Experience

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  Milk Specialties Company

  • Paris, Illinois

  • Operations/EHS

    • Sep 2013 - Present
    • Paris, Illinois

    Overall responsibility for all operations to include production, maintenance, deliveries, quality, staffing, human resources and payroll as well as all safety and environmental compliance. Milk Specialties Global Animal Nutrition Division provides nutritional supplement to large scale dairies which are added into existing diet for dairy cattle during the milking process.• Increased OTD from 79% to 97% by restructuring production scheduling and inventory.• Reduced scrap re-work quantity from 800,000# to 0 within 28 days via process changes.• Increased production lbs./hr from 5000 to 9300 through equipment changes.• Improved rail hopper shipments equating to additional $76k in weekly profit.• Designed steam tank that saved $45k annually in landfill fees and reduced scrap to near-zero.• Reduced employee turnover rate from 145 in 2014 to 41 in 2015 via policy changes.• Introduced new equipment that reduced annual demurrage from $40,800 to $ 3,850.• Reduced FY2014 recordable injuries from 6 (2014) to 1 (2015) through focused site-specific training.

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  Branson Farms

  • Central & Southern Indiana

  • Chief Operations Officer

    • Jul 1996 - Sep 2015
    • Central & Southern Indiana

    Complete oversight of family farm operations in Indiana, as well as business operations for separate entities in Idaho, Missouri, Texas, and West Virginia that provided services of:• Milk and beef production• Hereford and Angus cattle breeding for show and production• Soybean planting and harvesting services• Setup, management and response of electronic geo-fencing systems for auto-harvesting

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  AGCO Corporation/Challenger Tractor Division

  • Northern Indiana

  • Independent Field Engineer

    • Nov 2011 - Sep 2014
    • Northern Indiana

    *Served in this role as a contractor on an as-needed basis.*Provide technical services in the field to include programming, installation and troubleshooting of electronics systems and software pertaining to: -ISOBUS Tractor Management Centers (TMC) -Topcon Agricultural Navigation Systems -AGCOMMAND data collection and geo-fencing systems

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  Barger

  • Elkhart, Indiana

  • Director of Operations/Plant Manager/Production Manager/Shift Superintendent

    • Jul 2007 - Jun 2013
    • Elkhart, Indiana

    -Thermoformed Medical Packaging*Continually promoted due to performance and achievements in each role.• Improved throughput by 27% through customer negotiation of CleanRoom QA criteria.• Increased production by 30% via better cycle times, implementing PM’s & tool repair schedules.• Introduced CAPA program to ensure timely resolution/reduction of safety incidents.• Introduced CAPA program to ensure timely completion/resolution of QA NCM’s.• Achieved ISO 9001 & ISO 13485 certifications by implementing QMS as the catalyst.• Lead product launch of BargerGard ® which still currently holds largest profit margin at 35%.• Successfully navigated recession of 2009 by leveraging ability of BargerGard® to sustain.• Successfully negotiated bargaining unit contract/prevented plant shutdown utilizing staff as required.

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  Carpenter Company

  • Elkhart, Indiana

  • Production Manager

    • Jul 2006 - Jul 2007
    • Elkhart, Indiana

    *Production Manager for Carpet Cushion department.*Personnel management for approximately 30 employees*Payroll*Verified overall yield percentage increase from 83% to 96% in 1yr.*Restructured On-time-delivery to overall annual percentage of 98%

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  US Navy

  • Coronado, California, United States

  • Team Leader

    • Jul 1998 - Jul 2006
    • Coronado, California, United States

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  United States Marine Corps

  • San Diego, California/Kaneohe, Hawaii

  • Drill Instructor/Supervisor

    • Jul 1990 - Jul 1998
    • San Diego, California/Kaneohe, Hawaii