Built a successful manufacturing consulting firm, working with national and global clients. Deliver consultative expertise in areas to include: plant management, process control, quality, operations, pricing, staffing, continuous process improvement (Kaizen) and business development. A substantial portion of engagements have been with a single major client: Connectivity Solutions at Emerson.Operations Consultant, Reporting to Vice President, Waseca, Minnesota – Hired to increase production output for product lines and add capacity to Machine Shop. Brought down past dues by over 80% in production and cut over dues in Machine Shop by over 90%. Plant Manager, Stratos, Chicago, IllinoisHired to reduce purchasing and customer overdues for a fiber optics company. Key player to help transition to new Oracle system and consolidate in Minnesota facility. Plant Manager, Saline Michigan – Hired to turn business around. Increased output from $6m to a running rate of $10m in 6 months and increased OP from 13% to low 30’s in same time frame. Decreased overdues by over 70%, increased quality by engaging engineering early on and increased incoming order rate by 50+% by meeting customer promise dates. Acting Materials Manager – Cooper Bussmann, Juarez, Mexico Cooper Bussmann was a $125 Million COGS business with over 2000 employees. Reduced turnover by almost 100% which included salary planning and recommend changes in salary levels. Part of team responsible for increasing output from $350,000/day COGS to $460,000/day. Instrumental team member in reducing past due orders from $4.9m to $1.6m in 6 months. Transportation / Inventory Consultant, Praxair, Indianapolis, Indiana – Transportation & inventory reduction project. Analyzed and successfully implemented a change from 80% air to 80% ocean and layout plan for inventory to support this change. Achieved annual savings of $500,000 with no incremental inventory increase.

Highlights:Instrumental team member in reducing global inventory levels from $180 Million to under $139 Million in 3 years.Managed Fabrication Department in Burlington, Iowa (commuted weekly) to increase output managing 150 people. The facility was behind on output by $9 million at start of engagement. Drove processes leading to completely erasing the backlog and exceeding annual production plan. Developed, implemented an inventory reduction program reducing on-hand inventory by 60% (approximately $1MM) by effectively increasing accuracy of stockroom and WIP inventory in nine months while maintaining required production output.Key member of a team that designed a leading edge fully automated manufacturing facility reducing lead time from four weeks to five days. This led to the company becoming the leading low cost producer in the market.Global Team Leader responsible for insuring Y2K compliance for 103 manufacturing sites and setting up a Global Command Center. Tested machinery, safety systems and plant manufacturing systems making recommendations and correcting all problems in advance for a seamless rollover.In early part of career, earned awards and substantial financial bonuses for identifying $20 million in cost savings. In later career, actual savings were a multiple of that.

Turned around a failing business on the brink of closure and sold for a substantial profit in fourteen months. Increased customer base substantially.