EDUCATION

Masters in Business Administration Florida Institute of Technology

Bachelor Degree in Organizational Management Roberts Wesleyan College, NY

Associates Degree in Mechanical Engineering Monroe Community College

Executive Program in General Management Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

EXPERIENCE

2013 - Present Knapheide, Inc. Orlando, Florida

General Manager

The Knapheide Manufacturing Company produces steel service truck bodies and platform/stake-style truck bodies. Its products include water trucks, fuel/lube trucks, service bodies, KUV bodies, platform bodies, gooseneck bodies, dump bodies, forestry bodies, pick up accessories, and mechanics trucks. The company also provides alternative fuel vehicles; and fleet, truck pool, and product support services.

Multiple Sites P&L ownership

National Sales Management:

oSales Manager training and oversight

oImplementation use of CRM and metrics to drive sales growth

oLeader of competitive analysis program

oDouble digit growth in sales year over year (Last five years)

Implementation of lean in multiple plants.

oDeveloped new tool management system just for this company that has helped reduce overall labor content in all manufacturing locations.

oCreated a nationwide lean competition to capture and share best practices.

oCreated training program for new GM, and production managers

Created new product offering that is now produced Nationwide. Lead the design and manufacturing.

Purchasing management ownership Involved in purchasing, including sourcing and supplier selection, negotiations, inventory management and oversight of buying.

Acquisition Integration

2008 - 2013 ABB, Inc. Sanford, Florida

Division Operations Manager

ABB is a global leader in power and automation technologies. Based in Zurich, Switzerland, the company employs 145,000 people. They have operations in approximately 100 countries. The firm’s shares are traded on the stock exchanges of Zurich, Stockholm, and New York. ABB’s business is comprised of five divisions that are in turn organized in relation to the customers and industries that are served.

General Manager

Responsible for the E-House manufacturing site located in Calgary Canada: (Shale Oil Mining)

Electrical House (eHouse) is a prefabricated large walk-in modular enclosure to house a medium voltage and low voltage switchgear and auxiliary equipment.

P&L ownership, Sales, Accounting, Engineering, and Production.

Development and implementation of lean concepts

Electrical Union management-negotiation.

Division Operations Manager

Responsible for the renovation of five manufacturing sites within the medium voltage division in Northern America, locations include Florida (two locations), North Carolina, Calgary Canada, and South Carolina

Managed the manufacturing of:

Electromechanical, solid-state and microprocessor relays. (Heavy use of Printed Circuit Boards )

EDS Production Environments

Control feeders, motors, and transformers.

Programmable Logic Controls

Overhead distribution cutouts, disconnect switches, and capacitor fuses.

Electrical control panel fabrication, med voltage switch gear manufacturing

Manufacturing of New and Refurbishment of Switch Gear. (Including Nuclear)

Full P&L responsibility.

Engineering, Purchasing, Accounting, and HR Management.

Excellent skills in change management, training and facilitation skills

Lead quality project that lead to 75% reduction of defects over a three-shift operation.

Lead major improvement projects and lean initiatives at multiple site across the United States

Full ownership of the restructuring of manufacturing plant including creating visions for marketing, product offerings, new plant layouts (lean), reassigning staff, job descriptions, value stream mapping, processes audits, facilitate Kaizen events and team building exercises that increased quality and factory productivity.

oRecipient of Global Operations Excellence award, recipient of Operations Excellence award for North

oAmerica and the recipient of Global Quality Recognition Award.

1998 -2008 NORTHERN AIR SYSTEMS, INC. Rochester, NY

VP of Operations

State of the art chiller manufacturer, servicing the mobile MRI industry, and other industries that require tight tolerances with Air and liquid temperatures, built to meet customer’s specifications.

Sales included United States and around the world

Startup Company; Lead the development of the company’s first products, as well as the development of new additional product offerings. Worked with potential customers to develop products that solved their needs.

oCreated service division and lead service team with a 24 hour response time to customer’s needs that serviced the United States as well as other parts of the world, established subcontractor network

oCreated new division for factory distribution center, including the development of product offering, and marketing campaign.

Plasma cutter programming, CNC, Commercial duct roll forming line, ACAD, Solidworks

Managed financial department (P&L responsibility).

Managed engineering, production scheduling, purchasing, and estimating.

Designed factory, purchased machinery and staffed two locations

Military Experience:

United States Marine Corps: Scout Sniper

Training/Certificates

Operational Excellence Graduate – Winner of Global Operations Excellence Award

Management Development Program Graduate (MDP) – ABB

Six Sigma Black Belt Certificate

International Lean Certificate (Japan): Toyota, Lexus, Yamaha, Toto, Omron, and Nagano. (Tokyo

Japan, Fukuoka Japan, Nagoya Japan)

AutoCad-SolidWorks proficient

Center for Creative Leadership - Leading Teams for Impact Graduate

Plasma/Laser/Turret Punch press programmer

Microsoft Office Expert

30 hour OSHA certification

Plant Design (Rochester Institute of Technology, NY)

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