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Tucson, Arizona, US

ThreeD Smiles is a national dental lab that strives to be on the cutting edge of the latest clinical technologies. Working exclusively with dentist, doctors, and surgeons that embrace digital technology through intraoral scanning allows us to deliver quality dental prosthetics that are competitively priced and ship the next day!

Coconut Creek, FL, US

Tampa, FL, US

• Among the largest national dental labs in the United States DDS Lab is owned by Private Equity with global operations in U.S., China, and Hong Kong. President & CEO (2016 to Sept 2020):Mastermind all aspects of.
• Achieved 2.9x MOIC and 22% ROI for DDS Lab sale process in Q1 2020.
• Grew annual revenue by 68% (19% CAGR) and EBITDA by 100% (27% CAGR) from 2016 through 2019.
• Increased active office customers by 41% (11% CAGR) and customer retention by 23% from 2016 to 2019.
• Achieved 270% growth of dental implant restoration revenue over 4 years. Grew digital case volume by 19x in two-year period from Q1 2018 to Q4 2019.
• Designed and executed robust compensation plan, training programs, and regional leadership positions to expand sales organization from 12 to 39 employees.

Mentor, OH, US

• Steris is a UK-based specialized medical services company that focuses on outsourced sterilization and surgical instrument reprocessing services in Europe and the United States. President, Synergy Health Outsourcing.
• Implemented comprehensive program for Lean Six Sigma workflow to maximize labor efficiency and enhance quality for outgoing product; improved gross margins by 25%.
• Initiated FDA- and Johnson & Johnson-compliant quality management system; passed ISO 13485 recertification audit and several internal audits from Johnson & Johnson.

Mentor, OH, US

• Held overall P&L responsibility for $72M reusable surgical linen, custom procedure tray (CPT), and hospital sterile services outsourcing business. Directed 575 production employees at 15 reprocessing facilities and.
• Implemented Lean workflow program that led to annual savings of $2.5M and improved gross margins by 5%.
• Negotiated channel partnership agreement with Medline Industries to support $31M disposable CPT business, leading to an increase of 3% in the gross margin.

Elyria, Ohio, US

Operations and supply chain leader for high volume manufacturing operations in US, Mexico and China. Rationalized operations footprint to reduce cost and improve gross margins.

Elyria, Ohio, US

• World’s leading manufacturer of wheelchairs, bariatric equipment, disability scooters, respiratory products, home care beds, and other home care products. Vice President, Corporate Quality & Vice President, North.
• Created new North American business unit for $20M of “Quality Product Returns” that achieved sales revenue of $2.5M in first full year of operation.
• Harnessed quality returns data to drive comprehensive root cause analysis across product returns, resulting in $3.5M EBITDA savings per year and improved customer satisfaction.As vice president of North American.
• Produced annual savings of $3.5M (2.5% gross margin improvement) and reduced finished goods inventory 10% by optimizing “make vs. buy” opportunities and implementing a perpetual inventory system.

Galway, IE

Responsible for four manufacturing operations in the (2) US, Mexico, and Brazil. In a severely declining market, moved many large product lines from the US, Mexico to Tyco facility in China. Drove the implementation of LEAN and Six Sigma programs in all facilities. Opened a second production operation in Manaus, Brazil for the fabrication of touch screen.

Corning, New York, US

Quality Engineering Manager, Sr. Production Manager and Business Development Manager with responsibility for $65 million central office connection and protection product line.

Dallas, TX, US

> Manufacturing Engineering responsibilities for world class semiconductor manufacturing.

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