Mike Mogharei, PMP
COO / Director of Operations Excellence at Get Kaizened, Inc.- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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Project Management Professional (PMP)
Project Management InstituteJun, 2015- Nov, 2024 -
The Competent Communicator
Toastmasters InternationalDec, 2009- Nov, 2024 -
The "Bullet Proof" Manager
Crestcom InternationalMay, 2008- Nov, 2024 -
Toyota Production System (TPS) / Lean
NUMMIJun, 2005- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Get Kaizened, Inc.
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United States
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Business Consulting and Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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COO / Director of Operations Excellence
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May 2009 - Present
Worked with Fortune 500 corporations leading several Kaizen projects, which resulted in multi-million dollars of savings as well as increased efficiency, productivity, and quality. Instill long-term sustainability of improved systems by developing standard best practices across the organization. Leader of Strategic Planning (Hoshin Kanri) and Continuous Improvement (Kaizen / Lean) projects. Collaborated with the executives of organizations to promote Lean culture. Developed and trained executives, managers, supervisors, and key people on Leadership skills and Lean principles such as TQM, TPM, Standardization, SMED to improve organizations’ internal processes and infrastructures. Mentor and guide Operational Excellence Teams to implement Kaizen projects, deliver sustainable results, and achieve higher Efficiency, Quality, and Cost Savings. Show less
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Injex Industries
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Automotive
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1 - 100 Employee
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Production Control & Supply Chain/Logistics Manager
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Jun 2001 - Mar 2009
Hired, trained, and managed 60+ team members at a Just-In-Time Interior auto parts manufacturing company, a supplier to Toyota and General Motors, with 600 employees operating out of 4 plants, manufacturing over 1,000,000 parts a month and delivering enough components for 1500 vehicles a day. As the Supply Chain Manager working with over 100 Global Vendors delivered more than $4 million cost savings through negotiation and inventory reduction while maintaining 100% incoming quality. Managed projects in two major product launches from design to prototype, and to mass production. Developed Logistics requirements to handle transportation of raw materials, packaging materials, and manufactured parts between 10 remote facilities utilizing 30 trailers and trucks per day. Established objectives and strategies for Materials Management in support of the organization’s requirements in the areas of warehousing, material transfer and logistics resulted in receiving 100% on-time Delivery award from Toyota Developed and implemented Lean Warehousing projects, which improved work efficiency as well as space utilization by over 70% and generated cost saving. Designed a live broadcasting system based on TCP/IP protocol to receive orders from the customer in real time, which were in turn delivered just-in-time. The program would also allow the part manufacturer monitor the production and shipment status to prevent any part shortage or production line shut-down at the customer. Implemented an automated bar-coding application to capture production data to allow the Kaizen team to achieve higher quality goal by reducing the scrap rate Conducted workshops on Strategic Planning (Hoshin Kanri), Lean Principles, Team Building, MS Project, MS Office Responsible for troubleshooting and modification of EDI & MRP systems to link 3 departments of Production Control, Purchasing, and Accounting. Show less
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Marketing Director
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Jan 1996 - Mar 2001
Managed a team of 8 sales engineers to market company products including hardware & software for WAN / LAN solutions, by providing proposals, presentations and cost analysis. Increased company sales by 400% by bringing new ideas to handle established accounts as well as creating new accounts. Studied and researched the market, the competitor's activities, and customer need to benchmark new strategies. Suggested new products based on the analysis of the customer needs to increase the earnings. Increased customer satisfaction by identifying and resolving problems. Implemented training courses for 80 team members including sales engineers to increase profitability. Expanded sales to include mass-market accounts. Managed and monitored all International commercial activities through daily verbal and written communications with global enterprises such as Compaq, Hewlett Packard, Cisco, and Epson. Organized and delivered seminars to present and market company products. Show less
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Operations Manager
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Jan 1995 - Mar 2001
Managed Intranet, Internet & Extranet projects for the company and clients by developing WAN / LAN strategies, designing network topologies, and implementing the required servers, printers, communication and remote access equipment, hubs, routers, switches across multiple facilities. Hired Web, Unix, NT and Novell administrators to install and configure servers and perform daily backup, troubleshooting, and maintenance of the systems. Hired Visual Basic and Java programmers utilizing Microsoft tools such as Visual Studio, FrontPage, Source Safe, Install Shield, etc. to custom design and develop applications for clients. Managed client projects: Assessed client requirements with respect to hardware, software and budget. Collected user requirements for application development. Drew project plan with deliverables. Delegated / Assigned staff to work on deliverables. Integrated the product into client's infrastructure. Trained client's staff and prepared documentations. Acted as 3rd level escalation support to resolve the problems. Managed internal IS / IT group that handled company Windows NT / 2000 Servers, Windows 2000/ 98 workstations, Network, SQL database, phones, and e-mail system. Managed and monitored hardware and software vendors. Show less
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Systems Engineer
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Nov 1993 - Dec 1994
Responsible for providing technical support to field, company, and customers regarding Optical Mark Reader (OMR) systems. Responding to technical support inquiries; recreating customer technical environments, researching, identifying, and resolving problems. Responsible for providing technical support to field, company, and customers regarding Optical Mark Reader (OMR) systems. Responding to technical support inquiries; recreating customer technical environments, researching, identifying, and resolving problems.
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System Administrator
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Jan 1991 - Apr 1993
Installing and fine-tuning Windows operating environment as well as Windows applications on both server and workstations. Writing BATCH files to further customize, optimize, and automate the applications. Installing and troubleshooting system hardware, modem/fax boards, scanner boards, hard disk controllers, CD drives on ISA, EISA, and PCI architecture. Contacting, coordinating, and purchasing parts and supplies from vendors. Installing and fine-tuning Windows operating environment as well as Windows applications on both server and workstations. Writing BATCH files to further customize, optimize, and automate the applications. Installing and troubleshooting system hardware, modem/fax boards, scanner boards, hard disk controllers, CD drives on ISA, EISA, and PCI architecture. Contacting, coordinating, and purchasing parts and supplies from vendors.
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Education
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1986 - 1990
San Francisco State University
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Electrical Engineering
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