Technical expert for form-fill-seal (FFS) packaging. Drive overall profitability through cost-savings and system performance improvement projects.

Global manufacturing leader of lighting components, including a broad range of plastic lenses and extruded sheet.Lead 4 direct managers and 65 employees in compounding/blending, extrusion, thermoforming, and assembly operationsKey Accomplishments:• Re-structured operations team to drive culture change, including hiring 3 new managers• Improved OSHA incident rate in one year from 13.22 to 3.04 (industry avg. 6.7), decrease from 17 to 2 recordable incidents through implementation of DuPont Safety Training Observation Program (STOP) • Effectively managed operations through dynamic economic downturn, raising production efficiencies more than 10% while reducing headcount by 45% and reducing capacity to match demand drop of 30%• Improved financial performance from $2 million loss per year to break-even over 3-year period• Increased Good Pounds per Labor Hour in Extrusion by 31%• Increased Good Parts per Labor Hour in Forming by 25%• Consistently outperformed plant operational expenses budget by 3-5%, establish accurate but aggressive plant budgetary goals for the site• Increased inventory turns by 20%, reduced finished goods inventory by 62%• Discovered and acquired $250,000 in state grant money used for new equipment purchase and equipment relocation from other A.L.P. sites, directly reduced internal capital financial needs

Manage process engineering, product development, and quality functions within the facilityKey Accomplishments:• Established specification and print system leading to 35% reduction in quality complaints and $100,000 in savings• Reduced on-hand inventory of regrind from more than 1.7 million pounds to less than 200,000 pounds through effective compounding/blending, resulting in savings of more than $1 million • Utilized 5S Lean Manufacturing tool to improve organization, safety, and efficiency in work areas• Successfully maintained ISO certification during external audits• Promoted to Plant Manager in 2007

Leading producer of engineered thermoplastic sheet, thermoformed packaging, polymeric compounds and concentrates.Manage extrusion operations with 90 employees; develop and implement Lean Manufacturing journey in facility.Key Accomplishments: • Led team using SMED Lean Manufacturing tool to reduce extrusion changeover time by more than 50%. Earned company-wide award and recognition for most significant Lean improvement project• Trained all employees on Lean Manufacturing and implemented 5S Kaizens through entire facility in less than 1 year; resulted in cleaner and more efficient work place with increased morale and employee accountability• Implemented Kanban and Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) through Kaizen events

Drive improvements in efficiency and quality for HIPS, APET, PETG, SBC, PP, and PLA extruded sheet and roll stock.• Increased plant output and capacity by more than 10% without adding labor, including increasing output by 25% on the most critical extrusion line in facility• Controlled product development projects with internal sales, marketing and customers to make new material formulations to meet customer needs• Performed root cause analysis, including travel to customer sites for technical assistance, to eliminate quality issues both internal and externally • Promoted to Extrusion Manager and Lean Manufacturing Leader in 2005

World-renowned technological leader in high-barrier packaging; preferred supplier of innovative packaging materials and systems for food, beverage, household, industrial, and personal care industries. Sheet Co-extrusion, Thermoforming, Adhesive Lamination, and Slitting process support, development, and improvementKey Accomplishments:• Installed and commissioned EVOH co-extrusion process, creating new market opportunities in PP and HIPS high-barrier food packaging• Improved output on vital plant extrusion line by more than 20% while simultaneously improving quality• Drove project to increase amount of regrind allowable in product line, reduced on-hand inventory and completely eliminated external sales for scrap resulting in cost savings of more than $200,000 annually• Implemented Standard Operating Conditions (SOC) system resulting in quicker changeovers and repeatable product quality • Participated in daily production meetings as technical expert to reduce scrap and machine downtime for job changes• Acted as liaison between manufacturing and corporate engineering for all process and product development projects

Automotive supplier to OEMs for adhesives, glass bonding systems, polyurethanes, sealants, emissions control technology, films, fluids, structural enhancement and acoustical management solutions.Develop automotive body shop and paint shop sealers for Ford Motor Co. and other major automotive manufacturersKey Accomplishments:• Formulated, compounded, and tested small batches of sealers made from vinyl or rubber bases with multiple modifiers, fillers, concentrates, plasticizers, and other additives to meet customer product specifications• Conducted scale-up process from lab to manufacturing facility in Kankakee, IL• Performed material trials at automotive assembly plants and train line workers on proper applications/installations