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United States

Provided business and manufacturing solutions to fortune 500 organizations in aerospace, energy oil/gas and food industries. Specializing in acquisitions, restructuring, turn around, quality systems, supply chain optimization, compliance, Lean 6 Sigma transformations, R&D initiatives (Warp R&D), Total Productive Maintenance. Authored, marketed and implemented a digital Kanban system (Lean Dynamic Kanban).

Garner, North Carolina, Us

Recruited by a world leader in the food industry involved in protein production with six manufacturing locations around the US with 5,500 employees producing $2.0B in sales. • Developed and implemented a world class master scheduling algorithm thereby increasing on time deliveries from 83% to 98% in three months.• Managed the transfer and production of product from one facility to multiple facilities allowing the closure of one facility generating a $12M savings.• Implemented a Lean transformation program involving the training of 105 Green Belts across the company.Generated $4.2M in savings in 2018, $5.5M in 2019 and $9.2M planned for 2020 across 6 manufacturing locations and the corporate office.• Developed a multiuser database for managing all projects across all six manufacturing locations.• Chaired the design, development and implementation of a productivity tracker capturing personnel efficiency, line efficiency, setup time, change over time, tear down time and down time. Generated $500K in savings at the first site implementation.

Houston, Texas, Us

Recruited by a world leader in the design and manufacturing of subsea and surface products for the oil and gas industry with $6BM in sales and 18,000 employees with locations around the world. • Implemented and streamlined the process for obtaining third party design certifications through ABS, CRN, DNV, BV and GOST. Trained engineering and quality teams on PED, ATEX and IEC. Submitted over 110 designs for review by DNV and ABS in 2014 with 100% acceptance the first time.• Chaired multimillion dollar recalls and assured that all safety, quality, technical, legal, financial, logistical and training issues were addressed.• Developed new markets in Canada and Russia by obtaining first time regional design certifications.• Represented FMC as an officer of the company when reviewing and approving complex domestic and international contracts with statutory requirements.• Spearheaded the implementation of API Q1 and 6A for the first time in the Fluid Control division resulting in $6M in increased sales. Represented FMC during major audits to ISO-9001, API and PED and major customer audits by Shell, Schlumberger, Baker Hughes and Halliburton.• Doubled throughput in the Global Test Lab in the Subsea division. Started with a Lean Manufacturing initiative (5S) to organize the warehouse then the implementation of automated storage and retrieval systems then Wi-Fi tablets computers for instant inventory transactions.• Developed and implemented a global rapid R&D system for the North American Technology Center. “Warp R&D” resulted in a fifty percent reduction in time to market.