Production Manager responsible for the manufacturing of high-performance light weight aerospace panels. The staff consisted of 70+ reports delivering over $90m in annual sales. Implemented Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost (SQDC) system throughout all production business units at the site. Increased yield and throughput using Lean principles such as visual management and daily metrics.

Production Manager responsible for the manufacturing of high-performance light weight aerospace panels. The staff consisted of 110+ reports delivering over $90m in annual sales. Implemented Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost (SQDC) system throughout all production business units at the site. Increased yield and throughput using Lean principles such as visual management and daily metrics.

• Operations Director accountable for all manufacturing performance reporting directly to the General Manager delivering $96M in sales.• Led the operations team of 12 Operations Management, 16 Manufacturing Engineers and 244 Production Associates • Increased site profit by $2 Mil annually• Responsible for Safety, Quality, Deliveries and meeting financial objectives. • Deployed Safety Program, Defined training program and individual targets to meet the sites overall financial objectives. • Championed continuous improvement throughout the site to achieve year over year growth in sales and profit.

• Operations manager responsible for 5 Value Streams reporting directly to the General Manager delivering $50M in sales. • Lead the team of 5 Operations Supervision, 5 Manufacturing Engineers and 96 Production Associates.• Developed a vision for the value streams in alignment with the sites overall vision/objectives. • Increased profitability by implementing improvements to the individual value streams. • Effectivity engaged team members to optimize output by defining achievable goals and continuous improvements.

• Received from Cessna Aircraft the Leading Edge award for the development and implementation of the Cessna 500 windshield.• Responsible for the development of manufacturing processes for new product introduction, Cessna, Saab Gripen and Boeing.• Implementation of improvements to reduce product defects and/or increase product throughput. • Troubleshooting and refinement of manufacturing processes. Identifying non-conformance causes and implementing strong corrective actions. • Coordinating several process improvements, cost reduction and/or defect reduction projects. This includes using Lean Manufacturing techniques as well as Process Validation, Root Cause Analysis and Six Sigma Problem Solving skills to address manufacturing and quality issues. • Planning, design, and implementation of tooling to support manufacturing processes. Established process/product capability and opportunities for continuous improvement projects.