Experience

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  Menasha Packaging

  • Process Optimization Leader

    • Jan 2017 - Present
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  Self-employed

  • Asheville, North Carolina Area

  • Business Integration Consultant

    • 2012 - 2017
    • Asheville, North Carolina Area

    Develops and executes strategies using industry knowledge, practical experience, and unique approaches helping companies challenge and integrate their supply chains

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  The Strive Group

  • Greater Chicago Area

  • Director of Corporate Quality / Business Integration

    • 2007 - 2012
    • Greater Chicago Area

    Primary responsibilities include development, implementation, and management ofall strategies and programs for Corporate Quality, Continuous Improvement,Industrial Engineering, IT Systems for Warehouse Management, and Sustainability and facilitate complete integration with requirements of primary...

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  Day International (Rotec Hülsensysteme GmbH)

  • US, Germany, Brasil, Czech Republic

  • Global Manufacturing Director

    • 2002 - 2007
    • US, Germany, Brasil, Czech Republic

    Oversee the standardization of manufacturing processes in facilities in the United States, Germany, Czech Republic and Brazil which produce highly specialized products in all print forms for the Flexographic Print industry. Sole business and manufacturing liaison to DuPont for Rotec’s Ready to I...

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  Pechiney Plastic Packaging

  • Asheville, North Carolina Area

  • Operations Manager / Operations Planning Manager

    • 1999 - 2002
    • Asheville, North Carolina Area

    Managed all functions related to Finishing Production of a pharmaceutical flexible packaging facility with $38MM in net sales including: Customer Interaction, Graphics Design, Raw Material Procurement, Warehousing, Shipping and Receiving, Equipment Scheduling, Bill of Material Development, and m...

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  Fort James Corporation

  • Kalamzoo, MI and Gordonsville, TN

  • Operations Manager

    • 1993 - 1999
    • Kalamzoo, MI and Gordonsville, TN

    Developed and led all functions focusing on Production, Quality, and Service for a paperboard converting facility with $32MM in net sales

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  Corning Incorporated

  • Corning, NY

  • Operations Technologist

    • 1992 - 1993
    • Corning, NY

    Directly responsible for the safe and efficient production in accordance with plant objectives for extruded ceramic forms supporting the automotive industry. Responsible to facilitate interactions between production, engineering, and other support groups and create and implement systems which en...

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  US Army

  • Ft Campbell, KY

  • S3 (Assistant Operations Officer) and Platoon Leader - 101st Airborne Div / 5...

    • 1988 - 1992
    • Ft Campbell, KY

    Assistant Operations OfficerDirectly responsible for assisting with the formulation of operational planning and the execution of communications support of a 548 person unit providing command and control to the 101st Airborne Division.Platoon LeaderCommanded a signal platoon of 52 people and 17 co...