Experience

gearUP

• United States
• Retail Apparel and Fashion
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director Of Production Operations

  • Dec 2021 - Present

  - Cross functional focus on execution and velocity - Process development and improvement - Capacity modeling and planning - Staffing and talent acquisition - People development - Problem solving - Cross functional focus on execution and velocity - Process development and improvement - Capacity modeling and planning - Staffing and talent acquisition - People development - Problem solving



Tektronix

• United States
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Engineering Manager

  • 2005 - Dec 2021

  - Lead team of engineers and technicians to drive quality, delivery, and cost improvements.--- Improved quality to customers by 60% over past 5 years.--- Increased productivity, reduced inventory, and cut factory lead times using lean tools.--- Achieved sustained cost reductions - operating costs, scrap costs, process waste.- Drive lean implementation roadmap. Plan and lead kaizen events. - Drive use of problem solving methodologies and disciplines.- Develop and champion the organization charter and strategy.- Oversee setup and support of 400 prototype jobs per year.- Serve as a liaison between manufacturing and design teams to determine appropriate trade-offs.- Led process engineering team through 3 year, $3M recapitalization project.- Managed multiple projects to insource work from contract manufacturers and acquisitions.

• Manufacturing Process Engineer

  • 1998 - 2005

  Experience in Final Assembly and Printed Circuit Board Assembly Operations.- Worked to achieve targets relating to quality, delivery and cost.- Resolved quality issues - drove to root cause and implemented corrective action. - Developed, improved and sustained manufacturing processes and systems.- Prepared plant capacity analyses and metrics.- Developed safety stock analysis tool.- Ergonomic assessment of workstations and work content.- Trained production team on new processes.- Created and maintained process documentation.