Operations / Supply Chain Leader

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RODNEY RECKER

Redding, CA 530-***-**** ************@*****.*** www.linkedin.com/in/rodrecker Operations Management Executive -- Multi-Site Manufacturing Progressive Leader - Change Agent - Profitability Driver EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Lean Six Sigma – Supply Chain Optimization – Business Process Reengineering – Quality & Continuous Improvement EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP:

Co-Founder (functioning as President & CFO) of an Operations Management consulting company -- specializing in Lean Six Sigma deployment and Supply Chain optimization for manufacturing and distribution clients; grew to $16M annual revenue with 18.1% EBITDA.

Vice President & General Manager of $62M aerospace division of $15.5B global corporation; P&L owner -- coordinated operational turnaround that grew EBITDA to 32.3% (3X growth).

VP of Operations (2x) in Aerospace and Automotive manufacturing companies; Director of Supply Chain/Materials (2x) in Electronics and Industrial Products manufacturing companies. OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT:

Multi-site and multi-industry manufacturing and distribution leader – passionate pursuer of Operational Excellence; progressive, engaging, high energy – emphasizes people development, organization alignment, and stretch goals to drive critical operational priorities and exceptional levels of performance.

Creates focus and accountability by using key performance indicators (KPIs), scorecards and operating metrics to rally the team around strategic and tactical improvement opportunities. TURNAROUND EXCELLENCE:

Excels in distressed and turnaround manufacturing and distribution situations where aggressive change is required; private equity portfolio companies, rapid growth environments, operational turnarounds, Supply Chain optimization initiatives, culture changing Lean Six Sigma continuous improvement programs, Business Process Reengineering and ERP/DRP system deployments.

Personally responsible for over $450M in client savings by leading and managing business / operational transformations for manufacturing, distribution, and service industry clientele. CAREER PROGRESSION & CONTRIBUTIONS

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & CO-FOUNDER 1999 - Present

AIT Business Solutions LLC Chandler, AZ

Functioning President and CFO of a business consulting firm focused on transformational improvement in business and operating performance using Lean Six Sigma Training and Deployment, Lean Manufacturing, Supply Chain Optimization, Business Process Reengineering, and Organization Restructuring capabilities. Serving manufacturing and distribution businesses $200M – Fortune 100. Executive Leadership:

Created consulting company from startup and grew to peak of $16M in revenue, 18.1% EBITDA, operating globally with 70 consultants in office locations in U.S., Mexico, Luxembourg, India, and China.

Set up business infrastructure, i.e. accounting systems, T&E systems, file servers, etc., managed all Sales & Marketing, Legal, IT, and service development needs.

Created virtual office model and outsourced all IT infrastructure to Cloud computing provider to reduce overhead.

Using advanced writing and presentation skills; wrote content for company web-site, sales presentations, and most proposals for company.

Managed all complex Business Process Reengineering initiatives (including Supply Chain) and authored methodology, Value Chain Transformation (VCT). Project lead/account lead roles for client initiatives that require Business Process Reengineering.

Subject Matter Expert in Supply Chain ERP, DRP, MES, Warehouse Management, Transportation Management systems. Lean Six Sigma Continuous Improvement Programs:

Designed and implemented multiple global, corporate-sponsored Lean Six Sigma Continuous Improvement Programs for Parker Hannifin, Honeywell Corporation, Masonite Corporation, SKF Corporation, Delphi Automotive, Avery Dennison, EnPro Industries, and Sanofi-Aventis. Typical program ROI of over 10X.

"Think Big,

Start Small,

Scale Fast."

Jim Carroll

“Management is

doing things right;

Leadership is

doing the right things.”

Peter F. Drucker

“Perfection is not

attainable, but if we

chase Perfection we

can catch Excellence.”

Vince Lombardi

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Client Leadership Engagements:

ExxonMobil Corporation (Oil/Gas Industry). Led five-year transformation within the Global Services Company (GSC) – Procurement, IT and Controller organizations – over two dozen process reengineering projects, two organization redesigns, and one global IT system deployment.

Created a central shared services organization for Upstream Business Planning and Corporate Reporting.

Restructured 800-person Upstream IT organization to put focus on Big Data Management, Enterprise Storage and software deployment, increasing customer satisfaction for the seven ExxonMobil Upstream companies.

Reduced Upstream Technical Software deployment cycle time by >50% and cut global Upstream Data Management costs by >$75M over five-year period.

Masonite Corporation (Building Products). Headed one-year project for $2.1B revenue company with 45 manufacturing locations across US/Canada (owned by PE KKR) to rationalize end-to-end Supply Chain and identify opportunities to drive out waste/cost.

Reduced door manufacturing cycle time by >60% deploying Lean Six Sigma; cut Work-in-Process inventories by >30%.

Realized massive consolidation of plant locations and reduction in associated overhead with estimated $30-50M impact.

Credited by CEO team for laying operational foundation that enabled them to survive housing crisis with operating platform for post-recovery.

DuPont Corporation (Industrial Products). Directed one-year project in partnership with Cap Gemini, HP, and SAP to leverage DuPont’s previous $1B investment to improve Supply Chain performance in diversified chemicals/industrial businesses.

Injected Lean capabilities into organization to drive out waste embedded within these functions. Leveraged experience using Supply Chain Council’s (now APICS) SCOR model to define approach.

Via combination of Lean projects (led by AIT), Six Sigma projects (led by DuPont), SAP tuning (led by SAP), and organization restructuring projects (led by Cap Gemini) DuPont began methodically reengineering their Supply Chains.

Led multiple turnaround and performance improvement projects for:

Aerospace: S.S. White Technologies (Piscataway, NJ ~ 1 year); Moog (East Aurora, NY ~ 6 months)

Government: DoD - Department of Defense (Washington D.C. ~ 6 months)

Pharmaceutical: Jubilant Organosys (New Delhi, India ~ 6 months)

Life Sciences: Applied Biosystems (Foster City, CA ~ 1 year)

Consumer Products: The Tech Group (Phoenix, AZ ~ 3 months); Access Business Group (Ada, MI ~ 1 year)

Food Products: Malt-o-Meal (Lakeville, MN ~ 3 months)

Chemicals: Flexsys (Akron, OH ~ 6 months); Basell Corporation (Hoofddorp, Netherlands ~ 3 months)

Metals & Mining: Brush Wellman (Cleveland, OH ~ 6 months)

Packaging: Paramount Can (La Mirada, CA ~ 6 months)

Telecommunications/Electronics Manufacturing: Marconi (Genoa, Italy ~ 4 months) VICE PRESIDENT & CFO 2008-2012

Solare Solar LLC Lake Tahoe, CA

Organized the startup company, set up all financial and operating systems, and developed the operating processes for a residential Solar PV (grid tied) and Electrical Contracting company.

Established company, finance and accounting, tax, distributor relationships, sales and marketing and operations support. VICE PRESIDENT of OPERATIONS 2000-2002

Aftermarket Technology Corporation (ATC) Downers Grove, IL Operations leader for ATC ($650M); focused on transformation of the ATC Distribution Group comprised of 60 sales locations originally tied together by a series of acquisitions.

Planned and orchestrated startup of central distribution center in Louisville, KY, including hiring DC Manager and team. Set up ASRS system for all small "quick turnover" parts. Pulled all excess/common inventories out of all 60 branches into new facility and redesigned the materials planning and replenishment systems.

Took over J.D. Edwards (ERP/DRP) deployment. Removed existing outside consulting team ($1M/month) and re- implemented J.D. Edwards to utilize DRP for central DC completing installation across remaining branches in < 6 months.

Improved parts availability / sales across all branches while reducing inventory across network by over 25%. Laid groundwork for divestiture that occurred shortly after my departure. DIRECTOR OF MATERIALS (Interim) 1999-2000

York International York, PA

Led Supply Chain turnaround of engineer-to-order commercial and military chillers unit ($240M division of $5.5B company).

Eliminated a $65M past due customer order backlog subject to late delivery penalties, and recruited and hired permanent replacement for this position.

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VICE PRESIDENT & GENERAL MANAGER 1997 – 1999

Allied Signal Corporation (Honeywell) Plymouth/Bristol, CT Business unit leader of a $62M Aerospace Valve Systems business in $15.5B corporation. Assumed role during the Allied Signal acquisition of private equity-owned Grimes Aerospace in 1997. Executive Leadership:

Improved EBITDA of the Valve Systems business from 11% to a record 32.3%.

Lead role for merger of Grimes Valve Systems business into AlliedSignal Corporation; managed integration of all valve systems operations and the transition/closure of Greenwood, SC valve manufacturing to Tempe, AZ.

Established Supplier Management Program and leveraged Allied Signal corporate supply agreements.

Improved supplier on-time delivery performance from 40% to 96%.

Improved supplier quality and focused material spend on strategic suppliers.

Orchestrated ISO 9001 certification for CT valve systems facilities.

Implemented Integrated Product Development (IPD) process and increased New Product Development (NPD) by 45%.

Awarded Pratt & Whitney Preferred Valve Supplier status and sole source for valves on new PW 900 engine program. VICE PRESIDENT of OPERATIONS 1996 – 1997

Grimes Aerospace Corporation (Forstmann Little Company) Plymouth, CT Led Operations turnaround of a $28M Aerospace Valve Systems business in $650M corporation. Acquired by AlliedSignal in 1997. Executive Leadership:

Hired by CEO to lead operational turnaround of valve manufacturing operation whose key customer was Pratt & Whitney

(85% of revenue). Conducted end-to-end operational assessment and orchestrated complete operational turnaround of Planning, Procurement, Inventory Management and Manufacturing functions.

Improved customer on-time delivery from 54% to 98%.

Reduced past due customer orders from $1.8M to $85K.

Established Lean manufacturing cells in all final assembly areas.

Re-implemented legacy MAPICS MRP system.

Reorganized inventory control processes; improved inventory accuracy to 95%+.

Improved Repair & Overhaul margins from 28% to 54%.

Upon acquisition by Allied Signal in 1997, the Valve Systems business was most profitable of all the Grimes business units. EARLIER CAREER

Manager - SAP Practice Whitman-Hart L. P. Englewood, CO Manager Consulting (Interim Director of Materials, SAIC) Pittiglio Rabin Todd & McGrath (PRTM) Costa Mesa, CA Manager/Specialist Manufacturing McDonnell Douglas Corporation (Boeing) Long Beach, CA CREDENTIALS

Education: Master of Business Administration (MBA) UCLA Anderson Graduate School of Management Master of Science (MS), Manufacturing Systems Engineering University of Wisconsin-Madison Bachelor of Science (BS), Mechanical Engineering University of Wisconsin-Madison Training & Certifications: Demand Flow Technology - Lean Manufacturing Lean Six Sigma Champion & Black Belt

APICS CPIM - Certified in Production & Inventory Management Supply Chain Council (now APICS) SCOR - Supply Chain Operations Reference Model SAP R/3 Materials Management (MM) - Production Planning (PP) Installer – SAP America Theory of Constraints - The Goal

Solution Selling

Affiliations / Speaking: International Society of Six Sigma Professionals (ISSSP) International Quality & Productivity Center (IQPC) APICS / Supply Chain Council

Writing: AIT company website, white papers and related posts AIT Sales & Marketing materials – presentations, white papers and marketing summaries Software: MS Office Suite (Power User) - QuickBooks - BillQuick - Websuite (Power User) License: Private Pilot License

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