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Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Lead the enterprise-wide HSE strategy and efforts for reduction of risk to employees, customers, and the business, enabling the full realization of our Mission to provide world class service to our customers.Areas of Focus- Culture Development- State and Federal OSHA/EPA/DOT Compliance - Office, Warehouse, Fleet, and Sales Force operations- Incident and.

Plymouth, MN

• Orchestrated and led the Environment, Health and Safety Vision and Strategy. Modernized Business Continuity Management Process to preserve short and long-term business viability through strategic preparedness and.
• Established proactive EHS culture, affecting a 300% increase in reporting while driving a 55% Injury Rate reduction (2.2 - 0.98), during a 3.5 year period of 56% headcount growth.
• Spearheaded environmental projects achieving a 46% reduction of Hazardous Waste over 2 years. Eliminated over 270,000 pounds of Hazardous Waste annually, resulting savings exceeded $180,000 per year.
• Led the integration of an acquired site's EHS program to Medtronic EHS Management System standards, achieving a 98.3% audit compliance rating vs 987 regulatory requirements.
• Established a precious metals reclamation program resulting in the conversion of a waste disposal expense to an income line of over $60k per year.
• Led the site's Business Continuity Management (BCM) program modernization to Corporate standards. Result was the integration BCM as a key input for Annual Operating Plan (Budget) and the successful funding of critical.

Brooklyn Center, MN

• Led the analysis, planning, and preparation activities to establish strategic operational resiliency against events adverse to the achievement of business goals and objectives.
• Modernized risk identification processes to improve clarity and prioritization. Process adopted as a 'Best Practice' and integrated into corporate-wide strategy.
• Led identification of key business risks affecting patients, customers, employees, and revenue.
• Established processes to identify recovery time objectives and gaps in capabilities affecting business recovery capability.
• Orchestrated planning and project identification to mitigate business risk and enable recovery gap closure.
• Communicated status, strategies, and plans with Sr Leadership to establish alignment and secure necessary projects and resources to meet overall business needs.

Brooklyn Center, MN

• Recognized with a stretch assignment based on previous demonstrated leadership and results.
• Led and established the strategic vision for an Operations team consisting of 132 Manufacturing, including 9 Engineering, Technical, Continuous Improvement, and Development Support staff responsible for the production.
• Achieved on-budget spend and capital management for annual $3.2M operating budget.
• Drove YoY production improvement initiatives achieving >94% rolled throughput yields.
• Drove culture change to effectively and efficiently manage product issues and holds within allotted time frames, while driving improvements in effective root cause analysis and systemic corrective action implementation.
• Championed final builds and led decommissioning of obsolete product line, while playing a key role in the planning team responsible for re-purposing production space for two new, advanced battery technologies.

Brooklyn Center, MN

• Responsible for the site's strategic direction regarding Environment, Health, and Safety in medical device manufacturing environment.
• Spearheaded the integration of EHS with the Quality Management System program elements (FDA QSR/ISO) to achieve strategic positioning and timing of EHS interactions to enable speed to market, safe operating.
• Lead international EHS Steering Committee for the Cardiac and Vascular Group from 2010 through 2012, establishing division-wide initiatives in injury reduction and hazardous drug safety management, while also.
• Drove 58% reduction in injury rate through various risk mitigation and injury prevention initiatives.
• Launched initiative to accomplish Worker’s Compensation losses down from an average of $320k per year to less than $50k per year in 2 years. Lost work days were decreased from 1400+ in FY10 to less than 120 in FY12.
• Establish EHS program and process standards to maintain compliance with Federal, State, and local government regulations. Consistently demonstrated through top corporate-wide independent internal audit performance.

Brooklyn Center, MN

• Headed strategic planning and direction regarding Environment, Health, and Safety activities in medical device manufacturing environment.
• Led initiatives that resulted in a sustained re-categorization of site from Large Quantity Generator of Hazardous Waste to a Small Quantity Generator.
• Initiated integration of EHS with Quality Management System (FDA QSR/ISO).
• Championed EHS policy, program, and process development compliant with Federal, State, and local government regulations.
• Grew and developed staff to support Environmental compliance and recycling programs, driving recycling program to generate $80k+ per year.
• Shifted culture to achieve lowest OIR for the site in 5 years in parallel with headcount growth.

Brooklyn Center, MN

Responsible for EHS program administration, OSHA Recordkeeping, injury investigation and corrective action follow-up. BBS survey adminitration, results analysis, employee / management action planning and follow-up. Designed, developed and administered employee training and New Employee Orientation. Oversaw Industrial Hygiene monitoring program, results.

Brooklyn Park And Maple Grove, MN

• Succeeded in opening, leading, and growing locations in Maple Grove and Brooklyn Park, MN into two Top 5 Nation-wide performers (2016, 2017, and 2018).Both locations achieving Top 5 Revenue Generator performance in.
• Identified as a key franchise leader, Mentoring New Owners in Operations, Marketing, and Customer Engagement/Influence.
• Achieved the top franchise award 3 of its first 4 years for Highest Membership Conversion in 2015, 2016, and 2018. (1-Maple Grove, 2-Brooklyn Park)
• Hired and Developed Manager staff to successfully represent and operate the day to day business as well as effective in-person and phone/digital sales and communication techniques.
• Served 3 years as the "At Large" member on the peer-elected Franchise Advisory Council to represent Franchisee and Franchiser interests in development of new program offerings and advise Corporate leadership on current.
• Spearheaded multi-location participation at Tough Mudder and Rugged Maniac events, growing from over 70 participants in 2015 to over 500 participants in 2019, representing 20 independently owned and operated locations.

Arden Hills, MN

Quality System Auditor / Sr. Quality System Auditor: Jul 2001 - Sep 2004 -- Participated in and lead Quality System audits ranging from small 2 person to complex 9 person audit teams of Medical Device Quality Management Systems.

Arden Hills, MN

EHS Specialist: Jul 1997 - Jul 2001 -- Oversight for all Industrial Hygiene, OSHA compliance, and emergency response. Conducted ergonomic evaluations and process / equipment development input. Managed MN RTK/HazCom, LOTO, Hearing Conservation, Respiratory Protection, Injury Reduction, and EtO programs.

Hutchinson, MN

- Maintenance Supply Specialist, responsible for inventory management, military driver's licensing, AOAP, dispatch and recordkeeping for 65 vehicle motorpool.- Combat Engineer and Bridge Crewman, trained in tactics for water and dry land obstacle breaching and emplacement.- Recruit Platoon Leader responsible for new recruit training, introduction, and.

Arden Hills And Hopkins, MN

Safety program development and management, training, emergency response, injury and root cause investigation.

Master Of Science, Occupational Safety And Industrial Hygiene

Activities and Societies: Member - ASSE Student ChapterMasters Degree in Industrial Safety with additional focus on Industrial Hygiene..

Bs, Manufacturing Engineering Technology

Activities and Societies: American Society of Safety Engineers