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Mills River, North Carolina, United States

• Influential thinking partner with senior Operations Management staff to develop standardized concept theory of operations and playbook for abnormal conditions to reduce impact to production
• Championed deployment of active MES system to increase visibility of production utilization and cost saving initiatives
• Developed weekly meeting cadence with the Manf. Engineering/Eng. Technicians & Eng. interns to develop strategic milestones and discuss risk to projects and deployment schedules
• Collaborated with business partners to create CapEx for upgrading/replacement equipment and processes
• I championed projects, with Finance, to establish labor standards for upcoming/current projects and timelines to meet the company’s strategic forecast

• Subject matter expert for 5 departments across 2 business units
• Completed a production capability evaluation to develop internal vs. external specifications to mitigate product risk
• Implemented lean methodology including SPC charts and root cause analysis for production optimization
• Identified WIP movement opportunities to reduce labor variant and material movement risk
• Performed root cause analysis on equipment mitigating scrap cost to push concerns to upstream processes
• Collaborated with Cross-functional teams to identify root causes for quality problems

• SME for eight process areas in a production line
• Implemented two trials to optimize throughput across the entire line of products, production productivity improvement gain was $1.5M
• Optimized equipment material usage variant to reduce material consumption by.1%.
• Updated daily management board to identify out of compliance KPI’s pertaining to Safety, Quality and Productivity
• Collaborated with Cross-functional team to find areas of opportunity to QMS
• Analyzed and monitored quality trends

Winchester, VA

• Determined bottleneck in process leading to championing a surface temperature decrease project allowing increased line speed
• Facilitated data collection in different cells on a process line to identify where quality defect was originating.
• Conducted time study to optimize manpower usage
• Design through implementation on manifold to reduce dust collection improving operator’s safety
• Championed safety project for logistics department to reduce risk to operator

Penn State Lehigh Valley

• Co-Authored a paper called “Comparison of TCP Implementations for File Transfer” with Lecturer Richard Martin
• Utilized C++ to design and develop a converter to power LED light sources with solar energy
• Use energy-efficient devices (LEDs) for wireless communications (Wi-Fi and visible light)
• Created a converter which will transmit signals/information with the LED light sources
• Collaborated with faculty and students across multiple disciplines to develop and design an Eco-Smart House
• Communicate data and updates on the project between teams on different campuses

Clover, SC

• Utilized SolidWorks to design proposals for new equipment
• Prototyped a process sorting system to bypass machinery to save the company $40,000 per year
• Created a proposal highlighting an optimized line speed by implementing new machinery
• Standardize dwelling time reducing dwell time by 40%