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Phone PHONE NUMBER AVAILABLEemail:EMAIL AVAILABLEMulti-disciplined Senior Engineer with thirty plus years experience leading the cross-functional efforts of world-class Fortune 100 companies and startups; consistently providing effective leadership in the achievement of aggressive goals and business performance improvement.Strong engineering, manufacturing, and purchasing management background with demonstrated ability to lead and manage a cross-functional team within both domestic and multi-national Departments.Documented capability to deliver results and manage continuum between strategy development and tactical execution. Successful multi-industry history managing the development process, driving continuous cost and productivity improvement, and building/motivating professional staffs and hourly.Highly effective program manager with verifiable successes leading multi-functional efforts.First-rate interpersonal, presentation, negotiating, and communication skills with the ability to establish credibility at all levels of the organization and outside of the organization.Bottom-line orientation, and a passion for continuous improvement; BSME, EIT, GE/Maytag Six Sigma Certified Black Belt and 5 S techniques, Six Sigma for Manufacturing, Fire and Life Safety Code, Kaizen, Lean principles and State Licensed General Contractor in Small Commercial and Residential Construction.PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCEMcKee Foods Corporation 2007-PresentSenior Process/Project EngineerProvide project management, engineering and technical support for product manufacturing at the Corporate level through expense and capital projects to support the strategic goals of company. Project management experience includes plant expansions, corporate acquisitions, new production line installations, new product development/introduction, core problem solving, project management, Subject Matter Expert (SME) for continuous improvement and lean initiatives of all processes from ingredient delivery at the start of line to the finished product entering the wrapper room. Engineering experience includes over 15 years in Corporate Engineering Process Group. Responsibilities include providing process engineering solutions for cooling tunnels, ovens (pan, cookie and cake), depositors (cookie, extrusion, cake), enrobers, topping droppers, stripping, cutting slitting, mixers, troughs, cappers, pumps, platforms, ingredient bag ergonomic handling equipment, piping and conveyors (wire belt, steel, mesh, cloth), belt washers, oven band process automated cleaning equipment, line and building layouts. Helped develop justification for the purchase of 3D facility scanner for line layouts and two 3D Printers for rapid development of confidential design elements for both historic and future products. Setting up engineering design processs that take in account sanitary design elements approved for use by European Hygienic Engineering and Design Group (EHEDG), FDA recommended Hygienic Design Principles as well as the British Retail Consortium (BRC) requirements and certifications. Responsibility of leading cross functional teams to investigate preliminary engineering work scope, costing, margins, IRRs and the subsequent presentation to senior company management for project authorization for all assigned capital projects. Leader of cross-functional teams to execute projects to meet project performance objectives, schedule and costing. Shared responsibility for setting up the Corporate Engineering Safety Handbook, safety inspection forms, and PPE requirements by job task. Participated on A3 Variance Reduction Team to reduce the amount of ingredient variance (IUV) and waste on companies highest IUV lines. Team leader for seven products being relocated in support of a plant shutdown. Process Engineer for relocating two Hostess Drake product lines from New Jersey to Collegedale Tennessee facility. Design of confidential one of kind Process Equipment allowing competitive advantage. Currently Process Project Manager for layout, design, installation, commissioning and startup of a new Production Line within an operational facility without disruption to the adjacent 12 production lines bringing on additional capacity of two core (Top 5) products. Developed processes to perform Factory Acceptance Testing (FATs) using remote technology (Pandemic related) to help identify major equipment deficiencies for change prior to accepting equipment for shipment to minimize project risk. International Trade Show Interpack Dusseldorf participant searching for new technologies for product and process development.- Continued -Candidate's Name Page 2 OF 3Tonights Menu Intelligent Ovens (TMIO) Inc. 2003 - 2007Director of Mechanical Engineering 1% ownership -startup companyMechanical design responsibility of a new appliance with cutting edge technology and materials . Sub-component manufacturing from start to finish with UL858 and FCC Part15 compliance (multiple patents submitted) for Internet/cell phone controlled refrigerated double wall oven. The 538 mechanical parts were designed, drawn and released in less than two years. Shared Plant Management duties and constructed over thirty units for Best Buys stores (i.e. www.bestbuy.com). Creating a team work attitude to accomplish the task in a quality, cost and time effective manner was a must. Start of design, building of models from soft tooling, testing, passing UL858, UL858a, FCC Part15 and UL250 and production start up. See www.tmio.com for completed product which was designed marketed, sold in Best Buy Stores and eventually TMIO Company was sold to Viking Range Company. Lead effort to set up the TMIO manufacturing facility including Plant HVAC, OSHA requirements, Fire Code inspections and compliance with all building codes, Kanban system for inventory control.Bosch Siemens (BSH) Home Appliances 2000 - 2003Senior Mechanical Project Engineer Professional Cooking ProductsProvide design and project management to cross-functional departments (product management, purchasing, quality, service, etc.) to launch aggressive bottom to top product redesign of 28 SKUs of Gas and Electric Professional Cooking Products. Member of Bosch Siemens Product Safety Council with interface with corporate attorneys and safety staff on customer related issues and litigations.Alliance Laundry Systems 1998 - 2000Whirlpool/Maytag CorporationContractor (Private) R&D Design/Project EngineerElectromechanical Engineering design and new product development activities within the microwave technology platform to be applied to wall oven, freestanding, counter top cooking products and commercial laundry products. Three patents (co-inventor) while at Maytag consisting of improvements in Microwave launch tubes construction, catalyst smoke elimination device, and software algorithms.General Electric Company (GE) 1996-1998Project Engineer Roper CorporationComplete program responsibility for the redesign of GEs line of freestanding electric and slide-in gas/electric products (168 SKUs) managing a $900 thousand overall program budget and $420 thousand in capital spending (Sears top 10 item removed with redesigned one piece door. Successful achievement of project launch date and product feature and benefit requirements allowed the business to realize millions in sales revenue of $5 million: service call rate was reduced by 3%, and the yield on productivity efforts was 10%, and the manufacturing scrap reduction of 3%. Delivered Material Cost Takeout (MCTO) on existing products in excess of 1.12 million annualized of projects assigned and completed (MicroMod and One Piece door liner) Corporate Leadership Manager Training for program managers (1 week training at GE Croton on the Hudson (Crotonville) Management School (CELC) Certified (tested) Six Sigma Black Belt Training.Lockheed Martin Energy Systems 1989 1996 Mechanical Engineer III Y-12 Waste Management DivisionSteady progression from entry-level to a more senior level design engineer. Acquired high level of competency in the development of SAR process and disposal methods to handle mixed waste, low level nuclear waste and RCRA/CERCLA wastes from all generators within the Y-12, ORNL and former K-25 complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Numerous old and startup products successfully brought to completion within the General Plant Projects (GPP) and Line Item Projects. Water Treatment Facility Assistant Program Manager for Sludge and Water Treatment and CPCF Water Facility Engineer for DOE Privatization projects and facility engineer for mechanical maintenance department.EI Dupont/ Westinghouse Savannah River Plant 1988 - 1989Mechanical Maintenance Engineer Reactor Works EngineeringResponsible for charge and discharge cranes mechanical maintenance mechanical crew for three operating nuclear reactors. Set up first PM program for the crane system by hiring retired mechanical maintenance technician. Responsible for design field change (DCF) for all mechanical systems involved in cranes and Reactor Shift Supervisor trained for K Reactor site.Candidate's Name Page 3 OF 3EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTM.S.M.E., University of Tennessee at Knoxville (currently 8 hours remaining with 4.0 GPA)B.S.M.E., (Co/op) University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, 1988 (3.17 GPA overall - 3.4 GPA Engineering)Tennessee Licensed General Contractor (residential and small commercial) obtained in 1994 (very familiar with Southern Building Codes and NEC requirements utilized this knowledge at TMIO in setting up a safe place to work that complied with OSHA and NIOSH requirements as well).Excellent facilitator of inter-functional (marketing, reliability, manufacturing, purchasing, scheduling, service, configuration management, designers, and multiple outside regulatory agencys (UL, FCC, CSA, AGA, EPA, International, Federal, State and local agencys, etc)Department of Energy Q clearance from 1989-1997Department of Defense Top Secret clearance 1985-1987Nuclear Regulatory Commission U clearance 1989-1990Department of Energy Award of Excellence 1996 for authoring two procedures for resumption of No Rad Added shipments from Y-12 and implementing Waste Characterization ProgramUse of Pro-E workstation for 11 months at BSH and Solid Works experienceWorking knowledge and use of ISO Q9001-2000, ISO Q9002-1994, ASHRAE 33 and 37, ANSI/ASQ Z1.4, AMCA 300, numerous ASME, ASTM, MIL, NAVSEA, DOD, DOE standards in regards to HVAC equipment for Hazardous and Military use.1st Place 1982 International Science and Engineering Fair in Engineering Division for Electromagnetic Railgun Accelerator1 of 18 Chosen by US Navy for National Science Cruiser Electromagnetic Railgun AcceleratorWestinghouse Science Talent Search Winner (1 of 300) Electromagnetic Railgun Accelerator1985 Appointment by US Navy Admiral of Naval Research to assist with the development of the US Navys first Railgun Accelerator at the David Taylor Naval Research and Development center in Annapolis Maryland.Army/Navy/Air Force 4-year Scholarship winner and nominated to Air Force AcademyOSHA 1910.120, Rad Worker II, Waste Certification, No-Rad Added, DOT, RCRA/Mixed Waste, CERCLA, Asbestos Supervisor, NFPA and (NEC) Electrical supervisor trained1995-1996 Knox County Solid Waste Board Finance Committee MemberKaizen and Lean Manufacturing Methods training with significant experience in utilizing risk managementCost Improvement Project identification and executions with cross-functional department (purchasing, quality, marketing, program management and agency) involvement incorporating APQP, PPAP FMEA, supplier quality audits, and ISO procedures.GE/Maytag Six sigma Certified Black Belt and Reliability Engineer Training, 1997, 2000Tennessee Engineer-in-Training License (1987)US Patent Number 6,472,640 Preheat system for Convection Oven Co-InventorUS Patent Applied for on TMIO refrigeration system (awaiting approval by US Patent office)Proficient in multiple Computer Programs and Hardware including: Microsoft Word, Excel, Project, NT, Win 95 and PowerPoint, Minitab (Statistical Six Sigma Tools), Visio, CorelDraw, Adobe, Etc...Certified Project Manager (CPM) 1988 from University of South CarolinaLean Management Training in Toyota Manufacturing Principles at McKee Foods CorporationEHEDG Sanitary Food Design Course Completion |
