Experience

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  Commonwealth Supply Chain Advisors

  • Washington D.C. Metro Area

  • Senior Consultant

    • Mar 2015 - Present
    • Washington D.C. Metro Area

    Commonwealth Supply Chain Advisors (Commonwealth) is a leading supply chain consulting firm that helps companies of all sizes create and run highly efficient distribution centers and supply chain networks.

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  Lean Consulting, Inc

  • Washington D.C. Metro Area

  • President

    • Dec 2012 - Jun 2016
    • Washington D.C. Metro Area

    Founder and President of Lean Consulting Inc., a premier management consulting firm specializing in lean transformations.

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  The Teaching Company

  • Director, Project Management Office

    • Sep 2010 - Nov 2012

    Raised company from Level 1 to Level 4 on PMI's project management maturity model: • Established a PMO and implemented PMI best practices, standards and processes. • Developed curriculum and trained over 50 project manager and sponsors.• Established project portfolio management program, ranked and sequenced projects to maximize EBITDA while leveling resource and cash flow requirements.• Mentored project managers in managing scopes, schedules, resources, financials, quality, communications and contracts. • Reported project portfolio status: schedule, budget and quality to executive team.

  • Director, Sourcing

    • Jun 2009 - Aug 2010

    • Led team that re-engineered supply chain processes end-to-end to drive out waste, minimize costs and cycle time, while supporting 20% annual growth. • Implemented lean six-sigma continuous improvement programs internally and in partnership with suppliers resulting in improved product quality, order picking efficiency and order accuracy.

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  Richard Muther & Associates

  • Marietta, Georgia

  • Senior Associate

    • Jan 2001 - Jun 2009
    • Marietta, Georgia

    • Lead consultant for supply chain engagements involving global strategic sourcing, site selection, master site planning, facility layout, material handling system design, warehousing, order fulfillment, transportation planning and lean manufacturing. • Completed more than 40 Supply Chain assignments in diverse industries.

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  Emery Worldwide

  • Portland, OR

  • Manager of Design and Process Engineering

    • 1997 - 2001
    • Portland, OR

    • Managed teams that designed, equipped and started up 10 Priority Mail Processing Centers• Oversaw architects and engineering design teams, vendor installations, acceptance testing and training on automated sorting systems and manual material handling systems. • Justified over $40 million in capital expenditures for automated conveyors and sorting equipment

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  Menlo Worldwide

  • Portland, OR

  • Sr. Project Manager

    • 1996 - 1997
    • Portland, OR

    • Designed distribution centers, provided IT solutions and logistics consulting services for external clients. • Developed and implemented barcode scanning/tracking systems. Setup customer interfaces through EDI.

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  Consolidated Freightways

  • Sr. Project Manager

    • 1993 - 1996