Expert Profile
Industrial Engineering. Mechanical Engineering. Operations Management. Continuous Performance Improvement Management. Cash Flow from Operations. HMLV Manufacturing. Lean Manufacturing. Quality Engineering. Six Sigma. Supply Chain Velocity. Inventory ***** pliance Cost. Quality Cost. Facility Cost. Reliability Centered Maintenance. Supplier Integration. Manufacturing Information Systems. MRP. FCS. Production Control. Purchasing. Facility Layout. Standard Work. Tooling Design. Equipment Specification & Justification. Capital Planning.
*****+Associates LLC, Principal, 30 years, Advise, assist & instruct client teams at all organizational levels to become self-sufficient in managing continuous performance improvement. Focus on improving sales revenue, gross margin, cash flow from operations, quality, flow, and operating expense. Goal is strategic satisfaction of all stakeholders.
Industrial Nucleonics, (now Accuray, a unit of ABB), Columbus, OH. Program Manager, 3.5 years, Led development of new control system products and their markets. Focused on continuous control of web-based processes such as paper-making, plastic extrusion & molding, textile finishing, and metal rolling. Also developed four new sensors, based upon optical physics, required for new process control systems.
Olin Corporation, Energy Systems, East Alton, IL. Program Manager. 5 years. Led development of new solid propellant products, their production planning, startup, and marketing. Programs added 1583 wage employees during my tenure. Also championed performance improvement projects for existing products in several plants.
Aeroquip Corporation, Jackson, MI. New Product Development Manager, Research & Development Engineer, Senior R&D Test Engineer. Sales & Service Representative - Asia. 5 years. Products provided fluid handling solutions for all of the world's aircraft, spacecraft, and engine manufacturers.
Marathon Paper, Neenah, WI. Process Improvement Engineer. 2.5 years. Improved throughput and operating expense on processes to make pulp, paper, and food-grade cartons. Also supervised construction and start-up of a new plant to convert scrap paper into napkins.
General Motors Institute (now Kettering University), Flint, MI. BSIE. 200 semester-hour Curriculum included Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Operations Management, and Thesis. Class ranking was 44/750. Also worked 1000 hours/year as an Engineer-in-Training at a General Motors Plant. 5 years.
American Society for Quality, Senior Member. Section Leadership Team Member since 1990. Senior Member, Institute Industrial Engineering. Senior Member, Society Manufacturing Engineering. Senior Member, APICS.
Career-to-date increase in cash flow from reduced operating expense for 40 clients during my tenure exceeds $100 million. Client engagements also added another $100 million in sales revenue. I have written hundreds of internal documents for clients. Client size has ranged from 5 to 5000 employees.