TIMOTHY D. LaRUE, *** Bucknell Road, Columbus, OH 43213, C.614-***-****, u9vpg9@r.postjobfree.com

PROCESS IMPROVEMENT & BUSINESS OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

Project Management - Lean Manufacturing - Continuous Improvement - Performance Optimization - Kaizen Methodology - Toyota Production System - Supply Chain – Logistics – Engineering - Strategic Planning - Marketing

High-performing Manufacturing Operations and Continuous Improvement Professional with a Bachelors in Pre-Law, delivering outstanding returns by improving, and driving Business Operations to new and exciting levels of productivity. Polished leader and outstanding communicator with a proven track record of fixing organizations, implementing change, orchestrating successful turnarounds, increasing profitability and reducing costs that have resulted in bottom line profits and organizational excellence. Experienced in a variety of industries, including automotive, aerospace, commercial nuclear power, paper industry, and general manufacturing/industrial products. Masterful at making assessments of operational challenges and for developing and leading the resulting action plans. Candidate for Black Belt certification Six Sigma.

EDUCATION – SUCCESSES - RESPONSIBILITIES

Bachelors, Pre-Law, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 1994

Teaching Certificate, Franklin County Court of Common Pleas. 1993

Candidate for Black Belt certification Six Sigma. Currently Enrolled. Six Sigma Black Belt Certification.

• Project Manager for a business management consulting firm specializing in continuous improvement and implementation. As a manufacturing and operations consulting professional, extensive background in performance/cost management, data analysis, inventory forecasting and planning, production variance identification and root-cause analysis.

• Lead multiple projects and director of teams of over 15 professional staff consultants and clients by developing a continuous improvement process and implementing cultural and process changes across a diverse number of industries, while applying the principles of Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen methodology, the Toyota Production System, and Six Sigma.

• Project Manager working with Vought Aircraft that developed and managed a continuous improvement team that ultimately got the Boeing Dreamliner program back on schedule, saving Vought Aircraft the contract worth millions of dollars in revenue.

• Developed Kaizen teams and through employee involvement, barriers were eliminated and inefficiencies were fixed in the process, ultimately leading to 100’s of hours of labor costs being taken off the plane which resulted in productivity increased by 30% and set-up times reduced in excess of 25%.

• Developed and directed a continuous improvement team that got the Blackhawk Helicopter program back on schedule and ultimately leveraging Vought in taking additional work/volume from a key competitor, (Sikorsky).

• Multiple demonstrations of developing and managing teams in the Nuclear Power Industry that focused on work week management and specific INPO (Institute of Nuclear Power Operations) and AFI’s (Areas for Improvement). A process and behavioral change had to take place with productivity increased by over 50%, and backlogs of work decreased by over 60% and overall plant safety and health went from yellow to green.

• Project Managed and implemented improvements with companies such as Vought Aircraft Industries, BAE, BOSCH, Boeing Aircraft, Entergy- Vermont Yankee, First Energy- Perry Nuclear Power Plant, APS – PaloVerde Nuclear Generating Station, GAF, Brown Printing Company, Veyance Technologies, Juno Lighting, Werthan Packaging, Inc., Delphi, Kaiser Aluminum, and Appleton Papers, Inc.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

Project Manager, Business Analyst, DEWOLFF, BOBERG, & ASSOCIATES, Dallas, TX…………………………1997-Present

• Worked with all levels of management (CEO-President to front-line supervision). Development, design and implementation of a Management Operating System (continuous improvement process) utilized to identify, measure and increase safety, quality, schedule and performance. Develop and install management tools that drive behaviors that generate quantifiable results. Extensive experience in developing systems in all facets of an organization.

Owner/Operator, AMERICAN COIN LAUNDRY Lima, Ohio……………………………………………………..2001-Present

• Owner/operator of full-service laundry facility including dry cleaning, drop-off service, and coin operated self service laundry. Responsible for all aspects of operating a small business including inventories, purchasing, and profit/loss. Increased dry cleaning and sales revenue by 20+%, and reduced the cost of inventory by 10%.

*** Previous career history: Marketing Director, Sales Representative, SOLOMON INFORMATION SYSTEMS/Manager, Transportation and Logistics, ROADWAY PACKAGE SYSTEMS/Supervisor, Transportation and Logistics, UNITED PARCEL SERVICE.