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• Forecasted and tracked all Vehicle Emissions & Inspection Program (VEIP) expenditures with one of ADEQ s largest budgets ($25 million dollars), while reducing operating costs (excluding contractor) by approximately 48% compared to Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21)• Envisioned and promoted a process for Piloting a Remote Emission Testing Program in Arizona which passed Legislation in FY20• Designed and developed a future state roadmap which was presented to the Arizona State Legislature for reducing the number of fixed emission stations in the next 10 years• Implemented Kaizens and “Point Kaizens” (Sprint Problem Solving Technique) processes to lean out time-consuming processes within the entire Value Stream• Strategically envisioned and leveraged internal process improvement resources to lean out and increase compliance, which resulted in identifying issues (embrace the red) and solutions through structured problem solving• Manage two Operations Managers to promote the agency’s transformation and worked with 14 staff members to continuously problem solve for ensured efficiency, performance, continuity and process vigor

• Developed Current and Future State for VEIP to identify areas of efficiency using lean and Six Sigma principles• Worked with staff to develop 25 Point Kaizen Improvements in the VEIP• Engaged staff by implementing work teams to solve problems and increase metric output• Developed Workload and Risk Analysis to identify staffing structure for Future State• Ensured supervisors implemented lean methodology and focused on future goals and objectives

• Introduced Continuous Process Improvements to the value stream to increase production and quality work products while reducing defects• Championed the State Implementation Plan (SIP) Kaizen to address process inefficiencies and streamlined SIP development through lean principals• Integrated two units into a newly formed value stream, while introducing goals and objectives and implemented a plan to reduce waste• Implemented a staff training program to increase productivity, knowledge and reduce defects