Experience

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  Madison Indoor Air Quality

  • United States
  • Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Vice President of Engineering and Operations, Energy Recovery Group North America

    • Jan 2024 - Present

  • Sr. Director of Operations, Energy Recovery Group

    • May 2023 - Feb 2024

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  Madison Industries

  • Director

    • Jan 2022 - Jun 2023

    As a director I am focused on helping our Madison operational units on the front line turn ideas into solutions that eliminate struggle for our employees, increase value to our customers, improve position for growth, and eliminate waste.

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  DNP Imagingcomm America Corporation|Photo Imaging

  • Concord, North Carolina, United States

  • Process Engineer

    • Oct 2020 - Jan 2022
    • Concord, North Carolina, United States

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  Self-employed

  • Kannapolis, North Carolina, United States

  • Lean Manufacturing Practitioner/Consultant

    • Jul 2020 - Jan 2022
    • Kannapolis, North Carolina, United States

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  National Biological Corp

  • Beachwood, Ohio

  • Operations Manager

    • Jul 2019 - Jul 2020
    • Beachwood, Ohio

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  Gilbarco Veeder-Root

  • United States
  • Oil and Gas
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • NPI Engineering Implementation Manager

    • Jan 2019 - Jul 2019

    Responsible for leading a team of industrial and mechanical engineers with the mission of implementing processes in operations to accommodate changes in the form of new product launches, VA/VE design changes, CDTR projects, complex ECN’s, and other continuous improvement initiatives.Our team leverages FBS principles in a proactive way to implement new processes with minimal waste from the start.

  • Fortive Business System Kaizen Engineer

    • Jul 2016 - Jan 2019

    Responsible for continually improving operations to satisfy internal and external customers by using and promoting Fortive Business System Tools, lean methodology, problems solving, engineering, fabrication, and team/relationship building.•Led and trained kaizen teams in over 25 successful and sustained kaizen efforts.•Top Results: (Requiring little or no capital expense)Door Line Lean Conversion – Reduced annual labor cost from $3.6M to $1.7M – Sustained 1.5 yearsDisplay Cell Lean Conversion – Reduced WIP inventory from $133K to $16K and annual labor cost from $305K to $203K, $52K annual quality cost savings – Sustained 2 yearsDisplay VA/VE – $225K annual material, $84K annual labor savings – sustained 2 years Card Reader Lean Conversion – Reduced WIP inventory from $80K to 8K – Sustained 2 yearsTotalizer Cell Lean Conversion – Reduced WIP inventory from $7,500 to $1,500 – Sustained 2 yearsJ-Box Lean Conversion – Reduced WIP inventory from $9,792 to $4,896, Reduced annual labor cost from $254K to $178K, $260K annual quality cost savings – Sustained 1 yearUPM Customization Cell Lean Conversion – Reduced WIP inventory from $165K to 14K, $339K annual quality cost savings – Sustained 3 monthsLeader/Facilitator of the winning Shingijutsu Kaizen Event Team – reduced process variation resulting in 433% increase in sub-cell productivity •Results accomplished by removing barriers to pull systems, solving complex problems, creativity before capital, relentless effort to eliminate waste, accountability, and, most of all, teamwork•Lead team through the design and implementation of a lean cell for the launch of a new product•Successfully completed formal trainings on: Fortive Problem Solving Process, Training for Trainers and Facilitators, Situational Self Leadership, and Getting Things Done•FBS Champion: 3P (Production Preparation Process)

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  Wabash National

  • Manufacturing Engineer

    • May 2015 - Sep 2015

    Managed a process improvement project in the roof top build area, designed and implemented high impact/low cost process improvements. Managed the fabrication and implementation of process improvements, operator interaction and teamwork, cross-functional team work, and project justification and ROI analysis.

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  Brown Machine

  • Beaverton, MI

  • Continuous Improvement Engineer

    • Jul 2014 - Aug 2014
    • Beaverton, MI

    Managed a continuous improvement initiative in the electrical control panel assembly are. Used process mapping, 5S, waste reduction, team leading, process improvement engineering, and project justification and ROI analysis to deliver sustainable annual cost savings.