Project Execution, Project Manager

Certified PM possessing a deep work history with a broad operational background including Sales, Quoting, Engineering, Procurement, Manufacturing, Shipping and V&V Implementation.

EDUCATION

Associates of Business Administration - Baker College of Muskegon, Muskegon, MI (Completed March 1997)

Certificate of Project Management – Davenport University, Grand Rapids, Mi (Completed December 2020)

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Project Manager (Contract) – Infant Formula Manufacturing

Lakeview Technical Services – Mead Johnson Nutritional’s, Zeeland MI Feb 2025 to July 2025

$300K-$3M Projects - Administered a formal Project Execution Process.

Collaborated with Project Engineering, Process Engineering, Automation Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Maintenance, Reliability, Validation, EHS, Procurement, Quality, Technical Services, Finance and Food Safety & Compliance.

Coordinated onsite General Contactor quoting and scheduling.

Operations and Projects Manager (Contract) – Metal Stamping Sept 2024 to Oct 2024

JBL Resources - Accurate Machine and Tool

Learned the corporate structure from key stakeholders and offered advice for more efficient business practices with a focus on growth of the business and operational excellence.

Identified and developed business objectives and initiatives for a 3-year rollout plan.

Coordinated daily onsite collaboration between departments assisting in decision making.

Supported and coached peers including recently promoted, less experienced and off-shift supervisors.

Evaluated the key stakeholder’s performance and reported it to the owner of the company.

Worked with Department Managers to identify and grow potential future leaders in the company.

PMO Manager – Automated Intralogistics Integration

Viastore Systems, Grand Rapids MI Aug 2022 to April 2024

Ensure compliance with project execution standards and support project teams in planning, execution and finalization of domestic and international projects.

Collaborated with the Toyota Intralogistics Family: Viastore Systems, Vanderlande, Bastian.

Introduced new cloud-based project reporting software, Smartsheet, across multiple global regions. (see list below) Collaborated in conducting Operational Excellence Workshop in Germany to rollout and refine future Standard Operating Procedures and best practices.

oNorth America, South America, Spain, France, Germany

Created a Visual Project Execution process map defining functional discipline relationships at each project phase.

Lead collaborator in generating new ISO9000 process doc for onsite delivery of internally shipped goods.

Interviewed and Identified growth suppliers for a new onsite mechanical and electrical pre-assembly initiative on our shop floor for General Motors projects across 4 separate GM sites.

oDFZ Factory Zero, Hamtramck MI

oRamos Factory, Monterrey MX

oSpring Hill Plant, Springhill TN

oLake Orion Plant, Lake Orion MI

Reorganized 30,000sq/ft shop floor for more efficient workflow and inventory management.

Project Manager (Contract) – Medical Device Manufacturing

JBL Resources - Stryker, Portage MI July 2021 to July 2022

$250K-$2M Projects - Evaluated the relocation of product from incumbent suppliers to new suppliers.

Project objectives ranged from cost savings, mergers & acquisitions or SLT business decisions.

Supported the progression of the project activities between multiple internal and external functional groups from research through the formal IQ/OQ/PQ process.

Executed formal Manufacturing Product Transfer process analysis of medical battery production line in Batam Indonesia for complete relocation to Monterrey Mexico with newly identified growth supplier, Panasonic.

Generated Capital Expenditure Request for review by Senior Leadership at Stryker Medical in Cork, Ireland.

oBusiness Case Financial Model (BCFM)

oSenior Leadership PMO Team Presentation

oExecutive Summary

Conducted and monitored low level Design For Manufacturing (DFM) meetings with global engineering SMEs from Washington State to Gurugram, India.

Collaborated with Sales, Marketing, New Product Development, Engineering and Manufacturing to establish a sunset procurement plan for T4 to T5 transition of Stryker Flyte Hood.

Project Manager (Contract) – Injectable Pharmaceuticals Manufacturing

Experis - Pfizer Inc, Portage MI January 2021 to July 2021

$50K-$1M Projects - Supported and directed the progression of the project activities between multiple internal and external functional groups in execution of IP/OP/PQ process of Aseptic Pharmaceutical Lyophilization for the Covid-19 vaccine filling line and its Automation equipment verification process.

Facilitated internal cross-departmental mini CAPA projects.

Managed the day-to-day verification process of the software for the new Gen II Covid-19 vaccine line across 2 shifts. This was new for Pfizer and professional growth opportunity for me.

Directed activities to add maintenance drain functionality to an existing Clean In Place (CIP) system.

Concepted and ordered bespoke lyophilization tray cart able to be autoclaved in production setting.

Concepted and ordered additional maintenance platforms on top of 20’ chillers in the basement of pre-existing aseptic injectable vaccine filling line.

Project Manager – Automated Robot Solutions OEM

JR Automation, Holland MI October 2018 to March 2020

$250K-$3M Projects - Administered a formal Project Execution Process from P.O. acceptance through SAT with a strong customer facing focus.

Supported the progression of the project activities between multiple functional groups.

Generated and presented monthly build, financial & technological project status presentations to executive PMO board.

High visibility customers: General Motors, Daimler Chrysler, Ford, AAM, John Deere, Stryker Medical.

R&D Project, high-speed red laser welding cell for Nibco copper residential plumbing fittings.

Knuckle Bearing Press cell for Daimler Chrysler. Achieved zero down time for part-to-part one-piece production runs and reduced FTE’s head count by one full FTE.

Covered for co-workers’ 2-week vacation and ran a semi-automated Stryker hospital bed frame weld cell project.

Covered for co-workers’ 2-week vacation and ran an automated John Deere combine auger weld cell project.

Project Manager – Liquids Filling OEM

Fogg Filler Co, Holland MI July 2014 to October 2018

$250K-$4M Projects - Semi-Automated Liquids Filling Industry, coordinated all technical specifications from concept to in-plant validation activities in a customer-facing environment.

Supported the progression of the project activities between multiple suppliers.

Collaborated with Process Engineering, Civil Engineering, Controls Engineering, Mechanical Engineering.

Executed all Bolthouse ESL liquids filling line projects from 2014-2018.

Delivered the largest by volume milk filling line for Almarai Dairy in Saudi Arabia.

Coordinated a greenfield project for Coca Cola co-packer, Super Store Industries (SSI) in Turlock, California.

Collaborated with domestic and international external suppliers collaborating directly with Bolthouse, Coca Cola, PepsiCo, Naked Juice, Suja, Jack Daniels and High West.

Zone Leader – OTC Drugs

Perrigo Pharmaceuticals, Allegan, MI February 2013 to July 2014

Managed 9 Packaging Lines after only 3 months of employment on a tablet filling line.

Supervised 50-100 hourly and seasonal employees.

Coordinated interdepartmental activities.

Forecasted daily production throughput and manpower needs. (1 – 20 SKU’s / 1,000 – 10,000 units)

Skills Highlight: (Intermediate to Advanced)

Project Management Specific Software

o(MS Office Suite, Outlook 365, Excel, Power Point, OneNote, SharePoint, Teams, Word, Visio, Webex, Skype, DocuSign, Smartsheet)

10 years Project Management

o(ESL Liquids Filling, Consumer Goods, Automotive Production Lines and Cells, Automated Manufacturing Lines and Cells)

5 years Supervisory Experience

o(Automated Spray Drying Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical Packaging, Raw material and Brite Stock Packaging, Pre-Engineered Building Erection)

1 year Sales Engineering

o(Quoting Support to Sales Department, Scope Development Support to Sales Department)

15+ years Manufacturing Experience (FDA/MDA Regulated Food Manufacturing,

o(Automated Spray Drying Manufacturing, OTC Tablet Filling Plant, OTC Tablet Brite Stock Packaging, Injection Molding Buyer to Automotive Industry Tier 1 & Tier 2, Office Furniture Assembly, Powder Coat Paint Application, Wet Coat Paint Application, Stamped Steel Office Furniture Spot-Welding, Factory Work, Food Plant Mfg. and SOP’s, Hygiene GMPs)

Revenue Projection Management

o(Full Project Functional Discipline Budgeting, Full Project Functional FTE Resource Man-hour Burndown Allocation and Tracking)

Change Management

o(Full Project Scope Management, KPI Negotiation, Engineering Change Orders, FTE Resource Management)

Senior Leadership Presentation Skills

o(Spreadsheets Tracking, Power Points Presentations, MS Project Timeline Reporting, Smartsheet Reporting and Presentation)

Greenfield Project Planning

o(Coordinated Domestic and International Suppliers, Large Scale Project Integration in direct Customer Facing role.)

Interdepartmental Functional Discipline Coordination

o(Sales, Applications Engineering, Design Engineering, Controls Engineering, Software Engineering, Machine Builders and Assemblers, Formal Freight Forwarding (international projects), On Customer Site Installation and Plant Ingress, Onsite Verification, Onsite Validation, Onsite SAT Support)

Corporate Operational Excellence

oSupported facilitation of domestic and International Workshops to align corporate initiatives and goals.

oMonitor and Mentor Project Execution across all common departmental disciplines.

Skills Highlight: (Basic Skills Level)

SolidWorks

AutoCAD

Smartsheet

Process Engineering Concepts

Process Pipework Design Concepts

Process Pipework Cleaning Concepts

Production Conveyor Layout Concepts

In Process Micro Swabbing for Cleaning Validation

Bachelor, CAPM, PMP completion at employers’ request.

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