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As the Head President Operations and Supply Chain at Functional Formularies, I lead the end to end supply chain of a growing organic food company that provides nourishing and nutrient-dense meals for adults and children with feeding tubes. My mission is to ensure the highest quality, safety, and efficiency of our products and services, while delivering.

Operation leader with P&L responsibility for the turnaround and consolidation of two recently acquired businesses. Management and oversight for in-house manufacturing, contract manufacturing, production planning, procurement, facility maintenance, EH&S, quality, 3PL, and logistics.

Columbus, OH, US

Leader charged for creating a scalable supply chain to support a growing national ice cream distribution for retail shops, eCommerce, and wholesale grocery. Areas of responsibilities included demand and supply planning, procurement, contract manufacturing, inventory allocation, safety and logistics.

Cincinnati, OH, US

Operations leader with P&L responsibility for claims and settlement fund administration groups working to resolve national legal settlements. Group is charged with business growth, overall payment governance, compliance and claims adjudication processes including the management and disbursement of settlement funds. Manage large group of subject matter.

Vernier, Geneva, CH

Drive the execution of Operational Excellence (OpEx) initiatives. Promote continuous improvement as the differentiating strategy to help teams achieve measurable process improvements and cost savings results aligned with regional priorities. Facilitate the development and sustainment of a visual workplace environment with observable cascaded and converted.

Cincinnati, OH, US

Interpret materials and manufacturing plans with sales/demand forecasts to create, organize, adjust and control the ERP/MRP master schedule and monthly operations plans, including weekly allotment and daily job releases.. Identify, lead, and execute materials organization, scheduling, manufacturing and supply chain related continuous improvement activities.

Cincinnati, OH, US

Focused improvement effort designed to reduce the overall cash cycle time by improving transactional integrity and efficiencies within the entire supply chain.

Cincinnati, OH, US

Executive on CEO’s staff responsible for directing the project management office of new products and processes in the commercialization pipeline. Critical responsibilities include working closely with current and potential customers to better understand their concepts, requirements and timelines to ensure our organization is well aligned to deliver first.

Cincinnati, OH, US

Executive reporting to CEO responsible for the commercialization of new shelf-stable and frozen food products and line extensions. Provided the direction for Research & Product Development, Project & Process Engineering, and Quality Engineering consisting of directors, managers, product formulators, and engineers. Shelf-stable food, heat seal, flexible.

Cincinnati, OH, US

Executive responsible for implementation of lean manufacturing and continuous improvement tools across the entire company.

St Paul, MN, US

Black Belt supporting executive management company-wide portfolio management and 10 cross-functional, new product commercialization and technology development teams working in multiple consumer electronic market segments. Led ISO 9000 certification of NPD.

Corning, New York, US

Directed manufacturing technology center team of coating design, process, and equipment/control engineers while managing $12 million capital project budgets annually. Led international technical team while building and starting-up plant in China.

Corning, New York, US

Lead a group of technicians responsible for production support, troubleshooting, and the integration of new products/processes to the shop floor.

Washington, DC, US

Served aboard the USS STETHEM (DDG 63) as the Electrical Division Officer in charge of 10 electricians. Qualified Surface Warfare Officer, Officer of the Deck (Underway), Engineering Officer of the Watch, and Combat Systems Watch Officer. One tour of duty in the Persian Gulf in support of NATO. Served as a Assistant Boarding Officer. Honorably discharged.

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