Manage Animals Feed, Pet Food and Industrial Polymer Business and Sales.

Managed the soy protein business supply chain which including 9 global manufacturing plants and 4 co-packers. Developed skills to motivate and promote organizational changes needed to support the business plans. • Led development and implementation of the 5 year Supply Chain Strategic Plan.• Motivated and led organizational changes need to support the shift in business direction from capacity expansion to cost focused.• Utilized the continuous improvement organization to implement year over year cost savings to drive down manufacturing cost 3% year over year.

Managed cross functional teams with R/D, Marketing Strategy, Plant Operations and outside engineering resources to meet specific project objectives. Developed skills to budget, plan and implement capital projects.• Managed $30 – 40 Million Capital Budget and Engineering resources both domestic and international. Direct reports include 1 corporate Project Manager and 6 site Engineering Managers.• Utilized Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma and Kaizen tools to drive profit growth. Included development of a new product with $1,300M revenue in first year and Supply Chain Improvements >$8,000M/yr savings. • Led and supported process and quality improvement projects at multiple sites in Brazil, China and Denmark increasing quality by 10% globally.• Capital Project Leader for Front-end loading of $100 Million expansion project in Russia. Developed capital estimates and evaluated options for lowest capital and highest Return on Assets. Evaluated and selected engineering firm to support project.• Support rollout and commercialization of new products from R/D to the manufacturing sites. • Participated in development and implementation of a Stage Gate New Product Development Process to assist with prioritizing and managing development projects.• Led Due Diligence for the acquisition and start up of Zhengzhou, China Isolate Soy Protein plant. • Led Process/Operational design and start up for $25MM China Joint Venture Isolate Soy Protein plant.

Change agent as the first certified black belt in the organization. Six Sigma methodologies and tools introduced to the organization by conducting green belt training and leading projects.• Elevated the On Stream Time expectation of the Memphis Plant by 10% through successful implementation of a Six Sigma Project on one of the operating units.• Identified and led Six Sigma projects to deliver PTOI and capital avoidance improvements ( On Stream Time Improvement – $3,200M/yr, Clarification Elimination - $2,800M Capital avoidance)• Managed Technology leaders at two China plants and elevated plant performance to become equivalent to other Solae manufacturing sites

Driving cross functional teams to deliver results quickly. Directed and supervised Pilot Plant Manager and 6 hourly employees. Developed budgets and managed pilot plant cost against financial commitments.• Led global projects to improve quality performance.• Led design and start up of new Spray Dried Fiber system in Pryor, Oklahoma plant.• Improved functional quality consistency between operating units and improved rate performance by 15% of largest product line.• Provided process design, start up and technology rollout plan for new Isolate Plant in Memphis, Tennessee plant.• Implemented Process Safety Management program to the St. Louis pilot plant.

Plan, directed and supervised 5 engineers and 80 production employees. Developed budgets and managed cost against the budget plans for the operations (~$50MM/yr).• Responsible for meeting quality, rate and yield improvement plans on annual basis.• Led Process Design and Start up of new Isolate Soy Protein Production unit.• Responsible for commercialization of new products.

Plan, directed and supervised 1 engineer and 12 production operators. • Assisted in commissioning and start up of state of the art Market Development Unit. • Responsible for conducting ~2 plant trials per month in addition to meeting sales needs for low volume commercial products during product launch phase.• Developed budgets and manage cost for a production unit that was also used for new product scale ups from the pilot plant.• Coordinated with R/D support, estimated capital and implemented set up required for plant trials

Process Engineer – St. Louis, Missouri (1983 to 1985)Led and support projects to improve quality and implement new process changes.• Defined critical control points with pilot plant experiments and implemented improvements at the large scale production facilities to improve product quality.• Implemented new process technology at the Louisville production facility to improve production yield by 4%.• Implemented process control model to control final product protein content at the Pryor, Oklahoma plant to improve yield and quality consistency.