Experience

The Beadery® Craft Products

• United States
• Plastics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Manufacturing Engineer and Product Safety Manager

  • Feb 2013 - Present

  ● Create custom database applications to automate tasks and assist sales, marketing, production and purchasing with data analysis● Determine which safety tests are needed for all products and maintain records for both European and American Markets● Standardize, enter and maintain Bills of Materials for 25,000+ stock codes● Use lean techniques to streamline product structures reducing the amount of redundant and dropped component inventory● Reorganizing work flows to reduce the amount of paper used and eventually have paperless production departments● Maintain web pages and social media outlets

• Manufacturing Engineer and Product Safety Manager

  • Jan 2003 - Feb 2013

  ● Create custom database applications to automate tasks and assist sales, marketing, production and purchasing with data analysis ● Determine which safety tests are needed for all products and maintain records for both European and American Markets ● Standardize, enter and maintain Bills of Materials for 25,000+ stock codes ● Use lean techniques to streamline product structures reducing the amount of redundant and dropped component inventory ● Started reorganizing work flows to reduce the amount of paper used and eventually have paperless production departments ● Coordinate between design, sales and manufacturing during product developement stages ● Maintain and organize quality control sample chart for 400+ colors and color multis ● Perform quality control checks on purchased components and finished goods ● Participate in product developement meetings and lead the toy developement team ● Perform sustainability analysis on complete Wal-Mart product line (150+ SKU's) ● Assisted in the switchover to DSDC and pick to light system for Wal-Mart SKU's ● Developed initial online retail and customer/visitor survey web pages



Kent Hospital

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Jan 2010 - Jan 2011

  ● Observed continuous improvement initiatives in the hospital setting● Researched applications of organizational and lean concepts as applied to health care services



URI Engineering Computer Center

• Computer Operator / Grad Assistant UNIX Administrator

  • Jan 1995 - Sep 2001

  ● Installed and maintained hardware including PCs, UNIX servers, workstations and networked printers. ● Assisted faculty, staff and students with hardware and software related problems. ● Installed and maintained Sun/Windows operating systems and software. ● Created scripts and menu systems to automate common tasks for operators and administrators including: - User account creation/maintenance - Usage/quota monitoring and adjustment - Security and network abuse monitoring ● Created and maintained department web pages.



Hoechst Celanese Corp

• Engineering Intern

  • May 1996 - Sep 1996

  - Worked on material handling projects - Created Standard Operating Procedures - Completed Acquisition Reports - Completed inter-departmental safety reports