Experience

FOX VALLEY ELEVATOR

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• President

  • May 2022 - Present



Plexus Corp.

• United States
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Manufacturing Manager

  • Aug 2020 - Jan 2022

  Transferred to Appleton site where I was responsible for the leadership, operational performance for the Industrial/Commercial site building small to large form factor finished assemblies since Aug 2020. Leading the manufacturing, planning and Industrial Engineering Teams through a forecasted site transition from legacy dispenser production to significant growth projected via an automated warehousing solution.

• Operations Manager

  • Nov 2018 - Aug 2020

  Responsible for the leadership largest Aerospace/Defense customer within the flagship plant until HC/LS transition in 2019. Leadership include but not limited to P/L, forecast, organizational and budgetary responsibilities of $90MM segments. Led teams including Scheduling, Planning, Procurement, Product, Process and Test Engineering. Worked with the customer focus team to ensure customer and operational commitments were fulfilled.



Tufco, LP

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice President of Operations

  • Feb 2011 - Nov 2018

  Recruited to join Tufco in 2011, becoming responsible for the leadership, operational and financial performance entire plant operation. I was ultimately responsible for operations, engineering, planning, continuous improvement, maintenance, materials and purchasing for Tufco. The plant employed over 220 hourly employees, 50 to 75 temporary laborers and 10 unique assets with annual sales in excess of $80 million. Tufco is a contract manufacturer providing services for market brand leaders in EPA and FDA regulated and cosmetic wet wipes and formulations. A large format flexographic operation with sales in excess of $20 million was a part of the site until sold in 2015.



Georgia-Pacific LLC

• United States
• Paper and Forest Product Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Process Manager

  • May 2010 - Feb 2011

  I was100% responsible for holding our plant accountable to our own internal QA systems. I worked closely with supervision and plant management to ensure our associates were following our protocols to ensure we were manufacturing quality cartons for our customers. Through review of data, root cause analysis of field failures, work center auditing, communication (written/verbal) and data review I helped our site move from a bottom quartile to top quartile performer in quality. I am very proud of the level of improvement we achieved in my short period of time at GP Sheboygan.



Graphic Management Speciality Products

• Plant Manager

  • Jan 2005 - Apr 2010

  GMSP was a family-owned business where I had the pleasure of working with my brother in-laws. My area of focus was in operations of the facility. Approximately 100 direct and indirect employees reported directly to me. The daily production of the plant was my responsibility. I also led engineering for on-boarding new products and equipment within the plant. I also took responsibility for all employee interviews, hirings, discipline and annual assessments. GMSP was a family-owned business where I had the pleasure of working with my brother in-laws. My area of focus was in operations of the facility. Approximately 100 direct and indirect employees reported directly to me. The daily production of the plant was my responsibility. I also led engineering for on-boarding new products and equipment within the plant. I also took responsibility for all employee interviews, hirings, discipline and annual assessments.



Honeywell

• United States
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Product Engineer

  • Oct 2002 - Dec 2004

  I worked closely with engineering, production and customer service to respond to any immediate needs for problem resolution, training, reporting, testing and development. Engineering required me to participate in the develop of the next generation pressure sensor by providing input on opportunities identified from the field and manufacturing/testing of the product. I supported production through continous improvement efforts through a number of different projects, employee training and SOP generation. Customer service required me to provide analysis on any concerns brought forth to our team from our customers. Ultimately, I owned the manufacturing of a specifc family of products offered by our DSES group.