Experience

ARAUCO - North America

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Business Development Manager

  • May 2019 - Present



Masonite®

• United States
• Wholesale Building Materials
• 700 & Above Employee

• General Manager

  • Sep 2011 - Mar 2019

  Operations Director/General ManagerMaintained responsibilities for Marshfield particleboard as detailed below and…. -Directed transition to Masonite processes, systems and reporting structure-Restructured departments to leverage resources-Developed Make vs. Buy modeling process for best overall usage of plant capacity-Absorbed existing Mineral Core operations into Masonite’s component’s group , doubling the number of accountable employees and managers on the team, which now includes two businesses-Actively supported operations consolidation projects-Enhanced high performance work system



Marshfield DoorSystems, Inc.

• United States
• Building Materials
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Operations Director

  • May 2007 - Sep 2011

  Functioning as a senior staff member for Marshfield DoorSystems responsibilities included all aspects of business management for the particleboard business unit as well as Technical, Engineering and Maintenance oversight for the entire Marshfield organization. -Member of the Senior Executive Staff, reporting to the Senior VP of Operations, and CEO-Presented business results, initiatives and forecasts to the Board of Directors-Successfully implemented cost reductions and sales initiatives -Drove significant year-over-year EBITDA improvements and record EBITDA performances -Achieved safety performance improvements yielding several facility safety records-Resolved environmental challenges introduced by unexpected changes to EPA regulations -Developed new high margin products to meet the changing needs of customers-Developed new service packages that enhance business strengths -Redeployed, Maintenance and Engineering resources for our commercial door operations-Responsible for all aspects of business and P&L management including: =Sales and Marketing =Engineering =Operations =Maintenance =Safety =Environmental Compliance

• Director Of Technical Services

  • Apr 2006 - May 2007

  -Combined technical resources into one corporate wide department-Improved department performance including the development of two new door products

• Technical Director

  • Jan 2004 - Apr 2006

  Developed new products Provided technical support for; process modifications, customer issues, capital expendituresEvaluated potential acquisition opportunitiesLeveraged customers’ needs to strategically position the company within the marketActively involved in marketing strategies Designed, executed and analyzed experiments



Georgia-Pacific LLC

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

• Continuous Improvement Manager

  • Mar 2001 - Jan 2004

  Work with operations to identify, quantify and improve processes. Interact with customers to provide technical support to sales team. -Develop systems to identify, quantify and reduce process variation-Train employees to identify and quantify variation and its impact-Improved and maintained A-grade levels -Make recommendations to plant manager concerning process control-Adapt product lines to evolving customer needs

• Assistant Quality Control Superintendent

  • Jan 1999 - Mar 2001

  -Manage laboratory operations and technician activity-Investigate and respond to customer concerns at customer locations-Develop new products, upgrade quality systems and monitor process variables

• Production Supervisor

  • 1993 - 1999

• Quality Control Technician

  • 1990 - 1993