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Arlington, VA, US

New York, US

New York, US

Dundalk, County Louth, IE

• Responsible for a global team of over 200 manufacturing, supply chain, continuous improvement, and software professionals supporting the company’s manufacturing and supply chain operations. Operations included.
• Led the analysis and global expansion plan of the company’s manufacturing footprint to include new facilities in the southwest US, Midlands UK, as well as exploring options for low-cost country sourcing in Mexico and.
• Led implementation of a $20M printing press and post-processing fleet modernization. Project launched in July and 12 new state-of-the-art digital presses were operational to service the holiday high season with no.
• Championed and executed a complete realignment of the 200+ person organization in the first 90 days. The main priority on joining the company was to improve the effectiveness and speed of the team in executing against.
• Developed the sustainable continuous improvement strategy across the company’s global operations. The program is led by the manufacturing technology team and is an ongoing process for measurement and accountability.

• Performance Sports Group LTD. (NYSE: PSG) (TSX: PSG) is a leading developer and manufacturer of ice hockey, roller hockey, lacrosse, baseball, and softball sports equipment, as well as related apparel and soccer.
• Led Lean transformations with four large manufacturing partners in Asia. Focus was on cost and lead time improvements for hockey sticks, baseball bats, hockey skates, and hockey/baseball helmets. After the first six.
• Used Lean planning and flow methodology to drive over 50% ($1.5M+) raw material inventory reduction at the Cascade custom lacrosse helmet factory in Liverpool, NY. This facility ships a fully customized lacrosse helmet.
• Led practical problem-solving process at the Toronto custom uniform and apparel facility. In 2015, the facility struggled to achieve better than 70% customer on-time delivery for custom embellished/decorated hockey and.

Mentor, Ohio, US

• Avery Dennison Corporation (NYSE: AVY) is a Fortune 500® company with sales of $6.1B from continuing operations in 2013. It is a global leader in labeling and packaging materials and solutions with operations in more.
• Drove significant turnaround in the Central American business including the development of a strong leadership team. Dramatically improved customer service, speed and quality to key apparel manufacturing customers..
• Led top and bottom line growth in the South American business. Highlights include the development of key manufacturing partnerships in Brazil resulting in an expanded product line offering for the market. Diversified.
• Achieved significant sales growth with key performance factories by implementing a Factory Global Account Management process, that focused accountability on sales executives for the biggest share gain opportunities by.
• Due to career record of results and potential, selected as one of 25 Avery executives to attend individualized Executive Leadership Development program with Bates Communications.

Mentor, Ohio, US

• Responsible for all operations and supply chain functions for the $1.2B, 2,500 employee global office products business with locations in the US, Mexico, South America, Europe and Australia. Accountable for the.
• Instrumental in introducing the principles of lean manufacturing and six sigma, leading to breakthroughs in the operations ability to quickly service a complex set of finished good SKU’s while driving costs and.
• Managed the Tijuana, Mexico manufacturing plant, named one of the 10 best plants in North America by IndustryWeek magazine in 2010. The plant operated with 98 percent “first-pass” yield of products, achieved nearly $6M.
• The Office Products division received many external customer recognition awards for excellence in Supply Chain. Led the organization in developing an industry leading practice of customer collaboration. Utilized Lean.

Mentor, Ohio, US

• Responsible for all operations and supply chain functions for the $900M North American office products business. Included four scale manufacturing sites, three distribution centers and 1,800 employees in the United.
• Executed the co-location of a Fontana, CA distribution center into the Tijuana, Mexico manufacturing facility. The team recaptured 250K square feet in Tijuana through Lean efforts allowing the closure of the Fontana.
• Launched a Staples Supply Chain Collaboration project to drive joint savings and efficiencies in the collective supply chains. In the first year over $1M of joint saving was achieved and shared between companies.
• Received two 2008 Avery Dennison Corporate Leadership awards for excellence in Organizational Development and Enterprise Lean Sigma.

Mentor, Ohio, US

• Director of Operations, Printable Media Group, Binders And O & P - (2005-2007)Director of Operations, Binders and O & P - (2004-2005)Accountable for the manufacturing and supply of $750M of the Office Products.
• Led the Chicopee site to recognition as the Lean benchmark site for all of Avery Dennison. The plant won the Corporate Leadership Award in 2005 for the “Most Effective Operation” for outstanding results in all metric.
• Established a full-service Distribution operation in our Meridian, MS manufacturing facility. Effort took one day of lead time and inventory out of the value chain, reduced floor space by 300K square feet and netted.
• Responsible for coordinating the Back-to-School (BTS) season execution plan. The 2005 and 2006 BTS seasons achieved stellar outcomes in meeting or exceeding goals in customer service, costs, and inventory.
• Championed a division-wide effort as part of the Lean transformation to migrate the production planning and scheduling processes from Push to Pull. The process served as a foundational element in the division’s ability.

Mentor, Ohio, US

• Led staff of three engineering technology managers, two Master Black Belts, and a Division Continuous Improvement Leader. This role was charged with leading the integration of Lean Manufacturing into a current Six.
• Created and led a cross-functional Lean steering team including a division-wide training and experiential learning program for all levels of the organization with an initial focus on the supply chain and plant.
• Oversaw the launch of a Lean transformation effort at each manufacturing and distribution site. The sites initial focus was on the development of Lean basics including Kaizen, standard work, line balancing, flow and.
• The success of this initiative was the model and “seed” for Avery Dennison Corporation Enterprise Lean Sigma launch.

Mentor, Ohio, US

Technology Manager, Binders - (2000-2002)Engineering Manager, Chicopee Plant (1998-2000)Responsible for developing and leading the technology and manufacturing strategy for the $300M binder business division; including capacity and automation strategies, material savings and new product initiatives.

Memphis, Tennessee, US

Area Process Manager – Pulp Mill (1996 – 1997)Area Process Manager – Power and Utilities Department (1995 – 1996)Senior Design Engineer – Power and Utilities Maintenance (1994 – 1995)Design Engineer – Equipment Reliability (1993 – 1994)Senior Project Engineer – Plant Engineering (1992 – 1993) Project Engineer – Plant/Maintenance Engineering (1991 – 1992)

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Electrical Engineering, Focus On Computer Engineering

Executive Leadership Development (Coo Development)