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Minneapolis, Minnesota, US

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

Niles, IL, US

• 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.
• 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%

Niles, IL, US

• 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

Avon Lake, OH, US

• 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.
• 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

Avon Lake, OH, US

• 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.
• 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

• 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.
• 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

Bs, Chemical Engineering

Certificate, Lean Manufacturing Master Facilitator

Mba, Business Administration