Experience

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  Boeing commercial airplanes

  Mar 1996 - Oct 1998

  Lean manufacturing manager

  Received Kaizen Leader certification from both Shingijutsu and Delta Point consulting firms.Led or co-led more than 50 individual kaizen events that resulted in over $10,000,000 in supplier cost reductions.Engaged over 20 suppliers in lean activity and performed more than 30 supplier lean evaluations.

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  Smiths aerospace

  Oct 1998 - Dec 2003

  Manager, assembly & test

  Led the design and implementation of enterprise wide lean manufacturing plan that:• Increased on time deliveries from 87% to 96%.• Reduced head count by 25%.• Developed layout to support single piece flow in the Assembly & Test area. Reduced average cycle time on main hydraulic actuator line from 3.5 hours per unit to 1.25 hours.• Established methods and work instructions of CAA approved rework plan for the Bomabardier Regional Jet and managed on site execution.

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  Pentair

  Dec 2003 - Jun 2007

  Planned and executed the opening of Pentair’s first stand-alone distribution center. Responsible for all aspects of business operations, including distribution, logistics, customer service, quality, HR, procurement and finance.Developed stocking plan and inventory management program that resulted in a 99.4% cycle count accuracy while reducing inventory levels from $11M to $5.5M.Utilized a combination of inventory planning and production scheduling, including both Mexican and Chinese manufacturing facilities, to improve divisional OTD from 30% to 92%. Developed and implemented a regionalized order fulfillment model that reduced distribution cost as a percent of sales from 7.2% to 2.1%. Show less Management responsibility for distribution and logistics operations for a $600M pool equipment manufacturer.Core member of outsourcing team chartered with design and implementation of Mexican manufacturing facility and sourcing pump motors in China.Designed and implemented just in time based routing and scheduling system that:• Reduced departmental head count from 65 hourly and 5 managers, to 40 hourly and 2 managers.• Reduced distribution square footage by 160,000 sf., an 85% reduction that allowed the insourcing of two facilities• Reduced total non-freight related spend by over $1,000,000.00 in first year, a 20% reduction.• Increased on time delivery from 30% to 95%.• Reduced distribution cost as a percent of sales from 3.5 to 1.7. Show less

  • Director of Distribution

    Sept 2005 - Jun 2007

  • Production Control Manager

    Dec 2003 - Sept 2005
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  Orbital atk

  Jun 2007 - Jan 2018

  Responsible for all aspects of Operations including Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, International Customer Support Logistics, Safety & Environmental, IT and Facilities. Deputy Site Lead, allowing Site VP to focus on strategic priorities.Integral in revitalizing business through the application of lean manufacturing methodologies that resulted in sales growth from $30M to $112M in three years.Oversaw significant facilities expansion to accommodate growth while exceeding all Quality, Cost and Delivery metrics. Integrated the international Customer Support Logistics operations into standard business operations and quality systems. Show less Responsible for all aspects of Operations including Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, Safety & Environmental, IT and Facilities.Used Lean Manufacturing principles to develop a plan to reduce overhead operating costs by $928,000 per year and reducing facility square footage by 50%. Led the implementation of a circuit card assembly cell that resulted in first year savings of over $87,000 with a 98.7% first pass yield. Delivered both the capital project and the initial production contract 3 months ahead of schedule.Oversaw the successful transition of multiple product lines from Florida to California. Show less Establish and Launch a Lean Training and Certification Program. Develop Lean specialists, Supervisors, Value Stream Managers, Plants Managers and operations’ leaders to be Lean Experts through training, mentoring, tracking, and certification.Support Senior Management to communicate and deploy Lean principles and processes. Serve as expert in teaching and deploying the lean management system and ALL lean tools. Support creating a continuous improvement mindset.Lead, facilitate and execute Lean projects and Kaizens to deliver results. Tie Lean projects and Kaizens to Corporate operating goals and objectives (SQDEC). Annual productivity improvement target of $1.35MM. Show less Selected by Senior Leadership to be the initial Senior Operations Manager for the startup Commercial Aerostructures Business unit. Responsible for manufacturing of all commercial composite aerospace structuresDeveloped and implemented layouts, production processes and procedures for the 240,000 sf facility that allowed the company to achieve a 98% on time delivery rating during the Low Rate Initial Production contract delivery.Redesigned corporate labor and cost collection methodologies to facilitate more accurate cost accounting including the use of EVMS tools. Show less

  • Director Of Operations

    Apr 2016 - Jan 2018

  • Director of Operations

    Jan 2012 - Apr 2016

  • Lean Specialist - Defense Electronics Systems

    Sept 2010 - Jan 2012

  • Senior Operations Manager

    Aug 2009 - Nov 2010

  • Senior Supply Chain Manager

    Jun 2007 - Aug 2009
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  Northrop grumman

  Jan 2018 - Jun 2020

  Director of operations

  Responsible for all aspects of Operations including Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, International Customer Support Logistics, Safety & Environmental, IT and Facilities. Deputy Site Lead, allowing Site VP to focus on strategic priorities.Integral in revitalizing business through the application of lean manufacturing methodologies that resulted in sales growth from $30M to $112M in three years.Oversaw significant facilities expansion to accommodate growth while exceeding all Quality, Cost and Delivery metrics. Integrated the international Customer Support Logistics operations into standard business operations and quality systems. Show less

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  Rtg solutions group, inc.

  Jun 2020 - now

  Chief operations officer

  In addition to direct customer engagement as a Senior Management Consultant, Mike is responsible for ensuring quality and consistency across RTG's growing portfolio of products and delivery mechanisms. RTG Solutions Group Inc. is a tactical business solutions provider that enables organizations the ability to strategically position themselves for maximum associate development and growth while developing world-class performance that increases business efficiency and profitability.We offer business solutions to many companies across the Healthcare, Manufacturing, Military Defense and Retail Industries.Our expertise and target business segments are:~ Process Development ~Supply Chain ~Instructional Design~Change Management ~Strategic Management Show less