Karn Wadhwa

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Professional with Six Sigma Black Belt and MBA with over 20 years of industry experience. Led high performance teams and met tight deadlines, meeting company goals. Highly recognized for consistent success in developing systems, processes and procedures to streamline operations, contain costs and enhance profit performance. Provided high quality service to customers such as Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, BAE, General Dynamics, Aeroflex, North Atlantic, Curtiss Wright, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, US Navy, Oncore, MPI, Medtronic, Siemens and Baxter. Led process improvement initiatives to reach business objectives with confidence, determination and results focus through expertise in:

Cost Controls/Budgeting/Forecasting Strategic Planning & Analysis P&L & Cost Management Contract Negotiations Supply Chain Optimization Multi-Functional Leadership ERP System Implementation Project Management/Planning Business Analysis/Process Improvement Career Achievements Highlights

20+ years’ experience in creating high performing, empowering work teams on high paced operations. Proficient in designing metrics based standards of measurements to track and maximize quality and operational controls. Expert knowledge of labor resource management/training, quality, logistics, materials and safety controls.

Consistently delivers results when leading short or long term projects. Planning and leading projects effectively due to extensive knowledge within operations and supply chain, along with a successful cross functional style to break down barriers and build teams and individuals.

Stimulate growth by leading cross functional teams to bring in higher revenue and profit totals by ensuring teams embrace a

“customer first” mind set and developing a culture of excellence, consistently coach and mentor team members to advancement with-in organization.

Strengths are in areas of debugging, training and developing exacting financials in ERP system successes with specific focus in the management areas of developing ERP systems (customer order entry, planning / supply chain, forecasting, scheduling, master scheduling, MRP, DRP, inventory control, labor analysis, distribution) and financials (A/R, A/P, cost accounting, general ledger)

Executed culture change to implement all lean tools and process improvements needed across multiple production lines, reducing cost by $500K and certifying workers in Lean principles of Poka-Yoke, Visual Management, Standardized Work, Single Piece Flow, Kanban, 5S and TPM.

Professional Experience

TTM Sterling, VA 2011 – Present

Director of Operations

Directed daily operations and P&L of $50+ M, over 325 employees, of 3 shifts printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturer, focusing on quick-turn and technologically advanced PCB. Responsibilities included program/project management, supply chain, maintenance, process engineering, quality lab, recruiting/hiring, creating training programs, shop floor scheduling and capital budgeting, implementation and reorganizing of 15 departments for maximum productivity. Key achievements:

Responsible for leading, managing and monitoring the successful delivery of operations across multiple departments and cross functional teams. Created and implemented daily performance metrics to track and meet company’s financial goals.

Implemented yearly and monthly KPI’s for manufacturing and operations, raised the bar year after year. Increased each goal by 2 points to 4 points in last 4 years and was able to sustain goal.

Responsible for recruiting, training, cross training and maintaining employee relations. Created custom training program based on each department needs, same time assuring product quality.

Implemented 5S and lean programs, which allowed lean six sigma events to flourish resulting in an 18% decrease in quality ppm defective rating, $200K reduction in material cost and decreased non-value added activities by 30%.

Started one to one training program for supervisors, monitored their success and gave them ownership of departmental goals and KPI’s. Started smart goals as yearly reviews and to promote self-confidence, ownership and accountability. Karn Wadhwa

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Increased productivity and profitability of inner layer departments (5 different units) through collaboration, coaching, lean manufacturing techniques, Kaizen and cost control which resulted in reduction of entire shift and $500K more to bottom line.

Developed and delivered lean and continuous improvement training classes for more than 150 employees including management.

Germane Systems, VA

Supply Chain Manager 2009 – 2011

Re-organized, created and implemented new procedures and policies to run smooth operations of $35 million procurement department.

Key achievements:

Member of ERP software (Epicor) implementation team (3 members), responsible for gathering requirements, testing each module for functionality and training different departments during the implementation process.

Spearheaded the project for reducing cost and inventory (increased inventory turns from 4 to 9). Achieved a 30% improvement in inventory turns, through lead time improvements.

Implemented lean tools in procurement department (Kanban and JIT). Through negotiations and various incentive plans saved company $450,000 in four months.

Initiated time studies in production area, refined the assembly processes with value mapping (VSM), improved material flow thus increasing efficiency and throughput.

Implemented “first build server” concept to reduce defects (within a month defects reduced by 5%) and to enable technicians to build server faster.

Metris, VA

Director of Operations and Quality 2004 – 2009

Developed organizational strategy, managed budgets, introduced and maintained proprietary manufacturing processes, and coordinated partnership relations with suppliers.

Key achievements:

Acted as Project manager for special projects/orders, in this role evaluated and monitored the performance and efficiency of new programs to ensure that program implementation is on target. Tracked and reported weekly to executive staff and customers on percent complete, risks, budget burn, earned value, slippage, project effort and duration to complete and other key project metrics.

Reduced inventory surplus 30% by implementing Kanban, JIT process and bonded inventory system. Increased manufacturing capacities by 35% through introduction of 4 day work schedule.

Planned, developed and implemented standard operating procedures (SOPs) to improve product quality. Reviewed and analyzed production, quality control, maintenance, and operational reports to ascertain cause of nonconformity with product operating specifications.

Direct responsibility of test engineers and throughput of custom environmental controlled test lab. Worked with engineering to set up state of the art photonics and integration lab. Assisted in designing the production floor plan in new plant.

Spearheaded outsourcing project, reduced manufacturing costs by 20% in areas like cable assemblies and optical subassemblies.

Early Career

Manufacturing Manager and Quality Engineer, DDI Sterling, VA Test manager and Quality engineer, Ambitech, CA

Education and Certifications

MBA, Project Management – Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL

BS, Electrical Engineering – California State University, Northridge, CA

Six Sigma Black Belt

Knowledge of Agile process

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