Experience

All Star Auto Parts

• United States
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice President of Operations - Wheels

  • 2022 - Present



TMGcore

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice President of Commercial Operations

  • 2022 - 2022

  TMGcore is the world leader in two phase liquid immersion and high density, high efficiency data center solutions. TMGcore is the world leader in two phase liquid immersion and high density, high efficiency data center solutions.



Rochester Sensors

• United States
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice President of Operations

  • 2019 - 2022

  Led global operations for liquid level measurement solutions market leader (global manufacturing sites in US, Mexico, UK, Belgium) including the global supply chain and global quality organizations.• Optimized global footprint by implementing COE strategy for high volume production relocation to Mexico and lower volume, high mix production volume based in US, realizing over $500k in cost savings.• Led integration of three business acquisitions resulting in product line transfers across the global footprint.



Lennox International

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director of Operations Excellence

  • 2017 - 2019

  Led global operational excellence for the $800M Worldwide Refrigeration segment which includes 10 global manufacturing facilities and over 2,000 employees.• Created footprint optimization strategy to accommodate growth in custom refrigeration products, avoiding a planned $2M plant expansion while improving our ease to do business with.• Implemented segment OPEX performance metrics and KPI scorecard process and review cadence to drive operational performance improvements, including over 10% in productivity improvements at focus sites.



Clarcor

• Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice President of Continuous Improvement | VP of Operational Excellence

  • 2016 - 2017

  Global continuous improvement responsibility for a public $1.5B filtration solutions company reporting directly to the CEO and member of executive team. Accountable for institutionalizing the company-wide ‘Clarcor Management System’ as well as lean deployment across the 20 global sites.• Formalized a business strategy to incorporate management system methodologies into all business unit to drive standardization and best practice sharing across businesses.• Deployed lean daily management across all business units driving daily accountability, improved performance, process improvements, and improving employee engagement by over 75%.• Created, branded, and deployed a company-wide safety initiative focused on proactive safety involvement which included incorporating a company-wide behavioral based safety program, increasing the ‘% Safe’ metric by 300% in the first three months.



Eaton

• Ireland
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Multi-Site Plant Manager | General Manager (Post Divesture to Safran Aerospace)

  • 2011 - 2016

  Multi-site P&L responsibility for operations in Sarasota (Florida), Reynosa (Mexico), and Tijuana (Mexico), $100M total annual sales, which manufacture aerospace electrical sensing devices. Managed all facets of operations including procurement, inventory management, customer service, aftermarket sales, design (R&D) engineering, manufacturing engineering, quality, human resources, maintenance, HSE, and finance (60 salaried, 230 hourly employees).• Introduced a robust goal deployment process (hoshin kanri based) providing plant-wide alignment of the critical plant goals resulting in improved employee engagement and achievement of financial targets.• Implemented a continuous improvement framework with high performance work teams enabling record on time delivery performance (from 76% to 92%) and improved cost out performance (exceeded $2M target).• Improved overall supply chain and ERP health by executing several resourcing efforts, introducing pull systems, and implementing Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) resulting in a $500k inventory reduction, as well as revamping S&OP and scheduling processes improving on time delivery further to consistently over 96%.

• Plant Manager

  • 2009 - 2011

  Site P&L responsibility for industrial electrical/fuse products including a distribution center (supplying all of North America) and stamping/plating operations (20 salaried, 180 hourly union employees).• Expanded stamping business by insourcing over $1M of stamping and plating components, resulting in over $300k annual savings and improved capacity utilization.• Modified operating pattern and optimized storage and pick methodologies in the distribution center allowing shipment of over 10,000 lines/day with a same day pick performance over 90%.



ZF Group

• Germany
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Plant Manager

  • 2006 - 2009

  Responsible for startup of a JIT manufacturing facility accountable for all launch aspects including equipment installation, facility readiness, as well as staffing the entire salary and hourly workforce (20 salaried, 160 hourly employees).• Led flawless startup of a Greenfield assembly plant from facility construction to full rate production in less than 12 months, on time and under budget.• Optimized global supply chain by upgrading freight logistics and carriers resulting in over $500k annual savings and inventory reductions over $250k.



Ford Motor Company

• United States
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Operations Manager

  • 1996 - 2006

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