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Warren, Michigan, United States

•Hired by Radiac Abrasives to perform a turn around effort at Acme Abrasive.•The Executive Board approved $3 million to assist in the efforts.•Enforced and created standard operating procedures (SOP) for production - increasing production output by 50%.•SOPs decreased employee complaints, defects, & quality issues by 50%.•Purchased two used forklifts to increase efficiency plant-wide.•Hired additional maintenance staff, which decreased downtime & maintenance issues by 50%.

Detroit Metropolitan Area

•Oversaw a three-shift operation of four plating lines with 60 employees and had five managers (Maintenance, Chemistry, Wastewater Treatment, Logistics, and Quality) as direct reports.• Instituted daily stand up meetings with all departments to increase internal communications and issue resolution, which resulted increased issue resolution and visibility by 100%.•Instituted 5S and other lean manufacturing principles to increase production output by 50%, reduce down time by 25%, and reduce defects by 15%•Co-led a 10-person cross-functional continuous improvement team across two plants to increase production training, quality, and efficiency each by 30%.•Reduced safety incidents by 50% by enforcing PPE requirements, assisting with root cause analysis, and resolution. •Created a visual production board for all four plating lines, which ensured production was on schedule and that issues were communicated in real-time.

•Reduced assembly changeover time from one hour to 25 minutes by developing visual changeover guides on the back of machine tool plates.•Decreased molding changeovers from 45 minutes to 30 minutes by commonizing end of arm storage tool locations, storage, and labeling. •Led lean sigma business kaizen sessions with project engineering, design engineering, sales, quality, and manufacturing, to increase tollgate approvals by 80%.•Coached, counseled, and mentored manufacturing team leaders and operators to develop and hone problem-solving, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement tools to promote and empower lean culture.

•Developed quality documents to track J&J’s vaccine out of refrigeration time reducing quality defects by 50% and increased traceability by 100%.•Assisted in the development and facilitation of on the job training to reduce manufacturing quality deviations across three shifts by 50%•Created and/or revised master batch records, including, but not limited to all supporting documentation (i.e. specifications, change control, procedures, forms, labels, etc.) to reduce quality defects by 25%

•Supervised two 12 person bottling and blister packaging line operations for oral solid dose products. •Developed a visual personnel crewing board for all three shifts that reduced staffing scheduling time from 30 minutes to 15 minutes. •Utilized lean problem solving tools to lead and train method one investigations resulting in consistent training practices across all three shift and decreasing quality deviations by 30% across all three shifts. •Restructured operator training to increase cross training and advance individual operator training by 75%.

Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States

•Managed a team of 50 contractors to pick, pack, and ship Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine with a 99.9% return rate. •Assisted a team of 12 in demonstrating a semiautomatic packaging line and dry ice dispensing machine for the President of the United States. •Led a team of 20 contractors to successfully pack out the initial 10 shipments of vaccine on national television.•Corrected a reverse functioning set of four CO2 exhaust systems, which caused excessive CO2 monitoring alarms for personnel. •Collaborated with EHS to streamline a 12 step CO2 monitor reset process that reduced the process time from 60 minutes to 30. •Assisted EHS in developing a custom exhaust system for the dry ice tote dumpers that would allow operators to perform necessary tasks and effectively exhaust CO2.

Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States

•Utilized Microsoft’s Visio software to develop process maps for the receipt, unpacking, and storing of the initial 70 early use authorization vaccine shipments from Pfizer’s facility in Belgium.•Created process maps for the picking and packing operations that became the standard processes for each operation.•Assisted in the development, execution, and routing of SOP 33552, which governs the entire vaccine pick, pack, and ship operation.•Co-led the commissioning efforts for two semi automatic packaging lines and two dry ice dispensing machines in order to successfully meet commissioning deadlines while the lead process engineer was quarantined. •Worked with the manufacture of the dry ice tote dumpers to institute 15 functionality changes to the operating software that made the machine’s HMI and operating software user-friendly for operators. •Developed datasheets 33552-F01 and 33552-F02, which would become quality documents used to pick vaccine from the ultra low temp. freezer and return vaccine to the ultra low temp. freezer.

Whirlpool Benton Harbor Technology Center

•Appointed as an onsite COVID-19 supervisor for 80 essential employees; instituted, adhered to, and enforced multiple policies and guidelines to ensure worksite health and safety. •UL Mechanical Structures testing lead; certified to perform over 30 UL and IEC test procedures. -Trained techs in three Refrigeration Labs resulting in 25 UL and IEC certifications. -Led efforts to train new techs for the practical evaluation of the UL 2017, 2018, & 2019 audits, resulting in zero nonconformities observed in the Mechanical Structures Laboratory -Assisted Laundry and Cooking techs in performing UL testing methods for Impact and Sharp Edge testing, resulting in consistent test methods across participating US Laboratories -Received multiple internal awards for a well-developed training methodology and assisting across categories.•Drove reduction of testing time from >3 months to 3 weeks for Oberon Door Operations Fixture while reducing multiple downtime issues over lifetime simulation testing of 300,000 cycles, documented via A3.•Led a Continuous Improvement project to automate Handle Cycling Testing which reduced test down time by 90 hours per year and saved 22 man hours on test per year, documented via A3.•Communicated a critical observation of bubbling in the molding of the new refrigerator ‘Spring Fingers’ that was driving failure during Door Operation testing, resulting in selection of a new supplier prior to production.•Designed, fabricated, and assembled 20+ fixtures and testing processes for prototype testing ranging from automated actuated arms to simple pulley systems. •Consistently recognized as a top performer by the engineering teams in the bi-annual Refrigeration Labs Customer Survey.

Whirlpool'S Saint Joseph Technology Center

•Created SWI for new washing machine cycle verification testing; saved 40 hours of rework due to a defined test method. •Trained techs in nuclear industry S.T.A.R. method in order to prevent the destruction of software flashing controllers and laundry units. •Led monthly 5S and Safety Audits driving resolution of over 15 discovered issues, reporting resolutions to management with minimal downtime.

Various Fossil Fuel, Petroal Chemical, And Nuclear Plants

•Assisted in 3,000+ hours of valve, snubber, and nozzle dam repairs, replacements, and reinstalls at 15+ nuclear power stations delivering all projects on schedule and at cost. •Experienced in training junior technicians in troubleshooting of systems, subsystems, and components through a vast array of technically complex nuclear safety systems on multiple job sites.•Completed over 1000+ hours of continuing education comprised primarily of nuclear site based work safety training

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