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Newport, Ri

Procure and manage State and Federal contracts that employ individuals with developmental disabilities.

Cumberland, Rhode Island

ACN offers consumes a greater value on the essential services they already use every day like Digital Phone Service, Local and Long Distance, High Speed Internet, Wireless, Television, Home Security and Automated Computer Support and Natural Gas and Electricity.

New Haven, Ct

Service Manager for the Connecticut and Massachusetts branches of NELS servicing 700 customers from Boston to New York City primarily in the institutional food service industry. • Rebuilt the service team by assembling top notch team members, tools, and training when combined, provided our customers exceptional service.• Designed and implemented a route book that included basic customer information, maps, and key customer delivery data that allows for seamless service when the primary Service Representative is unavailable. • Negotiated several contract renewals with customers that were initially inclined to leave NELS that help to maintain the customer base.

Greater Boston Area

General Manager for the Boston location of a privately owned linen rental company doing business in 8 cities across the country primarily in the hospitality industry. Responsible for all business functions including sales, service, production, maintenance, and administration including a branch office. Served over 750 customers across four states totaling $6M in annual revenue.• Hired as the Plant Manager responsible for the operations and maintenance of the facility. Responsible for the processing of the linen and the preparation of daily deliveries for the service department. Increased the efficiency of the operation through improved equipment readiness and operator performance while maintaining the high level of quality that identified Morgan in the marketplace.• Promoted to General Manager after one year.• Built a sales team that was able to meet aggressive sales goals for the first time in seven years winning “Sales Office of the Year” in 2009. • Built service teams through training and targeted hiring that improved customer retention and satisfaction as measured through annual customer surveys.• Maintained revenue and profit through a difficult economic period by focusing on customer retention and increased sales.

Pawtucket, Ri

Manufacturing Manager for the Fenwal Electronics and Elmwood Sensors brand names of discrete thermistors and commercial and hi-reliability probe assemblies. Operations in Pawtucket, RI and an off-shore facility generated $15M in annual revenue. Major supplier of specialty temperature sensing elements to the commercial and aerospace industries.• Implemented continuous improvement projects on inventory turns in a declining market. Pushed back on suppliers to deliver on demand to an improved forecast, purged obsolete inventory and shortened manufacturing cycle times, doubling turns.• Improved on-time delivery form 70% to 95% by pushing responsibility down to the team leader level supported by new monitoring tools. Provided information to the team leaders on a weekly rather than monthly basis. Required root cause analysis on missed shipments and forecasts on upcoming performance.• Lead continuous improvements in productivity measured by revenue dollars and units per employee hour leading to process time reductions and labor savings by holding Kaizen events. Improvements were between 2% and 5% per month for a period of 18 consecutive months.

Canton, Ma

Operations Manager responsible for a $30M/Yr automotive and truck and off-road business organized with two shifts, three supervisors, two process engineers, and over 100 direct labor employees.• Successfully implemented a new business software system (JBL) and the operational procedures necessary to maintain customer support.• Improved on-time delivery by 20% by improving equipment utilization.• Reduced manufacturing costs by re-engineering line layout and manufacturing flow.

Attleboro, Ma

Successive positions of increasing responsibility in manufacturing operations, planning, material procurement and management, and customer service operations providing pressure switches and sensors for the automotive market serving Ford, GM, and Chrysler assembly plants and aftermarket outlets.

Field Artillery Officer, Battery Executive Officer, Battalion Personel Officer Aviation Officer, Helicopter Pilot, Flight Platoon Commander, Squadron Flight Operations Officer

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Mechanical/Civil Engineering

Activities and Societies: Varsity Tennis & Squash Teams Glee Club

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Business Administration And Management, Management