Director of Operations: ex-Domino's Pizza
15+ years of experience in Operations Management; Achieved aggressive growth by developing and executing a strategic plan to purchase underperforming units and turned them into profitable business units; Managed a business with annual revenue of $1M+; Increased sales 3 consecutive years by an average of 6%; Increased profit by 40% each year for 3 years by lowering daily operating costs;Recorded average yearly sales increases of 6% with profit increases 50%+; Marketing, Training, Budget Development & Analysis, New Business Development, Operations, Quality, P&L; BS in Business Administration

Manufacturing/Process Engineer: ex-DupontSA
15+ years of experience in Manufacturing/Process Engineering; Achieved 50% decrease in product changeover down-time by applying Lean Manufacturing and Six-Sigma principles; Improved manufacturing efficiency and profitability, saved 5% in raw material costs by developing new resin blends and standard operating conditions; Designed experiments, ran production trials and achieved 14% increase in rate by improving formula; Designed and applied a new conveyor system for palletizers on Sidel blow molding lines to shorten packing time by 20% while working as Site Manager; FMEA, SPE, HACCP, Health and Safety Audits, ISO, NCR, ERP, CAR, QA/QC, SOC, SOP, Manufacturing, Lean Manufacturing, Six-Sigma, DMAIC, DOE, SIPOC, Project Management, Product Development, Process Improvement; MS

Senior Scientist: ex-Solae Company
10+ years of experience in the food industry; Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt with 100% defect reduction in 2 projects with significant cost saving and process improvement; Developed proprietary process utilizing enzymes, food additives, chemicals and mechanical modification techniques to significantly improve functional properties of soy proteins, resulting in a 15% – 30% increase in functionality and greater than 50% longer shelf life in meat applications; Identified food grade resins resulting in marked improvement in color, flavor and functionality with an odor reduction of 30%; Trained the product development team of over 50 members; LIMS, Six Sigma Green belt, Process and Product Development, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, DOE, R&D; PhD in Food Science and Technology, MPhil in Biochemistry