Manufacturing, Operations, General Business Unit Management
Resume:
John A. Buskirk
Mukilteo, WA ***75
***********@*******.***
Manufacturing Director
General Experience and Qualifications:
. Lean Manufacturing - Over 12 years of demonstrated working knowledge
and successful introduction and application of Lean Manufacturing
and Continuous Improvement principles, practices, and tools,
including 5S, Five-Whys, CEDAC, Visual Management, Standard Work,
Poka Yoke, Heijunka, SMED, Kaizen, Quick & Easy Kaizen, Pull,
Kanban, JIT, Flow, and Value Stream Mapping.
. General Management Experience - Over 20 years as a General Business
and Operations Manager or Officer with Sales, H.R., Administration,
Product Engineering, Manufacturing, Materials, Supply Chain,
Operational, Facilities, and Financial Results responsibilities,
along with the operational planning and budgeting required for each
area of responsibility.
. Change Management - Excellent at Defining, Achieving and Sustaining
a Culture of Lean Operations and Continuous Improvement at all
organizational levels. Strong skills for achieving results in any
business or manufacturing setting. Able to implement change while
maintaining viable business and manufacturing operations.
. Management Style - Results oriented hands-on manager and team
builder. Lead by example and demonstrate an absolute belief in
involvement and empowerment with a high degree of personal
interaction, mentoring, and coaching.
Significant Accomplishments:
. For Synrad, a manufacturer of high power CO2 industrial lasers,
identified and created the company's roadmap for operational and
cultural change, and continue to direct its implementation
throughout the company, including manufacturing, supply chain,
quality, and order processing departments. To-date, specific
accomplishments include implementation of demand based manufacturing
flow scheduling systems that have reduced interoperational WIP by
75% and reduced overall manufacturing lead-times by over 50%,
conducted Kaizen events that improved manufacturing flow and
increased productivity by over 40%, and defined and managed the
change from a forecast driven supply chain and purchasing system, to
a demand-pull Kanban replenishment system that has reduced stores
inventory by 28% to date.
. For DCI, a dental components manufacturing company, in a period of
less than one year, launched and managed kaizen events that reduced
late shipments by 89%, reduced product defects by 79% and increased
assembly productivity by 30%.
. For Brightwood Corporation, a $300M lumber remanufacturing company,
took the company through the Y2K transition with zero defects,
reduced IS/IT capital expenses by over $2M per year, and led the
identification of over 100 areas within the company in need of
specific Kaizen events.
. For Practice Technology Incorporated, a provider of Medical Practice
Management Consulting and Information Technology Services, in a
period of one year, created and brought to operational readiness, a
regional health-information-network processing center in Tucson,
Arizona.
. For CyCare Systems, a provider of Medical Practice Management
systems and services, consolidated eight acquired products into one
product division, and developed and managed the conversion of the
eight independent systems into two profitable products.
Education: BS, Mechanical Engineering, Oregon State University
John A. Buskirk - Employment History:
June 2007 - July 2013: Synrad, Inc., Mukilteo, WA ($55M manufacturer of
high power CO2 industrial lasers)
Lean Manufacturing Manager - Operational responsibility for the QA and
Clean Room functional departments. Cross functional responsibility for the
introduction, training and implementation of lean manufacturing concepts
and practices throughout the company, along with the roadmap for the
requisite cultural changes. Conduct assessments and identify focused
improvement opportunities in manufacturing and supply chain operations.
Significant Achievements; implementation of demand based manufacturing flow
systems, that have reduced interoperational WIP by 75% and reduced overall
manufacturing lead-times by over 50%, conducted Kaizen events that improved
manufacturing flow and increased productivity by over 40%, and changed from
a forecast driven supply chain and purchasing system, to a demand-pull
Kanban replenishment system that has reduced stores inventory by 28% to
date.
March 2006 - April 2007: DCI International, Newberg, OR ($15M manufacturer
of replacement components for the dental equipment industry)
Operations Manager - responsible for the day-to-day operation of the
manufacturing, materials, and order fulfillment departments.
Significant Achievements; in a 12-month period, reduced Late Shipments by
89%, reduced product defects by 79%, and improved productivity by 30%.
April 2000 - March 2006: Tandar Corporation, Portland, Oregon ($3M sales
and manufacturing company of industrial weighing systems)
General Manager - responsible for all aspects of the day-to-day operation
of the company.
Significant Achievements: Increased gross margins by 12%, reduced expenses
by 20%, and maintained market share during a significantly declining
market. Designed and Introduced a profitable new line of fabricated
platform scales.
September 1998 - March 2000: Brightwood Corporation, Madras, Oregon ($300M
lumber remanufacturing company providing materials to the door and window
manufacturing industry)
Operations Manager - responsible for the operation of 22 plants in Central
Oregon and the corporate IS/IT department.
Significant Achievements: Took the company through the Y2K transition with
zero defects, reduced IS/IT capital expenses by over $2M per year, and led
the identification of over 100 areas within the company in need of specific
Kaizen events.
April 1987 - April 1998 Practice Technology Corp, Tucson, Arizona ($15M
provider of health information network services to community health
information networks)
General Manager, Medical Data Systems division, Portland, Oregon (1987-
1993) - headed the design and development team for a healthcare information
network product and brought this to test market.
VP Operations, Practice Technology Corp, Tucson, Arizona (1993-1998) -
developed and implemented the business and operational plans for the Tucson
data center and brought the Tucson data center to operational readiness.
1981-1987 CyCare Systems, Inc, Dubuque, Iowa ($100M provider of physician
practice management software systems and services)
VP - Small Products Division - responsible for the product development,
support, marketing, and sales departments at nine locations throughout the
US and Canada.
Significant Accomplishments: Developed and implemented the business and
operational plans for the company's small products division, consolidate
eight acquisition products into two main products serving the same client
base, and introduce metrics-driven productivity measures to a department of
500 programmers.
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