Regional Manager - Manufacturing

• Apr 2019 - Present

Director, Operations

• Oct 2017 - Apr 2019

• Lead all of Mikron's PVC window and door profile extrusion manufacturing operations, reporting directly to Mikron’s President & CEO.• Operations include 3 manufacturing facilities (WA, KY, IL), material compounding operations, and the division's Tooling manufacturing operations.• Accountable for developing and executing the division's multi-million dollar annual operating budget and the production plans to build finished product.• Responsible for development and execution of all the division’s yearly capital expenditure plans. Show less

Director of Strategic Initiatives

• Jun 2016 - Oct 2017

• Responsible for leading division-wide cross-functional teams and projects to meet strategic objectives.• Responsible for planning and leading the operational execution of the 2017 Mikron Restructuring Plan, which included the closure of multiple extrusion manufacturing facilities and the resulting production / equipment / tooling transfers to the remaining manufacturing facilities. Accountable for the coordination of the transfer of hundreds of tools and their production requirements in a live demand scenario. Also responsible for coordinating the inter-plant transfer and installation of fixed assets, and other intra-plant extrusion line relocations to accommodate the re-balancing of production among the remaining facilities.• Managed Mikron’s 2017 Capital Expenditure process, and led the development of the 2018 Capital plan. Show less

Plant Manager

• 2014 - 2016

• Manage the operational functions of Production, Engineering, Maintenance, EHS, HR and Logistics. • 24 / 7 / 365 plastics recycling operations with 135 employees at four locations.• Responsible for developing and executing $24MM annual operating budget and $3-5MM annual capital expenditure plans.• Achieved significant improvement in safety metrics. Improved TRIR from 4.6 to 1.4.• Successfully executed the planning, purchase, installation and startup of 4 new polyethylene reprocessing lines (~ $8MM capital investment). • Achieved record production year for the reprocessing operations (19% YOY increase).• Realized 8.6% improvement in main cost metric (cost per pound) in reprocessing operations.• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Mentor Show less

Technical Manager

• 2010 - 2014

Corporate Wide Transcend® Product Line Continuous Improvement Initiative• Lead role in driving transformational new product’s quality and gross margin improvements.• Executed a shell stock reduction project, achieving a 16% reduction in high cost raw material, resulting in $2MM+/year ongoing annual savings.• Improved yield performance by 22.8%, and net line rate performance by 24%.• Re-invigorated the organization’s Quality systems related to claims, resulting in a 45% reduction in the number of claims and a 56% reduction in claim $ paid.• Responsible for optimizing product recipes to reduce overall costs. Reduced polyethylene inclusion by 7.4%. Show less

Site Technical Manager

• 2005 - 2010

• Engineering and maintenance activities related to 24 / 7 / 365 operation that covers 450M sq. ft., and 350 employees.• Responsible for developing and executing $3MM-$5MM annual maintenance and engineering budget.• Consistently improved safety metrics: reduced annual TRIR from 11.69 in 2005 to a low of 0 in 2009.• Implemented the decking dimensional control project that reduced variation and cut raw material requirements for all decking production by 3-5%, resulting in an ongoing $3MM+ annual savings.• Improved yield performance by 13%, and net line rate performance by 15%.• Reduced overall polyethylene inclusion by 8.4%. Show less

Engineering Manager

• 2002 - 2005

• Responsible for 15 salaried and 21 hourly support personnel in an aluminum foundry, specializing in producing safety critical suspension components for the automotive industry. • 49% internal scrap reduction. • 80% reduction in customer returns (PPM’s). • 45% improvement in main safety metric (total recordable incident rate). • 100% customer delivery conformance. • Responsible for 15 salaried and 21 hourly support personnel in an aluminum foundry, specializing in producing safety critical suspension components for the automotive industry. • 49% internal scrap reduction. • 80% reduction in customer returns (PPM’s). • 45% improvement in main safety metric (total recordable incident rate). • 100% customer delivery conformance.

Engineering Supervisor

• 2000 - 2002

• Responsible for managing group of 18 engineers in the operational support of high volume precision machining and assembly of automotive air conditioning compressors.• Responsible for 3 shift operations that produced 1.7 million units/year, covered approximately 800,000 square feet, and employed over 700 people. • Achieved 85% reduction in assembly plant returns. Achieved 80% reduction in customer complaints.• Responsible for developing and implementing $1.3 million cost savings in 2002. • Implemented Lean Manufacturing machining cell that improved productivity by 40% and reduced scrap by 60%. Show less

Advanced Manufacturing Engineer

• 1998 - 2000

• Implemented $5 million project consisting of 4 Lean Manufacturing machining cells for next generation compressor manufacturing plant in Jaguariuna, Brazil. • Coordinated activities of Advanced Manufacturing Engineers in developing machining processes for four compressor components at new Lean Manufacturing facility in Moraine, OH.

Manufacturing Engineer / Maintenance Supervisor

• 1989 - 1998

• Installed, qualified, and provided production support to 3 CNC machining lines for new compressor. • Supervised crew of approximately 30 union skilled trades personnel. • Provided production process continuous improvement support to transfer machining line. • Installed, qualified, and provided production support to 3 CNC machining lines for new compressor. • Supervised crew of approximately 30 union skilled trades personnel. • Provided production process continuous improvement support to transfer machining line.