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Berea, Ohio

Manage the team responsible for benchmarking, testing and verifying coatings to ASTM, ISO, Automotive, Federal, Military, DIN, CRGI and other methods as specified. Manage the ISO 9001 Quality program including Intra-Laboratory Proficiency Testing, internal and external audits, and all quality system documentation. Run annual comprehensive national brand benchmarking programs comparing regional paint brands versus national brands. Manage our color services program… Show more Manage the team responsible for benchmarking, testing and verifying coatings to ASTM, ISO, Automotive, Federal, Military, DIN, CRGI and other methods as specified. Manage the ISO 9001 Quality program including Intra-Laboratory Proficiency Testing, internal and external audits, and all quality system documentation. Run annual comprehensive national brand benchmarking programs comparing regional paint brands versus national brands. Manage our color services program including color matching, formula development, software, color equipment and colorants. Manage the Green Wise program that certifies paint to specifications similar to other green paint programs. Implement stage gate process for prioritizing and managing projects. Show less

Twinsburg, Ohio

Manage the Innovation process that delivers new products, processes and services to market. Leading the initiative to create a culture of innovation by implementing the Innovation Engineering system.Develop next generation products to meet customer needs. Products include the use of polymers in new applications. Provide pilot, scale up, technical and field trial support for our portfolio of products.

Strongsville, Ohio

Implement a comprehensive program for eighteen manufacturing sites and multiple key customers for the Industrial Coatings business. Manage product and color formulations including software, instruments, pigmented dispersions, standards and training.Coordinate with R+D and manufacturing to implement improvement projects to reduce cycle time and improve right first time. The plan is expected to deliver $3-5 million in annual savings. Delivered right first time improvement of 10%.… Show more Implement a comprehensive program for eighteen manufacturing sites and multiple key customers for the Industrial Coatings business. Manage product and color formulations including software, instruments, pigmented dispersions, standards and training.Coordinate with R+D and manufacturing to implement improvement projects to reduce cycle time and improve right first time. The plan is expected to deliver $3-5 million in annual savings. Delivered right first time improvement of 10%. Harmonization of instrument program has led to annual savings of $100K. The program targets the reduction of pigmented dispersions from 400 to 125 delivering $400K in annual savings. Show less

Strongsville, Ohio

Helped lead the project to consolidate manufactured products across North American business lines. The plan is to reduce manufactured products by 30% 2013 and 50% by the end of 2014 delivering $1 million in savings. On track to deliver on goals when I changed positions.Coordinate business unit projects with marketing, sales and R+D within specifications to support point of sale systems and displays for architectural paint outlets. Prepare, test, roll out and support software… Show more Helped lead the project to consolidate manufactured products across North American business lines. The plan is to reduce manufactured products by 30% 2013 and 50% by the end of 2014 delivering $1 million in savings. On track to deliver on goals when I changed positions.Coordinate business unit projects with marketing, sales and R+D within specifications to support point of sale systems and displays for architectural paint outlets. Prepare, test, roll out and support software updates for all outlets. Work with vendors and sub contractors to deliver changes and configurations. Create documentation for proper installation, use and the troubleshooting of common problems.Work with global team to migrate point of sale data to global platform. Extract data from current SQL server and migrate to SQL server incorporating a new global structure.Developed a program to continually review and improve process. Show less

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Manage the lab responsible for the development of product formulations used at point of sale. The team created, tested and provided support on the roll out of point of sale computers. Updates were created to support marketing and sales initiatives. Projects were coordinated among 11 countries in South East Asia, India and China.Organized and implemented the project to migrate all data to the global platform. Current data was converted from a Microsoft Access based system to… Show more Manage the lab responsible for the development of product formulations used at point of sale. The team created, tested and provided support on the roll out of point of sale computers. Updates were created to support marketing and sales initiatives. Projects were coordinated among 11 countries in South East Asia, India and China.Organized and implemented the project to migrate all data to the global platform. Current data was converted from a Microsoft Access based system to the SQL based system. Project lead in updating the SQL system to support country, language and market specific requirements.Trained key prersonnel across the region on the day to day use and management of the system. Trained personnel on the long term management and support of the system.Assisted in the development of new products to meet the market needs of improved performance in bright red and yellow toned bases and colors. Show less

Strongsville, Ohio

Manage the team responsible for creating databases used to support point of sale computers.Initiated project to convert all color data from access based system to a SQL server. Reduced data processing time from 3 weeks to 3 days. Champion for design expert statistical modeling software. Used the software to create a model that would generate paint and color formulas based on specifications. Reduced product development time by 25%.

Strongsville, Ohio

Manage the team responsible for generating color formulas used at point of sale.Coordinated the roll out of ICI's proprietary software program for point of sale. Managed all aspects of the program including generating, compiling and debugging code. Provided documentation on installation, training and troubleshooting programs.

Strongsville, Ohio

Generate color computer databases for delivery of color formulas and custom color matching used at point of sale.Designed a database used to visually represent a comparison of current and future product offerings against color chip displays at point of sale.

Strongsville, Ohio

Flooring department sales associate responsible for assisting customers in flooring purchases and troubleshooting problems. Managed inventory and displays to optimize sales.

Cleveland, Ohio

Second/Third shift supervisor in charge of day to day quality control work schedule.Tested production batches to customer specifications. Initiated pre-shipment of samples and certificate's of analysis wehre necessary.Eliminated 25,000 pounds of obsolete inventory by reformulaing to current orders.

Mba, Business

Consulted with small business farm group by developing a business plan to bring products to market.

Bachelor Of Arts, Business, Criminal Justice

Activities and Societies: Student Council Sophomore and Senior year, Sigma Phi Epsilon