cycle times, effectiveness, efficiencies and profitability in services, manufacturing, and transactional industries.• Start up of a EU supply chain operations in 3 months with 6-sigma quality performance• Implemented customer focused KPI, significantly improving performances• 90% reduction in inventory discrepancies• 25% improvement in profitability• 42% improvement in revenue throughput• Improved supply chain OTD performance from 45% to 99.8%• Reduced DPM to < 393 from 37,000 in 4 months• Achieved supply chain performance with Cpk of 1.67 in 6 months• Established supply chains in EU and Malaysia serving customers with JIT deliveries

Responsible for designing and implementation of Operations Excellence strategies including NBI, Quality, Engineering and Supply Chain Management for the division leading matrix staff of 250+- Directly responsible for the division’s worldwide operations performance- Architect and implemented NBI engagement strategy, improving project on-time execution by 50%- Reduced customer TAT over 63% applying TLS - Improved responsiveness and cycle times over 85%, through standardization and TLS-CPI application- Implementing best practices in engineering, Solutions, Quality and Supply Chain Management- Reducing scrap and rework by 95%, WIP by 50% and inventories by 55%- Achieving outstanding customer satisfaction by positioning quality as competitive advantage- Reducing labor, OH, cycle times, and inventories resulting in significant improved profitability worldwide- Transfers & startup for Medical and EMS reverse logistics and repair operations globally - Started up and lead TLS, Toc, Lean Six Sigma program for Sanmina-SCI for 78+ plants worldwide.- Developed and implemented White Belt, Green Belt and Black Belt TOC, Lean-Six Sigma, and Train-the-Trainer programs, courses and curriculum for the entire company, deployed at all divisions.- Responsible for leading, implementation, training and project management of CPI models: TLS (TOC, Lean Six Sigma), and DFSS, KAIZEN & TPM, and Value Chain optimization to improve profitability.- Mentored, Coached, Developing & Transferring knowledge to optimize processes to over 8,100 GB/BBs, in areas of Finance, Product Design, NPI, Program Management, Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Planning, Manufacturing, Logistics Repair Services (LRS) and transactional processes

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Apply iTLS in developing new products, markets, and research. Responsible for P&L, facilitating change, technology and organizational development, quality improvements, customer relations/confidence, sales & marketing, product development- Increased profitability by 28%, reduced inventory levels by 50%, applying, DFT, KANBAN and JIT- Developed business plans and strategies for marketing and product development, gaining market share- Reduced product development-to-market cycle-times by 70%. Introducing 5 new products in 18 months- Improved product performance and First Pass Yield by 90%, applying iTLS TOC, Lean, and six sigma- Introduced over new 19 products in 18 months- Achieved ISO9001:2000 accreditation in 6 months- Improved logistics, reducing delivery cycle time (order-to-ship) by 98%. Improved productivity by 25%- Developing partnership between company, distributors, and suppliers, reducing material costs by 15%- Established distribution logistics operations in Europe, increasing sales by 100%

($369MM manufacturer of drilling products for petroleum and mining worldwide)- Responsible for managing change in all aspects of manufacturing operations (US & Mexico), agility, continuous improvement, quality, customer satisfaction, optimizing performance & costs- Led team of 50 managers and technologists, 3 plants, with 1000+ union employees

($4MM consulting company)- Performed client need assessment, creating and formulating feasible solutions to achieve desired results- Led implementation of FlowCycle™, process re-design, simplification and optimization to rapidly reducing cycle times, inventories, and improving business processes. (Client base $40-100+ million)

Dresser Industries

($7 Billion fortune 500 company, SDBS drill bit manufacturing division, providing petroleum services worldwide)- Responsible for all aspects of manufacturing plant’s operation, agility, continuous improvement, quality, engineering, customer satisfaction, and optimizing operating profitability- Led team of 34 managers and technologists (QC, CNC programming, Industrial Engineering, Production & Inventory Control, Plant Maintenance, Mfg. Operations) and 252 union employees

($1.5 Billion company with 187 operating facilities worldwide, servicing all major airlines)- Provided support to senior management on strategies for spending capital appropriations- Responsible for directing nationwide R&D, systems design and integration, project management, and TQM leadership- Developed plans for executions of projects requiring major capacity addition, new technologies and major productivity initiative rollouts, internal consulting, operations research and analysis efforts- Led team of 8 engineers

Ph.D., Engineering/Industrial Management

Dissertation: A study completed for the first time in the world: “Effects of Combined Approach of Theory Of Constraints, Lean and Six.

Mba, Industrial Management

Activities and Societies: IIE, ASQ, APICS Thesis: TOC- Theory Of Constraint and its application in manufacturing management.

Bsie, Industrial Engineering

Activities and Societies: IIE