Business Development Executive

• Feb 2019 - Present

Site Director - Technical Center Rochester

• Jan 2010 - Sep 2018

Accountable for all aspects of site performance - project technical services, maintenance, utilities, quality system compliance, environmental-health-safety compliance, and security operations for technical center campus, comprising 330K sq. ft. and 350 personnel. Attained objectives of $7.5M operating budget, using short and long-term budgeting strategies and executing cost-effective supplier initiatives. Upheld statutory compliance with EPA, DOT, OSHA, and other state / local agencies. Responsible for ISO quality management system surveillance and recertification audits, annually.» Maintained zero lost work days over two years and two lost work days over 6-year time period by implementing culture change, training, and best practice adoption.» Passed annual ISO quality system audit, successfully attaining a passing score every year, by maintaining rigorous internal audit process, corrective measure implementation, and targeted, site-wide training.» Saved over $800K on average per year in indirect material cost reductions by employing leadership team engagement, best practice adoption, and disciplined monthly reporting. Show less

Chief Engineer, Valve Train

• Mar 2004 - Sep 2018

VARIABLE VALVE TIMING, VARIABLE VALVE LIFT AND ACTUATOR MECHANISMS:Led a global team of 85 product and development engineers (Rochester-NY/Juarez-MX/Luxembourg/Shanghai-China/Seoul-Korea) in accomplishing continuous improvement objectives and best practice sharing for design, development, validation, testing, and production support of customer-focused valve train products and sub-systems while managing the $20M budget (direct/indirect), using both APQP and project management methods to ensure constant workflow. Demonstrated ability to coach, mentor, and influence global cross-functional teams, in an ethical & collaborative manner, to achieve product quality and business objectives. Focused on driving down material costs to improve profit/value proposition, aligned with internal revenue targets.• Led material cost improvement process, in cooperation with internal stakeholders (Manufacturing Engineering / Purchasing / Sales – Marketing), to identify & implement cost effective improvements >$800k, annually. • Increased sales margins to solid double-digit performance and reduced engineering expense to single digit levels while executing 12 high quality launches. • Awarded 4 team patents per year (average) by executing product innovation process on timely basis, while leveraging internal legal team for consulting on intellectual property submissions.• Strengthened global engineering team with 25 product engineer / technician additions, leveraging human resource gap analysis, targeted skill-set identification, and career path personnel management. Show less

Assistant Plant Manager - Chassis Products

• Sep 2001 - Feb 2004

Directed production staff for six product lines covering two sites with over 500 personnel. Drove overall operational excellence through lean manufacturing kaizen initiatives relative to future state vision layouts, flexible production cells, material flow, quality system, and standardized work methods. Responsible for management of union skilled trades team (> 50 personnel), implementing productive, predictive and planned maintenance systems. » $30M year-on-year operating income improvement through rigorous near-term cost cutting initiatives, material flow and inventory kaizen, and lean manufacturing cell redesign efforts.» 20% uptime improvement through implementation of preventative maintenance route systems, vibration monitoring predictive maintenance, and operator-based, point-of-use maintenance. Show less

Manufacturing Superintendent & Lean Manager

• Sep 1998 - Aug 2001

Led multi-discipline manufacturing team for ABS Control Module product line. Established and improved safety, quality, delivery, and cost performance KPIs for product line. Led continuous improvement initiatives in material flow, cell layout, standardized work, and first-time-quality. Structured implementation of lean manufacturing initiatives across 3 product lines. Led cross-functional planning, training, and implementation efforts in collaboration with manufacturing, engineering, and quality team members. Realized significant investment and labor cost avoidance through effective lean cell layout re-design. Show less