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Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Lean Implementation Leader 2011 to PresentRecognized as the best representative for building a green field site for a new manufacturing facility. Utilized knowledge, experience in products, processes, support and people management skills to plan all tasks and establish a self-sustained world class facility. Responsible for building infrastructure, hiring and training people, overseeing equipment design and start-up, qualifying products and meeting production ramp up.Selected to be the Lean Implementation Leader for Supply Chain projects at the Edina site, with intent to leverage to other manufacturing sites. Chartered and successfully led a LEAN Supply Chain Team that reduced inventory carrying and operating costs by $250,000 while improving service levels. More >

Membrane Production Leader 2004 to 2011Led a department of sixty chemical operators, plus operational and technical support staff.Responsible for Sales and Operations Planning, prioritizing technical projects and adjusting resource requirements to meet/exceed business objectives.Oversaw significant volume increases, requiring visionary planning for operations growth while improving operating discipline. Directed team to achieve stretch goals in EH&S, quality, production and cost reduction. Utilized Six Sigma MAIC Methodology to improve products and processes. Facilitated and lead Apollo Root Cause Investigations for unplanned events to drive corrective actions. Fabrication Production Leader 1996 to 2004Production Leader for a department of 200 Fabrication operators, plus operational and technical support staff. Successfully transitioned department and personnel from manual rolling and finishing to a highly automated operation, resulting in productivity, safety, quality and product performance improvements. Implemented LEAN principles to reduce wasted steps.; Promoted to Manufacturing Engineer responsible for a variety of technical disciplines - product testing, equipment design and build, manufacturing data reporting and analysis, product design, performance improvements, product yield improvements and through-put improvements.As a technician, responsible for product testing, analysis and grading. Formalized processes for entrepreneurial site. Asked to take on supervisor responsibilities for the area, directing daily activities of six individuals.

Bsme, Management

Bachelor Of Science, Mechanical Engineering