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Poway, Ca, Us

Led manufacturing operations, Quality Assurance, Supply Chain Management and held P&L responsibility - annual budget of $210M, head count of 1,500, material base of $370M and sales of $1.3B. Drove organizational performance, quality, cost containment initiatives and workflow scheduling. Key Initiatives: • Redirected focus to unique manufacturing capabilities and led strategic initiative to incorporate high mix/low volume, rapid development manufacturing as a market differentiator. • Achieved 12% CAGR from 2007 to 2018 with less than 3% headcount growth.• Steered business through restructuring during time of significant economic downturn, stabilizing organization and improving return on sales from 3% to 13%. • Reduced operational indirect expenses as a percent of sales from 32% to 16%.• Chosen for highly visible role in turnaround of financially struggling sister division. Implemented comprehensive restructuring, reversed significant decline and returned division toward path of profitability.• Launched first ever business unit subcontract management compliance organization including FAR, DFAR, CPSR, commerciality, and cost and price analysis, ensuring acceptance on U.S. Government contracts.• Led initiative to reduce inventory by $200M and government property by $300M decreasing annual expenses by $5M. • Spearheaded successful off-load/outsource program to drive cost reductions in less complex manufacturing resulting in $15M savings over two years.• Launched L-3 University of Manufacturing in partnership with local community college to ensure availability of critical talent during extremely competitive labor market. • Led operations through Enterprise Requirements Planning (ERP) system transition to SAP. Achievements in Salt Lake operation led to key role in Melbourne, FL division ERP implementation.• Selected as the Utah Manufacturing Association’s Manufacturer of The Year, 2012 and 2017.

Directed 320 team members, annual capital budget of $5M, $18M organizational budget and $650M annual sales in assembly, machining, fabrication, manufacturing engineering, process engineering, quality assurance microelectronics assembly and training. Key Initiatives:• Revitalized manufacturing operations from “necessary evil” to competitive advantage.• Reduced cost by 40%, cycle time by 35%, and rework by 33% through first ever factory-wide deployment of Continuous Improvement initiatives.• Achieved ISO 9001-2000 and AS9100 certification to meet aggressive timelines • Selected as Manufacturing Extension Partnership Manufacturer of the Year 2005, 2006 • Recipient of IPC Stan Plazk Award, recognizing key contributions to Industry Workmanship Standards, 2007

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Organizational Behavior, Organizational Development, Financial Management

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Business Management, Oeprations Management, Financial Management

Executive Leadership Development, Executive Leadership