Working with a variety of companies and industries from healthcare, electronics, packaging and complex assemblies.

• Optimize operational and business processes by leading a Global Lean organization comprised of 18 Lean Masters responsible for driving the strategic approach in implementing the Lean Six Sigma road map across the corporation.• Spearhead business process reengineering related to all corporate and capability functions.• Enable operating expense reduction while maximizing revenue and customer satisfaction by identifying significant opportunities for improvement and driving transformational change; deploy Lean methodologies, tools, and techniques.Select Contributions• Facilitated $400 million in hard savings across 80+ locations for a this organization with $18 billion in revenue and 180,000 team members by defining, implementing, and building a Global Lean Six Sigma program from ground up.• Developed the vision and mission, ensured strategic alignment with overall company goals, and established comprehensive and clear expectations and accountability on all levels of the organization; built the program based on the Shingo and AME model.• Improved customer satisfaction, team member development and satisfaction, and transitioned the company to one comprised of problem solvers; engaged team members and executives in the continuous improvement and process awareness journey.• Yielded 235,000+ projects, 7,000+ Lean Bronze Certified people, 112 Lean Silver Certified people, and 215 Black Belts, and ~ 0.5 projects per team member. • Designed, developed, and implemented a Lean/Process Maturity Assessment and governance framework employed by all business units.• Expanded the Lean program into all manufacturing operations and corporate functions including Human Resources, Finance, Legal, Supply Chain, Information Technology (IT), and Design.• Allowed sharing of best practices by creating an internal platform.• Developed a robust reward and recognition program across all sectors of the organization in collaboration with Corporate Communications.

• Maximized success at 12 global sites generating $1.77 billion in annual revenue while leading all aspects of Industrial Engineering and Quality.• Installed multiple products such as a high-volume/low-mix electrical meter assembly operation for 4.5 million units and multiple low-volume/high-mix products for telecommunications, consumer, and automotive applications. • Achieved success in manufacturing optimization by collaborating with customers.

• Delivered substantial cost savings and improved efficiencies by innovating groundbreaking development of Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma methodologies throughout the Royal Philips business unit worldwide.• Achieved $3.8 million in cost savings at the Manaus, Brazil facility by replacing the batch and queue process with a streamlined continuous flow process resulting in 250% less in work in process (WIP), a 5.5% improvement in first pass yield (FPY), and a 43% labor reduction