Custom manufacture supporting PU and sustainable materials used in replacement Tips for Hearing aids, diagnostic testing and other sound related products.

Hearing protection manufacture and machine builder I've now partnered with "The Iconic" Howard Leight to produce unique Hearing Protection and other Safety products including Bio-based foam and Bio-Degradable materials. Exciting times!!

Leading Manufacture of Retail and industrial Hearing Protection. R&D development including New product design and materials, Designed and built polyurethane equipment to produce custom products including medical devices, earplugs, eartips (buds) and setup full turnkey production /assembly operations.

Successfully integrated Honeywell Operating System (lean manufacturing) into the manufacturing plants.Improved profit level gross margins and operating income year over year.Drove organizational change and development through coaching and mentoring.Improved customer service from 65% to 97% and reduced Working Capital by 40% with no impact.Successfully executed major complex and commercial transitions projects into sites, these projects ranged from acquisition integrations, factory repositioning and strategic sourcing initiatives typically involving emerging regional locations.

Multi-site responsibility that includes management of both direct and indirect efforts.Successfully improved efficiencies and productivity by 15% year over year.Improved gross margins and Operating incomeEnforced global regulatory compliance with all established policies and procedures. Integrated ISO 9000 and ISO 14000 successfully into the sites.Responsible for the safety, quality, productivity and financial results for 2 business units that generated $120 million dollars worth of revenue per year.Responsible for 1500 direct labor and 150 indirect, approximately 100M units assembled per month for the Hearing Protection businessManaged all functions associated to the position that included R&D engineering/ development, production, distribution, manufacturing machine building, maintenance, quality and procurement / materials.Successfully supported multiply transitions into the site with no impact to business operations.Ensured compliance with all local and federal regulations and OSHA safety standards; performed budget management, document preparation, inventory control duties and oversaw all intra-and international distributions.