Experience

Burr Oak Tool

• United States
• Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice President of Assembly

  • Jul 2019 - Present

  -Responsible for on-time shipment of all capital machine sales for the 4 major value streams at Burr Oak Tool-Lead goal setting for assembly value streams with a focus on SQDP (Safety, Quality, Delivery, Productivity)-Drive improvements in assembly that has led to improved on-time delivery performance of capital machine equipment-Continuing responsibility for the performance of our assembly, quality and supply chain departments

• Director Of Continuous Improvement

  • Apr 2017 - Jul 2019

  • Ongoing responsibility for Quality, Purchasing, Inventory, IT and Project Management departments • Led efforts to reduce internal cost of poor quality metrics by over 42% from 2017-2019• Created Project Management department at Burr Oak Tool to improve communication and flow of sold capital projects within the organization • On time delivery of sold capital projects has increased by 42% since the creation of the PM department

• Assistant To The President

  • Jan 2017 - Apr 2017

  Structured and implemented an automated, company-wide quality management system-Updated current quality processes in departments where they existed-Collaborated to create processes in departments where they did not exist



Caterpillar Inc.

• United States
• Machinery Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Supplier Quality Engineer II

  • Jul 2014 - Jan 2017

  • Collaborated with Caterpillar engineering team and core suppliers for APQP requirements on critical machined and fabricated parts for new product introduction• Implemented PPAP across the supply base for the Denison, TX facility• Trained suppliers in RCCA, PFMEA, process flow, control plans and EtQ Reliance software• Used SAP for tracking quality rejects and purchase orders from supply base to target suppliers for RCCA

• Operations Leadership Professional

  • Jun 2011 - Jun 2014

  Operations Leadership Track – Leadership and Technical Development Program (LTDP)The Operations Leadership Track is a three year rotational program designed to provide highly capable trainees with experience in manufacturing, quality, operations, and other cross-functional areas.Test Supervisor - Large Generator Packages - San Diego, CA (Solar Turbines) - Supervised team of 15 quality test technicians and electricians testing large generator packages- Improved test cycle time of packages by 2% to support in 100% on time delivery in 2013 - Created evacuation protocol and visual emergency indicators for employees in test cells - Managed weekly and monthly safety meetings for approximately 70 hourly employees which aided in 0 OSHA recordable injuries to Large Gen employees from start date in facilityManufacturing Engineer - General Machining - South Milwaukee, WI - Performed time studies to find cost savings and process improvements which resulted in time reduction equating to over $72,000 savings over 12 month period for three parts - Designed and distributed setup models and drawings for operators using SolidWorks to reduce machine setup time by an average of over 25% for affected parts - Created and implemented standard work practices for machine operatorsSupplier Quality Engineer - Purchase finished goods - East Peoria, IL - Worked with suppliers to reduce rejects and improve parts-per-million (PPM) reject numbers - Lead projects with six suppliers and reduced PPM rejects by 40% over the six month projects- Initiated project to change over 75 prints to reflect proper GD&T datum point inspection methods Show less



Todo Cloud, an Appigo Productivity product

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Support Tech

  • May 2009 - May 2011