Project Manager Engineer

LEE T. GRASSESCHI; PMP, CWI

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Director of Operations, Project Manager, Quality Manager, Production Superintendent

Manufacturing Management Professional with hands-on experience in Lean and Six Sigma principles, foreign supply chains, analyzing and delivering projects, and mentoring and developing talent. Seeking a Management position with a firm that embraces the public good, either through valued services or advanced technology.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:

Over 10 years of experience managing and delivering projects from conception to completion, building and guiding cross-functional teams, supporting talent, and improving supply chains

Guided an ISO 9001 system to 85% improvement over a 3-year period

Led teams of 25 associates, including engineers, manufacturers, customers, and managers

Strong hands-on technical background

Experience in startup businesses, State and Federal governments, multinational corporations, and medium-sized private companies.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Pentair Valves and Controls: Project/Quality Manager July 2008 to Feb 2015

Oversaw large valve orders including feedback and documentation to customers. Managed daily duties of Quality personnel. Accomplishments included:

Solidified the Asian supply chain: made frequent trips to China, Korea, and India to audit factories, inspect processes, and meet managers and key personnel. Brought most vendors to 95%+ quality and delivery; brought poor performers into the high 80% range

Improved the ISO 9001 QMS from 30 audit findings on a major audit to 5 findings in 3 years and held those improvements

As Project Manager delivered $2M to $50M orders on-time and within customer specifications

Worked with a team to apply Lean principles across the production floor to create single-piece flow in all Assembly areas and improve throughput metrics by a minimum of 50%

Developed a training system that made the QA department a ‘talent pipeline’; produced 5 employees that were promoted into supervisory and management positions

Completed Six Sigma Green Belt training

Tripp Plastics: Project Manager Nov 2005 to July 2008

Liaison between customers and Tripp Plastics. Accomplishments included:

Quoted products and worked with customers to secure orders. Helped develop $3M in new products for tanning beds, casino games, and power line wildlife protection

Hands-on management of orders going through the shop: coordinating material delivery, part manufacturing, final assembly, and testing

Successfully led project to transform Tripp to a RoHS-compliant (lead-free) company

Created a guide for quoting product that shortened training time for new managers by 40 hours

Obtained PMP and created project charters

Veka West: Production Superintendent August 2004 to Nov 2005

Leader of a fast-paced production team at a $50M window-molding factory. Accomplishments included:

Implemented a new rack delivery system that reduce travel distances by 25%

Supervised, counseled, mentored, evaluated and trained a dynamic crew of 25 employees

BioQuest: Director of Engineering and Operations, Production Manager, Applications Engineer

Nov 1997 to July 2004

Involved in all facets of a cutting-edge startup business that developed patented technology to automatically sanitize spas. Accomplishments included:

Director of Operations and Engineering:

Established Mexican and Asian supply chains to lower costs by 50%

Qualified and managed 10 suppliers over 3 years, located in the US, Mexico, and Malaysia

Managed $2M of inventory; wrote weekly operations reports

Production Manager:

Hired, trained, evaluated and supervised 20 production personnel over 6 years

Analyzed field failures for root cause and determined solutions for remediation

Trained in Lean Manufacturing and applied the training to improve material flow and quality

Applications Engineer:

Set up tests that drove the product to failure and allowed us to develop improvements in materials, mechanical designs, and software

Set up UL and ETL compliance tests, passed tests that allowed $30K of product to ship

Worked with OEMs to develop installation and troubleshooting guides

EDUCATION

B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Minor in Mathematics, University of Nevada

A.S. in Electronics Technology, University of Nevada

B.A. in Geology, University of Montana, Graduated with Honors

CERTIFICATES

CWI Certification, 2011

CMQ/OE Certification, 2011

PMP Certification, 2009

HONORS

Phi Kappa Phi, Honor Society Eta Kappa Nu, EE Honor Society

Tau Beta Pi, Engineering Honor Society Dean’s List

ACTIVITIES

Owner, ‘Got Math?’ Tutoring Services: Tutor math and sciences

Developed teaching methods that allow fast identification of and correction of student deficiencies; all students improved their grades

Vice President, Silver Knolls Water: Vice president of a community water system.

Guided company policy to secure 72 acre-feet of water rights

Obtained a loan from DWSRF for $120K to drill new water well and upgrade existing well

Worked on team that secured a $500K grant to install an arsenic filter

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