North America Asset Management

Greg Como

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****.****@***-*********.***

Objectives

I want to utilize my extensive experience to help identify waste and reduce costs for companies and be able to transfer knowledge to the team and support groups I’m involved with. Additionally, I’m looking to impact multiple sites to reduce costs and eliminate system waste. Experience

GCC President/Solutions CEO since LLC 2002 Houston, Texas Manage and implement consulting services as an operations and maintenance reliability manager, experienced in employing genuine and demonstrable asset management strategies in commercial and industrial facilities. Experience in World-Class Manufacturing in plant and corporate organizations throughout North America and Europe.

• Partnered with Shell Oil for over 18 years on reliability Improvement processes at over 16 facilities. o Increase SAP-PM system usage within best practice implementation, training operators and maintenance personnel in Work Management System.

o Implemented and trained client in Cost Transparency Process to See Cost, Understand Cost, and finally Manage Cost.

o Worked with finance representatives to provide weekly cost to cost owners and trained them to review past costs and identify opportunities to reduce or eliminate unnecessary costs. o Led world-class conversion project at Gerdau Ameristeel’s Cartersville, Georgia, and Cambridge, Ontario mills, which affected all portions of their business to improve operation metrics and change culture.

General Contract Business Physics Corporation- Consultant Houston, Texas May 2005 – March 2006

Maintenance and Reliability Consulting and Lean Implementation support across two Steel facilities

• Developed implementation plans for reliability and Lean process improvements. o Implemented Improved Work Management Process

o Implemented Routine Equipment Care (TPM) by Operators o Implemented 5S throughout the facility and offices o Reduced downtime through challenging downtime schedules and repair plans. Greg Como

5307 Calle Cadiz Pl Houston, Texas 77007 713-***-**** ****.****@***-*********.***

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Enron Director Energy Operations Services- Houston, Texas May 2005 – March 2006

Responsibility for Due Diligence and Maintenance and Reliability Implementation within North America

• Performed Due diligence at client site(s) (Pepsico) at all Gatorade and Quaker Oats facilities. o Identified excessive cost within maintenance and operator tasks that was considered Non- Valued Added. Managed transition and overall improvement process.

• Performed Due diligence at Caesars Palace and Bally’s Casinos in Las Vegas. o Identified potential opportunities to reduce cost. Major cost reduction within capital spending.

HSB Sr. Operations RT – Houston, Manager Texas

May 2005 – March 2006

Implement consulting services as an operations and maintenance reliability manager across multiple clients. Implemented 3-year Asset Integrity Process Improvement at Trinidad, W.I. Ammonia plant.

• Reduced overall maintenance and reliability cost by over $1MM per month through improved Work Management Processes, including Planning and Scheduling, Preventive Maintenance, Key performance indicator development, increased CMMS Utilization, Meeting efficiency development, Materials Management, and contractor management.

• Performed Maintenance & Reliability Assessments of over 18 industrial sites, reviewing standard operating practices and cost data trends to determine opportunities to improve overall operating performance and cost.

Baxter Cost Improvement Healthcare Facilitator – Chicago, Illinois October 1990 – December 1995

Responsible for managing Renal Division process improvement requests and funding from sourced Baxter plants across the globe. Reviewed cost data from plants wanting to improve operating costs through manufacturing improvements. Reviewed cost justifications from plants for improvements and determined if projects were justifiable to have approved. Some project requests required visiting the plants and working with engineer(s) or engineering manager(s) to modify/change requests based on my manufacturing experience as a project engineer and maintenance manager. Once agreed upon plant justifications and/or agreed upon modifications were made, my role was to schedule and present funding justification to senior management for funding approval. Additional responsibilities were to initiate cost reduction projects to the plants to lower overall division manufacturing costs.

Greg Como

5307 Calle Cadiz Pl Houston, Texas 77007 713-***-**** ****.****@***-*********.***

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Project Engineer

Responsible for implementing projects within Baxter manufacturing plants

• Manufacturing lead for project to consolidate solutions IV bags and tubing kits sourced at different sites to be manufactured at one Baxter plant. Responsible for benchmarking costs from two to the largest Baxter plants and capturing all aspects of costs to determine new potential cost.

• Implemented TPM across the Jacksonville facility, training operators and maintenance on TPM principles, covering over 90% of the plant.

• Improved Suction Canister Lid automation machine that assembled and tested over 30 manufacturing steps before boxing and shipping to warehouse.

o The rate of 750 canister/hour reduced rejects by over 25% through equipment and operator improvements from TPM

o Transferred Tubing Line from Puerto Rico to Jacksonville facility. Trained operators to operate line and trained maintenance to service equipment. Fuchs Plant/Project Spice Company Engineer – Baltimore, Maryland October 1988 – October 1990

Responsible for all aspects of plant engineering and maintenance support. Direct reports included 35 technicians, three staff positions, and an industrial engineer.

• Installed new Old Bay spice line and trained operators and maintenance staff to operate and maintain equipment.

• Installed new Black Pepper Mill and managed costs to stay in budget based on previous engineer cost allocation.

Education

University BS, Mechanical of Houston Engineering Technology (1981 – 1986). Co-Op Hughes Tool Company (3 semesters)

Southern Major, Electrical University Engineering (1979 – 1980) Volunteer

Memorial Hermann Hospital– Patient & Family Advisory Council References

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