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Portland, Or, Us

Portland, Or, Us

Salem, Oregon, Us

Creating a Culture of Quality for Marion County Health & Human Services. Influencing visible leadership and transparency. Supporting strategic alignment as a member of the Strategic Operations Team. While encouraging our workforce to recognize the importance of customer focus and challenging the status quo. Acting as a change agent to support leadership:- Identify and Refine Performance Measurements - Improve Quality of Programs, Manage Change & Create a Passionate Organization Through Desire and Knowledge- Results Monitoring and Reporting - Goal Setting and Transparency of Expectations

Aurora, Oregon, Us

Developed, deployed and managed a Continuous Improvement (CI) Program at Columbia Helicopters. The program is focused on fostering a culture of unconscious competence. Continuously challenging the status quo in daily processes while consistently providing superior customer service. The program is focused on engaging all levels of Columbia to be Aware, be Motivated, be Competent and become Professionals capable of implementing improvement initiatives to streamline work and reduce waste in all aspects of the business.o Created and implemented a Collaboration Center and Resource Planning Cell at the Company Headquarters in Aurora, OR. Trained and mentored company managers on leading teams and managing Flow to improve Aircraft Project timelines and reduce overall budget.• Encouraging the workforce to develop awareness for the need to improve through analyzing and identifying gaps in daily work processes and procedures • Motivating the culture to be engaged in improvement initiatives. Accepting the fact that they must exceed the expectations of daily work routines to be involved in the implementation of solutions to identified gaps or problems. • Creating a competent workforce that is knowledgeable and conditioned to be effective team members within improvement initiatives. • Developing improvement implementation professionals capable of initiating, conducting and completing improvement projects designed to meet the ever advancing needs and expectations of our customers.

Irving, Texas, Us

Manufacturing Optimization project leader responsible for completing process improvement projects for Caterpillar manufacturing facilities throughout North America. Delivering successful, high impact, results leading Value Stream Transformation and Lean Deployment projects within Caterpillar’s Forest Products Division. Managed a diverse project portfolio containing Process Improvement and Lean Principle projects in Supply Chain, Logistics and all areas of Manufacturing Operations within fabrications, paint and assembly. (Simultaneously completing a 12-month Quality Engineer developmental role) (Delivered $4M in benefits)

Irving, Texas, Us

Project Leader - Developed and trained Supply Chain and Operations teams at multiple Electronic Component and Machinery Manufacturing facilities at six locations within the U.S. and Canada. Completed project work to Identify and implement action to reduce excess inventory and improve process throughput within the Component Manufacturing thru Prime Product Development Value Chain. (Delivered $5M in benefits)Other Accomplishments: Obtained Certifications- SIX Sigma Black Belt- Lean Support Leader in Manufacturing - Lean Support Leader in Supply Chain

Irving, Texas, Us

Supply Chain professional and Project Leader – Supported the Caterpillar Production System’s inventory control initiatives to support the Enterprise 2020 vision of Caterpillars supply footprint and value. Building, deploying and training improved Plan for Every Part (PFEP) tools and practices as well as conducting numerous Just In Time (JIT) projects to increase turns, reduce on hand inventory and increase material response times for manufacturing operations throughout the Enterprise. (Delivered $2.5M in realized benefits)

Irving, Texas, Us

Section Manager of 25 union hourly and nontraditional employees in a diversely skilled quality based environment. Managed finish paint, final assembly and shipping departments at US Operations, Decatur Facility. Responsible for all aspects of production including: - Maintained a safe work environment and communicated safety information. Resulting in no lost time due to injury in first 12 months as manager. - Ensured that product and process quality requirements were met through building robust standard work procedures for all work stations within the process. Resulting in reductions in process caused defects and increased throughput efficiency.- Managed team interaction and performance by conducting pre-shift, end of shift quality stop meetings. Resulting in a highly-engaged work force with minimal interruption or lost time to process flow.- Prioritized schedules and maintained flow of material to support the facility’s on-time production and customer relationship goals. - Worked with maintenance personnel to direct/plan activity; resulting in reduced lost time due to equipment failure on the facility main paint line and customer assurance areas. - Provided training and leadership for area technicians. Implemented a cross functional learning process improve employee job function impact to upstream and downstream activities within the Large Mining Truck manufacturing facility. - Implemented improvement ideas using 6 Sigma and CPS Lean tools.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

• Staff Manager – Plans and Operations in US Army (BN S3)Manager of the Operations staff section and overall execution of the Battalion's training support operations for 1700 Initial Entry Soldiers. The Commander’s advisor on all aspects of plans, operations and training. • Military Transition Trainer in U.S. and Iraqi Army (Iraq) - Recipient of Bronze Star, Combat Action badge, Army Commendation Medal with Cluster(Ranked best qualified of 14 officers’ senior rated by the Brigade Commander, who stated that “Captain Tester was pivotal in establishing and implementing the key policies and procedures that helped the Battalion to overcome logistical issues which were paramount in the unit’s ability to transition to self-sufficiency.”) • Executive Officer in U.S. Army Managed 180 personnel within a U.S. Army training company. (Rated Best Qualified of five officers rated by the Battalion Commander, who stated “1LT Tester is one of the best Lieutenants I senior rate. He forges a tenacious approach to mission accomplishment and makes things happen right the first time.”)

Ba, Psychology

Officer Commission, Military Science

U.S. Army Transportation And Logistics Officer Certification, Military And Strategic Leadership