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Heathrow, Florida, United States

Advisor / Consultant for field service operations in the Renewable Energy and manufacturing focused on LEAN, 6Sigma, process improvement and change management.

Orlando, 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.

Orlando, 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

Orlando, 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

Orlando, 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

Canton, 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%

Mba, Business

Ms, Engineering Management

Bs, Aviation Tech