Senior leader for capital equipment OEM specializing in foundry equipment and supplies. Palmer and its sister company Klein Palmer have equipment around the world from small, family-owned foundries to multi-national corporations.

Helping you optimize your most important resource; your people.- Coaching, training and mentoring- Employee Engagement- Organizational Assessments- Labor Relations & Union Avoidance- Business Consulting

Site leader at a brownfield start-up for orthopedic implants and instruments, specializing in spinal implants. Directed a team that took the site from empty building to validated equipment running production in 3 months and ISO 13485 certification in less than 7 months.

Site leader at a medical contract manufacturer specializing in precision machining and finishing of implants and surgical instruments. Supplier to major medical OEM's primarily in the orthopedic markets of spinal implants, femoral (knee) implants and brain surgery instruments, including the machining and finishing of 3D-printed titanium implants and navigated robotic surgical instruments.

Responsible for the overall operations and profitability of a metal fabricator specializing in innovative designs and solutions, high quality and excellent delivery performance. Implementation of lean principles to foster continuous improvement in a team environment.

Responsible for all operations and management of tungsten carbide insert manufacturer. Key contributor to recent ERP implementation.

Responsible for the fabrication and assembly of wallmount enclosure product line. Coordination of resources to accomplish delivery schedules in an efficient manner. Lead continuous improvement efforts to improve quality, reduce costs and increase service performance.Key member of transition team that consolidated the Rittal Electromate operations into the Urbana facility, resulting in $400K immediate savings and reducing product costs from improved utilization and elimination of redundancies due to operating two separate facilities.Improvement in productivity by 1.7% second half of 2009 compared with first half.Reduction in customer complaints by 15.5 % during 2009 compared with 2008.

Responsible for the overall operations and performance of a sheet metal fabrication plant of 118 people specializing in industrial and electrical enclosures. Coordinate the activities of the management staff, including; Quality Assurance, Human Resources, Engineering, Production, Materials, and Information Systems. Responsible for financial performance of the operations.Turned around the financial performance of the Electromate division. Prior to my arrival in 2000 losses were $3.7 million. 2001 losses were $979K, but positive cash flow was attained. 2004 losses were $213K despite over $500K in steel price increases. Achieved break-even in 2006 with positive cash flows.Acting Human Resources Manager from 2002 - 2004.Improved quality statistics including reduced customer complaints, Defective Parts-per-Million and internal defects. Customer complaints reduced by 75% from 2001 levels.Improved delivery from 68% On-Time in 2000 to over 99% in 2006 through 2009.Rittal Electromate named "Team of the Year" for 2001 for Rittal Corporation.Named "Manager of the Year" for 2001 for Rittal Corporation.

Directly responsible for the overall performance of third shift operations consisting of over 100 associates working in Fabrication, Powdercoating, and Assembly Departments. Supervision and overall management of associates, including an Assembly Supervisor, 2 Group Leaders, and 3 Team Leaders, in the production of industrial and electrical enclosures. Scheduling and prioritization of work on Fabrication punching centers. Improvement in Fabrication output by over 30% from 3.56 to 4.77 units per man-shift.Improvement in Assembly by nearly 16% from 4.04 units per man-shift to 4.68.

Directly responsible for quality in the fabrication, powdercoating, and assembling of product. Responsible for the administration of a Quality System certified to ISO 9001 standard. Developed and presented associate training for New Employee Orientation, Internal Auditing, and the ISO 9001 standard. Coordinated with all departments in efforts to continuously improve product quality and customer service. Supervised 2 Quality Engineers, an Administrative Assistant, and 11 Inspectors.Reduced manufacturing scrap costs as a percentage of total mfg. costs by 32% (.56% in 1994 compared with .37% in 1995).Reduced total scrap as a percentage of sales by 21% (Note: total scrap includes warehouse and regional office scrap included with manufacturing scrap).Reduced departmental labor expenses by 5% during a 50% sales growth.Coordinated and implemented new ISO registration with a new Registrar.

Directly responsible for quality in welding, fabrication, machining, assembling, and servicing of paper machinery. Responsible for coordinating the implementation and administration of a Quality System to the ISO 9001 standard leading to the certification of that system in May of '94 on the first accreditation attempt. Coordinated with Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering and Purchasing on various quality issues and improvements. Supervised Inspectors in a union environment.Developed training manuals and trained over 80 employees in the ISO 9001 Quality System Standard, including at 2 other company plant sites.Reduced budget 13% over 2-year

Responsible for the sales and performance of 4 plating and metal finishing departments producing $2.2 million in annual sales. Involved in all aspects of plant operations including; hiring of personnel, production scheduling, inventory control, customer communications, purchasing, production supervision, and policy formulation and implementation. Responsible for the purchase of over $400,000 of materials and supplies per year.

Responsible for quality in a variety of machining, fabrication, finishing, and assembly departments. Supervised Inspectors. Dispositions and corrective action of rejected materials. Follow-up of tool/fixture changes, gauge changes, check plan revisions, and product changes. Correction of product defects. Product Quality Audits.