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Loveland, Co, Us

Loveland, Co, Us

United States

Englewood

LEADERSHIP Increased efficiency by eliminating waste and non-value added activities. Reduced product development timelines by 30% while increasing quality and reliability. Streamlined the production process. Delivered a high quality, reliable product under budget and ahead of schedule, designed correctly the first time. Built highly productive teams, mentored & trained junior engineers in the lean manufacturing disciplines.MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING Eliminated problems when releasing new product designs to production by implementing proper procedures and processes, thus allowing a person off the street to build these.  Responsible for working with engineering to lead the Design for Manufacturing (DFM) effort. This allows for faster and more efficient production. Resulting in high quality products that were delivered to the customer ahead of schedule and under budget. Setup a lean manufacturing production line. Provided a delivered product of superior quality, with lower cost, shorter lead times, and without additional resources. This increased quality of parts, decreased build times by 15%, and decreased part cost by 10%. Removed waste and implemented continuous improvement initiatives, increased inventory turns and increased profitability and cash flow. Implemented product life cycle management processes, by deploying ERP and PDM changes resulting in faster decision making and reduced cost. Significantly reduced inventory levels and increasing cash flow. Improving delivery and customer satisfaction. PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT R&D, rapid prototyping, system and design layout, conceptual modeling and layout, proof of concept. Reduced cost and schedule by utilizing rapid prototyping. Streamlined product development process by eliminating waste and non-value added activities. Products include: flow meters, and sorting equipment.

Longmont Colorado

Eliminated problems when releasing new product designs to production by implementing proper procedures and processes, thus allowing a person off the street to build these. I was responsible for working with engineering to lead the Design for Manufacturing (DFM) effort. This allows for faster and more efficient production. Resulting in high quality products that were delivered to the customer ahead of schedule and under budget.When a product was being built by third party at high cost and low quality, I worked to remedy the issues. I learned how to build the products quickly with no production impacts. This provided a delivered product of superior quality, with lower cost, shorter lead times, and without additional resources. I setup a lean manufacturing production line. This increased quality of parts, decreased build times by 15%, and decreased part cost by 10%.There was too much waste and inefficiency in the processes, I was able to recognize seven types of wastes and led the team to removing them from the process. By removing waste and applying implemented continuous improvement initiatives, waste was eliminated, excess inventory was decreased and profitability was increased.Insufficient product life cycle management processes was a problem. I implemented ERP and PDM changes resulting in faster decision making and reduced cost. This had a significant effect on reducing inventory levels and increasing cash flow. Improving delivery and customer satisfaction. I lead pilot builds before going to full production, which identified 85% of all the problems and allowed for correction prior to full production. By utilizing my expertise and leadership skills, I resolved the issues with the various team members in a coordinated effort. Setting up the production line correctly the first time saves hundreds of hours in the long run. I found that this reduces time by 10% thus reducing cost by 30% which equated to $50,000 over a year when going to full production.