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Career Objective

Management position utilizing strong leadership, problem solving, and experience


to increase profit margins and return on assets.
Qualifications Summary
Plant Management Financial Modeling
Project Management Safety Champion
Manufacturing Eng. Management Lean/6 Sigma Certified
Quality & Service Management Cost Reduction
Selected Accomplishments
Operations manager for $250 million solar panel manufacturing plant.
Responsible for $100 million production cost center.
Project leader for safety program reducing OSHA Recordables to half industry av
erage.
Company leader for 5S program.
Cost reduction in overhead (33%) and direct labor (25%) within 2 years time.
Director of Operations for start-up company during rapid growth period. Respons
ible for manufacturing, quality, service, facilities, staffing, data & communica
tion, shipping & receiving, and finance.
Identified components, operations, automation projects, bottlenecks, re-design
opportunities, and scrap to consistently meet cost saving targets. Saved roughly
$15 million over the ten years at A.T. Cross.
Professional Experience
Evergreen Solar Inc., Devens, MA
2008 Present
Operations Manager
Responsible for $100 million production department
Reduced labor force required by 25% in 6 months while hitting record output, yi
eld, and overtime targets
Reduced manufacturing overhead by 33%
Led implementation team for new business system
Leader for 5S and Safety programs
Served as acting Plant Manager for $100+ million production facility during new
plant startup
Lean/6 Sigma certified
Spectra Systems Corporation, E. Providence, RI 2002 2008
Director of Operations Mar. 02 Jan 08
* Responsible for all financial activities for the company, including AR, AP, pa
yroll, monthly and quarterly closings, and cash flow.
* Created first manufacturing cell for $11 million order. Responsible for manuf
acturing, facilities, staffing, purchasing, service, and budgeting.
* In charge of information systems for the company (network, phone, and internet
). Implemented new business system software to manage & run the company on.
* Project manager of projects during the R&D, pre-production, production, and se
rvice phases of the product development cycle. Responsible for creation of proj
ect schedule, resource identification and procurement, budget management, intern
al and external progress reporting, and phase-specific goals and objectives.
A. T. Cross Company, Lincoln, Rhode Island
Operations Manager
Manufacturing Engineering Manager
Senior/Lead Manufacturing Engineer
Manufacturing Engineer 1992-2002
2000-2002
1998-2000
1998 - 1998
1992 - 1998
* Manager of engineering, direct labor, and tooling support groups.
* Managed newly launched product manufacturing operations utilizing continuous i
mprovement practices to shorten time needed to achieve mature product line metri
cs.
* Performed various vertical integration & classic make vs. buy analysis resulti
ng in multiple outcomes: continued out-sourcing, capital leasing, and the bringi
ng in-house of secondary manufacturing processes.
* Developed unit cost savings and cash flow analysis spreadsheets to prioritize
and improve return on assets.
* Provided process engineering support for majority of company both as an indivi
dual and manager of the manufacturing engineering department. Results include r
educed costs, increased quality, more efficient use of factory floor space, incr
eased machine uptime, and improved throughput.
* Led a critical and capital-intensive cost reduction project resulting in a maj
or redesign of the pen actuation mechanism. The new design had one third fewer
parts, cost one third less, and had a tenfold increase in reliability.
* Travelled to international plant in Ireland to implement and train a new produ
ct sub-assembly operation.
* Used and/or implemented traditional manufacturing engineering tools, including
SPC, DFA, DFMEA, PFMEA, ECNs, DOEs, GD&T, stack-up analysis, and GMP to improve
operational efficiency, quality, and profit.
* Co-led project team to transfer an international production line to the home f
acility with a total of only two weeks downtime.
* Implemented JIT manufacturing system resulting in significantly reduced cycle
time (10+ days to less than 5 days) and work-in-process inventory (approximately
2 turns to over 4).
EG&G Sealol, Warwick, Rhode Island
Manufacturing Engineer 1990-1992

Designed mechanical seals and adaptive hardware for aircraft engines.


Developed and implemented JIT production cells utilizing the Kan Ban philosophy
.
Responsible for determining and documentation of manufacturing process steps.
CAD/CAM CNC programming of adaptive hardware components.
Education
Bryant University, MBA in Finance, 1997
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, BS in Mechanical Engineering, 1990
Mt. St. Charles Academy, HS, 1986

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