Excellent leader and manager with proven experience in a multinational environment.  Highly diverse manufacturing skill set earned through years of direct exposure, manufacturing, process consulting and capital projects management.  Proven effectiveness in both redefining and developing highly productive and proactive teams.  Dynamic innovator and problem solver skilled in the art of corporate culture change.  Demanding champion of quality and reliability in both production asset health and efficient processes.  Very creative “win – win” negotiator with a strong sense of business ethics and a history of effective supplier development and vendor partnering.  Strong team-builder and supporter of training and personnel development. Excellent Change Management skills across all levels of an organization.

 Major focus of Experience

Manufacturing & Process Engineering

O&M of multiple plants in multiple countries, Continuous Process Improvement, Water and Wastewater Treatment, Kanban, Kaizen, Experienced DFMEA & PFMEA (Equipment & Process Failure Modes Analysis), Root Cause Investigations, DOE ( LEAN and some 6 sigma ). Experience in Food Industry: Caustic Wash-down / FDA / USDA / GMP / Aseptic Design and R&D.  Industrial: CNC, Automotive Robotics, PLC, MMI, HMI, Motion Control Programming, SCADA, I&C.  Engineering: AutoCAD, Solid-Works - 3D Modeling ALGOR Finite Element Analysis Machine Tool Design / Extensive Mechanical, Hydraulic, and Pneumatic Equipment. R&D - Product and Process Development from concept to commercialization. Many years of Field Service and Mfg. Process consultation design and redesign.

 Management

$44M total P&L of 8 Seawater Reverse Osmosis plants in 5 countries, Operations Management, Production Management, Maintenance Management, Engineering Management, Customer Service, Intellectual Property Management Incl. Patent Authorship & Patent Law, Vendor / Supplier Management, Capitol Projects Management, New process and product development including aggressive multi-plant rollouts and corporate best practices administration. Karrass Level I & II trained negotiator.  Training development and delivery, and general management experience in both union and non-union environments.