Qualifications for Executive- Continuous Improvement Manager Adept at continuous improvement (Six Sigma and Lean) and project management. Offers over 10 years of continuous improvement projects in process and product improvement as well as ten years in operations management. Experienced in technology management, stage-gate development, Supply Chain Management, SQL, MiniTab, JMP, various control software and MS Office Pro Suite including MS Project. Corporate Contributions * Led & trained various teams in process improvement Kaizen events utilizing various Lean & Six Sigma tools. * As Technical Production Manager helped improve 6 months of Technical Variances $3.4M in two years. * Facilitated downtime reduction improvement project team in over $1.48M cost avoidance annually. * Improved Plant Flexibility 22.3% with production support team utilizing lean tools. * Saved $10M annually by leading a team of engineers to improve quality utilizing Six Sigma, Kaizen, Lean Manufacturing methodologies, automation and product proto/pilot procedure development. * Led team that improved product introductions by mapping, streamlining & implementing change procedures and systems that lead to over 30% reduction in operation disruption. * Utilized Designs of Experiments and Process Capability to resolve difficult quality issues and achieve higher levels of quality saving $500K plus annually and achieving 6 sigma on key processes.

Highlights:

• 5S
• Budget Review
• Budgeting
• Data Analysis
• Documentation
• Management
• Project Management
• Macromedia Flash
• Quality
• Manufacturing