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Stockton, California, US

Mound House, Nevada, US

Newfane, Vermont, US

Raised a search fund to acquire a profitable, US based, small to medium sized, light manufacturing company. This search resulted in the acquisition of Stockton Truss and sister company Carson Truss, manufacturers of engineered wooden trusses.

Wakefield, MA, US

Member of Board of Directors, providing strategic guidance and support to the CEO

Liberty Lake, Washington, US

Take innovate ideas for products and services from within Itron and incubate them with a fast paced, lean start-up approach, getting to market traction or failure as quickly as possible and integrating the most promising ideas back into Itron's existing business units. The idea is to leverage experienced entrepreneurs utilizing proven innovation techniques.

Liberty Lake, Washington, US

Take innovate ideas for products and services from within Itron and incubate them with a fast paced, lean start-up approach, getting to market traction or failure as quickly as possible and integrating the most promising ideas back into Itron's existing business units. The idea is to leverage experienced entrepreneurs utilizing proven innovation techniques.

On-demand supply delivery for construction industry

Wellesley, MA, US

Provided business development guidance on navigating the telecom sector, both domestically & in Sub-Saharan Africa

Somerville, MA, US

• WrightGrid is a clean tech company that specializes in designing and developing solar powered charging stations for mobile electronic devices. WrightGrid operates out of Greentown Labs, a clean technology incubator in.
• Launched start-up, setting company vision, leading strategic business dev efforts
• Managed day to day operations, manufacturing operations, admin functions and company finances (including burn)
• Bootstrapped the company for the first 3.5 years, then led fundraising efforts to successful secure outside investment
• Recruited and hired founding/management team, as well as engineering, sales, marketing and business dev. staff
• Formed experienced and active advisory board with members from relevant industries and backgrounds

Irvine, California, US

• Manage engineering development of commercial semiconductor components through phase gate process, including eleven projects spanning PC, gaming, networking and energy management applications with $170M in projected 3.
• Develop project milestones and build plans to ensure timely release to mass production manufacturing.
• Coordinate global resources in US, Canada, UK, and Asia to align resource capability and availability.
• Interface with wafer suppliers, fabrication and assembly houses to align suppliers with overall project schedules and deliverables.

Babson Park, MA, US

• Member of 4 person Management Consulting Field Experience (MCFE) team that developed a 10 year energy strategy for Concord Academy that addressed in depth all 3 components of the triple bottom line
• Strategy focused on 3 key pillars: Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy and Behavioral Change
• Specific responsibilities included leading the research effort for hydro-electric and geothermal heating and cooling systems as well as vendor selection for both geothermal systems as well as wireless building energy.

London, GB

• Led planning and execution of manufacturing transitions from exiting site to receiving site
• 8 total programs spanning 3 geographic locations made up of 5 individual manufacturing lines
• Identify Non Recurring Expenses, hidden factory information/tribal knowledge
• Transfer tribal knowledge through cross training and documentation
• Management of all participating disciplines (Test engineering, Process Engineering, Metrology, Assembly, facilities, etc.)
• Cost Account Manager for transition budgets

London, GB

• Member of 3 person sustainability initiative leadership team and steering committee
• Responsible for developing and executing a long term sustainability strategy for a 12,000 employee business sector, with positive impact to all components of the triple bottom line
• Managed progress through the generation and management of SMART goals to measure success, as well as leveraged best practices across the North American and Global business sectors
• Efforts of the sustainability group reduced utility costs by $2.8M in 2011 (-5% energy, -8% water, -45% waste)

London, GB

3 year leadership development program in the operations function. The program develops high potential entry level employees into the future leaders of the Electronic Solutions business sector within BAE Systems, Inc. through year long job rotations. Rotations included Continuous Improvement, Strategy Deployment, and Manfacturing Transitioning.

London, GB

• Briefed program management offices on the operations transition effort and impact to individual programs
• Led development of EAC impact of transition effort, working closely with PMO’s and Operations Director for 5 programs (TIM1500, TWS, ALR-56M, SQQ-32, APKWS)
• Coordinated transition planning across multiple sites (NHQ, LEX, GNY, WNJ) and multiple functions (Ops, Eng, PMO, PE, Finance), including plans for NRE, production build ahead, FAI’s, PRR’s, & customer site visits/tours
• Led identification effort of hidden factory elements for high volume Infrared products (TIM1500, TWS)
• Developed site level Integrated master schedule for LEX

London, GB

• Contributing member of operations strategy development team for Electronic Solutions (ES) business sector
• Assisted in developing the Vision, Mission, and Objectives for ES Operations
• Assisted in developing operations Rationalization plan (4 year, $15M project with projected savings of $100M), as part of the business sector’s manufacturing strategy
• Developed and maintained risk and opportunities register for rationalization plan, complete with mitigation actions
• Led strategy formulation for manufacturing site with annual sales of $24M
• Developed value presentation for Vice President of Operations to pitch at quarterly business review (200 leaders)

London, GB

• Managed and allocated recruiting budget utilizing BAE resources across ES business sector
• Managed and coordinated career fair logistics as liaison to university career service departments
• Supported on campus information sessions and career fairs, interfacing with candidates and university faculty
• Down selected from nearly 400 candidates to top150, conducting phone interviews with those top 150
• Organized and facilitated 4, 2 day onsite recruitment events for top 50 candidates, including presentations, executive speakers, interactive activities, and dinners
• Organized and participated in panel interviews of candidates with ops managers from across the business sector

London, GB

• Championed Lean and 7S initiatives across ops at the site level, developing the strategy and implementation plan
• Trained, facilitated, and implemented Continuous Improvement methodologies in a space technology mfg plant
• Organized and facilitated Gemba walks with leadership team
• Developed and Implemented team improvement boards for manufacturing areas
• Developed, scheduled, and taught Lean intro classes to over 100 employees

Boston, MA, US

• Evaluated clients current fitness levels using submaximal cardiovascular and strength testing
• Prescribed complete, individualized training programs for each clients including cardiovascular, strength, and flexibility training
• Trained clients ranging in age from teenage college students to the elderly
• Trained clients ranging in fitness ability from the sedimentary to the college athlete
• Developed and taught Plyometrics and Conditioning coed fitness class
• Taught less senior trainers and trainers in training instructional classes on proper lifting technique, including specialized focus on core exercise instruction and prescription

Lawrence, Massachusetts, US

• Tested new products and new product configurations, as well as ship testing of these products
• Investigated SAK and PAK customer returns to determine root cause of failure
• Serviced System One dialysis machine in field at dialysis clinic
• Led 5-S event in returns area
• Organized temporary manufacturing line for new product to be transitioned to Mexico facility
• Developed assembly and manufacturing instructions for preventive maintenance kit

Arlington, VA, US

• Trained, facilitated, and implemented Continuous Improvement methodologies as prescribed by the Toyota Production System in Patriot Missile Lean section
• Generated plans, reports, and facilitated small teams to put in place visual controls and signaling
• Designed and Implemented Lean Manufacturing Cell for Patriot XMTR Line
• Co-taught Manual Material Handling Ergonomics classes to the represented workforce
• Managed Area Lean training for 127 Employees, scheduling and assigning to classes
• Created and Developed Total Productive Maintenance analysis to be implemented as standard practice

Cincinnati, OH, US

• Supervised Lynn Plant IV receiving operations
• Designed and implemented new receiving area layout using Lean principles (5S and visual management)
• Developed and implemented improvements in ordering, stocking, and managing all material in receiving area
• Established more efficient 2-Bin system (performance recognized by supply chain)
• Developed raw material weekly scorecards, tracking raw material and updating corresponding databases
• Provided manufacturing support for critical parts to align output to meet customer requirements

• Managed company finances, invested portion of earnings back into company
• Supervised and trained three employees, performed estimates, organized, managed, and scheduled jobs

Mba, Masters Of Business Administration

Bachelor Of Science, Industrial Engineering

Education record