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Rick Smith

Facility Manager at Jones Lang Lasalle
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Rick Smith, a seasoned executive with 25 years of experience in manufacturing, leadership, and process improvement, holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the University of California, Santa Cruz.
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Location
Fremont, California, United States, US
Skills
  • Process Improvement
  • Six Sigma
  • Cross Functional Team Leadership
  • Manufacturing
  • Management
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Rick Smith, a seasoned executive with over 20 years of experience, has led various organizations to success in manufacturing, management, and leadership. As a Facility Manager at Jones Lang Lasalle, he has optimized processes and implemented lean manufacturing techniques, resulting in improved efficiency and productivity. Prior to this, he held senior roles at Office Depot, Multis, Pogo Linux, Burro Grande (DBA Taco Del Mar), Sun Microsystems, and Apple Computers, where he demonstrated expertise in engineering support, equipment sustainment, production management, and team leadership. Rick holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and is proficient in Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, and testing methodologies.

Experience

  • Jones Lang Lasalle
    • Newark, CA (Amazon)
    • Facility Manager
      • Jul 2017 - Present
      • Newark, CA (Amazon)
  • Office Depot
    • Engineering Maintenance Manager
      • Dec 2010 - Present

      Responsible for the engineering support and equipment sustainment of the company's west coast distribution center.

  • Multis
    • Production Manager/Safety Manager
      • Nov 2007 - Aug 2010

      Manage daily activities of system testers, software/hardware technicians, Unix system administrators to meet daily work schedules. Collaborate with external auditors (Customers, BSI) to conduct in-depth compliance quality and safety audits, responsible for providing root cause on test, quality an...

  • Pogo Linux
    • Mfg. Manager
      • Nov 2006 - Sep 2007

      Operated as site operations manager, responsible for the daily operations of Pogo Linux’s Fremont Manufacturing facility. Responsibilities included operating within established site operations budgets, management of site personnel (production assemblers, Linux Engineers, Assemblers, Linux softwa...

  • Burro Grande (DBA Taco Del Mar)
    • Franchise Owner and Operator
      • Jan 2004 - Jul 2007

      Owned and operated a successful Mexican fast food franchise restaurant. In charge of local area marketing, daily sales, purchasing, inventory and human resources. Successfully completed required State food Safety management courses through the County of Santa Clara. Interfaced with local and...

  • Sun Microsystems
    • Technical Site Manager
      • Nov 1989 - Oct 2004

      Technical Site Support/Project ManagerControl $2.5 million budget and oversees technical support personnel in the design, implementation, and support of company’s Newark production facility. Manage daily activities of 50(+) UNIX system administrators, network administrators, JAVA programmers, ma...

  • Apple Computers
    • Production Supervisor/SMT Engineer
      • Oct 1983 - Nov 1989

      Manufacturing SupervisorSupervised daily build schedules, supervised 35 production personnel (inventory specialists, equipment operators, equipment technicians, manage department parts inventory and sustaining budget of $1.2 Million. Other duties were to design, procure and sustain board assembly...

Education

  • 1994 - 1998
    University of California, Santa Cruz

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