AL SILVA *** Blue Lake Avenue, Rockford, Illinois 61102

• Phone: 815/964-3616 / 815/608-6703 • E-mail: acvdfe@r.postjobfree.com

Continuous Improvement Manager/Black Belt with expertise in the utilization of lean manufacturing tools to improve operating performance and manufacturing efficiencies plus reduces cost and waste. Hands-on experience with shop floor activities, industrial and design engineering, project management and staff management. Key attributes include:

Six Sigma Black Belt Certified with international experience and active involvement with QS9000, ISO 9001 & 14001, TS16949, 5S, SPC, MRP, Kaizen events, Kanban, focused and cellular manufacturing processes.

Technology skills include the utilization of software for simulation/process evaluation, database management, design (CAD systems) and presentation (PowerPoint).

Ability to work with customer and all staff levels to lead process improvement and design initiatives to improve flow, reduce cost and scrap.

Solid coaching, team leadership and communication skills.

Excellent work ethic and proven ability to effectively work with a diverse workforce.

Language skills include English and Spanish.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Facilitated and lead numerous Kaizen activities which resulted in reduced time to produce, cost to manufacture, and improved efficiency and flow of information and product through the facility.

Assembled and presented Lean training materials to all levels of the organization. (5S, Kaizen, Kanban, VSM, TPM, SMED) which gave new tools that in turned help the organization improve profitability by making product faster with better quality and reduced cost.

Lead and mentored Green Belt candidates from training through to certification which resulted in improved quality of project products and improving the number of employees that can apply this root cause methodology.

Began implementing a Total Productive Maintenance program to be predictive versus reactive which reduced unplanned downtime on equipment and scheduling downtime versus running to failure and improving efficiency and cost to produce product.

EXPERIENCE:

SPX HYDRAULIC TECHNOLOGIES, Rockford, Illinois 2006-2015

Facilities Manager – Responsible for plant wide facilities, maintenance and equipment reliability.

Continuous Improvement Manager – Deploy Lean practices, tools across all levels of the organization to deliver improved business results.

QUALITY METAL FINISHING COMPANY, Byron, Illinois 2006

Quality / Manufacturing Engineer –Responsible for increasing profitability by recommending and implementing process controls and improvements to material flow.

IMPROVEMENT SYSTEMS INC., Rockford, Illinois 2003-2006

President / Senior Consultant – Continuous improvement consulting firm I started to assist companies to improve their business processes.

TEXTRON FASTENING SYSTEMS, Rockford, Illinois 1990-2003

Continuous Improvement Manager - build a continuous improvement consciousness through Lean training programs to ensure objectives are achieved.

Operations Improvement Specialist - Served as internal consultant to 13 global operations to identify, document and share best practices and apply TQM engineering theories and principles to improve operating performance.

Management Development Candidate - Leadership development program designed to develop an understanding of manufacturing operations through hands-on training. Acquired problem solving and project management skills through assigned projects and specialized training.

EDUCATION/TRAINING:

• Sauk Valley College, Dixon, Illinois

Mechanical Design - Two-Year Certification

Arc Flash Training

RCRA Training Pursuant to 40 CFR Part 265.16(a)-(e)

DOT Hazardous Material 126-F

Leading by Example (Rock Valley College)

Effective Meeting (Rock Valley College)

Project Management Essentials (Franklin Covey)

SME Certification in Geometric Measuring and Tolerancing

Process Improvement Workshop (Kaizen Event)

10X Training (Textron Systems Program)

Benchmarking Training Workshop (TIP)

Textron Lean Forum

Textron Quality Management (TQM)

Six Sigma Blackbelt Training (Air Academy Associates)

Flexsim Simulation Software

Lessons in Leadership Seminar

Principle of Professional Selling (POPS)

Textron Leadership Forum

AutoCAD 2000 and Intergraph CAD systems

Camcar Development Training Program

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