William Burns Email & Phone Number

Denver, Co, Us

Commerce City, Colorado, United States

Facilitated seven rapid improvement events (RIEs) using A3 Thinking during a lean transformation for a site of roughly 40 employees over the course of a year resulting in 55 safety improvements implemented, an estimated 15,000 ft² cleared to support future business opportunities, and a reduction of critical business process flow time by an average of 70%Provided ‘Lean 101’ training to 25 employees with a focus on 5S+Safety, Waste Identification, Visual Management and Gemba Walks, Standard Work, and Problem Solving via A3 ThinkingCreated 17 Standard Work packages across four production processes via time studies to document the current ‘best known way’, which eliminated variables that led to quality issues, wasted time, and resourcesImplemented Leader Standard Work and Managing for Daily Improvement (MDI) visual boards for a team of nine engineers to drive process definition, disciplined adherence to process, and daily accountability

Denver, Colorado, United States

Bolstered individual and team performance of two teams, each consisting of 14 athletes, via training strategies and a variety of activities to develop basic soccer fundamentals and game tacticsPrioritized the safety of all athletes via open communication, encouraging respectful competition between peers, and establishing an environment that embraced the differences between the individuals who comprised itEnsured consistent and reliable communication of the coordination of weekend gamedays for over a thousand families with children with ages ranging from four to eight years old

Denver, Colorado, United States

Led a team of 13 operators across 12 unique automated machines to produce a daily average of 160,000 steel ties and clamps with no quality-based non-conformities as a result of operator-error in two production areasMaintained zero recordable safety incidents through the implementation of machine safety guarding, submitting DuPont STOP observations with suggested ergonomic-based process improvements, and establishing adherence to LOTOVConducted daily Gemba meetings to discuss current issues relating to safety, quality, and delivery efforts, as well as short- and long-term improvement goals for a group consisting of operators, quality and manufacturing engineers, and various upper-level managersImproved throughput of value stream by 5 – 10% by reducing downtime during machine startups, changeovers, and break/lunch periods via point-of-use shadow tool boards and strategic use of operator resourcesReduced the average training time of a new operator by 50% as a result of leading a three-day rapid improvement event that developed day-by-day/week-by-week training plan for the first 90 days of employment

Denver, Colorado, United States

Create and support reliable networks that meet Lumen's infrastructure and Product Service Level Agreement (SLA) targetsResponsible for supporting the overall design, cost, and inventory of Lumen equipmentAssume the overall strategy, quality, integrity, and reliability of the network environmentEnsure that network capacity is available and used in the most efficient mannerWhen an augment is required, determine that it is properly sized, timed, and budgeted to achieve the required outcomeWork across departments to achieve on-time completion of business case developments and product deployments to meet internal and external customer demands

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Presented to 300+ students on professional development topics such as cover letters, career readiness, and moreDemonstrated strong career readiness skills including teamwork, problem-solving, and communication skillsOrganized creative and engaging activities and explained complicated professional development concepts to peersPromoted to Consultant role to provide career readiness expertise and analytical critiques of presentation skills for peer leaders

Palmdale, California

Compiled relevant capabilities data, small business information, and general business information from 80+ suppliers to assist in the streamlining of the procurement process for seasoned and recently hired employeesEstablished/Re-established 30+ ADP (advanced development program) proprietary information agreements between current and new suppliers to protect Lockheed’s information and set up suppliers to satisfy future requirementsCollaborated with the EDC (employee development council) for the creation and presentation of four soft business skills classes (resumes, cover letters, interviewing, etc.)

Whitsett, North Carolina

Supported engineering efforts and gained familiarity with engineering documentation processes and standardsManaged projects such as the development of a new system that helped track daily progress on the paint line and the creation of a system that quantified the amount of unfinished work in the prefabrication departmentGained a level of comfortability with hand drills, Allen wrenches, portable band saws, sawmills, and more via hands-on experience

Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area

Coached a nine-year-old boys’ team consisting of twenty playersCommunicated with children and parents and gained valuable leadership skills

Clayton, North Carolina

Facilitated the transfer of final container reserve samples to a new storage system using plastic totes and wire shelving and in the development of a locator system to facilitate easy storage and retrieval of reserve samplesArchived supplier and material qualification documents in DCM when deemed unnecessary or no longer useful to the companyConsolidated more than 2900 electronic files of controlled document history components into one living file for each controlled document