Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Manufacturing Engineer with 2D and 3D CAD

Professional Experience

January **** – Current HMP Enterprises, Inc. Manchester, GA

Our mission is to bring World Class Manufacturing back to Georgia. Our Executive Board of Advisors bring over 150 years of experience in Mergers and Acquisitions, OEM, Start Ups as well as other manufacturing disciplines.

Chief Operating Officer

Prior to accepting role as COO, worked as a consultant to help evaluate the DryCorp and DryCase business

On January 31, 2020, HMP Enterprises Inc purchased DryCorp LLC. and DryCase LLC.

Design and implement business strategies, plans and procedures

Set comprehensive goals for performance and growth

Establish policies that promote company culture and vision

Oversee daily operations of the company and the work of executives (IT, Marketing, Sales, Finance etc.)

Lead employees to encourage maximum performance and dedication

Evaluate performance by analyzing and interpreting data and metrics

Participate in expansion activities (investments, acquisitions, corporate alliances etc.)

Manage relationships with partners/vendors

Design of new products (medical latex and retail waterproof items)

Sales: contacting potential customers, product demos, creating new accounts, & custom promo orders

Customer Service: Complaints, Warranty, Returns, & General Product Questions

July 2019 – June 2020 Design Team Sign Company Savannah, TN

Design Team Sign Company is one of the fastest growing sign companies in the United States.

Contract Senior Design Engineer

Hired as a freelance 1099 contractor to work in the engineering department. I've worked on a few special R&D Engineering projects for new prototype designs and fabrications. Utilizing design tools such as Solidworks, EnRoute CNC, Adobe, CorelDraw, AutoCAD, and Global Shop ERP business software. Reviewing architectural prints and site surveys to determine customers design needs.

Breakdown of architectural sales drawings to create production drawings for stone, sheet metal, and mill work shops. Drawings consisted of stainless & wood cabinetry, solid surface tops, food service equipment, shelves, serving stations, bars, cashier stations, exterior signage, menu display panels, drive through signs, monuments, canopies, awnings, and railing.

Helped engineering to begin the transition from 2D AutoCAD to 3D SolidWorks. This also included on-site training of AutoCad and SolidWorks.

February to June 2020 – My role was beginning to cut-back due to COVID, traveling issues, and overall company cuts. I continued being responsive to current projects I had worked on until completion.

December 2018 – July 2019 AFS All-American/Architectural Arts Savannah, TN and Des Moines, IA

One of America’s preeminent millwork, fabrication, and stone manufacturers. NSF / ANSI 51 certified facilities.

Contract Manufacturing Engineering, Continuous Improvement, and Autodesk Inventor Consultant

Received my NSF / ANSI 51 Certification

Breakdown of architectural sales drawings to create production drawings for stone, sheet metal, and mill work shops. Drawings consisted of cabinetry, tops, sneeze guards, food service equipment, shelves, serving stations and bars.

Helped engineering to begin the transition from 2D AutoCAD to 3D Autodesk Inventor. Unified engineering and drafting procedures for operations and projects; this reduced scrap and rework.

Introduced Lean principals; reduced FY19 operating expenses by 19% – from $7.6M less than $6.2M

Created YTD Cost Savings, Overtime Spending, New Hire & Terminations, and Cost Avoidance Trackers

Developed “no-pay, no-penalty”, "Overtime Authorization", "Preventative Maintenance", and "Change Order" SOP's to manage production trends.

Implemented GEMBA boards in each department to track efficiencies, post company-related goals, and show visual updates on the measurable goals being tracked.

Created a visual tracker for Weekly and Monthly Financial targets.

Facilitated SWOT analyses and Value Stream Maps in order to highlight targeted areas of focus, areas where we needed to overcome challenges, and to document the process flow.

June 2019 - My position was eliminated due to the banks taking over the financial decisions of the business.

October 2018 – December 2018 NIKA Solutions Martin Army Community Hospital, Ft. Benning, GA

NIKA provides a full range of facilities operations management services necessary to support government projects across the country and around the globe.

Contract Architectural CAD Consultant for Ft. Benning Facility Support

Utilizing my AutoCAD skills, I provided updates to drawings and specifications at BMACH and associated facilities. I performed field measurements and gathered engineering data necessary for updating and verifying construction drawings, new work and existing drawings via CAD and developing specifications. Maintained record (as-built) drawings of all assigned structures and grounds. Made all necessary changes to keep drawings current as remodeling, renovations and building additions occur. My architectural CAD support also included the following:

Request for hardcopy prints, electronically formatted drawings and available O&M and technical exhibit manual information. All Draftsman/CAD operator requests shall be made by DMLSS/FM WR to ensure actions are documented and completed within the allowable time period for the classification of work (Urgent, Routine, etc.). "CAD Support" shall be entered into the field "Work Request Type" of the WR. Created Visual Standard Work documents for production cells.

Updated directional maps in templates provided by MACH Facility Management for patient and staff use and information reception areas.

Operations and maintenance of the scanner and printer equipment used to provide hardcopy drawings and prints per request. Maintenance performed shall be at the user level only.

Updates to and maintenance of the program for the directional kiosks located at the north and south main entrances.

Updates to as-built CAD drawings/prints of the medical center, associated campus and other facilities identified as being part of the O&M contractor, MEDCOM planning, design, construction and/or MEDCOM engineering projects.

Updates to DMLSS Draw Base personnel with CAD drawings/prints of the medical center, associated campus and other facilities identified as being part of the O&M contractor, MEDCOM planning, design, construction, and/or MEDCOM engineering projects.

Requests to verify existing drawing in support of facility project utility outages and report deficiencies to Facility Manager.

Government Shutdowns December 2018 – I had no available PTO and could not be without work for an extended time.

April 2018 – October 2018 Path-Tec Columbus, Georgia

Path-Tec offers innovative client supply, logistics, and technology solutions to help laboratories thrive in today’s healthcare environment. This site was an FDA-approved, ISO 13485 facility.

Continuous Improvement Manager

1st week documented my observations; outlining potential areas for CI projects, areas needing documentation or procedures, potential cost savings, areas requiring time studies, questions, and comments.

Created Visual Standard Work documents for production cells.

Performed time studies on production cells, established hourly standards and goals (Components and Kits per hour). Hourly production employees were all temps at the time of hire.

Created an automated spreadsheet that keeps up with CPH, KPH, WO's, hours, etc. for each production employee, by day, month, week, and YTD. This Cell Production data was used to identify manufacturing employees who were meeting, exceeding, or failing in terms of hourly standards and weekly goals. Employees meeting standards received % merits in pay and the employees who consistently exceeded the standards, were hired as direct hourly employees with a higher pay.

Created Training modules for Path-Tec University, an internal training portal.

Created a GEMBA Board Daily Tracker spreadsheet; graph trending data from each area.

Create/Review/Revise Quality related documents, controlled continuous improvement documents, and controlled maintenance documents.

In NetSuite, reviewed high volume kits and average shipments. Determined ULINE multi-depth box sizes to use to minimize dimensional weight shipping prices. Went to paper packing instead of air pillows.

Consolidation of all of the Distribution #'s from 2017 and 2018 into one spreadsheet. Focus on Volume, FTE's, and balancing out the load. Look at headcount, volumes and reducing overtime.

Reviewed Cycle Count Procedure: identified issues and bottlenecks.

Established Score Cards with Department Measurables and Standards for Order Pullers, Order Staging, and Shipping Employees.

Assist HR with creating Excel formulas to track time for Distribution

Q4 2018 - Path-Tec was sold and merged with Lab Logistics

November 2010 – March 2018 AngioDynamics Manchester, Georgia

AngioDynamics $350M provider of innovative, minimally invasive medical devices for vascular access, peripheral vascular disease, surgery, and oncology. This site was an FDA-approved, ISO 13485 facility.

Lean Six Sigma Champion / Enterprise Product Data Management (PDM) Administrator / CAD Engineer

Served as an executive team liaison supporting overall operational excellence. Led Lean Six Sigma initiatives and provide cross-functional leadership between three U.S. facilities in the areas of product planning, analysis, feasibility, efficiency utilization, direct labor, cost savings projects, product rollouts, and product enhancements.

Member of a team that increased efficiency output an average of 12.2% per year for the past six years, (with a 38% head count reduction through attrition, increased volumes, and cost roll each year) by line balancing, cross-functional training, and Kaizen improvements. Maintained volumes, increased efficiency, reduced scrap, improved yields, and added new production lines.

Analyzed total workflow from raw material to finished goods to initiate first Green Belt process transformation project to achieve cost savings by using Lean principles to reduce lead time and increase productivity of raw material flow from kitting to manufacturing. Decreased lead time from three days to one hour and increased the number of kits built per labor hour, with a reduction of two FTE’s. This led to projects in 10 additional product segments focused on efficiency, scrap, and inventory.

Provided Kaizen and Green Belt leadership to facilitate cost savings and Lean process improvements for Manchester plant and companywide. Initiated programs to strategically align processes. Examples Include:

Reduced scrap by 2% and improved efficiency for a $28K savings on NanoKnife product.

Generated $14K savings on Solero product through scrap reduction and improved efficiency.

Made Volta product efficiency improvements to generate $34K in savings.

Increased CT and VI tandem pack efficiencies within the boxing operation by 40%, for a $42K savings.

Saved $40K in Port Seal department through efficiency improvements and lead time reduction.

Improved efficiency and lead times in CT port assembly process for a $48K savings.

Led Green Belt project to achieve $68K cost savings by using Lean principles to reduce lead time and increase productivity of raw material flow from kitting to manufacturing. Decreased lead time from three days to one hour and increased the number of kits built per labor hour with a reduction of two FTE’s.

Served on cross-functional Cost of Goods Sold / Vertically Integrated Projects (COGS VIP) team providing weekly benchmarking of COGS VIP. Team met FY17 cost savings goal of $1.2M through labor efficiencies, overhead reductions, workforce, scrap, yields, PPV, MUV, and DL. Identified future projects to contribute to the FY18-FY20 goal of $9.4M in cost savings.

Provided CAD engineering support to four engineers through coordination of multiple Supplier Change Notices (SCN), programming DALSA / Ultra VNC Vision System, setup of Instron test equipment, assembly of Accusulis LCS pumps for Denmead, UK plant, processing 200+ CO’s and ECO’s annually, creation and revision of controlled drawings and documents, design and implementation of fixtures, and setup of IQ/OQ of leak and flow testers.

Spearheaded margin improvement project on Volta product. Analyzed COGS to determine substitution of similar parts option to achieve same functionality at lower cost. Margin went from break even to positive margin.

August 2008 – November 2010 Diversified Metal Fabricators (DMF) Atlanta, Georgia

DMF is a manufacturer and supplier of hi-rail equipment used to build and maintain the lifeline of the railroad.

CAD Technician / Sub-assembly Coordinator

Recognized by CEO as problem solver within first few days on job and tasked to design a fixture solution to simplify the CNC machining process and increase casting part output. Result was a decrease from multi-step process to single-step process, greater part accuracy, and tripled output. Continued to be given additional responsibilities as a result of these improvements.

Assisted the Production Manager with the creation of work orders for the shop, analyzing customer truck specs and equipment needs, building bill of materials for each order, and printing of 20 to 40 shop packets per week.

Used SolidWorks to create detailed drawings and exploded assembly instructions for technical manuals.

July 2005 – August 2008 Ball Aerosol and Specialty Packaging Tallapoosa, Georgia

Ball is North America's largest producer of three-piece steel aerosol cans. Formerly US Can, acquired by Ball, this plant closed in December 2008.

Tool and Die Supervisor / CAD Engineering Technician

Managed tool and die operations within a 24/7, three-shift manufacturing facility. Planned the workflow and output for eight shop employees. Aided in the design and fabrication of special shop projects, inspection gauges, jigs, and reverse engineering of many early 1900’s press equipment parts that could no longer be purchased.

Analyzed negative revenue variance related to direct costs and labor to determine solution to positively affect profitability. Worked with sister facilities to find opportunities for shared machining and tooling services. This resulted in shorter tooling lead times and reduced costs. Increased monthly revenue in tool and die department from $37K to $52K.

Partnered with the maintenance group to develop the annual maintenance calendar for each die rebuild at 10+ plants. Reduced the overall maintenance budget through the shared machining and tooling services. Worked with Ionbond to apply coatings to tooling in order to reduce wear and extend the tooling life. Inspected and reworked or shimmed die parts to save on rebuild costs and press machine downtime.

Negotiated an outside vendor arrangement which created a stand-alone company for the eight tool shop employees after the 2008 site closure announcement was made. Successfully transitioned Ball’s tool needs for the remaining locations by showing overall efficiency and cost savings.

Training: high performance leadership, management skills for first-time supervisors, behavior-based safety coach, value stream analysis, time management, and strategic planning manufacturing seminars, and facilitator training.

Implemented 5S processes, developed “Visual Status Production” board, performed safety audits, managed electronic CAD, archived paper drawings, and controlled raw materials, finished goods, and tooling inventory.

All the above played a key role in improving profits from $18K to $100K+ per month, or ~$984K per year.

August 2000 – July 2005 Coldwater Group, Inc. Atlanta, Georgia

Manufactures engineered consumables and services for the pulp and paper industry.

CAD/CNC Administrator

Reverse engineering of technical data collected by our field technicians to determine the type of seals required and the sizes of each needed for various suction rolls. Once information was determined, I created detailed shop drawings, using AutoCAD 2002 & Autodesk Inventor 6.

Preparing proposal drawings on all domestic & international job orders to send to the customer for approval.

Implementing techniques to speed up the time it takes to create drawings and get them out to manufacturing.

Creating CNC programs for our 2 1/2-axis milling machine, using Intercon software, to manufacture our seals out of raw stock. Managing and revising all CNC programs & full-size templates for QC inspections.

Setup of drawing standards, templates, drawing logs, and various company reference manuals.

Creating plant layouts showing evacuation routes, location of fire extinguishers/exits, eye wash stations, and MSDS information.

Aid in the design of special shop projects, inspection gauges, jigs, engraving materials, etc.

Using a digital camera and a camcorder to document our products and manufacturing abilities.

Using PowerPoint to generate various slideshow presentations, which are used for advertising and training seminars for our customers.

Using Microsoft Word & Excel to create spreadsheets, databases, binder covers, fill in the blank templates, and other miscellaneous office documents.

January 1997 – August 2000 DentalEZ Integrated Solutions Bay Minette, Alabama

DentalEZ® produces dental operatory systems, including cabinets, patient chairs, and delivery equipment used in the dental office. DentalEZ® products are manufactured in an ISO 13485:2003 certified facility.

CAD/Pro-E Jr. Designer

My work duties, using ProE & AutoCAD, for creating and updating casting, machining, sub-assemblies, and fully assembled production drawings. Creating/designing 3-D models of miscellaneous molded plastic, sheet metal, aluminum, & steel parts for cosmetic design & cost improvements in existing products as well as new products. Making revision changes to drawings & bill of materials per ECN’s. Converting 3-D models to IGES & other usable formats for vendors of casting and injection molded parts. Using Oracle to create & view part numbers, descriptions, cost, inventory, bill of material structures, etc. Creating illustrations and graphics for technical manuals/instructions. Setting up & maintaining automated bill of materials, drawing borders, symbols, and standard procedures for all drawings. Aid in the training of AutoCAD, Pro Engineer, and other engineering software to new hires as well as current employees. Managing of drawing files and running/retrieving tape back-ups.

September 1993 – January 1997 I.C.S. (Instrument Control Services) Pensacola, Florida

Contract CAD Draftsman, On-site with multiple clients

Degussa Chemicals at Theodore, Alabama

Managed of Microstation, Intergraph & AutoCAD files. Converted drawings to/from Intergraph and AutoCAD.

Created & updated P&ID’s, ISO’s, piping layouts/elevations, detailed drawings, process flow charts/diagrams. Minor fieldwork verifications & used a Transit to determine elevations

Used Corel 5.0 with a scanner to edit drawings/photographs to format for company documentations.

Floater between electrical/civil/instrumentation/piping department for CAD mark-ups.

International Paper at Selma, Alabama

Continuous maintenance of revisions & modifications to all drawings (hand drawn on paper & electronic CAD). Created fully detailed drawings/illustrations of paper machine, conveyor components, and heavy equipment (dossiers, gradall, trains, etc.)

Created isometric exploded assembly drawings to be included in technical training manuals. Created various plant area layouts & elevations, 2-D isometric views of interior layouts & machinery controls, red line mark-ups of process flow diagrams, and various mechanical drawings & field sketches of equipment, along with some minor field verification

Education and Professional Development

Bachelor of Science (BS), Organizational Leadership (75% complete) Point University West Point, Georgia

Associate of Applied Science (AAS), Drafting and Design Technology Jefferson Davis Community College Brewton, Alabama

Associate of Applied Science (AAS), Civil Engineering Technology Bishop State Community College Mobile, Alabama - Need surveying classes to complete program and graduate with this degree.

Professional Development

QuickBooks Online, 2020 - Creating PO's, Invoices, and Estimates

Small Business Management Penn Foster (online) 2014

Adobe Illustrator CS4 Revealed Penn Foster (online) 2010

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification – 2013, Rochester Institute of Technology.

ISO 13485:2003 Quality Management Standard for Medical Devices – 2016, Caliso Certification

Certification of Completion: AngioDynamics Internal Auditor Training – 2016, Dan Englert, Audit Manager

Business management software: Oracle EBS, Agile, OBI, and SAP.

Stage-Gate: Breakthrough New Product Ideas

PDP – Product Development Process

PPL – Project Priority List

20+ years of AutoCAD experience – Release 10 thru 2020.

3D modeling software: Pro/Engineer, Autodesk Inventor 2016, Solid Edge and SolidWorks.

Worked with mechanical, piping, structural, architectural, process flow, and schematic drawings.

NX100 Basic Robotics Programming with optional Arc Welder – Motoman Training.

Created “scaled” plant layouts to show architectural footprint, equipment, evacuation routes, etc.

Read and interpret blueprints.

Managing and revisions of HTML websites.

Converting (import / export) from various 2-D and 3-D drawing programs.

Equipment: scanner, digital camera, plotter, calipers, micrometers, and comparator.

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