Operations_Supply Chain_Six Sigma

Robert A. Rusenko

***** **** ***** ***, ******** City, MD 21042

936-***-**** ■ *********@*******.***

Executive Operations Management

Professional Profile

Highly results oriented, data-driven executive with a consistent track record of leading teams to achieve new levels of record performance resulting in significant business impact.

Experienced managing large, global, multi-site manufacturing footprints.

Contemporary Supply Chain Management Expertise - Oliver Wight Integrated Business Management, Asset Strategy & Network Design (LogicTools), Strategic Sourcing and SAP-APO.

Integrally involved in the implementation of Operational Excellence, Six Sigma and Design for Six Sigma at AlliedSignal, GE and Saint-Gobain/CertainTeed. Winner of the GE Six Sigma Gold Award.

Process development, scale-up and technology transfer experience from lab scale to commercial production.

Strong business acumen regarded as a business leader with operational functional responsibility.

Professional Experience

UniPixel 2013 - 2015

UniPixel is a startup company focused on developing conductive films for use in electronic sensors for consumer and industrial applications.

Chief Operating Officer, TX, April 2014 to April 2015

VP Manufacturing, TX, April 2013 to April 2014

Responsible for establishing the manufacturing footprint and operational structure. The company has received initial funding from Dell and Intel and has a manufacturing partnership with Kodak. Led the product-process development activities managing a joint team with Kodak incorporating 80+ technical and operational resources.

Scientific Games 2007 - 2013

Scientific Games has annual sales of $1billion and is the worldwide leader in marketing and providing end-to-end gaming solutions to the lottery and pari-mutuel racing industries.

VP & General Manager Alpharetta Printed Products, GA, November 2008 to April 2013

Responsible for the largest manufacturing facility, generating 31% of the total corporate revenue and 47% of the total corporate EBITDA. Functional responsibility includes EH&S, Customer Service, Game Programming, Art, Manufacturing, Shipping, Purchasing, Engineering and R&D. In addition, this position has responsibility for the Long Island Facility which produces play slips and bet slips.

For 3 consecutive years, the plant achieved new levels of performance. A 71% reduction in Lost Time Injuries, a 47% reduction in OSHA Recordable Injuries, an 88% reduction in Customer Complaints and a 30% increase in Packaging Productivity. Total costs savings since 2008 is $11MM.

Led the negotiation with International Paper on a $40MM buy. Through implementing a first time indexing strategy was able to mitigate price increases and achieve $1.8MM in savings when paper prices were peaking.

VP Quality & Operational Excellence, GA, September 2007 to November 2008

This newly created position reports to the COO and leads the quality and continuous improvement activities on a company-wide basis. This incorporates manufacturing operations in the US, Canada, South America, Europe, China and Australia.

Developed performance metrics and established a monthly cross-functional managing process. Created visibility to complaints/issues by customer, repetitive issues, cost of poor quality and the hidden factory.

Structured and deployed Project Improvement Teams. P&L impact of defective product is $976,000 less than prior year; 70% reduction.

DuPont Performance Materials – Operations Business Leader, DE 2006 - 2007

Performance Materials represents a $6 billion platform focused on engineering, packaging and industrial polymers.

Responsible for developing and leading the global Supply Chain Strategy for the $1.8 billion Nylon and PBT segment. The manufacturing footprint includes 6 Polymer Plants (WV, VA, SC, Germany [2],& Singapore) and 9 Compounding Plants (WV, Argentina, Brazil, Belgium, Canada, China, India, Japan & Korea).

Led Asset Strategy Project for all Engineering Polymers ($3 billion in Revenue) to optimize polymer and compounding assets through 2012. This resulted in a detailed yearly plan that encompassed every region of the world and included de-commissioning of assets, evaluation of joint ventures, evaluation of contract manufacturing and the investment in new internal capacity.

Identified and implemented a Supply Chain Network Design Tool (LogicTools) to establish supply chain modeling capability and enable what-if/scenario analysis. Based on this work was named as the Performance Materials Leader on Corporate Asset Blueprinting Project led by McKinsey.

Led the implementation of Oliver Wight Integrated Business Management for Nylon and PBT businesses.

Saint Gobain-CertainTeed Corporation – VP Operations, PA 2001-2005

CertainTeed Insulation Group is a $700 million subsidiary of Saint-Gobain, a $30 billion corporation.

Responsible to the President for 5 manufacturing sites, 3 distribution centers, 1300 employees with a budget of $420 million and an annual capital budget of $30-$50 million.

Achieved record productivity in 2003 and 2002, 5.1% and 7.0% respectively. Four-year average

(2002-2005) was 4.6%. Prior four-year average (1998-2001) equaled 1.6%.

Organized the implementation of Six Sigma & Design for Six Sigma throughout the entire business. First wave annualized impact of $2.3MM in cost reductions and $3.0MM in incremental margin.

Led Supply Chain Re-engineering effort to save $2.4 million pa. This included the implementation of the Advanced Planning and Optimization (APO) module of SAP.

W.R. Grace – Director of Worldwide Manufacturing, MD 2000-2001

A $1.6 billion global specialty chemicals and materials company.

Recruited following direct contact with then Chairman and CEO Paul Norris.

Responsible for manufacturing and logistics for a division with sales of $230 million; encompassing 6 manufacturing sites, 5 warehouses, 622 employees with an operating budget of $110 million and a capital budget of $20 million. Direct responsibility for manufacturing sites in US (MD, OH, IL) and overseas (Germany, Brazil and Malaysia).

Established Global Manufacturing Metrics with direct linkage from site-specific goals to global corporate objectives. Monitored performance monthly with CEO and Leadership team.

Prioritized Six Sigma program to focus on financial and operational imperatives year 1 impact was cash saving of $9 million (profit improvement and capital avoidance)

GE Plastics 1996-2000

$7 billion division of GE.

Technology Director, Specialty Chemicals, WV, 1999-2000 Resin/Phosgene Plant Manager, AL, 1998-1999

BPA Plant Manager, AL, 1997-1998

Operations Manager, MA, 1996-1997

Achieved GE’s Executive Band and consistently received the highest performance rating moving rapidly through the organization in each case being assigned greater more challenging assignments.

As Resin/Phosgene Plant Manager ($83 million operating budget), turned around a plant that had failed to make its numbers 6 out of 8 quarters established new records for sustainable output every quarter, adding $35 million of annual operating profit achieving new records for quality, material and steam usage. Achieved 1 year without OSHA recordable incident (1st time in plant’s 10 year history), achieved OSHA VPP Star Status and reduced TRI emissions by 25%.

As BPA Plant Manager ($92 million operating budget), increased production by 19.5% (65 million lbs) without investment. Led global productivity improvement effort to save $22 million in annual costs and obviate the need to invest in a new $200 million plant; winning the GE Plastics Six Sigma Gold Award and recognition for Workforce Excellence from the National Association of Manufacturers.

AlliedSignal (now Honeywell) 1986-1996

A $14 billion advanced technology and manufacturing company serving the automotive, aerospace and engineered materials markets.

Production Team Leader, Delaware Specialty Chemical Plant, DE, 1993-1996

Research Engineer, Corporate HQ, NJ, 1989-1993

Process Control Engineer, Fibers Tech Center, VA, 1986-1989

Hired directly following intern assignments while at college.

Received Outstanding Achievement Awards from Larry Bossidy and Paul Norris (prior Chairman and CEO of W.R. Grace)

Education

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, Widener University, PA, 1987

MBA Coursework - Villanova University, PA, Fall 1994/Spring 1995 Statistical Analysis, Financial Accounting, Financial Management

Corporate Training

Saint-Gobain Executive Program (MIT, Harvard, Insead), 2004

GE Six Sigma Black Belt, 1997

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