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San Mateo, California, Us

Alameda, California, Us

Alameda, California, Us

Production Manager for all propulsion fabrication. sub assembly testing, and final assembly, including valves, pumps, thrust chamber assemblies, and final engine assemblies. Manage team of technicians across a broad range of technical skill sets and responsible for all aspects of first and upper stage engine builds.

Hawthorne, California, Us

-Operations Manager responsible for fabrication of thrust chamber assemblies, final integration of Merlin booster and 2nd stage (vacuum) engines, and engine section (Octaweb) integration.-Skilled in leading fabrication and highly complex fabrication assembly value streams and technicians, while maintaining high levels of quality and manifest schedule adherence of critical flight hardware.

Hawthorne, California, Us

-Operations Manager responsible for precision tube fabrication for entire launch vehicle (Dragon, Falcon 9, Merlin Engine products), including fabrication, precision clean/pressure testing, and OTW/TIG welding production teams.-Skilled in leading/growing high volume operations, incorporating Lean/Ops Ex principles, while maintaining high levels of quality and delivery for multiple customers.

Hawthorne, California, Us

Support elimination of critical bottlenecks and lowering overall cost of launch vehicle across the production landscape in multiple areas of the business (propulsion, sub-assemblies, integration, etc.).-Drive continuous improvement culture through education, training, and coaching of lean concepts and leadership standard work (5S, daily standard work, strategy deployment, etc.) across the enterprise

Moline, Il, Us

Responsibilites Include:- Manager of material flow engineering for Construction & Forestry division, supervising a staff of Senior Manufacturing Engineers.- Spearheading division level improvements in lean principles around material flow, logistics and material flow technology.- Building enigneering talent in the areas of Logistics and Material Flow engineering.- Executing major divisional capital projects ($20M+) in manufacturing line design and material flow planning in multiple factories.

Moline, Il, Us

• Lean and Operational Excellence competency lead for Construction & Forestry division. Developed and implemented standard Kaizen process for global division including training, methods, and metrics across multiple factories (USA, Russia, India, Brazil, New Zealand).• Factory Master Planning manufacturing layout lead for division. Worked with senior division management to develop new FMPs for greenfield sites in India and Brazil and brownfield FMPs for New Zealand and Iowa. Created layouts to facilitate material flow, asset utilization and inventory minimization.• Manufacturing lead for export containerization management. Led manufacturing teams to reduce shipping costs for global export through containerizing finished goods. Trained 3rd party logistics supplier in Brazil to support re-assembly operations, realizing a $25k savings per unit.

Moline, Il, Us

• Lead engineer in the Backhoe Fabrication continuous improvement efforts from 2007-2009, including directing projects related to safety, quality, and process efficiency. Managed daily industrial engineering activities, including OMS creations, time studies, line balancing, etc.• Manufacturing Subject Matter Expert for factory implementation of SAP ERP system in May 2011. Worked in and/or led multiple implementation teams to develop system processes, train employees, and troubleshoot issues upon implementation.

St Paul, Mn, Us

Mba, Business

B.S. Mechanical Engineer, Engineering