Erica Jean Dimeck Lee, P. Eng.

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Home: 519-***-****, Cel: 226-***-****

abp9t1@r.postjobfree.com

http://ericaleeconsulting.com

A problem-solving expert, licensed professional engineer and Six Sigma Black Belt with 8 years experience leading

Profile

operational improvement teams, applying and teaching improvement tools and coaching others to produce sustained results.

Also an accomplished trainer/facilitator in Lean Tools, Kaizen events, Change Management, and many other topics.

Collaborative leadership style, diverse international experience, outstanding analytical and communication skills, contagious

enthusiasm, a passion for helping others and making a positive difference.

Seeking short-term contract and consulting opportunities in Kitchener/Waterloo, Cambridge or Greater Toronto Area.

Work Experience

2011 Erica Lee Consulting and Professional Services Inc.

Owner & CEO

Currently serving clients in diverse industries, providing tailor-made solutions in such areas as Strategic Planning,

Business Development, Project Management, Communications Planning and original Content Development.

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Waste for Life (non-profit organization dedicated to poverty-reducing solutions to environmental problems)

2010 2011

Project Manager

Oversaw successful start-up of productive social enterprise combining waste recycling materials, industrial design and

cross-cultural collaboration; oversaw machine development, delivery, training, process design, marketing and production.

Designed and executed project plan comprising stakeholders in academia, industry, non-profit organizations and media in

two languages and six countries. First run production and sales above target. Second run prototyping currently underway.

2006 - 2009 Barrick Gold Corporation

Lean Implementation Specialist, Global Team Toronto, Canada

2009

Led Kaizen improvement events in African and South American Business Units; achieved improvements of 46% in hiring

process and $171,000 of increased production time

Designed and implemented standard for calculating the value of improvement projects; oversaw identification of $160

Million in cost, quality and throughput improvement; tied directly to cash costs and budgeting cycle of operating mines

Continuous Improvement Lead, South American Region Lima, Peru

2008

Led improvement coaches to identify and achieve $47 Million in operational improvements and best culture scores in

global organization (2.3 / 3 average)

Continuous Improvement Coach, Global Team Toronto, Canada

2006 - 2007

Developed and launched company-wide Best Practices system in collaboration with global functional heads from all

major operational areas; oversaw implementation and launch at global level

Implemented Technical Limits and Balanced Scorecard processes and operational improvements totalling $140 Million

Magna Powertrain Mississauga, Canada

2002 2006

Manufacturing Engineer* /Six Sigma Black Belt (*P.Eng. certification awarded Nov 2004)

Led teams of cross-functional operational employees to successful achievement of various Six Sigma projects to reduce

scrap rates and improve quality performance to annual savings of over $350, 000

Completed Six Sigma Black Belt training; top student in company in test scores

Redesigned employee suggestion program, tripling the number of implemented suggestions; ideas generated and

implemented resulted in over $100,000 savings annually in plant of 400 employees

Stackpole Limited Etobicoke, Canada

2000 2002

Quality Specialist / Manufacturing Specialist

Reduced furnace belt replacement costs by $400,000 as part of Continual Improvement team

Redesigned training to reduce scrap rate from 20% to 2% at sizing operation

Championed prototype preparation for new parts, launching PT cruiser gerotor set, worth $600,000 in sales

Selected Volunteer Involvement

2004 2007 Committee Member, Women in Engineering Advisory Committee

Ontario Society of Professional Engineers Toronto, Canada

Education

2007 Lean Manufacturing Certificate, University of Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

B. App. Sc. (Honours), Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Queen s University at Kingston, Canada

1997 - 2000

Languages & English (Native), Spanish (Fluent), French (Good). Travel, Music, Dance and Sports.

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