Experience

SSI Sintered Specialties, LLC.

• Vice President of Manufacturing

  • May 2020 - Present

  I am focused on developing a strong team and strategy to position the company’s manufacturing excellence for a successful future. In 2020, this team was tasked with an increase in out inventory turns by 25%, but the team’s dedication and expertise resulted in a 35% increase, along with a positive team output of clearer communication and the development of new strategies that will be implemented throughout 2021.

• Director of Operational Excellence & Value Streams

  • Nov 2019 - May 2020

  My area of impact was built around developing standards and foundations for 5S practices, lean manufacturing, and the development of scheduling principles. During my time in this role, we challenged the status quo and developed processes and procedures for determining economical run sizes and production quantities. I trained and led over 30 events during this period, including both Kaizen and 5S events. Following event trainings and execution of new practices, our 5S audit score in the event area was increased by at least 150%. This continued success and development has provided our team the tools and sustainment principals for ongoing 5S and housekeeping success, resulting in a significantly cleaner and safer working environment.

• Senior Quality Engineer

  • Sep 2018 - Nov 2019

  I have a deep appreciation for the opportunity to be part of the quality engineering process and developing an understanding of the key items that are critical to providing support to our customers. Developing skills in problem solving and utilizing key quality tools like Ishikawa Diagrams (fishbone) and 5why Analysis allowed me to understand what controls were needed within multiple manufacturing operations. Development and documentation of these controls using basic tools like pareto charts, cause and effect diagrams and minitab allowed us to reduce the external PPM from greater than 50PPM to less than 10PPM in a 6 month time frame.

• Business Unit Manager

  • Jun 2015 - Sep 2018

  During my time as the Business Unit Manager, I was given the opportunity for growth by attending the Dale Carnegie Course in leadership development. This experience, along with the opportunities to practice and develop my leadership skills throughout the next few years, helped me determine my understanding of what a true leader is. I had multiple opportunities to develop new talent from within the company and explore the creation of new roles to provide our teams with additional opportunities for personal growth and advancement.

• Continuous Improvement Engineer

  • Apr 2013 - Jun 2015

  The role of Continuous Improvement Engineer was one of the most unique and creative roles I have ever taken. There was room provided to expand my knowledge and manage both large- and small-scale projects. In one project the goal was to reduce consumables through the sintering process. Through testing, design of experiments and critical thinking, I was able to create a profile within the sintering process that allowed for increased throughput of ~30% per hour with a reduction in the consumables used (ie: furnace atmosphere, tile) of ~25% per hour.

• Process Engineer

  • Jan 2011 - Apr 2013

  Following my engineering internship, I developed processes and changed inputs/outputs on the production floor that reduced scrap and increased throughput. The most unique project I worked on during this time was the launch of the company’s new ERP system (PLEX). I was one of four key team members who helped establish the needs in each department from acquisition through shipment and developed strategies and data to input into the ERP system to establish our new data collection system. This project provided me the insights into each area from tool design and preventative maintenance to cost accounting. With these insights, I utilized my working knowledge of our system and established plans for cost savings, continuous improvement tracking and process improvement. The first year following the implementation I exceeded my cost savings goal by a full 100%.

• Industrial Engineering Intern

  • May 2010 - Aug 2010