Philip S. Romas

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Daleville, VA 24083 acp55q@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

A highly motivated, data driven Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt skilled in team collaboration, customer service, manufacturing processes, information systems, technical project management, configuration management, and experience gained by managing and completing high impact projects. Key strengths in leadership, multi-cultural team building, and problem solving. Proficient in Spanish with extensive skills in:

Customer Service ● Project Management ● DMAIC

MS Project ● Minitab ● Process Capability

Microsoft Office Apps ● Pareto Charts ● NPI

Software Test Cycle ● Value Stream Mapping ● Fishbone diagrams

Safety Agency Awareness ● ISO ● Process Control

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

GE Oil & Gas, Salem, VA 2014 - Present

Product Quality Engineer

Developed and implemented a streamlined warranty returns process which identified process bottlenecks and drove down Cost of failures.

Acted as a liaison between the Longmont, CO Measurement and Control Engineering team and Salem, VA manufacturing team with respect to identifying product problems and driving timely resolution

Developed a metrics driven approach to identify product problems and drive resolution.

GE Power & Water, Greenville, SC 2013 - 2014

Logistics Operations Lead - Quality

Achieved a 5% increase in Logistics Freight Payment First Pass Yield with no invoices over 120 days in exception queue.

Achieved a 10% Reduction in Significant Events & EHS related non-conformances. Exceeded 50% total damage recovery.

Supported Team Goal of 95% on time delivery for Inbound Logistics.

Supported Team Goal of Implementing business score cards for Wind and Power Generation Equipment Businesses.

Spearheaded Freight Payment Process Improvement Projects to resolution including, but not limited to, International Handoff Procedures, FEDX/FDEG Cost Allocation Metrics, MDEA Issues (Manual entry).

Interfaced with sourcing, supply chain, Logistics leadership and Routing teams to resolve Carrier issues expeditiously.

Provided Quality Support for GE Power & Water teams by performing random individual workplace audits to ensure process/procedural integrity was maintained.

Drove LRQA (ISO Audit) Minor findings within Logistics area to successful resolution.

Owned quality measurements, data gathering and analysis of problematic Carriers (missing deliveries). Reported quality findings, trends, and recommendations.

GE ENERGY, Salem, VA 2010 - 2013

Lean Process/Project Engineer

Increased Customer Hardware On Time weekly delivery rate from 90% at process inception to 95% with a goal of 100% as target

Driving 2013 Headcount Allocation for Requisition Fulfillment projects to ensure that All 2013 New Unit projects are properly funded with appropriate skillsets and budget requirements.

Architected, developed, and implemented formal STOP THE LINE process and metrics to ensure product quality. Realized a 45% decrease in ‘Days Open’ versus Open Issues and a subsequent Cost of Quality Avoidance YTD savings of $2.4M.

Lead international teams in China (China Technology Center), India (Hyderabad Technology Center), and Vietnam as a Project Manager to resolve customer field issues and STOP THE LINE issues.

Interfaced with product development, sourcing, supply chain, manufacturing, product line leadership and product engineering teams to resolve technical issues expeditiously.

Owned quality measurements, data gathering and analysis of renewable and non-renewable products and components. Report quality findings, trends, and recommendations.

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ITT NIGHT VISION, Roanoke, VA 2005 - 2010

Environment, Safety and Health Project Manager 2009 – 2010

Developed and Implemented New Safety Improvement Implementation Process to increase Safety Awareness among 1500 site employees and reduce OSHA related incidents by 20% over first year. Participation in program up 50% in 1st Quarter 2010 as a result of this new ‘Incentive Based’ program.

Developed and applied an online, lean Safety Inspection Application Form for Production data entry and data mining to increase safety awareness throughout the plant to a level of 50% participation by years end. Current participation rate is 25%.

Acted as a Local Ambassador for ITT Watermark. Recruited 17 new members in a 6 month period, and spear-headed projects, including Water Education and Awareness, within my Community Service Area.

Established a New Safety Awareness Program for entire site. Communication of new program (Take Care – Be Aware) consisted of graphically designed banners and posters strategically placed throughout site to increase safety awareness and decrease OSHA recordable incidents by 10% over first year.

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt 2007 – 2009

Lead and participated in several Kaizen events within Night Vision Production facility to drive Cycle Time Reduction within entire organization by utilizing the DMAIC process. Both Production and Transactional events were held regularly to drive costs down. Transactional efforts drove Realization savings of $45K per year; Production efforts drove Realization savings of $125K per year.

Completed Black Belt certification project which automated a cumbersome manual paper tracking process by utilizing laser technology to introduce barcodes directly onto product. This effort eliminated the potential of product mismatches in the field and associated costly fines and potential plant shutdown.

Completed Black Belt training project which automated a manual polishing process of a product component. By using the DMAIC process, proper etch times and rates were determined; the automated Buehler polishing system is now in production. Estimated realization of this implementation is $65K per year.

Mentored several Green Belt candidates and attained a Green Belt certification rate of 75% among my students.

Provided training and teaching of several Green Belt modules to over 60 students. This included statistical analysis (Control Charts, Process Capability, Variation and Basic Stats) and Soft Skill training (Influencing others, Conflict Management, Team Working, Given and Receiving Feedback).

Business Systems Administrator 2005 – 2007

ITT SPACE SYSTEMS, Rochester, NY 2003 – 2005

Software Development Manager

EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY / ITT SPACE SYSTEMS, Rochester, NY 2000 – 2003

Systems Software Manager

IBM, Research Triangle Park, NC 1984 – 2000

Desk-Side Support Technical Team Lead 1995-2000

Network Systems Administrator 1989-1995

TRAINING / CERTIFICATIONS

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certification, March 2010

OSHA 30 Hour Certification, September 2009

Dept. of Defense Secret Clearance, Received March 2006

Green Belt Certification (2): General Electric - May 2012; University of Michigan –May 2007

Information Technology Infrastructure Library Certification (ITIL), May 2006

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP / MCDST), December 2006

EDUCATION

BS, Chemical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, GPA – 3.30 / 4.00

BS, Chemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, GPA – 3.50 / 4.00

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