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Pineville, North Carolina, United States

• Responsible for Design Services Team as well as CSI Production Planning• Led team of 37 AutoDesk designers, with 3 intermediate Team Leadso AutoCAD, Inventor design software• Restructured team to include 3rd party LCR contracting to increase productivity while enabling flexible surge capacity with no reduction in domestic workforce• Led site implementation of Microsoft Navision ERP• Developed site Sales & Operations Planning framework of communication and strategic… Show more • Responsible for Design Services Team as well as CSI Production Planning• Led team of 37 AutoDesk designers, with 3 intermediate Team Leadso AutoCAD, Inventor design software• Restructured team to include 3rd party LCR contracting to increase productivity while enabling flexible surge capacity with no reduction in domestic workforce• Led site implementation of Microsoft Navision ERP• Developed site Sales & Operations Planning framework of communication and strategic planning• Developed forecasting logic to better couple revenue forecasting to workload planning and project estimation Show less

Pineville, North Carolina, United States

• Expanded responsibilities to include ownership of Production Control functions (Materials Purchasing & Project Support Services), as well as site production scheduling. • Led team of 5 direct reports• Developed automation of site planning and associated business analysis / reporting

Pineville, North Carolina, United States

Expanded responsibilities of previous role to include ownership of all site EHS functions and compliance, as well as site compliance with ISO 9001 and ASME standards.• Led first site ISO 9001 surveillance audit with 0 findings• Led site ISO 9001 reassessment audit with 0 findings• Developed automation of site planning and associated business analysis & reporting

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

My role as CI Engineer was to implement and sustain Lean culture and tools at a site that had never before had any exposure to Continuous Improvement. •Responsible for initial deployment and sustained growth of Lean manufacturing principles and culture across Charlotte site o Developed Lean Fundamentals training course and trained all associates o Implemented one piece flow in job shop environment o Implemented production daily management/visual management boards and… Show more My role as CI Engineer was to implement and sustain Lean culture and tools at a site that had never before had any exposure to Continuous Improvement. •Responsible for initial deployment and sustained growth of Lean manufacturing principles and culture across Charlotte site o Developed Lean Fundamentals training course and trained all associates o Implemented one piece flow in job shop environment o Implemented production daily management/visual management boards and process o Developed and held tool trainings to expand lean toolkit of associates o Shared trainings and best practices with other division plants • Helped site develop actionable KPI’s for office and production environment, and taught problem solving at the management level to methodically address KPI gaps • First Pass Yield > 95% within 1 year of Lean implementation (77% JOP) • Developed and implement technical solutions across site o Developed method to measure multiple new OTD metrics using SQL o Developed and implemented scanning solution for piece tracking in paint booth • Reduced On-Hand Inventory from $1.8M to <$800K without incurring stockouts through Kanban and staggered receipt solutions Show less

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

In this role, I was responsible for ~10-20 associates across several departments. Accomplishments and duties in this role include: • Managed Shipping, Receiving, and Distribution Departments- Drive improvements for Safety, Quality, Delivery, Inventory, and Productivity- Develop associates and Continuous Improvement culture- ~15,000 SKUs stocked across multiple brands• Improved distribution on-time delivery to customer request from 55% to 90%+ in 6… Show more In this role, I was responsible for ~10-20 associates across several departments. Accomplishments and duties in this role include: • Managed Shipping, Receiving, and Distribution Departments- Drive improvements for Safety, Quality, Delivery, Inventory, and Productivity- Develop associates and Continuous Improvement culture- ~15,000 SKUs stocked across multiple brands• Improved distribution on-time delivery to customer request from 55% to 90%+ in 6 months• Strategically align supply chain with sister supplier companies in Germany and Finland• Project Manager for site consolidation and technological upgrade:- 2 off-site warehouses insourced, ~100k ft2 brought into ~35k ft2 footprint- Integration of additional existing brand into facility distribution flow- Consolidation of multiple brand distribution departments into one cohesive distribution team- Annualized savings of >$1M, 9 month payback period at 12%- Overhaul of site layout and implementation of scanning technology- Platform level alignment on creation of distribution stocking plan- 7 month project timeline• Alignment of receiving department functions that had been spread across multiple business functional areas Show less

• Responsibilities over 6 production cells for:- Quality improvements (Poka-Yoke)- Cycle time reductions, capacity improvements, cell layouts - Production troubleshooting and support- Lean tool implementation through Kaizen (Standard Work, 3P, 5S, etc.)• Developed and improved process documentation, assembly instructions, and implement engineering change orders for Class 1 medical devices in ISO 9001 certified facility• Represented Operations on new product… Show more • Responsibilities over 6 production cells for:- Quality improvements (Poka-Yoke)- Cycle time reductions, capacity improvements, cell layouts - Production troubleshooting and support- Lean tool implementation through Kaizen (Standard Work, 3P, 5S, etc.)• Developed and improved process documentation, assembly instructions, and implement engineering change orders for Class 1 medical devices in ISO 9001 certified facility• Represented Operations on new product development teams and strategic project teams Show less

Charlotte, North Carolina

- Redesigned shipping dock and replacement parts packaging area to provide 34% increase in dock staging space - Developed process for sales order visual management and tracking on the shipping dock- Implemented one piece flow in service parts packaging area- Created index for locations of over 1400 parts and wrote Excel macro for continued index updating- Designed and built workstations and fixtures

Charlotte, North Carolina

- Investigated and closed 63 outstanding ECOs dated from 2008 to 2011 - Revised and created work instructions in an FDA regulated environment- Designed and built touchpad test fixture- Participated in Kaizen events

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Young Life, ASME, Campus Crusade