Director of Manufacturing and New Product Development

• May 2020 - Present

Vice President of Advanced Manufacturing

• 2018 - Apr 2020

Lead, develop and execute operation strategies and programs to drive and support attainment of company goals and objectives, with primary work focused on implementation of a new wastewater treatment facility to support the operation. Report to the COO and serve as a Senior Management team member, with responsibility for driving innovation and performance improvements throughout the operation and delivering on excellence, quality, and efficiency. • Working on lean implementation to improve production and contain costs• Leading design and build of $3M wastewater pre-treatment facility at a new production facility• Guiding development of new, advanced processes to improve run efficiencies Show less

Vice President of Operations

• 2010 - 2018

Directed and managed plant operations to ensure manufacturing capabilities met or exceeded requirements for safety, cost, quality, delivery, and responsiveness.• Held responsibility for a $11M annual budget and the production and performance of 188 hourly and management employees• Increased production capacity by 78% with the implementation of process improvement programs to support increased sales • Successfully reduced client concerns by 60% through a variety of quality improvement processes• Reduced production costs on average by 20%• Decreased employee accidents within operation by 60%• Served as the main point of contact for several outside agencies and institutions, including the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, to ensure regulatory compliance for operations Show less

Director Of Technical Services

• 2006 - 2010

Managed the performance and production of the internal engineering and maintenance groups at Graceland operation with additional responsibility for managing all outside technical support groups. • Directing and working with an outside design firm, led the design and construction of an anaerobic/aerobic wastewater treatment system to successfully treat all produced wastewater• Doubled the operation’s capacity after leading the Design of experiments testing, design, and implementation of a new state-of-the-art manufacturing system• Internal lead for design and construction of a 50,000 square foot facility expansion to house new system and storage areas• Worked with the electric power supply to design and install a Graceland owned substation to supply plant electricity• Continued the process and product analysis that resulted in an increase in existing asset capacity of 20% and decreased product cost of 15% Show less

Manager of Technical Services

• 1998 - 2006

Drove workforce optimization for the internal engineering and maintenance groups with a focus on developing and implementing standard processes and systems, and preventative maintenance plans to increase productivity and decrease downtime and set up.• Delivered an 80% reduction in product rework time after implementing standard product process and flow controls• Reduced set-up time by 50% by creating standard process set-up instructions and training • Launched a preventative maintenance plan, increasing equipment performance up time by 40%• Increased existing asset capacity by 30% and decreased product cost by 24% after developing and launching a process and product analysis to identify process change needs Show less

Senior Lead Manufacturing Engineer | Program Manager

• 1996 - 1998

Led improvements in areas of product quality, asset capacity and costs of the products test area. • Reduced costs by 12% and extended life of the product after serving as technical program manager to improve a rate sensor and its applications in inertial products • Lead engineer for an in-house circuit board build and test area; after completion of project, delivered an 8% decrease in rework requirements • Manufacturing representative for new product development project, partnering with another division to develop a lightweight, passively cooled, lower power consumption inertial reference unit; led the investment budget analysis and product cost analysis with first results exceeding targeted outcomes Show less