Chris J. Schepperly, P.E., PMP, cMBB

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Punta Gorda, Florida 33950

Phone: 941-***-****

Email: acr64g@r.postjobfree.com

PROFILE:

Experienced senior manager with extensive background in Lean Six Sigma, Project Management, Electrical Engineering, Manufacturing and Maintenance Operations, Process Automation (Control), and Information Systems. A proven track record managing teams of diverse nature and backgrounds to successfully deliver the objectives on time, within budget and to customers’ satisfaction. Experienced in managing and working with cultures on a global basis. Maintains a Professional Engineering License (PE) in the States of Michigan and Texas, Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) from the Project Management Institute, and a Certified Master Black Belt in Design For Six Sigma and DMAIC.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

Strategic Initiatives Group, LLC 2012 to Current

Vice President/Consultant

Strategic Initiatives Group specializes in providing consulting expertise in the areas of Project Management, Program Management, Six Sigma, Innovation Breakthrough, Strategy development and Process Improvements.

Recent Clients:

Sinclair Group/New Page paper company

oOperational Excellence training and implementation on:

Maintenance work process

Project management

Energy systems operation

Variance Reduction International

oUniversal Wells Services

White Belt and Green Belt Lean Six Sigma training

Development of Lean Six Sigma program throughout the company

Coaching and mentoring GB projects on

Value Stream Mapping

Process Development

oMaintenance

oSales

oInventory Management

oOperations

LSS Strategic Planning

Cycle time reduction

oChevron

White Belt and Green Belt Lean Six Sigma training

Rockwood Lithium 2010 to 2012

Global Director Lean Six Sigma

Lead the global activities for Lean Six Sigma within the company. Had global responsibility for setting the direction and managing the resources in Lean Six Sigma. Such activities include establishing the training and certification requirements, identifying and installing a portfolio management tool, establishing the financial guidelines for determining the value of projects and then tracking. Lead, coach, and train belts and managers on all Operational Excellence and Lean Six Sigma activities.

The Dow Chemical Company 1980 to 2009

Manufacturing and Engineering 7/08 – 12/09

Lead a DFSS team to design the most effective way to combine and share functional resources between sites for the merger of Dow Chemical and Rohm & Haas.

Lead global implementation of the DFSS design that resulted in delivering significant savings and improved manufacturing operations.

Chris J. Schepperly, P.E., PMP, cMBB

SIX SIGMA – Master Black Belt DFSS/ MAIC 1/01 – 7/08

Knowledge in both Six Sigma applications (MAIC and Design For Six Sigma (DFSS)) and Lean.

Main activities are aligned with DFSS, MAIC Six Sigma and Lean projects. I have lead and coached teams in the areas of:

New Business Development –Determined the Critical Customer Requirements to be delivered so that we would become a leader in the industry

Strategy Development – Worked with Global business units and top leadership in the development of their strategic plans for the immediate and long term direction.

Manufacturing Improvement – Trained and coached BB’s on their projects to eliminate defects and make breakthroughs in manufacturing. These projects have lead to the development of new improved product that met and exceed customer needs at lower cost.

New Manufacturing Facility – Coach capital project teams on the most efficient and effect way of building a new plants. These efforts addressed the operating processes, operation costs, risk management and capital cost reduction.

New Supply Chain Work Processes – Coached teams in determining the best way to supply the raw material and the logistics to deliver the raw material on time and to specifications.

Leadership and training of Black Belts and Business Leaders – I trained at The Dow Chemical Company Six Sigma institute for MAIC Black Belts. I’m also one of 5 certified DFSS MBB’s that coaches and mentors MBB’s in training, and certifies MAIC BB’s on the effective application of DFSS tools. I also train Six Sigma Champions on the methodology and how to effectively identify key projects and leverage the tools throughout everything that they do on a daily basis.

Lean – Was a key driver behind bring Lean into the company. Developed the training programs and a key subject matter expert in Lean within the company.

Risk Management and Mitigation – Coached a Mega project ($20B +) team in the Middle East on Risk identification and Mitigation plans. Identification of the potential risks, categorizing them and determining the most critical ones to work on mitigation so there is not a negative impact to the project schedule and cost.

PROJECT MANAGER INFORMATION SYSTEMS 02/00 – 05/02

Project Manager for the development of the Chemical Industry Data Exchange (CIDX) Chem eStandards. This was a multi company project that consisted for BASF, DuPont, and Dow for the first phase and then expanded to include multiple major chemical, marketplace, financial, and development companies for the second phase.

Received the Global Award of Excellence, and recognized by Eye for Chem Magazine as the third most significant event for the Chemical Industry in that year.

PROJECT ENGINEER (ENGINEERING MANAGER) 07/97 – 02/00

Served as a Project Engineer/Engineering Manager on several key projects which include power distributions systems, chemical plants, and licensing technology. In this role the delivery of engineering and design technology was critical to the success of projects. Many of these project included operations in other countries such as the Europe, Pacific, and Latin America.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT 07/94 – 07/97

Managed several major project teams consisting of multiple nationalities, and disciplines.

Project Manager for

Operations and Business Services organization

Global Implementation of PRODUCER™

Received a recommendation of achievement from several businesses and technology managers.

Process Information VAX Optimization Team (PIVOT).

Received a Special Achievement Award for my leadership.

MANAGER GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY IMPLEMENTATION 11/89 – 07/94

Management experience with developing new organizations and leading these organizations to be recognized as leaders in their field. Manager of the Global Technology Implementation Team that was responsible for implementing the latest process control technology globally for the safe operation and control of the chemical and power facilities for The Dow Chemical Company.

Chris J. Schepperly, P.E., PMP, cMBB

PROJECT MANAGER MIDLAND ENERGY PROJECT 10/85 – 11/89

This project team was awarded with the:

Innovation Technology Award given by The Dow Chemical Company Technology Center Director for projects that would deliver greater than $1,000,000.00 in savings on a yearly basis.

Engineering Excellence Award given by the Michigan Operations Engineering.

PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR 12/83 – 10/85

Production Supervisor of maintenance operations, process engineering, electrical engineering, and environmental engineering.

PROJECT ENGINEER ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION 06/80 – 12/83

Project Engineer in charge of engineering for the development of a power distribution system.

The Detroit Edison Company 1971 to 1980

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING 06/71 – 06/80

Worked as an electrical engineer in the overhead and underground standards group for The Detroit Edison Company in Detroit, MI.

EDUCATION

ASSOCIATES INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS

Ferris State University, Big Rapids, Michigan

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Michigan

PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING LICENSE

State of Michigan

State of Texas (Inactive status)

PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION

Project Management Institute, Newtown Square, Pennsylvania

SIX SIGMA

Certified Master Black Belt MAIC

Certified Master Black Belt Design For Six Sigma (DFSS)

Certified Instructor for Project Management

COMPUTER EXPERIENCE

Experienced with multiple software applications:

Word

Excel

Power Point

MS Project

JMP

Minitab

SigmaXL

QFD Designer

Plus many others

Chris J. Schepperly, P.E., PMP, cMBB

AFFILIATIONS

INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERS (IEEE)

Senior Member/Retired

Past Chairman of the Board for South-East Michigan

DUCKS UNLIMITED

Past Chairman of Midland Chapter

Past Chairman of Isabella County Chapter

PROJECT MANAGEMENT INSTITUE

Certified Project Manager – Current Member

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF QUALITY

Current Member

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