David Kirschner
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Louisville, KY 40219
SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER
Lead from the intersection of business and technology to provide top-level strategic planning, analysis and operations leadership for advanced technology systems, services and solutions.
Project Management of the design builds installation, and training for various automated process systems. Automated conveyance systems, capital equipment improvements.
Root Cause Analysis, Issue Resolution & Process Failure Mode Effects Analysis (PFMEA)
Experienced in variety of precision automated Transfer and Conveyance Systems (Servo-Linear Drives)
Metal Forming Press Expert with detailed knowledge of Perpendicularity / Parallelism, Die Load/Tonnage constraints and best practices for system efficiency
Champion Team Leader in Risk & Hazard Assessments and Closure
Resource training to achieve a team based culture–(reactive to proactive)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2000 to Present:
HOWORTH DESIGN APPLICATIONS
Louisville, KY.
Senior Project Manager
PROJECT EXPERIENCE:
Project Management of a Multi-Plant Safety Engineering System Installation.
Improved the Safety Record & substantially lowered “Repeatable Occurrences” at (2) Ford Truck Plants by 37%
Core Project Management: of Millwright Machinists, Welders, Electricians, and Crane Operators.
Ten (10) Class “B” press repairs that improved the O.E.E. 15% at Ford Dearborn Truck Plant, Kentucky Truck Plant Facility
Repair of 4 Die Cushions on two Class “B” Schuler presses at Dearborn Ford Truck Plant in Dearborn, MI.
Project managed the installation of eight Machining/Welding Cells (Fanuc/Moto-Man)
Experienced with A/B RS Logic-Siemens, Mitsubishi-Indramat-Fanuc Controls.
Installation of (2) 8500 Ton Metal Forming Presses at Kentucky Truck Plant, Louisville Ky.
Retrofit Twelve 400-Ton Presses with Servo Drives Transfer Systems for ARVIN SANGO Dearborn MI
Installed ten (10) Moto-Man Welding Robots for value added operations at Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville Ky.
SAFETY QUALIFICATIONS:
OSHA 30 Hour Certification/ OSHA 40 Hour Certification / Lockout-Tag-Out Course Certification
Confined Space Entry and Retrieval Certification-HAZWHOPPER 1910.120-HAZID
Flash Arc train the trainer-Program Certification 2011
Safety Instrument Function (SIF) and safety Integrity Level 1-4 assessment’s (SIL)
O.S.H.A., 1910-212 Machine Guarding requirements and implementation
N.E.C. Compliance Codes and Conformance Reviews
A.N.S.I. – R.I.A. R15.06-Robotic Safety compliance
Ergonomic Solutions in Industrial Environments
ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT & LEADERSHIP:
Six Sigma Steering Committee driving forward organizational improvements, in both internal processes, and client services. Championed Six Sigma team, that reduced 48-hour cycle time by 50% for one business process, in addition to numerous other cycle-time and cost reductions.
Consulted with Company partnership in Canada, Germany and the UK to facilitate technology implementation projects within their data centers and reduce their reliance on US technology support launched project to support company’s global initiative to expand technology services/support through markets worldwide.
Proprietary Software Applications Network & Desktop Security Programs
Xythos System Upgrade Symantec Anti-Virus Upgrade/Integration
SharePoint Portal Server Deployment IPSec Tunnel Implementation
Active Directory Upgrade
Navision
CMMI-ACQ/DCQ, MCAS; 8 MCAS SQL; MCAS SharePoint 2013, Citrix MetaFrame Solutions
SQL
EDUCATION:
B.S., Software Engineer/Computer Information Systems, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO, 80905 2016
Completed more than 400 hours of continuing professional, managerial and technical training.
MILITARY SERVICE:
Special Operations Officer United States Navy, decorated veteran 13 yrs. Defense Language Institute,
Bronze Star Legion of Merit, Presidential Unit Citation Liberation of Kuwait recipient.