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Attica, In, Us

Lafayette, Indiana, United States

Lafayette, Indiana Area

The Advanced Internship in Manufacturing (AIM) program includes a two-year degree in Advanced Manufacturing Technology--Industrial Maintenance that combines cutting-edge curriculum, paid work experience, along with learning highly sought-after business principles and best practices of a world-class manufacturer.Learn more at http://www.vinu.edu/lafayette

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

Identified and planned several Kaizen projects for process improvements in Distribution Center Operations. Coordinated purchasing plans and logistics for retail store graphics.

Attica, Indiana

Lead the Engineering and Quality teams through very challenging times with fiscal and personnel shortfalls. Interviewed and hired four key people to rebuild both teams. Successfully Lead the Plant Management Staff in a $1,000,000 per year Cost Reduction Campaign. Lead Engineering team in projects that netted an overall 28% throughput improvement of our primary product line while reducing the required manpower and improving the customer satisfaction/Quality rating.

Lafayette, Indiana Area

Responsible for the development, implementation and maintenance of procedures to improve the quality of Fairfield Manufacturing's assembled and painted products

Lafayette, Indiana Area

Perform electrical and mechanical troubleshooting on 2 MW wind turbines. Set up and maintained the spare parts crib, developed and implemented a quick-glance turbine status board, improved wind turbine availability from 46% to better than 98% for the last nine months I was there, write service/maintenance documents for all US Repower wind turbine sites, write daily and weekly status reports for our customers and management team.

C175 Engine Assembly Process Plan development. Paint process development and implementation for three new paint systems, three new assembly lines, process documentation and training, quality and cost improvement efforts, equipment design review, equipment installation, Capital spend approval, and oversight guidance. Factory Works simulation, Pro E, AutoCad proficient. Cross functional team lead. Intern mentor.

Focused on keeping all the Administrative Offices at Purdue University up to date with the latest desktop/laptop/cell phone technology. Supervised the Call Center and the roving support technicians. Maintained sufficient hardware inventory to allow for rapid deployment of replacement units as well as swapping out entire offices over a weekend.

First Shift Supervisor for 45 assembly technicians building motive power and large storage batteries. Responsible for maintaining inventory of raw materials, providing drawings and assembly instructions to the assemblers, scheduling technicians to maintain a delivery schedule to meet customer satisfaction.

Prepared and implemented plans to rapidly deploy an aircraft maintenance crew capable of supporting fighter operations in remote locations. Ensured proper maintenance facilities, tools, information, and parts were available for 24/7 operations at 100% mission capability status. Aug 85 - Nov 85 - Officers Training School - Lackland (Medina Complex) Air Force Base, TXNov 85 - May 86 - Aircraft Maintenance Officers Course - Rantoul Air Force Base, ILMay 86 - Jun 89 - 4th Equipment Maintenance Squadron, 334th, 335th, and 336th Aircraft Maintenance Units, and 4th Tactical Fighter Wing - Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, NCJun 89 - Jun 91 - 26th Aircraft Generation Squadron and 26th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing - Zweibreuken Air Base, GermanyJun 91 - Aug 92 - 100 Wing and 513th Equipment Maintenance Squadron RAF Mildenhall, UK

Master Of Science (Ms), Industrial Technology

Activities and Societies: Primary focus on providing electronic work instructions coupled with 3D graphics for a wide variety.

Certificate, Allen Bradley Programmable Logic Controller (Plc) Basics

This one week intense course covered the basics of Allen Bradley Control Logix 5000 series PLCs.

Commissioned As A 2Nd Lt In The Us Air Force, Aircraft Maintenance

USAF Officer Training School

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Aviation Maintenance Technology

Activities and Societies: Alpha Eta Rho - International Aviation Fraternity Purdue Student Flying Club Purdue Grand PrixFAA Airframe.

As, Automotive Service Technology

Activities and Societies: NAISE Certified Mechanic, Suspension, Alignment, Powertrain, AC, and Electronics

College Prep

Activities and Societies: Marching and Concert Bands Cross Country Track

College Prep

Activities and Societies: Marching and Concert Bands Cycling Team JROTC

Education record

Activities and Societies: JROTC Marching Band