• Change agent responsible for integrating premium service groups across business units into one cohesive team. Realized $100K per year savings and 28% increase in productivity as a result of the merger of these teams. For more information, click here.
  
  
• Revamped troubled manufacturing facility by listening to the customer, eliminating product outages, improving staff morale, and increasing product quality. Simultaneously increased sales by 15%, profit by 46%, and productivity by 16% in less than 12 months. For more information, click here.
  
  
• Boosted reliability to better than 98% by developing and implementing digital document storage system that reduced retrieval from days to minutes.
  
  
• Doubled productivity in three months by creating, staffing, and managing design, drafting, and analysis department.

• Spearheaded implementation and training for first-of-its-kind digital ad creation and global ERP software system that saved company $5M in production expenses. For more information, click here.
  
  
• Aided company turnaround by assuming project management—including construction, staffing, and startup—of a $12M facility that was behind schedule and over budget. Eliminated $0.5M in project cost and completed construction in six months under original budget. For more information, click here.
  
  
• Created cost-tracking database and project schedule for major construction project.
  
  
• Managed $250K of subcontracts in conjunction with Rockwell International and Teledyne Brown.

• Transformed first-year loss to $1.2M profit by successfully utilizing Lean and Six Sigma techniques to increase production from 200 to 2,000 units per day while increasing on-time delivery by more than 20% to 99.4%+ in four months. For more information, click here.
  
  
• Saved $200K in annual materials cost and boosted customer satisfaction by implementing production initiatives to diversify materials and vendors, successfully reducing scrap rates by nearly 25%. For more information, click here.
  
  
• Optimized manufacturing and distribution processes for diverse retail market segments.

• Instrumental in strategic planning process to identify potential new facility locations to boost company’s manufacturing capacity. Gained board of directors’ approval for $27M capital investment, adding three new manufacturing facilities that reaped $8M profit in 36 months. For more information, click here.
  
  
• Negotiated OEM and private-label agreements leading to the production release of three new product lines which accounted for more than 75% of business unit products introduced in 2004.
  
  
• Valued businesses and business sectors and made acquisition recommendations to CEO.
  
  
• Developed corporate five-year strategic plan, and created and delivered investor and Board presentations.
  
  
• Catalyzed productivity, operating return on investment, and value-added measures for group by creating database to compare financial and operating performance against operating budgets and standards.
  
  
• Sparked revenue growth of $3M through creation and implementation of corporate strategic business plan.
  
  
• Coordinated business plan with market research results to continue high sales growth (50%).

• Analyzed multi-plant ordering processes and designed central ordering system to improve customer satisfaction and eliminate $1M in annual shipping/yard costs for division consisting of eight previously autonomous plants. For more information, click here.
  
  
• Launched combined sales forecasting and production planning (MRP) system.
  
  
• Authored 25+ publications, generated two patent disclosures, and earned one award (U.S. Patent # 5,317,611) in the field of advanced nuclear thermal rockets.
  
  
• Led design and manufacturing team for "Quick" Space Shuttle Flight Experiment Program.
  
  
• Invented and marketed advanced nuclear rocket concept resulting in $6M program award.
  
  
• Served as technical liaison between Westinghouse and Rockwell International for Space Nuclear Program.
  
  
• Performed several loss-of-coolant accident analyses to certify operation of terrestrial nuclear reactors.

• Built customer base in new market from zero to $500K in sales within six months by leading sales team to develop and execute a plan targeting new dealers and contractors. For more information, click here.
  
  
• Presented space exploration programs at the Pentagon, NASA, and DOE headquarters.
  
  
• Drove $16M in corporate acquisitions and $27M in new plant investments that added $5M in profits in first year.
  
  
• Planned and implemented corporate advertising/promotional activities that contributed to 1,000% sales increase.
  
  
• Maintained proposal-award rate of more than 75%.

• Championed consolidation of facilities into a strategically located operation, eliminating $1M in expense that directly impacted the bottom line and bolstered profitability. For more information, click here.
  
  
• Held full P&L responsibility for multiple plant operation with a $17M annual sales budget.
  
  
• Identified equity investors and business partners, resulting in $250K in contributing programs.
  
  
• Budgeted, allocated, and monitored more than $150K in computer hardware/software capital investment.

• Pioneered operations in both the US and India, including designing entire infrastructure and implementing all processes and standards for both operations. Directed hiring and training of 125 employees for each operation and managed complete build-out in offshore operation. For more information, click here.
  
  
• Coordinated and managed production of multiple shifts and facilities on three continents with a direct staff of 12 and 300+ indirect reports.
  
  
• Directed manufacturing, distribution, inventory, purchasing, sales, and administration for two facilities.

• Increased company’s service revenue by 100% ($0.8M to $1.6M) in 36 months while maintaining 48% profit margin and increasing customer satisfaction by 18% (64% renewal rate to 82% renewal rate). For more information, click here.
  
  
• Reengineered technical support processes and instituted best practices, which increased productivity by 23%.

• Maintained low employee turnover (less than 10 people in two years) in a high-growth, rapid-change environment.
  
  
• Established and served as chair of a cross–business unit council that oversees service business development.
  
  
• Cultivated and implemented curriculum to educate staff on key manufacturing/production principles through weekly classes.
  
  
• Trained personnel in the use of several nuclear fuel design codes.