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Glencoe, Minnesota

• Improved “Monthly Performance to Schedule” from 74% to 98%. • Monitor efficiency and upkeep of the metal department operations (45 machines total)• Designed and implemented 5 manufacturing cells utilizing Lean principles, replacing batch processing methodology – in one case resulting in a reduction in average throughput time by 96% and elimination of assembly WIP

Sauk Rapids, Minnesota

• Managed daily production of a 35+ employee, 54,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility producing wooden case goods and cabinets with emphasis on retail store and office fixtures• Responsible for flow of custom caseworks production through the manufacturing floor• Designed, fabricated and implemented three continuous flow assembly lines for custom casework contracts

Dassel, Minnesota

• Managed the daily operations of a 65+ employee, 50,000 square foot manufacturing facility producing Galvanized Sheet Metal products for Ranch, Farm, and Pet retail. Annual Sales: Metal Division = $7.5M• Defined, sourced, justified, purchased, and implemented an auto-coil punch line, resulting in an average annual labor savings of $175,000• Implemented new product design for live trap product line along with a new manufacturing process that resulted in an average reduction in product cost of 20%

Hutchinson, Mn

• Project Leader for Performance Measurements (metrics) project. Developed and implemented Metrics that identified root causes for new program development long lead-time. Correcting the root causes helped reduce new product development time from 3 months down to 5 weeks. • Task Team Leader for Cost Management System (CMS) project. System enabled the accurate assigning of indirect labor and overhead costs to product. In addition, developed and delivered training to the users of CMS.• Task Team Leader for Classification & Coding System project. System enabled standardization of the classification and coding of manufactured product and any component used in the manufacturing of the product. • Project Team member providing Industrial Engineering support to the development of the next generation of production equipment. Applied Pro-Model simulation to justify new manufacturing methods and equipment.• Daily Supervision of 5 Industrial Engineers.

Minneapolis, Mn

Plant Manager - (St. Paul, VA)• Managed the daily operations of a 125 employee, 157,000 square foot manufacturing and warehouse facility producing Ready-To-Assemble (RTA) Furniture. Annual Sales = $40 million.New Site Project Manager - (St. Paul, VA)• Responsible for the cost, construction, start-up, and staffing of a 157,000 sqft manufacturing and warehouse facility.• Total building project came in under the $7M budget and on-time. • Production start-up was accomplished 120 days after ground breaking, 2 weeks ahead of schedule.• Hiring and training of 125 new employeesAssistant Plant Manager -• Responsible for the quality, quantity, and on-time delivery of component parts from an outside contractor. Successfully managed contractor work resulting in the fulfillment of customer orders.Industrial Engineer -• Developed standard design specifications resulting in a 45% reduction component part inventories.• Developed a Configuration Management System for production and engineering specifications and product drawings that ensured latest revisions were used in production and that past revisions were archived.

Red Wing, Mn

• Generate new production work contracts – analyze feasibility of contract, determine manufacturing process and generate a quote.• Develop written job procedures, manufacturing process and work flow for new contracts in order to maximize labor and machine efficiency.• Develop and maintain quality control systems and procedures for new contracts.• Evaluate and recommend new capital equipment, tools and materials for new contracts.

Master Of Science - Ms, Management Technology Concentration: Manufacturing Engineering

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Industrial Technology Concentration: Plant Engineering, Magna Cum Laude

Lean Practitioner Certification, Lean Manufacturing

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Training, Six Sigma