Raymond R. Poirier
9862 Sadsbury
West Bloomfield, Michigan 48322
(248) 859-5698 (h): (734) 516-2251 (m)
Active US Secret Clearance
rpoirier@comcast.net
www.leansixsigmaexpert.com
CAREER SUMMARY AND SKILLS
 Over (20) year seasoned operational and business process improvement efficiency expert that is a Certified
Project Management Professional (PMP)(PMI), Master Black Belt (MBB)/(BAH) Certified Six Sigma Black Belt
(CSSBB)(ASQ) Certified Supply Chain Specialist (CSCP) (APICS) Certified Information Security Professional
(CIAPT)(NSRB), Certified Lean Expert (MMTC) with demonstrated IT and operations implementation related
experiences in multiple industries for a wide range of global and domestic projects
 Served over (10) Fortune 500 companies in (15) different countries in individual facility or multi-national global
project coordination role
 Multiple industry experience including Automotive, Government, Defense, Aerospace, Retail,
Telecommunications, Building Materials, Heavy Equipment and the Banking Sectors
 Expert in identification and integration of Physical and Transactional Business Process Improvement
opportunities and process mapping. Proven knowledge in performing Physical Business Operational and
transactional Information Technology (IT) impact and management improvement implications analysis and
recommending actions to streamline operations, increase competitiveness, systematically manage and utilize a life
cycle methodology system approach to automate physical processes or to expand on the automation of current IT
based or manual business processes transactional processes into a cohesive enterprise operational solution.
 Proven experience in successfully executing complex projects involving multiple IT and cross functional area
support disciplines with a thorough knowledge of various Project Management methodologies including PMBOK,
IBM Rational, PPM, DMAIC and others
 Proven ability to deal effectively with the needs of technical peers, technical and user management, users,
vendors, and staff members, and to communicate clearly and effectively in spoken and written form.
 Ability to plan, organize, deal effectively with the needs of technical peers, technical and user management, end
users, vendors, and staff members
 Excellent writing, editing and proofreading skills for technical business communications. Skilled in writing
original material, synthesizing written content, organizing, rewriting, refining, formatting, and editing rough-draft
material while maintaining the integrity of the ideas. Currently develop course material and book content for
Pearson Publishing
 Demonstrated ability to work independently or as part of a team with extensive adaptability and flexibility to
adapts to changing priorities
 Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate written and oral instruction, directives, and briefings in
authoritative, clear, concise and logical terms for implementing procedures, making work assignments and for
presenting recommendations and technology conclusions.
 Proven capabilities in the creation and maintenance of IT, Manufacturing and Logistical Strategic Plans,
Executive Agent oversight and leadership/ team participation in formal IPT's.
 Excellent capabilities in requirement gathering, specification development, IT enterprise infrastructure
architectural design using Poldat or Zach man architectural frameworks.
 Knowledge of Network Architecture and Layered Architecture concepts for LAN, WAN, MAN, and DMZ
networks Knowledge in deploying ETL-ETI and data warehouse and mart solutions to support rapid response and
use of legacy and new enterprise data.
 Database experience includes knowledge, not development of RBDMS Rational Based Database Management
Systems and DBMS Database Management Systems with limited skills in Database Modeling, Table Creation,
Entity creation, Data Attribute Modeling, Database key definition, Database table relationship
definition/integration, SQL Query generation and reporting
 Database experiences have included ETL-ETI Data Warehouse and Data Mart projects included migration,
extraction and database and network integrations of various protocol, proxies and data types using Metadata
(MDM) Master Data Model concepts under a SOA Service Oriented Architecture governance framework.
 Program Manager to support numerous enterprise deployments of IT business Governances models that have
included following ISO20000, ISO 27001, CMMi L1-L5, ITIL 3.0. COBIT 4.1 Governance framework
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(5) years ERP System experience with (2) SAP/Oracle ERP and business solution lifecycle deployments with
various sub modules
(2) full SAP/Oracle ERP modification with trouble shooting deployments
(3) partial SAP/Oracle ERP modification with trouble shooting deployments
Experienced in various SAP/Oracle sub module implementations including SAP R3 rev 4.7 modules/sub modules
for FM,CRM,MM,SCM,HCM,QM,PM,SD,PP,WM, PLM and Oracle 11i modules including HCM, FI,
Purchasing, ISupplier, Sourcing, IProcurement, Warehouse Mgt, WIP, Order Management, Inventory, Shipping,
invoicing, etc sub modules in a production support environment
Coordinated programmers and network engineers to coordinate various networking protocols such as SNMP,
ICMP, TCP, and UDP to bring legacy system into SOA Environment using XML, SOAP, WSDL and UDDI Web
Service based data technology solutions.
Program Management experience of both “Local” and “Off Shore” IT network infrastructure/ programming
contract support teams with combined teams ranging from 1 to 50 people
Previous experience managing SDLC through the use of use of agile/scrum, waterfall, incremental, evolutionary,
spiral and system engineering V models development frameworks/models.
Numerous assignments of managing software development programmers and reporting of programming metrics
for programmers using ABAP, RFC, BAPI, for ERP systems and other Object Oriented .NET based languages
Java Sharp, C-Sharp, C++, VB.NET, ASP.NET Python/Perl, application programming and application test
scripting solutions.
Data modeling knowledge includes use of Unified Modeling Language UML 2.0 to generate Logical Data Models
to aid in programming activities.
Basic knowledge of differences in Code Syntax, Code functions and Code Order of Precedence, Code operand
and Code QA testing concepts and differences without specific coding and programming expertise .
Program Manager for various deployments of layered and shared middleware server architectural strategies for
SAP, Oracle ERP systems and other enterprise usages for Windows, Unix/Linux O/S platforms including
Windows 2003 Server, Windows 2008 Server, Chrystal Reports Server 2005, SQL Server 2005-2008 and Sharepoint Server 2008 with limited knowledge of server integration configuration methodologies.
Managed various ERP configuration coordination efforts to existing sub modules and customization efforts to
other hardware and software application technology to solve system integration problems
Projects included the use of Active Directory, Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) for access
management and single user sign on security approaches
Working Knowledge of various PLM applications such Wind-chill PTC, Siemens Team Center, SAP PLM Oracle
Agile PLM solutions and 3D Cad Modeling packages including CATIA, Pro-E, Solid works, UG 3D Modeling
tools and there attribute integration with these PLM and product change management solutions
Expertise in evaluation of mechanical, electrical and structural engineering building or product designs and there
ICD and associative EBOM/MBOM/IBOM for various products or complex systems including complex electrical
mechanical and software integrated products.
Development and implementation of various industry DSS Decision Support System Business Intelligence and
organizational wide metric dashboard analytics solutions using BI/BO tools such as IBM Web/Info-sphere,others.
Extensive experience in contract SOW-PWS-SLA development for IT Product, Software or Support Services,
including Cost Estimating methods and RFP response for various types of contract agreements
Trained or mentored over (5) Master Black Belts, (40) Black Belts and hundreds of Lean Leaders
Conducted over (50) Lean Six Sigma Enterprise assessments and LSS deployments/redeployments across various
domestic/international business and industries
Numerous deployments of TS-16949,ISO-9001, ISO 14001 and OSHA 18001 Management Systems
Successful deployment of (2) New Product Development and Testing Centers of Excellence
Successful deployment of (8) new manufacturing facilities including requirements gathering, specification
development, design, build of facility and IT physical infrastructures and associated manufacturing process
equipment/tooling, material handling solutions, product test and development area, warehouses, and offices.
Coordinated over (100) new types of product developments, supply chain management development efforts and
have coordinated over 200 APQP/PPAP product submittal and approvals
Experience with managing large multimillion dollar projects that have included budgets ranging from (1) Million
to (100) million dollars that had significant business implications with multiple stakeholders from plant floor level
to C-level stakeholders.
Strong leadership and communication skills with high degree of diplomacy and the ability to deal with and
influence and managing external/internal vendors in all types of positions internally and externally.
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Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and or priorities and react to project adjustments and
alterations promptly, efficiently while maintaining the ability to effectively supervise, and work with others and to
interact with all levels of the company
Flexible self-starter with demonstrated entrepreneurial spirit with demonstrated experience in building win-win
relationships with Internal and external business, supply chain or IT partners along with formidable networking
skills and connections
Ability to conform to shifting priorities, demands and timelines through analytical and problem solving skills.
High energy and highly organized individual, who is self-motivated, and can work both independently and in a
team-oriented, collaborative environment
Proven presentation skills at an advanced level and demonstrated excellence in customer relationship management
skills with high level of commitment to produce and deliver high quality project plans, status updates and reports.
Ability to maintain and safeguard the confidential information of the company as an effective communicator on
all levels with a willingness and ability to coach others on best practices and methodologies.
Intermediate to expert computer skills in Office 2007 including, Word, Excel, Outlook, MS Access, MS Project,
MS Visio, Auto Cad, and various other software applications. Capable of generating UML based Logical Data
Models in MS Visio
Expert knowledge in DOD Defense Acquisition, System Engineering, Technology Deployment, Logistics,
Federal Accounting and Financial Management Systems
Extensive knowledge of Hardware/Software Configuration Management and Product Engineering Change
Control Approaches and release processes
EDUCATION
 MBA, Technology Management, University of Phoenix,
 BS, Electro-Mechanical Robotic Technologies, Robotics/Fluid Power, Siena Heights University,
12/03
09/90
COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR TEACHING EXPERIENCE
 Davenport University (On Line/In Seat) Information Technology/ Information Assurance
10/07-Present
 ITT Technical Institute (On Line/In Seat) Information Technology/ Information Assurance
10/09-Present
 Courses currently teaching include various 100-400 level courses in Computer Networking, Network Server
Configuration Windows based platforms, IDS-Log Management, CRM-Contact Center Operation and
Optimization, and SOX level IT System Auditing, Enterprise Information Assurance Planning/Prevention/Policy,
Biometrics, Program Management, and MS Office Applications.
 University Professor in the field of Computer Networking, Network Architecture, Unified Communications
 University Professor in the field of Program Management, Data Management, Configuration Management,
Information Assurance Policies and Procedures, Cryptography and Encryption
KEY CERTIFICATIONS AND ISSUING ORGANIZATIONS
 Certified Master Black Belt MBB (BAH-MMTC)
 Certified Six Sigma Black Belt SSBB (ASQ)
 Certified Program Management Professional PMP (PMI)
 Certified Lean Expert CLE (BAH/MMTC, Other)
 Certified Supply Chain Professional CSCP (APICS)
 Certified Information Insurance Professional CIAPT (NSRB)
 Certified Configuration Management and PLM Specialist (Department of Defense)
 Certified Level 1 System and Logistics Engineering Acquisition, Contracting (Department of Defense)
 Certified Distance Learning Blackboard V-9 Instructor (Davenport University)
 Certified Distance Learning Instructor (Questa) ITT Technical Institute
 Over (20) Additional Certifications available upon request
EXPERIENCES
Autodesk Inc.
11/2011-Present
Autodesk PLM Product Manager
 Internal consultant to Web-SQL-Java based platform software development team to define requirements and aid
and coach them in the development of the Autodesk PLM 360 product line for multi industry use for Advanced
BOM and Configuration Management capabilities, Program, Portfolio and Project Management capabilities,
Compliance Management system capabilities, Quality Management System capabilities and Vendor and Supplier
Management capabilities.
 Identified, innovated, documented, developed use cases to justify product capabilities improvements suggested for
to improve the platform functionality for both administrators and end user experiences.
 Developed a wide arrangement of End User Applications using the Autodesk PLM 360 platform technology for
my areas of expertise that included solutions for New Product Development Processes, ISO-9001/9001, AS9100/3, ISO- TS-16949, APQP-PPAP, TQM, Lean Six Sigma, Packaging and Material Management,
Transportation Management, over (35) Supply Chain Partner Assessments, CMII complaint Engineering Change
Management tools and processes, Quality reporting and tracking processes such as CAPA, RMG, Warranty
Management, Warehouse Management, and some International Environmental Compliance directives, ROHS,
REACH,WEEE. Export Control Regulations such as ITAR, EAR for Intellectual Property Protection.
 Coordinated Internal Platform integration efforts for data sharing and interoperability between various Autodesk
products including Autodesk Inventor, Autodesk Vault, Autodesk Buzz Saw and Autodesk PLM-360 in
preparation for the product launch. Served on team to define requirements of for third party Middleware Software
providers such as the IBM Cast Iron product and to establish an expert team of third party application integrators
to generate integration data links between ERP solutions such as SAP, Oracle, Infor, Microsoft Dynamics, etc and
the Autodesk PLM 360 platform.
 Participated in performing PLM competitor analysis for like PLM products such as Arena, Enovia, Team Center
and Windchill.
Lean Transformations L.LC/Omnex//Yazaki/GB Solutions/Kelly Services
9/2010-11/2011
IT Business Process Improvement Analyst and MBB Consultant
 IT Business and Process Consultant for Kelly Services to define, process map and provide innovated manual and
automated solution upgrades and process improvements to launch their Enterprise Wide 2012 Annual Price
Increase Process across there HQ and 2000 Branch Offices. Project launched successfully and expected to deliver
over $20M of additional net profit to Kelly Services Americans business operations.
 Business Analyst to manage and finalize requirements for (4) application developers for developing and
solidifying requirements for the Internal Yazaki PLM database and application integration project. Responsible to
deploy IBM Rational IT System Implementation Program Management process and agile methods for software
development effort that included Process Definition Plan, Conversion-Migration Definition Plan, Interface Plan,
Form Development Plan and Report Definition Plan for application launch. Application developed in C Sharp on
Windows 3.5.NET framework. Responsible to develop user access plan with use of Active Directory
infrastructure.
 Business analyst and MBB support for Un Army PEO-Integration office for assessment and consultation on
modification of core business process to changing business services offer by the Army Program Executive office.
Office was formally FCS-Future Combat Systems.
 Project Management leader for Bombardier Aerospace for the deployment of Supply Chain Partner and Aircraft
Final Assembly Line Advance Quality Planning Deployment for the new C-Series single aisle aircraft
 Coaching and mentoring (10) Bombardier personnel in Bombardier in understanding current business processes
for improvement, product design processes, validation and verification processes and quality system. Developing
and establishing strategies, plans and requirements for consolidation and integration of disparaged Quality
Management System databases into their existing SAP ERP solution along with Integrating the BA Quality
Management System with planned Manufacturing Execution System (MES) for their aircraft Final Assembly Line
(FAL) .
 AQP deployment includes coaching and mentoring of BA staff in performing organizational cross functional
workshops for developing Business Process Flow Analysis, Design and Process FMEA and Control Plans
Program Manager for In House Software development activity for PLM system integration and application
enhancements. Project includes MDM development, data migration, database attribute definition, business
process mapping, business rules establishment
Jacobs Technology Inc.
10/07 – 9/2010
Lean Six Sigma Practice Director/System Engineer Enterprise Architecture CIO/CTO Office US Army
 Project Management leader for US (AMC)Army Material Command HQ to deploy an enterprise wide Product
Lifecycle Management (PLM) configuration/program data management and change management control solution
and its integration to a SAP R3 V7 LMP ERP solution deployment and numerous disparage legacy business
management applications. Coordinated numerous Software Development projects using wide arrangements of
deployment models such as Agile/Scrum, Waterfall and Spiral methods.
 Core team member to deploy enterprise wide Business Intelligence (BI/BO) solution for senior leadership
performance dashboards for (AMC) of the US Army. Task include integration of data sources, implementation of
a data services layer with a SOA middle ware architecture and unified communications, using ETI-ETL
automated processes using IBM Infosphere products for numerous disparaged IT system/databases to provide
dashboards for operational performance and readiness across numerous sub organizations of the enterprise.
 Supported the development of Enterprise Architecture and system integration deployment plan which included
data sources layers, data services layer, date integration layer/web services layer, with EDW and presentation
layer for reporting all Army Material Command business operation functions metrics in dashboards.
 Project leader in deploying numerous governance models that were dependant on the functional business activity
to help various government organizations become certified in achieving CMMI-L1-L5, ITIL ISO-27000 Level
certification. Key Support and coordination of project resourcing and activities across various DOD departments
and functional areas in engineering and logistics information data management and mapping, configuration
management and legacy business process integration for SAP R3V7 based Enterprise Resource Management
solution to support the Army Logistics Modernization Program (LMP).
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Established (MBD) Model Based Definition and data attributes for various engineering and logistical functions to
support the use of various 3D CAD Modeling system, including Pro-E, UG, Catia V4-5, Solid works for use in
both Share-point Enterprise Content Management and Wind-chill PTC and SAP PLM change management and
product data management solution for the US Army transition from legacy processes to ERP-based solutions.
Responsibilities include planning, execution, and support of agency cutover and data migration activities into
PLM production solution and integration to common PLM-ERP application and legacy product data management
applications using blueprinting, configuration, process mapping and controls.
Served as enterprise MRAP-MATV FOV Configuration and Program Data Manager for PLM, SAP R3-LMP sub
module system integration with various legacy transactional and business/product design/product configuration
management, fielding deployment and spare part sustainment databases.
Coach and mentor to various Military and civilian government functional area leaders at the SES level and below
serving as multi project Program Manager for a wide arrangement of organizational critical projects and IT
system solution deployments to support the full fielding and operational sustainment ability using LSS operational
effectiveness methods for implementation of a ACAT1 DOD Acquisition Lifecycle vehicle platform.
Responsibilities included the identification, development of data management and configuration control
processes, process mapping and process optimization solution generation for various manual, semi auto or
automated data streams in the enterprise and their associated change management practices
Enterprise data and configuration/data management coordination responsibilities include control and management
of various Military vehicle product engineering technical data packages, software data packages, contractor DID
CDRL data deliverables and contract surveillance compliance for five (5) major DOD contractors
Responsibilities included the writing and development of Contractual (SOW) Statement of Work Language to
obtain proper data from the defense contractors and to ensure all data deliverables and usage was in compliance to
FAR, DFAR and ITAR, CDRL, Military Standards, Data Item Descriptions (DID), and Mil SpecificationHandbook and performance specification requirements for data acquisition of various types of DOD contracts
including IDIQ, STS, CLS and CR contracts.
Booz Allen Hamilton
05/06 – 10/07
Associate/Business Process Improvement Analyst/Program Manager
 Lean Sensei and Master Black Belt consultant to C-Level and Plant operational leaders of (18) Airbus engineering
and manufacturing facilities performing organization Business Process Improvement and re engineering
assessments throughout Europe for the enterprise redeployment of their LSS initiatives.
 Airbus effort included generation of location by location LSS cost saving opportunities, LSS deployment
roadmaps, establishment of enterprise LSS best practice database and re-development of common comprehensive
Lean and Six Sigma process improvement and training program across the entire corporation
 Served in a SAP R3V4 trouble shooting capacity during plant assessments to resolve various business enterprise
solution to physical interfaces issues with internal/external supply chain partners, functional support manual
transactional business processes areas to overcome system wide configuration management and system interconnectivity functionality problems.
 Program Manager to establish Full Lifecycle business enterprise system requirements and deployment strategy
that included system wide, requirement specification generation, release for quotation packages, and assessment
of SAP-Oracle technical proposals and purchase/deployment of SAP / Oracle 11i based ERP Business Enterprise
Solution with over 20 core and sub modules for Telecommunications Company in Saudi Arabia.
 Project leader in establishing numerous governance models for Saudi Telecom joint venture to help them achieve
CMMI-L1-L5, ITIL v3 certifications
 Telecommunications integration included the consolidation of nine retail joint venture partners and business
processes into a single consolidated SOA environment for fixed line and mobile telecommunication services
organization managed by a single ERP Business Enterprise Solution.
 Joint venture company consolidated included the Program Management and business enterprise cut-over
solution and IT infrastructure to support over 900 combined retail outlets, 30 distribution centers, 35,000 POS
locations and 3000 employees with $4B USD/Year revenues for a cash based business model.
 Responsible to establish internal (PMO) Program Management Office and its reporting infrastructure and tools for
Citigroup Financial Services that managed international and domestic Information Technology Data Centers,
Network Architectures and Software Development and Deployment activities for the Organization
 Facilitated the development and implementation of Performance Based Logistic PBL contracting methods,
analysis tools and processes flows for TACOM acquisition and contracting center
Lean Transformations L.LC /Visteon Services L.L.C/ Citi-staff/Design Systems/Daimler Chrysler/ Ingersoll Rand
Bobcat/HBPO/RTLF
04/03 – 04/06
Consultant
 Program Manager to define project scopes, organizational structure, business processes, operational environment
and business practices.
 Created WBS work plans, cost estimates and resource allocations for the establishment of new facilities,
manufacturing process, business network IT operating systems infrastructures, manufacturing /logistical support
processes to launch new business manufacturing operations in Hermosillo and Toluca, Mexico, Windsor, Canada,
St Louis, Missouri.
 HBPO task included business case development, cost estimating and business capture of over $200M USD of new
business
 HBPO task included integration of both physical and transactional processes with existing SAP-R3 V-4
FM,MM,SCM,HCM,QM,WM sub modules system infrastructure based out of Europe and the coordination of
ABAP and BAPI customization of SAP ERP integration effort to support a business model that required (JIS)
“Just in Sequence” manufacturing processes procurement forecast and order management capabilities including
warehouse management SCM tools for these JIT/JIS approaches
 HBPO responsibilities included the specification, purchase or lease of new manufacturing facilities and
manufacturing/ logistical/test and IT hardware and software support equipment and processes
 Consultant to Ingersoll Rand-Bobcat to resolve operational part shortage and internal fabricated parts over/under
stock issues due to a problem implementation of enterprise wide Oracle 11i ERP FM and Material Management
System. Improvements included new use of plant floor hand held POS part tracking and labeling devices in the
physical operation as well as establishment of pre defined in-bound material receiving windows, warehouse
inventory staging practices, new part storage identification methods and reduced inbound product inspections.
 Consultant to Daimler Chrysler Warren Truck Assembly plant to perform plant wide manufacturing process
optimization and process/part communization opportunity assessments to find synergies between the 2006-2007
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Dodge Ram, Dodge Dakota pick-up trucks and new 2009 Dodge Ram Light Duty Pick-up truck that resulting in
over 350 opportunities for use of common parts, improved data management and configuration management
support processes
Consultant to various small and medium size businesses in numerous manufacturing industries to teach, educate
and deploy Lean Six Sigma principles, practices and methods for the Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center
in support of State of Michigan funded small business grants and financial incentives to improve the State of
Michigan overall manufacturing competiveness.
Consultant to “General Motors Power Train Division for the deployment of the GMS General Motors Lean
Manufacturing System for the launch of a highly manually assembled, low volume, turbo charged engine
assembly manufacturing line to build Cadillac CTS LS-7 V8 engine and Corvette LC-3 500 HP turbo charged
engines.
Contract employee to apply lean six sigma principles to Visteon/ACH Monroe chassis drive shaft manufacturing
operations supporting the Ford F-150 program. Task included implementing process development-modification,
tool set up and quality inspection modifications that reduced scrap by 20% reduced change over time by 30% and
improved part productivity by 15% within a two month period.
Consultant to RTLF serving in multi functional role as Engineering Manager, Quality Manager and Program
Manager for establishing a new minority soft trim sun visor manufacturing operation in the Detroit Michigan area
to support Lear Corporation for a bankrupt supplier.
Owens Corning Automotive
06/01 – 04/03
Senior Engineer/Program Manager
 Program Manager Responsible to define project scopes, work estimates, plans and resource allocations for the
establishment of new facilities, business operating systems, manufacturing /logistical support processes and IT
infrastructures to launch new composite product development center in Novi, Michigan.
 Task included integration of new facility into existing SAP R3 V4.7 architecture and sub-modules that included
FM,CRM,HCM/HR, MM/SCM and LMS into the facility to support new operations
 Responsible for site selection, employee recruiting, facility and manufacturing equipment specification, purchase
and installation of all facility, office and information technology support capital equipment including servers,
Switches, network wiring, routers, switches, firewalls, PBX-VOIP system with their associated operating systems
 Used and trained employees in Lean Six Sigma principles, practices and productivity improvement tools such as
Value Stream Mapping, Visual Management, Error Proofing, SMED, Standard Operations, One-Piece Flow,
Kanban Systems, Total Productive Maintenance, and Lean Metrics to establish new facility business practices
 Developed various business cases and product design innovations to show automotive OEM the cost effectiveness
of various composite parts manufacturing technologies to replace existing metal product solutions with single part
composite product solutions.
 Responsible to launch TS-16949,ISO-9001, ISO 14001 and OSHA 18001 Organizational Management Systems
MSX International/G-Tech Services/Ford Motor Company
07/00 – 05/01
Product Development Engineer
 Project Coordinator-Program Manager for the deployment of (FPS) Ford Lean Production System deployment
efforts that included the coordination and involvement of over 21 functional support organizations in the Ford
Motor Company business enterprise.
 Assigned task included the development of Rouge complex wide Internal Supply Chain value stream maps that
showed past state, current state and future state map-vision for the Rouge Manufacturing Complex that drove
numerous changes from external sourcing strategies to internal sourcing strategies in order to fully utilize the
Rouge complex manufacturing plants close proximity and available manufacturing capacities.
 Served as Design Release Engineer “DRE” for Thyssen-Krupp Automotive at Ford Motor Company for the
design, Modeling and Simulation, prototype and production build of a stamped steel front and rear chassis module
system.
ITT Industries-Valeo/RDS
06/98 – 06/00
Senior Engineer/Project Manager
Special Consulting/Contract Engineer for the following assignments:
 Responsible for the establishment and development of new “Off shore” joint venture and supply chain
manufacturing partner in Thailand for making complete vehicle wiper systems assemblies and sub assemblies.
Spent extensive time in South East Asia developing JV partners for establishment of South East Asia supply chain
for component manufacturing including deep drawn stamped steel parts, die cast parts and CNC machining,
insert plastic injection molded parts, heat treated parts, blow mold parts and small part assembly operations.
 Development of Profit & Loss business case analysis and supply chain sourcing strategies using Toyota
Production System TPS lean practices and principles that resulted in the business case justification of a new high
volume surface mount Surface Mount Technology Printed Circuit Board product manufacturing plant in the
Dallas Fort Worth area. Responsibilities included the specification, purchase and installation of a new High
Technology Surface Mount Technology building and manufacturing process and test equipment.
Axxis Corporation
02/98 – 06/98
Operations and Plant Manager
 Responsible for specification, building and launch of new 30,000 sq./ft manufacturing facility that included the
implementation of 15 new and used 200 Ton injection molding machines, raw material compounding equipment,
new small part assembly lines, new material flow systems and new part packaging systems
 Responsibilities included the transfer, modification and maintenance for over 60 injection molds to run in newly
launched injection equipment and processes.
 Responsible for implementing product configuration and product change management systems to interface with
Japan, headquarter product engineering activities.
 Project included site selection, employee recruiting, facility and manufacturing equipment specification, purchase
and installation of facility IT infrastructure capital equipment.
 Received extensive training in Toyota City Japan, on Toyota Production System techniques for optimal facility,
Material flow and manufacturing process design establishment.
 Responsible to deploy small single facility based mid size company QAD based ERP IT hardware and software
infrastructure to support the business operations.
WA Systems/Staff Resources /American Axle
04/97 – 01/98
Manager Cost Estimating
 Responsible for the development of home grown standard component usage and parts management MS Access
database that included supply chain partner and pricing information to integrate this information with job
number, new equipment BOM’s and product structures to complete a real time feedback loop from Engineering
to Purchasing, to accounts receivable/ payable and the cost estimating functional areas.
 Responsible to concept, perform cost estimating pricing of various highly automated handling systems for high
tolerance machined component using standard components such as meters, shot pins, hitch lifts, Ferris wheel
elevators, flight elevators, gravity storage units, pick and place units, lift and carry devices, pusher/pullers, etc
using AutoCAD Windows V13. Task included calculating job material budgets, job labor budgets, job gross
profit margins based on conceptual layout solution developed for company client base
Magna Versa Trim/United Technologies Automotive/Textron
02/95 – 03/97
Industrial Engineer-Operations Manager
 Plant Floor Operators Manager for 300 person UAW plant production and maintenance staff for automotive
headliner manufacturing operation for Textron Interiors.
 Optimization of plant wide synchronized physical material flow and material management systems and its
integration with home grown AS-400 based Material Management System.
 Consultant to develop and implement short term productivity improvement plan for H-Body interior door trim
panels and instrument panel manufacturing process for Magna Versa-trim Howell Operations that achieved 10%
scrap reduction and six piece hour /interior trim productivity improvement.
 Responsible for the development of the manufacturing process, equipment and tooling for GMX-130 1999
interior trim door panel program for Delphi transfer of business to Peregrine Inc. Manufacturing and part flow
improvements resulting in headcount reductions of (6) people in N-Body Kiefel vacuum forming and door panel
assembly area.
Johnson Controls Automotive
05/93 – 03/95
Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering Manager
 Responsibilities included business case, specification, budget generation, budget management, and
purchase/installation and Program management of new 50,000 sq. /ft addition to Johnson Controls Corporate
headquarters in Plymouth Michigan.
 Task included defining scope of work, budgets, resource requirements and IT infrastructure integration
connectivity for the implementation of $4.5 million of capital equipment, tooling and the integration of the facility
into legacy IT systems for launch of prototype product development plant.
 Responsibilities included specification and development of new product development processes, prototype
manufacturing processes and product testing solutions and IT hardware and software infrastructures.
 Implementation of new facility included engineering offices, office support staff cubicles, Product Testing
Development laboratories and IT Hardware/software infrastructure to support new operation.
 New product development capabilities required implementation of new reverse engineering laser based CMM and
clay modeling shop that directly transferred data into various 3D Cad Modeling systems which resulted in over a
(6) month reduction in the product development lifecycles.
 Responsibilities included management of non union engineering staff i.e. process engineers, test engineers and
maintenance technician’s for the facilities automotive seating soft foam, metal seat frame and interior cloth plant.
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