Senior Operations and Research & Development Management Executive
Manufacturing, Military/ Aerospace, Medical Device Industries
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Senior Manufacturing Operations Executive with 20 years of overall experience in the U.S. Defense, FDA Medical Device, and Telecomm Industries.
12 years of experience as an Operations, Engineering, and Test Director. with budgeting and P&L responsibilities.
Key contributor of growth to $3.23 billion global consumer products manufacturer operating on 4 continents.
Expert at developing and improving manufacturing systems/processes and Operational Excellence initiatives, while maintaining or improving performance, improving quality, reducing costs, and generating sustainable revenue.
Proven track record of designing successful product development, operations, and R&D strategies using a myriad of tailored approaches to provide lean produced, targeted, viable products.
Effective leadership building teams with over 50 direct and indirect reports across multi-state facilities
Highly effective multi-disciplined technical leader of financial and cultural turnarounds.
Certified Six-Sigma Black Belt.
Highly adept hands on engineer with over twenty years developing software, systems, mechanical and optical tooling and fixturing for process, quality, and test.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
JD Stems (January 2015 - Present)
JD Stems is a start-up concern within the direct retail and wholesale consumer markets. Currently in the seed level development, with annual revenue currently in the +100k range.
Consulting C.O.O./ VP R&D
Audubon, NJ
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
Provide operational leadership to the development of company organization.
Owner of technical road-map.
Draft and execute business plan
Represents company and maintains key regulatory compliance standards.
Responsible for development of supply chain from China manufacturing facilities to local storage and retail facilities.
Subject expert on operations, quality, design, research & development methods and systems.
The position reports to the President and Manages 2 direct and 7 indirect reports.
Key Achievements:
Successfully developed business plan to provide company direction and investor understanding.
Documented organizational structure identifying key roles required and overall company organizational flow.
Formulated company marketing plan.
Developed and executed marketing research survey system to help direct product, marketing, and sales objectives
Drafted both supplier side and vendor agreement contract standards.
Implemented internal purchase and accounting system.
Developed new product offerings currently under patent review I.a.w. technology road-map.
Developed 5yr product technology road-map.
Managing sales and marketing programs.
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Chemring Countermeasures USA (November 2010 ‚ January 2015)
Chemring Countermeasures USA is an I.S.O. 9001, 14000, 18001 global defense manufacturer of electronic warfare aircraft defense products including 4.2 pyrophoric, and class 1.2 explosive Infrared countermeasures with over 1,200 employees and revenues of 260 million USD.
Operations Engineering Director‚
Aston, PA., Toone, TN.
Primarily located at Main Corporate Center in Aston PA., position requires presence at all locations
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
Provide operational leadership, direct capital expenditure efforts, identify cost savings opportunities and spearhead strategic capabilities expansion programs while simultaneously directing corporate integration and merger plans.
Represents company and maintains key regulatory compliance standards.
Negotiates key contract and technical items between customers and company.
Subject expert on operations, test, design, research & development methods and systems.
The position reports to two General Managing and Manages 7 direct and 33 indirect reports across several states.
Key Achievements:
Successfully integrated disparate operations groups across several states and under two different quality systems.
Implemented shared resource and consumable material purchase program resulting in cost savings of over 25% of annual department consumable material expenditures.
Reorganized key operations to increase capacity nearly 70% while reducing overhead by 30%
Identified and currently leading lean manufacturing improvement program targeted to improve the safety of company operators, satisfy and increase regulatory compliance, and reduce operating waste and overhead by 30-40% utilizing Six Sigma and LEAN methods and tools.
Managed two R.I.F. activities resulting in 30% elimination of overhead rates while maintaining 80% capability.
Initiated and currently manage the Performance Management System Pilot Program within Quality Inspection and Test, which has increased employee engagement and efficiency by 20% and reduced employee turnover by 40% within the first two quarters.
Used positional influence to initiate redesign of product development program aligned with industry stage gate requirements.
ALLOY SURFACES INC.‚ Aston, PA (August 2004- November 2010)
Pennsylvania manufacturing facility for Chemring Countermeasures USA. At peak, the site manufactures over 145 million USD via multiple product offerings across two facilities employing over 580 employees.
Operations Engineering Test Director‚
Aston, PA.
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
Held full strategic planning and P&L management responsibility for the test operations of the $143 million international defense company.
Executive technical and operations consultant.
Reported to the Corporate VP of Operations and Managed 4 direct and 30 indirect reports.
Key Achievements:
Re-engineered key back end operations to produce an astounding 1500% increase in capacity while maintaini...
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