Experience

Morgan Olson

• United States
• Truck Transportation
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Engineering Manager

  • Oct 2015 - Present

  Responsible for directing design and manufacturing engineering personnel at this site. Provide leadership, direction, and support to all departments emphasizing continuous improvement and teamwork throughout the organization.



Smiths Detection

• United Kingdom
• Security Systems Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Site Lead & Operations Manager

  • Mar 2014 - Oct 2015

  Responsible for the day to day operation of the site. Provide leadership, direction, and support to all departments emphasizing the need for continuous improvement and teamwork to drive down cost throughout the organization while continuing to provide the highest level of quality products to our valued customers.



Thermo Fisher Scientific

• Production Manager

  • Sep 2012 - Mar 2014

  Responsible for directing production department. Provide leadership and support to production; emphasizing the need for continuous improvement and teamwork throughout the organization.Led LEAN transformation of the production area. Introduced 5S, Visual tools, Kan Ban, and stream-lined material flow resulting in significant gains in on-time deliveries.



Northrop Grumman - Remotec

• Manager, Production Operations & Manufacturing Engineering

  • Dec 2001 - Jul 2011

  Responsible for directing production and production engineering departments. Provide leadership and support to all departments that interface with, or support production; emphasizing the need for continuous improvement and teamwork throughout the organization. Led LEAN transformation of production operations. Introduced 5S, Kan Ban, Kitting, cellular manufacturing, and visual tools that resulted in $2.8M savings in the first year following implementation.. AWARDSPresident's Leadership Award



Industrial Fabricators, Incorporated

• Manufacturing Engineer

  • Apr 2001 - Dec 2001

  Responsible for directing the operations for this industrial fabrication company. Evaluate equipment needs and determine process requirements to efficiently produce all new parts and tooling fixtures. Also, provide troubleshooting and continuous improvement support in keeping with management's on target goal of increasing business from $15MM to $30MM annually.



John Deere CWP

• Advanced Engineering Analyst

  • Nov 1996 - Apr 2001

  Responsible for assigning a start-up budget of $16,000,000 for cutting and forming areas; a project completed under budget by $4,000,000. Responsibilities included: evaluation, selection, purchasing and installation of all CNC laser and plasma cutting machines, NC forming equipment and CNC punching machine. Also, responsible for design of all material handling systems and the design and procurement of special forming tooling. SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS Selected to Value Improvement Team to assist in reducing cost of product Selected as Process Pro. Oversaw cost improvement activities of specific teams



Freightliner Corporation

• Manufacturing Engineer

  • May 1988 - Nov 1996

  Responsible for evaluating, recommending and installing all manufacturing equipment in the Plate Shop, overseeing the creation and maintenance of all CNC equipment programming, reviewing all Engineering Change Notifications, specifying and purchasing all punch and form tooling and providing troubleshooting and continuous improvement support. SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS Selected to the "Eagles Program", management development program