President

• Jan 2011 - Present

Lean Six Sigma Experts Corp. provides training, consulting, recruiting, and customized software to ensure long-lasting results for clients, including: ▶ Re-engineer processes for scale, growth and employee engagement ▶ Streamline operations and improve employee engagements ▶ Reduced lead times and WIP ▶ Reversed losses, retained business, and millions of dollars in increased sales. ▶ Millions in annual cost savings and company valuation increases KEY SUCCESSES: ➤ Led successful business growth strategy resulting in 50% YOY growth, 80% return businesses and 90% client satisfaction ➤ Secured $50+ million in cost savings for clients. ➤ Added $100+ million in company valuation for clients. ➤ Facilitated more than 200 Kaizen rapid improvement events delivering up to 10x ROI. Show less

Global Director, Continuous Improvement

• Jun 2008 - Jan 2011

Through the implementation of a world-class Lean Six Sigma program, I led continuous improvement and turnaround efforts for this $550 million company with 18 locations across the U.S., India, and Europe, driving alignment between program strategy/policies and corporate/supply chain objectives. Built and trained team of 12 Lean Leaders. ➤ Evaluated and improved plant manager performance by teaming with HR to develop and roll out Leadership Assessment process. Evaluated Lean Managers across all sites, partnering with third party firm to examine leaders’ situational responses and preferred workstyle. ➤ Saved $4.2 million through continuous improvement strategies and kaizen events resulting in significant improvements in safety, quality, delivery, and costs. ➤ Generated $15 million in annual sales from new business. ➤ Collaborated with consulting firm to introduce “Breakthrough Improvement Program,” saving $17 million and improving employee engagement scores across 8 plants. Show less

Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt

• Jan 2008 - Jun 2008

Implemented Lean and Six Sigma principles company-wide to improve business process efficiency and reduce costs. ➤ Contributed to development of Sales Factory concept to process new business quotes efficiently. ➤ Saved $1.2 million and reduced cycle time of sales quoting process 80%. ➤ Secured $150 million in new business after implementation of new process improvement framework, which reduced cost of service and improved new business win rate 8%. ➤ Collaborated on “Rapid Quoting” process with 6 other departments. Reduced time to create a quote from 6 hours to less than 25 minutes. Show less

Manufacturing Engineer

• Jun 2003 - Sep 2006

Initially hired as a Lean Coordinator, I earned 2 promotions during my 3 years with Eaton. I was promoted to Manufacturing Engineer to develop and improve manufacturing processes, efficiencies, and product quality. ➤ Launched new $1.8 million aftermarket business, implementing $1.2 million in CNC machines to support the business.➤ Applying Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma principles, saved $240,000, improved process capability 331%, and reduced tooling cost 285%.➤ Reduced cycle time of the bottleneck operation by 6%, tooling costs 3%, and setup time 50% in 2 different operations. Show less

Lean Manufacturing Engineer

• Feb 2004 - Jun 2005

Charged with driving improvements at the site level, I introduced a comprehensive continuous improvement system to implement, manage, and sustain Lean Manufacturing principles and established OEE measures throughout the facility.➤ Implemented Kanban system and reduced the WIP 13%.➤ Reduced setup time of the friction weld cell 41%.➤ Increased throughput of the seat grinding operation, achieving $99,000 in cost savings.➤ Improved productivity of the profile grinding operation to save $18,000. Show less

Lean Coordinator

• 2003 - 2004

Hired to implement Lean principles at the site level, I trained, I trained all personnel across the entire facility in Lean Manufacturing principles and implemented a continuous flow assembly line to assemble commercial electrical panels.➤ Implemented Lean Manufacturing tools, including Value Stream Map, 5S, Standardized Work, TPM, Error Proofing, Setup Reduction, Continuous Flow Manufacturing, and Pull Systems.➤ Converted batch operation into a Continuous Flow manufacturing using Lean tools. Project resulted in 15% productivity improvements and $45,000 in cost savings. Show less

Graduate Assistant

• 2002 - 2003

Developed methodology for integrating Lean and Six Sigma principles, a one-of-a kind approach at the time and one of the very first attempts to integrate Lean and Six Sigma into one comprehensive approach. Developed methodology for integrating Lean and Six Sigma principles, a one-of-a kind approach at the time and one of the very first attempts to integrate Lean and Six Sigma into one comprehensive approach.

Engineer In Training

• 2001 - 2001

Completed internship; Developed an online weight control system to reduce the weight variation in the final packaging of tea powder. Used Six Sigma statistical tools and analysis to define and establish control limits for this system. Completed internship; Developed an online weight control system to reduce the weight variation in the final packaging of tea powder. Used Six Sigma statistical tools and analysis to define and establish control limits for this system.

Engineer In Training

• 2000 - 2000