Senior Manufacturing Leader

ERIC R. THOMAS

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SENIOR MANUFACTURING LEADER

Performance methodologies driven, while manufacturing wearing many hats. leader Strong with 25+ leadership, years of change extensive agent, knowledge and problem-and implementation solving ability in experience obtaining using company Lean goals Areas relative of expertise to Safety, include: Quality, Delivery, and Cost while driving continuous improvement. v Data-Driven Decision Making

v Visual Management

v Performance Metrics

v Lean Manufacturing

v Problem-Solving PDCA

v A3 Thinking

v Kaizen

v Value Streams

v Respect for People

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SEC Sr. Manager, ENERGY PRODUCTS Engineering & SERVICES (ENERGY TRANSFER), Houston, TX 2019-2021 Promoted to provide strategic leadership for Engineering Organization, $250-$350MM YRLY Revenue. v v v v v Directed Instituted Founded Streamlined Chaired Product Project the Project Scheduling, Project Management, Cost-Financials Controls Out Financials, initiative (Budget Team Engineering, – Cost (Scheduling, vs Yielded Actuals) Analysis, Applications, 5% – Cost initial and KPI’s Analyst, KPI’s savings and Estimating, utilizing Lessons and ($2.ERP 07MM ERP Learned & Support) Scheduling system to $1.97MM) Sr. Manager, Operational Excellence

Hired to establish a foundation for Operational Excellence and promote a culture of Continuous Improvement. v v v v v v Aligned Headed Designed Steered Implemented Administered Organizational the functional and design Dashboards launched tools support and and establishment restructure SEC’s process (departments issue Document improvements identification, to better of Non-Management (Quality, align Conformance to cost Warranty, drive with impact) System changing (1.8) Reporting – & TRIR (Root Safety) Standards business down Cause (NCRs) to & Analysis environment Procedures) ZERO (RCA) EXTERRAN, Sr. Manager, INC.Estimating, Houston, TX 2001-2019 Acquired 12+ years of diverse and cross-functional experience, asked to cultivate Estimating Team, $300-$500MM YRLY Revenue v v v v Formalized Introduced Constructed Guided Manufacturing Estimating Global Cost Configurator Compression Engineers Scorecard Tool Estimating thru & Performance – Historical DLP projects Procedure Cost Metrics (Direct for Data (Project Labor Mining Productivity) Cost Variances) - DMAIC method Project Manager, Sr.

Challenged with revitalizing product line (CAT 3306NA/TA) to meet an extraordinary customer demand utilizing outdated assets. v v v v v Facilitated Streamlined Flowline Achieved Authored implementation customer “Taking cross-production functional on demand the output - Small Reduced teams (2 units/of Horsepower “Bay (Manufacturing cycle 1 day) Build” time = 200+ product Challenge” >95%& Units Operations), Reduced (1 unit/Exterran 15 labor to days) meet Extra cost to customers’ Mar. >(1 60% unit/2013 1 day) needs ERIC R. THOMAS

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Product Delivery Manager

Opportunity to create and shape new department, Preservation of +$140MM Major Assets. v v v v Organized Implemented Coordinated Eliminated cross-Compression development Metrics functional to drive Corrosion of teams Oracle results to Warranty (create MRP) – introduced Tracking Standards, Cost of company & $1.Guidelines, Maintenance 15MM to SharePoint to and $0 Schedule within Work KPIs first Instructions for Preservation year Lean Specialist, Sr.

Advanced my leadership and continuous improvement skills, asked to join the inaugural Global Lean Team for Exterran. v v v v Authored Improved Introduced Kaizen Event “Commitment cycle Communication facilitator time by (25% Value to Boards Continuous ($Streams, 120k/and Unit) Gemba Business Improvement” Process Walks Processes, & Treating in Fabrication Exterran Standard Product News Work) Line Jan. – 2008 – Tulsa, Multiple OK Facilities Area Manager – Flowline Coordinator (Universal Compression) Joined the innovation team responsible for realizing lean manufacturing and implementing assembly line for Compression. v v v v Facilitated Streamlined Flowline Achieved implementation customer innovative production demand assembly output - Reduced (1 unit/of “Flowline” “Bay cycle 1 day) Build” time (= CAT 100+ product >70%3516 Units, Reduced Packages) (1 unit/15 labor +days) $260MM cost to >(1 40% YRLY unit/1 Revenue day) EDUCATION AND CREDENTIALS

BAAS, Business Classes

TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY - Commerce, TX

Associates of Science in Computer-Aided Design

ITT TECHNICAL INSTITUTE - San Antonio, TX

Professional Development

Tactical Lean Skills Training, Society of Manufacturing Engineers - SME Change Agent Skills for Lean Implementation Leaders – Lean Enterprise Institute Coaching Skills for Developing Lean Thinking – Lean Enterprise Institute Making Materials Flow – Lean Enterprise Institute

Creating Continuous Flow – Lean Enterprise Institute Value Stream Mapping – Lean Enterprise Institute

Principal of Lean Manufacturing, University of Houston – TMAC

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