Aaron J. Fox

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Gaston, OR 97119 E-mail: ad2wdg@r.postjobfree.com

Summary

Passionate senior leader with over 25 years of experience across a broad set of industries and disciplines delivering exceptional results. Demonstrated ability to develop talent and drive performance. Recognized as a highly effective collaborative leader that builds trusting relationships.

President 2017 to September 2023

Oregon Manufacturing Extension Partnership (OMEP) – Not for profit management consulting firm committed to helping manufacturing companies compete in an increasingly global economy.

Led organization of manufacturing consultants who provide hands on implementation support and technical expertise for manufacturing companies to improve operational and financial performance. Set company mission, vision, and strategy to achieve a targeted doubling of the economic impact for our clients served. The total economic impact independently reported by our clients grew by 315%.

Developed new marketing strategies and messaging aligned with our target market, increasing website leads from 1% to 20%.

Developed Key Performance Indicators for Sales and Operations, doubling annual sales and working capital.

Redefined program service offerings focusing on value positioning. Consistently over performed on net income targets by greater than 50%.

Reorganized leadership team to support KPI’s, improving consultant billable capacity utilization by 100%.

Expanded partner relationships increasing market penetration and built brand awareness. Sales leads increased from our network and economic development partners, resulting in our sales opportunity pipeline expanding by 75%.

Generated annual budget and managed overall company financial performance. Revenue grew by 45%.

Welch Allyn – Global developer and manufacturer of life saving medical equipment. 2011 to 2017

Director Global OEM Product Development and Process Excellence 2015 to 2017

New product development process was not delivering on time or in budget. Position was created to lead corporate re-engineering initiative to improve team performance across multiple businesses in the corporation.

Improved prioritization process to ensure product development projects aligned with business goals.

Lead process design team to ensure stake holder needs across multiple functional organizations were met.

Implemented structured R&D management system to support process changes and improve communication with Executive, Functional & Project Teams.

Director Global Current Product Engineering 2013 to 2015

Ensured necessary sustaining engineering efforts were completed on-time to support $780M annual revenue of mechanical, electro-mechanical and electronic devices. Team provided project management, software, hardware, electrical & mechanical design solutions to ensure devices perform per intended use specifications, were updated with market driven enhancements and complied with on-going worldwide regulatory agency requirements.

Managed annual project portfolio of over 40 active and 200 completed projects.

Developed budget & operation plans to support a product install base of $780M annual revenue.

Built dedicated material cost reduction team realizing a $5.5M annual savings in the first year.

Improved team performance leveraging Lean Management techniques resulting in a 31% reduction in lead time, 91% increase in on time delivery and 60% increase in completed projects.

Manufacturing Engineering Manager 2011 to 2013

Lead a team of manufacturing, software, electrical & mechanical engineers responsible for all equipment and processes utilized to manufacture and test class 2 medical devices and technologies.

Operations team doubled revenue output while holding direct labor cost flat, reduced manufacturing footprint by 50% and improved on-time delivery and product yields by 20%.

Implemented ATE software development process that increased release frequency by 400% and improved product yields by 37%.

Portfolio management of over 120 projects utilizing lean principles to increase capacity by 47%.

Provided leadership to improve Corrective Action process resulting in 50% reduction in time to closure.

Lead transformation of Calibration/Maintenance process yielding 50% reduction in lost time and 25% improvement in productivity.

Business Consultant 2004 to 2011

Oregon Manufacturing Extension Partnership (OMEP) – Not for profit consulting firm committed to

advancing manufacturing by helping Oregon companies compete in an increasingly global economy.

Assisted manufacturing companies improve enterprise wide operational and business performance through the implementation of Lean methodologies, management systems, interpersonal relationships and process improvement programs. Consistently a top performer in revenue generation and client retention. Economic impact of the consulting services my 20 clients reported to the federal government (NIST):

Cost savings over $10,000,000.

New sales over $25,000,000.

Investment avoidance over $4,000,000.

177 new jobs created.

Engineering Manager 1999 to 2004

Moore Electronics, Inc. – International manufacturer of custom cable harness and electro-mechanical assemblies

Responsible for all quoting, manufacturing process development, product testing, field failure analysis, equipment maintenance and calibration.

Manufacturing Engineer 1997 - 1999

Daitron, Inc. – Manufacturer of custom designed semiconductor handling and processing systems

Supported design, fabrication, installation and qualification of custom wafer handling systems.

Machinist 1994 - 1997

Various companies as I was working my way through college.

Education

BS Science – Portland State University

Volunteer Work

Board Member – Mid Valley Literacy Center

Board Treasurer – Gaston Booster Club

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