- Seasoned executive with a proven track record of management of high performing teams in field operations, manufacturing and quality systems and process control.- Strong overall Profit and Loss, continuous improvement and Just-In-Time manufacturing experienced in setting strategic initiatives, entrepreneurial vision, change management and restructuring.- Experienced senior leader field service innovations and solutions, 6 Sigma, LEAN, change management strategic planning and implementation, cross-functional leadership and coordination.- Led integration of 2 large service operations bringing in a new culture, taking the best practices of both organizations to bring in world class service.- Transformation leader focused on additional sources of revenue generation, best practices and change management.- Siemens Gamesa / Siemens career culminated with my experiences back to Ford and Visteon giving me multi-industry experience.
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Vice President ServicePrevalon Jun 2024 - PresentHeathrow, Florida, United States -
OwnerTap Advisors Llc Jul 2022 - Jul 2024Advisor / Consultant for field service operations in the Renewable Energy and manufacturing focused on LEAN, 6Sigma, process improvement and change management.
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Vp North America ServiceSiemens Gamesa Apr 2017 - Jun 2022Orlando, Florida, United States- Profit and Loss responsibility for NAM service organization- Led an 850+ person field service organization throughout the U.S. and Canada providing wind turbine maintenance solutions to +120 projects sites- Led teams in field site operations, operations support, commissioning, training and sales with functional responsibility for supply chain management and service engineering- Back log with longest contracts out to 2050- Responsible for growth of the service fleet for long term contracts and aftermarket- Developed after market growth strategies to become a market leader. - Integrated Siemens and Gamesa North America service organizations post-merger- Provide services and support to +6,500 wind turbines across NAM with human and logistical resources to drive customer revenue. -
Siemens Wind Power - Director North American Service OperationsSiemens Jan 2016 - Apr 2017Orlando, Florida- Led a 400-person field service organization throughout the U.S and Canada- Led field site operations and operations support organization.- Increased responsibilities from Director of US operations integrating Canada in NAM operations- Drove site process improvements resulting in significant reduction in annual labor costs- Implemented main component exchange strategy reducing costs by 57% - Exceeded gross profit targets by 21%, 2016-2017- Responsible for strategic vision and innovation in field service operations -
Siemens Wind Power - Key Account ManagerSiemens Jan 2015 - Jan 2016Orlando, Florida, United States- Managed the relationship with Siemens Wind’s largest customer- Customer accounted for $2B in new product sales and with 25% of the service fleet in NAM- Internal liaison between project construction and service organizations as one voice- LTP Gross Margin from increased 9 times on a 10 year contract- Supported Negotiations for a settlement with the customer to reduce our exposure - Implemented innovations reducing internal costs and cost to the customer
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Siemens Wind Power - Director, Business ExcellenceSiemens Jan 2012 - Jan 2015Orlando, Florida- Led quality, Environmental, Health and Safety organization in the Americas (NAM and LATAM)- Supported wind farm construction projects in the U.S, Canada, Peru, Chile and Brazil- Established LEAN in Wind across the Americas, from executive level to LEAN Practioners- Led the effort to develop benchmark and best in class process within Siemens AG- Implementation of 8D and APQP to improve quality process internally and with suppliers.- Transformed an organization lagging in abilities and organizational support to a leader in wind- Implemented safety and quality initiatives improving TRIR by 30% and NCCs by 50%- Created a culture of continuous process improvement, reducing cycle time by 20%- Established a KPI Process and KPI review for leading indicators to reducing reactive measure- Automation of project site documentation process reducing error and improving efficiencies
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Plant ManagerGrupo Antolin Apr 2010 - Jan 2012Canton, Michigan, United States- Led a Just in Time manufacturing plant servicing 6 OEM automotive assembly plants- Plant was a joint venture facility and Ford Motor Company’s largest minority supplier- Took full accountability for the profit and loss with annual revenue of $120M- Responsible for the on-time delivery and quality of more than 1M modular assemblies per year- Conceptualized process improvements improving quality and reducing manufacturing costs- Turned around a failing plant at the end of the economic down-turn- Exceeded EBIT targets by 20% YOY- Increased inventory turns from 40 to 52 and decreased average inventory to 4.8 days- Through process improvements and driving innovation achieved 100% on-time deliveryreducing production cycle from 7 days to 5 days- Reduced product quality issues by 90% -
Director - Supplier PerformanceGrupo Antolin Dec 2005 - Apr 2010
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Manager - Advance Supplier DevelopmentVisteon 2004 - 2005 -
Advanced Supplier Development EngineerVisteon 2002 - 2004
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Six Sigma Black BeltVisteon 2000 - 2002
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Facilities And Environmental EngineerFord Motor Company Apr 1998 - Apr 2000
Ted Pruss Education Details
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Ted Pruss attended Webster University, Wayne State University, Western Michigan University.
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