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St Augustine, Florida, Us

Owner and caretaker of 30 year St. Augustine Landmark - Schmagel’s Bagels. Applying Toyota Lean Principles to food baked with a hole in it.

Full OPEX accountability for 32 newly acquired manufacturing locations spanning North & South America, Europe, Russia, India, the Middle East and China.Established global governance programs to increase growth by innovating and stabilizing processes to ensure consistent, high quality performance for the customer.18 month full scale enterprise transformation correcting on-time performance while doubling both inventory turns and YOY productivity. Achieved absolute best-in-class safety performance across every region.

Stamford, Connecticut, Us

Driving Operational Excellence through the application of Core Values:1. Integrating the Voice of the Customer in everything.2. Fostering Engaged, High-Performing Teams who love to win.3. Seeking Fact-Based, Root-Cause Solutions - Never Blame4. Driving Clear Accountability through Interlocked KPIs & Standard Work5. Committing to continuous improvement as the only Sustainable Advantage.Results:1. Top Safety Award for the Corporation with no injuries - none.2. Strong & Strengthening Team - 0% Turnover3. 98% On-Time Delivery to the Customer Request.4. Lead-times for all manufactured product lines 30% below market request.5. Defects delivered dropped to .037%6. 200 Employee Directed Kaizens7. 100% Participation of all functions on Improvement Teams.8. Delivered or exceeded on all financials.9. Overdrove Lean, Six Sigma Savings target.10 Order to Cash Cycle time reduced 40%Humbled for the Opportunity, Great Engagement, Great Team

Responsible for Lean, Six Sigma, and Strategic Goal Deployment (Hoshin Kanri)

Full operational accountability for a Multi-Million Dollar Global Shared Services Group. Six Sigma Master Black Belt and Lean Master with over $16,500,000 in certified savings. Trained workforce on lean practices and through Kaizen, reduced lead times by 85%, WIP by 74%, rework by 65% and labor costs by 63%.Responsibilities include:• Managing Shared Services Operations to Include world-wide Invoice Processing, Travel Operations and Accounting functions in three different facilities both in the continental US and abroad.• Managing salaried and hourly workforce team members by setting goals, monitoring progress, providing hands-on direction, and performing performance appraisals.• Training and fostering a culture focused on continuous improvement through the use of Six Sigma, TOC, and Lean practices.• Conducting business case, risk and cost-benefit analyses. • New Product Development and Strategic Planning.

• Responsible for Production, Product Development, Marketing and Supply-Chain.• Managed salaried workforce including supervisors, engineers and marketing staff.• Drove lean implementation by developing plans, goals, and tasks necessary to reduce waste and increase throughput.• Identified areas of improvement and implemented capital and resource plans to achieve improvements.

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Full profit and loss responsibility for a $170 Million co-manufacturing contract. Trained, motivated and supervised a staff of 164 employees including eight salaried and hourly Shift Supervisors. • 1997 and 1999 Nestle Kaizen Award winner for Process Excellence • Recognized for the successful nation wide launch of 3 new products.

Ft. Meade, Md, Us

Assisted in the planning and execution of both strategic and tactical operations overseas. Led an Economic Transition Team (ETT) in former Soviet Union. Formulated mission goals and analyzed data for reports to Congress, select intelligence committees, and the Executive Branch. • Held TSSCI security clearance.• Twice decorated for exceptional service.

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Communications