KURT W. BOVEINGTON

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West Chester, OH 45069 Home: 513-***-****

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Business Improvement Change Agent

Experienced at bridging between departments to get everyone on the same page and working together toward positive change. Versatile manager experienced in operations, lean/six sigma, training & development, and sales & marketing who can interact with all levels of the organization to employ positive change and improvements. Experienced in many industries working for both large (Fortune 1000) and small, entrepreneurial firms.

HIGHLIGHTS: Projects / Tasks performed throughout my career:

Produced all monthly & quarterly reports

Conducted all Management Reviews

Developed New Internal Audit programs.

Conducted all Internal Audits

Developed & improved Document Control

Developed Skills Inventory and new employee orientation & training program.

Developed & implemented training programs in Six Sigma & TQM methods.

Developed a new supplier rating system

Managed & improved supplier performance.

Facilitated cross-functional problem solving teams

Developed & implemented training programs in ISO Standards.

Assisted companies in obtaining and maintaining ISO Certification.

Established a Software Quality Assurance Department

EXPERIENCE:

QiSOFT www.QiSOFT.com 2016 – 2017

Technical Projects Manager

Systems/Software Company: Assisted companies in the implementation of plant-wide

Quality/Manufacturing systems.

Schawk, Inc., (Matthews, Int’l*) Cincinnati, Ohio www.schawk.com 2013 – 2016

(*Matthews, Int’l purchased Schawk in 2014)

Quality Manager / Continuous Improvement

Graphics arts, artwork production & deployment: Serving on the executive management team

and leading the transformation of the entire company toward Total Quality Management

using Lean & Six Sigma methods.

Developed monthly reporting system & dashboard for all key metrics.

Developed Internal Audit program.

Improved the Document Control System for better indexing of documents for updates & change control.

Developed Skills Inventory and new employee orientation & training program.

Developed & implemented training programs in Lean, Six Sigma & TQM methods.

Intermec Technologies Corp., Media Division, (Honeywell**) Fairfield, Ohio 2006 – 2013

(**Honeywell purchased Intermec in 2013) www.intermec.com

Program Manager – Quality / Continuous Improvement

Developed and implemented continuous improvement and cost reduction programs to support

the operations for the Media Division, a converter of flexographic pressure sensitive labels

used in automatic data collection. Responsibilities included:

Operations, Lean, Six Sigma, QA:

Developed and implemented a new internal audit system which incorporated daily planning and assured coverage of all potential problem areas, company objectives and improvement efforts. Conducted all internal audits. Produced all monthly & quarterly quality reports and conducted all Management reviews. Conducted cross-functional problem solving teams to minimize customer complaints & operational deficiencies.

Developed a new supplier rating system resulting in a 30 percent improvement in supplier performance.

Facilitated the cost reduction team resulting in annual savings of $1.3 million.

Reduced the number of ISO documents from 1022 to 250; Saved 156 man-hours annually.

Developed & implemented training programs in Lean, Six Sigma & ISO Standards.

Wrote two articles: 1) On the development, implementation, and success of the new Internal Audit System. This article was accepted by Quality Digest Magazine. 2) On the development, implementation, and success of the new Supplier Performance System. This article was accepted by Quality Progress Magazine. Both articles resulted in improved PR and goodwill for the Media Division.

OSQ Services, Inc., West Chester, Ohio 1995 – 2005

Project Manager: Lean, Six Sigma / Business Development / Productivity & QA

Used Lean, Six Sigma methods to help companies raise equity financing, improve their business & marketing plans, improve quality & productivity and reduce operating costs. Some highlights include:

Made significant contributions to the development of Kavon International Consulting firm, www.Kavon.com.

$ 2.3 million in savings by successfully implementing a new marketing plan which focused on the right markets.

$ 20 million in equity for start-up companies raised by re-writing the business plans and promoting the plans through direct mail programs and prospecting seminars.

Assisted an oil blending company in obtaining ISO 9000 Certification.

Trained over 100 employees in Lean, Six Sigma methods & TQM principles.

Articles Published:

Internal Auditing: Quality Digest

Improving Suppliers: Quality Progress

EDUCATION

MBA, University of Dayton

Thesis for MBA published in four (4) trade journals: "Personnel Development, Training, and Education in Technical Fields."

BBA, Business/Computer Science, Kent State University

SPAN OF INDUSTRIES: Throughout my career, I have assisted companies in improving profitability through on-site training, process improvements & Lean/Six sigma initiatives. Although not concentrated in one specific industry, my experiences are transferable across many industries including: automotive stamping, steel, & discrete part, Paper & packaging, Converting, Digital graphics arts, Computer software, Medical equipment and pharmaceuticals, Petrochemical, and Food Processing.

FUNCTIONAL SKILLS: Operational excellence, Continuous Improvement (CI), strong leadership & organizational skills, Total Quality Management, (TQM), Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Costs of Quality, Lean Process, Manage Lean Initiatives, Gap analysis, Flow Charting, Writing policy & procedure manuals, SOPs, training guides, Employee training, Employee orientation, Skills Inventory, Kaizen events, Establish & report KPI metrics, Company-wide dashboard, Six Sigma, Cause & Effect, (Fishbone), 5-Whys, 5S, Statistical Process Control (SPC), Corrective Action, Preventative Action, CAPA, Preventative Maintenance, Non Conformance (NCR), Tracking Defects, Document Control, EHS programs, Safety, ISO 9000, ISO 9001, Internal Audits, External Audits, Supply Chain, Supplier Control, RGA, Certificates of Analysis.

COMPUTER & SYSTEMS SKILLS: Familiar with Operational systems – MRP, ERP, Planning, Scheduling, Tracking, Inventory Control. Experienced with Microsoft Office, Windows, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Databases, and Outlook.

PERSONAL

Active member of St. Maximilian Kolbe Church. President of Cleveland Browns Backers club in West Chester / Mason, Ohio. The club has ranked in the top five (5) clubs out of 300 clubs worldwide during my tenure.

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