✔️Self-directed and results-driven with exceptional practical judgment, and a deep understanding of operations, financial and sales processes.✔️Business Turn-Around expert that is driving management accountability in Sales, Operations, and Finance using metrics and goals. Expert in defining and implementing metrics.✔️Works directly with customers to determine what they need, when they need it and how they measure how we are successful. ✔️Using the Voice of the Customer successfully brought back dissatisfied customers making them advocates. ✔️Lean manufacturing expert with an extensive scope of responsibilities, delivering effective cost reductions, productivity gains, and revenue growth.✔️Strong business acumen that can translate strategic plans into workable solutions and benchmarks for performance against key operational objectives and measures. Founded two successful business startups.✔️Led a 360 degree-cultural change and employee mindset, in a union facility, resulting in the successful execution and deployment of the Toyota Production System company-wide (Lean Manufacturing).✔️Delivered $250M plus in savings – Sponsored and led over 200 Lean Six Sigma projects and teams in manufacturing, engineering, and transactional/administrative processes.✔️Achieved ISO, Safety & Sustainability certifications – Company Point of Contact for auditors, sponsored & led the internal effort necessary to achieve certifications and recognitionof business operations and manufacturing processes.P&L, Forecasting & Budgeting Accountability • Lean Six Sigma / TPS / Shingo • Staff Acquisition & Retention • Manufacturing & Engineering Processes • Sales and Operational Planning • Talent Development • Business KPI’s & Quality Process KPI’s • Customer Value Creation • Team Building • Strategy & Tactical Goal Setting | Metrics • Policy/Procedure Development • Communication • Cost Reduction & Avoidance • Risk Management • Value Stream Management

✔️ Responsible for meeting financial targets (key measurements and benchmarks include operating income, COGS, revenue, margins, & inventory, ROC and growth).✔️Provides leadership, supports, motivates, directs and retains high-caliber staff.✔️Promotes “total customer satisfaction” (delivery, quality, etc.) within all Operations teams.✔️Identifies and solves critical operational problems.✔️Develop Operations strategies, fiscal Operating plans, and budgets, departmental goals & objectives.✔️Determines departmental staffing requirements as part of Operational planning/budgeting.✔️Direct the company operations to achieve optimum performance, quality, and cost.✔️Initiate advanced manufacturing programs in anticipation of the business environment.✔️Lead the development, acquisition, and validation of new processes for manufacturing, sourcing, procurement logistics to meet business goals.✔️Define information systems requirements to support process improvements initiates. Integrate the technology, quality, purchasing, and logistics functions to support product and process excellence.✔️Provide leadership in the development of an effective organization and its members.✔️Ensures financial targets are met.✔️Responsible for establishing approved objectives, plans, and budgets for each of the divisions.✔️Contribute to value creation by following existing company initiatives related to improved throughput, yield and cost control as well as supporting the executive team with new product development.✔️As a member of the executive team, provide cross-functional leadership to increase operational efficiency and effectiveness.✔️Develop strategic capital expenditures plan in line with future growth objectives and execute to plan.✔️Attend quarterly strategic planning session meetings and an annual retreat with the executive team.✔️Represent the company at trade association meetings and with key suppliers.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------🎯 Implemented Process Excellence in Sales, Operations & Finance.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------💥Significant Accomplishments► Successfully led Performance Excellence in Retail, Service and Manufacturing businesses.Financial►Created Balance sheets, P&L, Break Even Analysis, and 13-Week Cash Flow statements► Established management teams accountable for Sales, Operations & Finance, setting metrics and goals reportable at weekly management team meetings.► Identified over $50 million in financial losses, established metrics for accountability and approved management team solutions.► Implemented 13-Week Cash Flows, managing the checkbook, contacting past due Accounts Receivables and working with Accounts Payables.► Established financial discipline by developing structured financial processes.Sales► Improved sales by 150% by working with sales teams, establishing metrics.► Met with customers to identify needs, desires, and concerns. Focused on understanding how our products improve their lives and how our processes make it difficult to work with us.► Developed new markets, products, and services.► Established sales compensation strategies to drive accountability.Operations► Established operational metrics leading to improved productivity over 30% and on time delivery.► Hired production workers and office managers.► Created and rolled out standard business and manufacturing practices.► Improved operation flow of information, material, and supplies.► Established importation of China products during the tariff war.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------🎯 Accelerating and driving new manufacturing processes to expand current production, freeing resources and developing new production value streams for new products.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------💥Significant Accomplishments► 213 % improvement in output by eliminating waste in operator manufacturing processes► 50% improvement in productivity by eliminating nonvalue activities allowing the start of an additional product line with current staff levels► Designed the facilities and manufacturing processes for a new product to market in 8 months.► Reduced shipping errors and late shipments to near zero► Developed operational metrics, visual production boards, and set goals to drive accountability► Led daily production meetings on the floor and led Gemba walks to increase two-way communication and build trust► Managed budges, developed financial plans and wrote Capital Appropriations Requests► Implemented a new manufacturing leadership team, mentoring new supervisors, process engineers, and team leaders.► Created and implemented a new tracking system for tracking manufacturing training► Designed and implement quality systems in 3D print manufacturing and Aligner manufacturing-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------🔑 Key

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------🎯 Directed high-profile projects internally and externally focused on organizational transformations. Driving innovation, agility, and value creation in manufacturing and transactional processes, transforming and creating world-class organizations.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------💥Significant Accomplishments► Led a team that restructured operations flow and facilities layout resulting in a groundbreaking new approach to lean flow application.► Directed teams using Lean principles and computer-based simulation tools to eliminate waste and optimize information, materials, and people flows along Value Streams.► Created and controlled a project financials reporting system and performance KPI’s for the company, analyzed and reported under performing projects for company owners.► Directed subcontractors, suppliers and partners driving IT solutions saving the company $500K in cash flow.► Developed strong customer relationships resulting in repeat business and $1M increase in revenues.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------🔑 Key

George Group - Accenture - CPS-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------🎯 MBB oversight of the US Army’s Lean Six Sigma program, established operational improvement strategies and standards, delivering both the strategic insight and operational execution required for organizations to surpass their growth, speed, and cost goals.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------💥Significant Accomplishments►Established management policies and processes using Lean tools to improve quality and financial outcomes.► Evaluated operations performance and KPI’s against improvement objectives and benchmarks, provided corrective action to dive organizations to attain higher levels of operational effectiveness.► Led multiple improvement teams (Kaizens) in manufacturing and administration areas, resulting in sustained quality improvements and cost reductions.► Managed financial database, ensuring integrity, and created financial reports and KPI dashboards.► Directed training teams for the Army’s Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, Black Belt and Master Black Belt courses.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------🔑 Key

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------🎯 Directed all operations with P&L responsibility for a multi-shift Value Stream assembly line at a union facility, setting production goals, staffing requirements and capital projects. Led improvements in operations including; engineering, manufacturing, quality, HR, IT, procurement, supply chain, sales, marketing and warehousing. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------💥Significant Accomplishments► Drove revenue growth through weekly and monthly sales and operational planning meeting.► Translated company goals into highly specific cross-functional objectives and enforced accountability through daily or weekly KPI and metric review meetings.► Implemented Work Cells, Value Stream Analysis, Standard Work and the Production Preparation Process, establishing main and sub-assembly pull systems, material flow, level scheduling and visual management.► Improved quality and delivery by Integrating manufacturing, engineering, quality, supply chain and sales through value streams.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------🔑 Key

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------🎯 Directed all quality operations with full responsible for implementing quality and Lean Six Sigma practices in three manufacturing facilities and two divisions. Analyze, define, and recommend improvements to impact business performance, ensuring workable solutions, control plans, and measurable results. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------💥Significant Accomplishments►Implemented an ISO compliant Quality Management System.► Established and reported quality metric and KPI’s to the plant manager.► Made line-stop decisions, directed corrective action activates necessary to correct production problems. ► Improved customer satisfaction by implementing quality standards based on customer interviews.► Directed and approved all Root Cause Analysis, Corrective Actions and Counter Measures.► Drove efficiencies and cost saving by leading multiple Lean Six Sigma improvement projects and teams.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------🔑 Key

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------🎯 Collaborate with senior management relative to complex business and productivity issues, functioning as subject matter expert using Lean Six Sigma methodology. Recognized as a change agent, skilled in negotiating and influencing senior management by presenting benefits.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------💥Significant Accomplishments► Improved quality and cost four manufacturing facilities using Lean Six Sigma tools and methods, oversaw Black Belt and Green Belt team projects, improving project outcomes by providing constructive feedback. ►Implemented Lean Production in a union plant, creating work cells and reducing cycle time by 30%.►Increased Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) 55% using Toyota Production principles.►Relocated production equipment from a closed facility on budget and 10% ahead of schedule.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------🔑 Key