Stephen Rigby Email & Phone Number

Racine, Wi, Us

Franksville, Wi

• Leader for all new material development projects. Identified advanced materials and engineering solutions to support production of new and existing products. Collaborated with suppliers and customers to develop advanced solutions and product enhancements. Managed and mentored staff of 11 with 7 being direct reports. Successfully managed an operating budget of $1.7 million and a capital budget of $300k. • Primary resource and key collaborator with a wide range of business units including new product development, operations, supplier development, quality, and Marketing.• Successfully led the team which completed the first phase of the Capacitor Laboratory Automation.• Developed strategy and identified equipment needs to fully automate the Capacitor Laboratory for an increase in accuracy of 50% and a reduction in product development time of 30%.

• Initiated polymer development project (flexible cable system) for a potential savings of 60% per year over current product used with an ROI in18 months. • Identified alternate supplier for extruded cables saving 5% annually while improving quality.• Designed, developed and launched high energy neutron absorption material expected to have an ROI in excess of 300% in year one.

• Managed design consolidations to reduce costs 10%.• Slashed go-to-market time 30% by standardizing production and testing to meet IEEE, ICC, UL, CSA, NEMA, ICEA criteria at the same time. • Cut polymeric material costs 10% by identifying alternative materials and suppliers.• Reduced costs 10% by standardizing cable designs. • Launched programs to reduce scrap 20% ($1,500,000).

• Generated more than $3,000,000 in new revenues by selling European cable to two U.S. customers. • Slashed lost time 60% by initiating safety incentive programs and job safety analyses.

• Turned around $600,000 loss into profits of $8,800,000 in less than 2 years as key member of management team.• Lowered inventories 50% by implementing JIT program and working with supply chain (98% of raw materials imported).• Grew market share 30% partially by establishing business alliances to become the only supplier to companies like Auckland Electric.

• Increased inventory turns from 3.6 to 7.1 over 18 months.• Reduced inventory from $9.9 million to $3.4 million.• Improved on-time delivery from 60% to 95% +.• Increased plant performance from a loss of $300 thousand per month to a profit of $250 thousand per month.• Led the team which changed the safety record of the plant from being the worst in BICC NA to the best, resulting in the plant winning all the Company Safety Awards.