PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential - Lutz, FL

Production Supervisor

Responsibilities:

• Establish and communicate metrics, expectations and accountabilities to direct reports.
• Establishing cycle times to track %Efficiency, %Utilizations, % Quality, OEE.
• Implementation of continuous process improvement and Lean Manufacturing initiatives (5S, Kanban, Visual Factory, and Inventory Control).
• Developed / implemented continuous program.
• Set-up and implemented cross of employees.
• Develop matrix to track optimizing productivity; Solders improved by 30%, and Shrinking improved by 37%.
• Working on SOP’s and Work Instructions to comply with OSHA & FDA regulatory requirements.

Confidential, Tampa, FL

Manufacturing Supervisor

Responsibilities:

• Manage quality process, production scheduling, process monitoring,, health & safety; maintain attendance records, employee reviews and communication.
• Supervise five SMT Production Lines, total of 15 operators
• Supervise three SMT Setup operators
• Supervise one repair person.

Confidential, Brooksville, FL

Supervisor

Responsibilities:

• Manage the quality process, health & safety, production scheduling, process monitoring,, maintain attendance records, employee reviews, and communication.
• Coordinates on time deliveries with Planners; support and initiate problem solving ideas within Department.
• Within the Bond/Coat Department supervise one Group Leader and ten operators; masking/damasking, solder, bond components and coating circuit boards.
• Establish and communicate metrics, expectations and accountabilities to direct reports.
• Set-up and implemented cross of employees.

Confidential, Trinity, FL

UV Filter Manager

Responsibilities:

• Developed / implemented continuous program in conjunction with our newly acquired AS 9100 .
• Managed a cross-functional project team; engineers, maintenance, formulators, production personnel, QA, QC and client (as appropriate) moving Growth Department from our Trinity facility to our Port Richey facility. Completed process validation to insure crystal growth parameters between the two facilities.
• Assist in the setup of barcode labor tracking and material tracking.
• Kaizen Improvement; 2007 customer warranty returns at 250 ppm an improvement over the previous returns of 3500 ppm.
• January 2008 through August 2010 have increased shipment by 65% and reduced customer warranty returns to 230 ppm.
• Develop and achieved revenue budget.
• Return on Sales at 28%.
• Reduced manpower needs from budget 30 to 17 operators resulting in a 45% decrease in labor.

Confidential

Combat Life Support Camp Manager

Responsibilities:

• Combining leadership and lean management skills developed an effective workforce while managing a $1.5 million per a month contract.
• Developed inventory control / tracking, setting up minimum / maximum inventory quantities and reorder levels.
• Modified SITREP documentation recovering $170,000 in the first three months.

Confidential

Data Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Direct and Supervisor Iraqi work force loading munitions into shot boxes for demolition.
• Schedule product flow to assure efficient use of manpower. Improved efficiency by 25%.
• Developed an action plan to destroy munitions maximizing ratio between donor and target material.
• Inventory of C - 4, Comp-B, Detonation Cord (Russian and US), fuses and igniters.
• Maintain spreadsheet to track inventory of all munitions by type, storage location, manufacture and tonnage, barcode material tracking.

Confidential

Data Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Direct and Supervisor Iraqi work force loading shot boxes for demolition.
• Trained team in the use of bar - code to track munitions.
• Schedule product flow to assure efficient use of manpower. Improved efficiency by 25%.
• Developed an action plan to destroy munitions maximizing ratio between donor and target material.
• Develop spreadsheet to track inventory of all munitions by type, storage location, manufacture and tonnage, barcode material tracking.
• Report daily demolition by item and tonnage destroyed.

Confidential, St. Petersburg, FL

Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Worked to improve customer satisfaction through reduction in lead times.
• Managed a multi-disciplinary team involved in the transfer of In-Mold Coating Process to Mexico.
• Developed procedures, Work Instructions, SOPs, and Forms for ISO 9000 s, conducted for team members.
• Managed the use of computer SPC Control software to monitor daily process trends, capability indexes to improve process control and decision-making.
• Developed and facilitated a continuous program for operators and inspectors to stabilize the department aimed at increasing quality and output.
• Interfaced with R&D Engineering to develop, validate, and scale-up new products and coating processes into production.
• Worked as a Technical Supervisor to develop the Thin Films Coating Formulation Lab into a world class supplier of thin film coatings with annual sales of 60,000 Kg and a scrap rate of <0.5%.
• Designed factorial experiments which yielded 15% improvement and an annual savings of $5.5M.
• Organized labor flow resulting in a reducing downtime, increasing production by 20%, and eliminating overtime for a total savings of $180K in labor costs.
• Developed and implemented programs aimed at increasing output and quality yields with a cost savings of roughly $1M per year.