Michael Criscuolo

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Solana Beach, Ca 92075

Phone: 843-***-****

Email: adhjmy@r.postjobfree.com

Accomplished Executive, MBA and Engineer Adept in all Facets of Business & Operations Management

Extensive track record of improving efficiencies, eliminating wasteful and non-value added activity; yielding margin improvement, cost reduction, reduced service delivery times, and improved customer satisfaction.

Highly experienced in the development and facilitation of Operations Excellence and continual improvement environments through the use of Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma and the Toyota Production system.

Comprehensive knowledge of financial and operational business management; improving operational efficiencies, increasing margins, optimizing cashflow, and developing solutions to business challenges.

P&L knowledge and experience in managing cash, credit, suppliers, banking relationships, and business processes to achieve higher margins and positive bottom line growth.

Comprehensive knowledge in the production of electronic assemblies, electro-mechanical assemblies, precision component machining, sheet metal fabrication, tooling, CNC program optimization and support functions.

Hands-on experience in product launch, new product development, engineering design, production validation and the engineering change management process.

X Stream Designs Inc., Del Mar, Ca 3/12 to 8/19

CEO/Owner

$5M Video Surveillance Electronic Products manufacturer, supplying product to law enforcement throughout the United States and Europe. Managed the start up and on-going operations with full P&L and operational responsibilities.

Designed and created video surveillance products using methods of engineering and design principles to achieve a robust and high quality product

Introduced multiple new products into production and established work cells, standard work, quality systems and tests, work instructions, supply base, and distribution channels.

Achieved 50% gross profit and 25% net profit; and a 5x increase in net profit percentage in three years.

Achieved domestic and international product certifications for product safety and electromagnetic compatibility.

SWIFT-COR AEROSPACE, Gardena, Ca 3/11 to 2/12

General Manager (company was sold and merged with buyers company)

$70M Aerospace Manufacturing. Responsible for achieving company financial objectives, product quality, on time delivery, employee development and customer satisfaction.

Improved on-time delivery by 40%, reduced past due shipping backlog by 50%, increased gross margin by 6% via the strategic acquisition of capital equipment, and the reorganization of workflow.

Reduced lead-time for sheet metal components through the fabrication process from 4 weeks to less than 5 days.

Improved product quality and acceptance rate from 90.2% to 99.8% through the creation and implementation of a critical to quality process and employee process improvement teams.

Created CNC program optimization team which lead to a 24% improvement in CNC machine utilization.

LMI AEROSPACE, Sun Valley, Ca 12/08 to 3/11

Site Operations Manager

$20M Aerospace and Defense Manufacturing. Responsible for the achievement of corporate financial and strategic objectives and the day to day site management of all departments.

Decreased factory labor/machining hours by14,000 hours over a three year period through the implementation of Lean Manufacturing, Toyota Production System, and Kaizen methodology. Re-tooled equipment for quick changeover, implemented one-piece flow and cellular manufacturing resulting in gross margin improvement of 12%.

Developed self-directed teams and deployed six sigma tools, which lead to an increase in customer quality acceptance of manufactured product from 83% to 99%.

Increased on time delivery from 63% to 100% via one piece flow, visual scheduling, capacity planning and the investment of new tooling.

Achieved Gold certification for quality and on time delivery with major OEM’s.

Re-established customer relationships and influenced the decision making process of key procurement personnel to increase the number of RFQ’s received, and re-captured the work that was once lost to competition; won the balance of dual sourced work.

CRANE ENERGY FLOW SOLUTIONS, Long Beach, Ca 2/07 to 11/08

Director of Operations

$30M Manufacturer of custom engineered valves for the refining and power generation industries. Managed the day to day activities of the operation including the following areas of responsibility: Program Management, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Procurement, Production Planning, Manufacturing/ Production, Warehouse and Maintenance.

Reduced the number of past due shipment dollars from $8M to < $.5M and increased on-time delivery from 35% to 90% via Kaizen and the application of Lean Manufacturing/Six Sigma tools including SMED (single minute exchange of die), OEE (overall equipment effectiveness), TPM (total productive maintenance) and Value Stream Mapping.

Balanced capacity to customer demand by building a dependable network of outsource suppliers which positioned the factory to meet a 30% increase in customer demand.

Improved product throughput by 30% and reduced work in process 50% by improving product flow, shifting from a push system to a Kan-ban system.

Lead two Kaizen events per month resulting in increased equipment availability and decreased product re-work and the cost of poor quality by 50%.

H.F. JOHNSTON MANUFACTURING, Vista, Ca 11/01 to 2/07

Chief Operating Officer

$11M Contract manufacturer of metal fabricated products, tooling, and electro-mechanical assemblies used in the medical, aerospace, semi-conductor and communications industries. Managed the day to day activities of the operation including the following areas of responsibility: Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Procurement, Production Planning, Finance, Customer Service, Manufacturing/ Production, Maintenance, and Supply Chain.

Increased overall manufacturing efficiency by 20% through staff reorganization, development of production scheduling system and through the implementation and use of lean manufacturing tools such as Single Minute Exchange of Die, Total Productive Maintenance and visual scheduling.

Implemented Kan-ban system with major customers which reduced product lead time by 75%.

Identified waste in the manufacturing processes by creating value stream maps, resulting in the creation of cellular value streams to achieve one-piece flow, which reduced work in process and raw material by 30%.

Introduced DMAIC and statistical tools to manufacturing product lines, to measure, identify and resolve the causes of product variation which decreased product defects at customer buy-off to zero and resulted in a decrease of assembly and test times by 15%.

Palomar Technologies, Carlsbad Ca 11/95 to 11/01

Senior Service Manager

$40M Robotics equipment manufacturer for the semi-conductor industry. Responsibilities included: The development and day to day management of an international service organization providing product training, technical and service support to equipment users.

Created a world class service organization with locations in the United States, Germany, Hong Kong, and Singapore.

Improved service response time from 7 days to 24/48 hours using the principles of Lean Manufacturing, eliminating inefficiencies and redundancies of task.

Improved equipment mean time between failure by 35% by delivering technical training content to equipment users to include written documentation.

Reduced equipment downtime by creating offsite mini warehouses domestically and internationally providing spare parts within 24 hours.

GENERAL DYNAMICS, San Diego, Ca 10/85 to 5/95

$500M Manufacturer of Aero-structures, rocket launchers, and missiles.

Program Manager

Lead cross functional teams responsible for the integration of customer driven projects into a $500M dollar per year airframe manufacturing business.

Managed multiple product improvement projects that resulted in a reduction in labor hours of 18% per unit, and scrap/rework by 13% resulting in an annual savings of $8.3 M.

Reengineered the process of design change and engineering release that reduced the total time to implement new changes from an average of ten weeks to three weeks.

Introduced automated riveting process eliminating manual drilling and rivet insertion.

Designed and implemented structure changes for airframe transportation vehicles, which reduced set-up time from two hours to eighteen minutes.

Manufacturing Manager

Led the Operations team responsible for the production of ground launched cruise missile vehicles and control centers

Managed a staff of five supervisors and 103 employees responsible for vehicle assembly, providing material services, shop planning, and master scheduling of production vehicles.

Responsible for the procurement and material control of 28,000 inventory items located in three material stockrooms.

Led Stockroom work teams that increased inventory accuracy from 42% to 99.3%.

Machine Shop Group Leader/Machinist

Responsible for the set-up of tooling and machines to manufacture aircraft production parts.

Developed tooling and fixtures to enable the efficient manufacture of production parts.

Assisted other machinists with machine set-up and operation.

Operated manual milling machines, lathes, surface grinders, and CNC machining centers.

EDUCATION

MBA – Emphasis in International Business: National University, San Diego, Ca

BA – Emphasis in Finance and Operations Management: National University, San Diego

Eli Whitney Tech. – Machine Shop Practices and Industrial Technology, Hamden CT

CERTIFICATIONS/Training

Crane Co. University – Lean/Six Sigma

University of Wisconsin – Service Executive Certification

California Vocational Teaching Credential- Project Management

Palomar College – Beginning and Advanced Electronics

Taguchi – Design of Experiments

Dale Carnegie – Personal Leadership

Volunteer Activities

San Diego County Sheriff, Search and Rescue Team & American Red Cross, Disaster Action Team Leader

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