Engineer Project

ANTHONY K. O’CONNELL

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PROFILE

Process Improvement Expert with fourteen years of achievements in operations management,

product development, and productivity improvement. Experienced leader with strong communication

skills who supervised an industrial engineering team for a major organization. Consulted to several

corporations in healthcare, retail, and manufacturing with savings of over ten million dollars. Lean

skills include Value Stream Mapping, Kaizen, Problem Solving, Work Measurement, Methods

Engineering, Performance Control, Six Sigma Black Belt, and Systematic Layout Planning.

EXPERIENCE

2008 – 2009

INOVA HEALTH SYSTEM

Senior Lean Consultant, Falls Church, VA

• Senior project team member for $1.2 billion capital improvement project for a leading non-

profit health system in northern Virginia; reported to the Chief Operating Officer.

o Focused the project team members on a campus design which would maximize value

from the perspective of the patients using Toyota Production System as a model.

o Facilitated Value Stream Mapping sessions and planning for the future state with

Global Operations Teams including the management of emergency department,

operating room, laboratory, radiology, materials, transportation, and in-patient units.

o Recommended design and implementation strategies to construction team and user

groups incorporating guiding principles and key factors for project success.

• Led strategic process improvements to the hospital campus to improve patient flow.

o Worked with Emergency Department physicians and nurses to create new policies,

procedures, and staffing levels aimed at reducing delays in patient flow.

o Implemented key ideas including a “rapid medical evaluation system” for low acuity

patients, quick triage process, separation of lab tests and imaging, new bed-board for

inpatient units, and performance feedback via daily and monthly reports.

o Reduced emergency department length of stay by 1 hour; team saved $50+ million.

2005 – 2008

H-E-B GROCERY COMPANY

Senior Industrial Engineer, San Antonio, TX

• Improved the performance of four retail support centers with over $4 billion in sales.

o Led the M.O.S.T. Engineering Labor Standards and Incentives Program.

o Implemented new Labor Management System – increased utilization by 30+%.

o Improved labor performance throughout the network – saving $5 million.

• Led a comprehensive lean transformation of Pharmacy Retail Support Center.

o Redesigned and implemented new jobs, flow, equipment, systems; saved $1.2 million

• Developed the Strategic Five-Year Roadmap for General Merchandise Business.

o Identified issues with outdated technology, and planned new distribution strategy.

o Implemented cost savings initiatives, resets, growth plans, etc.

• Key team member on roll-out of EXE warehouse management software to five facilities.

2001 – 2005

ROSS STORES, INC.

Senior Project Engineer, Newark, CA

• Engineering design team leader for a $100+ million distribution center with over $80 million

in state-of-art merchandise sorting systems and technology.

• Developed and piloted a lean off-price distribution system which doubled productivity and

reduced space needs – forecasting $10+ million in savings.

• Project leader for the Blue Chip standards and incentive program which motivated the

distribution workforce and increased performance by 30%.

• Reorganized corporate payroll team and improved the service level of department.

• Promoted in 2003 and then recruited and trained an industrial engineering team.

1997 – 2001

JMAC AMERICA, INC.

Consultant, San Jose, CA

A leading global consulting firm from Japan that created many management innovations including

lean and kaizen. It is also known for its contributions to the world famous Toyota Production System.

Team results:

FORD MOTOR COMPANY

• Analyzed dealer productivity of new and used car sales, service, and repair.

• Participated on global dealer improvement project with JMAC.

VENDO (vending machines)

• Measured the productivity of forming, welding, painting, and assembly.

• Recommended line balancing to increase productivity by 30%+.

EPSON (inkjet printers)

• Rebalanced final assembly of printer, including ten lines with 1,290 associates.

• Participated on performance control project; saved $11.2 M annually.

KYOWA AMERICA (automotive supplier)

• Evaluated injection molding, trimming, packing, painting for auto parts maker.

• Team saved $1.7M annually; improved flow and avoided need for expansion.

MEGATOOL (PCB cutting tool)

• Evaluated fluting, grinding, and inspection for a micro-drill bit company.

• Eliminated idle time by 30%, saved $1.6M annually; improved yield.

INTERCON TOOLS (semiconductor equipment)

• Used systematic layout planning technique to design new layout.

RICOH (office products)

• Trained directors on Total Productivity / Project Management / Problem Solving.

1995 – 1997

BOCA RESEARCH, INC.

Design Engineer, Boca Raton, FL

• Led the design and manufacturing planning of Internet TV devices for RCA and AOL.

EDUCATION

Northwestern University – BS, Mechanical Engineering, Evanston, IL – 1995

Villanova University –Lean Sigma Black Belt Certificate – 2009

ADDITIONAL

Lived and worked in Japan from 1991 – 1995 prior to graduating from college

Member of IIE (industrial engineers) and SEMS (engineering management systems)

Proficient in MS Word, Excel, Access, Visio, PowerPoint, Project, Auto Cad, EXE WMS

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