Experience

Kainos Capital

• United States
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Director

  • Apr 2017 - Present



Operations Strategy Partners, LLC

• Business Consulting and Services

• Managing Director

  • Feb 2014 - Apr 2017

  Managing Director of Operations Strategy Partners, LLC - a full service management consulting firm with its office in Dallas, TX. We are rapidly growing and have become the preferred choice for numerous Private Equity firms. OSP was founded to provide large and small organizations with an innovative, cost effective way to address their tactical and strategic needs. With years of management, systems, engineering, finance and consulting experience, we are hands-on change agents who are equally as comfortable and competent on the shopfloor as in the boardroom. It’s the quality of our team that sets OSP apart from other consulting firms. By bringing in fewer people – each possessing a very high level of talent – we deliver the needed ROI at a lower cost to you. OSP always strives to integrate with our clients, aligning customized solutions with internally consistent and mutually supported strategies. We blend Lean with Practicality to help you achieve your goals in a sustainable and productive manner. We build repeatability into your processes to enhance your organization’s ability to be flexible in all environments. Show less



Milk Specialties Global

• United States
• Dairy Product Manufacturing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Interim Director of Operations

  • Jan 2014 - 2015

  • Re-engineered high speed filling lines to optimizing labor content and reduce cost • Assisted in procuring a new fill system to reduce shrink and giveaway • Developed and installed SMED program in production areas leading to a significant reduction in changeover time • Increased protein dryer throughput resulting in higher productivity and increased capacity • Combined job functions and reduced headcount • Reduced CIP cycle time by leveraging quick changeover concept, opening up needed capacity • Reduced BOD’s and water consumption by identifying loss points in the facility and established best practices with the operations team to minimize cost • Decreased overfill at the bagging heads resulting in improved yields, increased capacity and better productivity • Reduced CIP cycle time by using best practices learned at a previous location • Systematized an approach to capture Powder Yield leading to an increase in saleable product. Show less



USC Consulting Group

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Project Manager

  • 2008 - 2014

  • Primary point of contact for full life-cycle US based and International assignments with sole project responsibility with teams of up to 20 contributors and budgets between $ 1.5 million and $6.5 million. • Directly manage project budgets/costs, personnel, and equipment, utilizing multiple vendors and client partners. • Oversee implementations of lean manufacturing process improvements for production lines at multiple global and Fortune 500 facilities including the implementation of inventory and downtime reduction systems using Six Sigma for organizational change or business transformation. Show less

• Project Manager

  • 2006 - 2008

  • Analyze client operations, focusing on cost reduction and increased resource utilization • Perform in-depth client analysis of clients staffing, financials, IT infrastructure, resource utilization and operational efficiency • Develop and implement Management Operating System upgrades. Focusing on front line management change implementation at various levels of management within an organization. • Manage the day-to-day operational and tactical aspects of multiple large scale projects. • Direct oversight to project managers working on client engagements and responsible for review of high-level deliverables across all assigned projects. Show less

• Senior Project Consultant

  • 2005 - 2006

  • Implement continuous improvement projects using process identification to maximize productivity, throughput, quality, and consistency of specifications. • Build client relationships to develop future business opportunities and sustain client engagements. • Design and implement work estimating methodology and resource capacity model to improve productivity and streamline processes. • Create and implement manufacturing management operating systems to increase throughput, reduce costs and decrease contractor workforce expenses. • Devise upgraded supply chain planning practices to correct timing issues that resulted in excess inventory and packing delays. • Increase production capability without adding to fixed and semi-variable costs, providing capacity to increase sales. • Identify customer service and operations activities that duplicated more than 30% of work effort. • Design process flow chart and operational plan to streamline functions and create efficiency.• Transform report generation to automated processes from largely manual data entry practice and consolidated overlapping tasks. Show less