Experience

Zgo Technologies
• United States
• Furniture and Home Furnishings Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Vice President of Operations

  • Jul 2019 - Present


Humanscale

• United States
• Furniture and Home Furnishings Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Product Management Specialist

  • Sep 2016 - Jul 2019

  Responsible for the overall health and growth of Monitor Arm product line. Support the product development cycle by creating training materials, providing direction for brochures, installation manuals, website content and price guides. Present projects to executive leadership in the stage gate development process. Regularly called upon to make decisions that ensure projects remain on schedule. Provide regular training for sales force providing technical and operations expertise. Provide technical support for customers through several channels including direct on-site support, support through sales or customer service. Show less

• Project Manager

  • Sep 2014 - Sep 2016

  Manage new product development, product enhancement and cost reduction efforts for Humanscale's acclaimed lineup of seating products.

• Manufacturing Engineering Manager

  • Oct 2009 - Sep 2014

  In this position I manage a group of Engineers that are responsible for sustaining all products that are currently in production. This requires the root cause investigation of quality issues, managing the ECN process, preparing new products for release to production, designing customization to existing products, reducing costs and providing technical support at all levels of the organization.

• Manufacturing Engineer

  • Aug 2006 - Oct 2009



Alcan Packaging

• United States
• Packaging and Containers Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Plant / Process Engineer

  • Jul 2004 - Aug 2006

  In this position I was responsible for completion of all line speed improvement, capability improvement, new equipment installation, spoilage reduction, and employee safety projects. I maintained contact with Original Equipment Manufacturers and local job shops to ensure an adequate supply of spare parts and tooling were available. I coordinated and managed execution of all plant maintenance activities for manufacturing equipment, tooling, and the facility. I managed group of plant representatives that were members of the global expert networks for extrusion, compression molding, dry offset printing, RF seaming, and capping processes. I recruited new manufacturing personnel and assisted with weekly planning of required manning based on customer demands. Show less

• Quality Systems Engineer

  • Feb 2002 - Jul 2005

  I this position I was a key member in development of standard quality system used at all North American manufacturing facilities. I established quality system, including full documentation, purchase of test equipment, and training for employees as part of new manufacturing facility startup in Mexico. I managed design and deployment of Internet-based software used to automate and capture data from customer complaints and quality inspections in all North American manufacturing facilities. I developed and maintained division-wide system for measuring and tracking customer satisfaction based on five key metrics. I utilized analytical and statistical techniques as a Six Sigma Green Belt on various continuous improvement projects. Show less