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Akron, Ohio, United States

Executive leadership of King Model Company and King CastingsFull P&L responsibility for multiple business divisions.Performance management, operational budgets, capital expense budgets, and project management.Contract negotiations with both customers and suppliers.Increased revenue and company growth.

Rootstown, Ohio

Lean Six Sigma Projects.3D casting modeling to improve aluminum flow and part solidification.Multi-million dollar annual savings through engineered casting improvements.Real time data collection systems for the casting process.

Barberton, Ohio

Review of the quality of products & services for B&W as well as its suppliers.• Inspected products for visual, dimensional, and weld against drawings/ specifications. • Participated in internal & external audits, which included production, quality, & ISO documentation.• Collected data for monthly reporting of quality metrics to senior leadership.• Participated in ISO 9001, including audits & annual certifications.• Led Corrective & Preventative Action program.

Barberton, Ohio

Engineering & quality responsibilities for all foundry activities.• 12% reduction in labor hours per ton shipped.• Reduced work in process by 60%.• Improved on-time delivery from 20% to 100%.• Led integration of new alloys.• Streamlined core making processes & sand types.• Updated the quality & standard practice manuals.• Introduced key performance metrics, increasing frequency from monthly to daily.

Euclid, Ohio

• Reduced work in process by 25%.• Led collaborative efforts to improve order entry, scheduling, & production.• Lean activities including 5S, Kanban, waste elimination, & best practice sharing.• ERP system roll-out (Epicor).• ERP duties including system maintenance & development, troubleshooting, & implementation.

Elyria, Ohio

Lean & continuous improvement activities aimed at eliminating waste, reducing costs, & improving efficiencies.• Grew EBITDA 100% from 8% to 16%.• Improved on-time delivery from 52% to 94%• OEE improvements from 64% to 82% by implementing Total Productive Manufacturing & Autonomous Maintenance.• Increased cleaning room throughput by 30% and paint department by 100%.• Reduced average number of process days from 9 to 4.5 days.• Management of 6 direct reports.• Taught associates various concepts such as 5S, SMED, Kaizen Breakthrough Methodology, Kanban, one-piece flow, standard work, & problem solving techniques.• Used DMAIC problem solving to reduce product family scrap from 6% to 1.5%.• Reduced machinery downtime by conducting ‘maintenance miracle’ projects.• Created PFMEA’s for various processes & conducted activities to lower their RPN numbers.• Introduced Leader Standard Work to all levels of the company.• Implemented war room techniques to monitor daily business performance, drive business solutions, and create a forum for employee involvement and ownership.

Elyria, Ohio

Managed the scheduling, production (20 hourly associates), quality, & process control of cast iron parts.• Reduction in scrap from 5.5% to 3%.• Reduced labor hours per ton shipped from 20 to 14.• Increased daily production from 15 molds to 21.• Evaluated parts with engineering & quality departments to improve quality, improve processes, & reduce costs.

Elyria, Ohio

Quality control of systems & procedures for the manufacturing of grey and ductile iron castings.• Led audits of ISO 9001 procedures & documentations• Organization of internal audits & semi-annual ISO surveillance audits.• Authored updates to ISO documents & internal process manuals.• Calibration of measuring equipment.

Wellsville, Ohio

Managed the melting & pouring of metals, as well as the cleaning room & shipping department.

Emba, Business Administration And Management, General, 3.8

Activities and Societies: National Society of Leadership & Success, Sigma Alpha Pi

Bachelor Of Science In Industrial Technology, Manufacturing & Electrical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Member of student chapter of the American Foundry Society (1998-2002), Chapter President 2001-2002Courses taken.