Senior Executive with an exceptional manufacturing, business, and project management background. Highly effective leading international organizations to achieve financial success and create customer value in all aspects of company performance.
Summary
Work experience
20162019
Quality Executive
Moog Inc.
Developed contemporary “operator self-verification audit” program across global Aircraft Group sites. Developed a Quality system based upon process improvement and risk identification.
20142016
Sr. Executive on site Brazil
Moog Inc.
Hired local teams of engineers in Brazil, responsible for: build and maintenance of Embraer E2 iron bird; support E2 airplane production; support qualification, flight test and certification.
I was the customer interface for all local support issues. The “face of Moog” to the customer.
19982006
Director, Global Sourcing & Supplier Performance
Moog Inc.
Responsible for 100+ employees in India, China, England, USA, and Philippines.
Transformed a site based purchasing function into global sourcing teams focused on cost reduction and supplier performance. Established direct linkage from business unit financial expectations to part cost.
Created effective strategies to move machined parts to China and India for 25% savings on average. Integrated regional manufacturing engineers to assure success of these sources.
$100 million of spend was in areas where the supplier owned intellectual property. Achieved negotiating leverage by establishing a budget to qualify alternate sources with dedicated design engineers.
Negotiated high value 10 year financial agreements, while simultaneously creating long term partner relationships with Curtiss Wright, Shimadzu, Tamagawa, and others.
19871998
Product Line Director, Helicopter and Engine Controls
Moog Inc.
Met with senators and congressional leaders in Washington D.C. to assure funding of key military programs.
Directed engineering activities to resolve design, manufacturing, and production problems, Directed cost reduction initiatives, managed risk associated with product recall, developed learning curves for marketing and pricing, developed proposal and pricing strategy.
Overall P&L responsibility for Engine Control, and Helicopter business units. Created business strategies assuring consistent growth of product line. Managed risks associated with cost, schedule, and new product development. Conduct negotiations with customers such as Boeing, Honeywell, and Sikorsky Helicopters.
Key flight control programs including V-22, UH-60, Helicopter vibration control systems, and various controls for military and commercial jet engines.
19871998
Director, Quality Assurance
Moog Inc.
Expatriate assignment in England to improve customer confidence, protect Moog’s industry reputation. Successfully strengthened company quality practices after a high visibility field failure.
Merged and rationalized organizations resulting from an acquisition; implemented a new Quality system; developed data collection and analysis system to collect and analyze manufacturing data and minimize inspection requirements; established ‘Global Workmanship Standards’.
Established FAA Certified Repair Stations and obtained FAA Parts Manufacturing Approvals (PMA);
Evaluated and reduced manufacturing variation with the goals of reduced cycle time, and improved product performance. Developed corporate training materials for courses in Statistical Process Control and Design of Experiments. Developed proprietary analysis software; Optimized inspection requirements; Reduced manufacturing cycle time; Devised ‘Coordinate Measuring Machine’ strategies; Developed corporate nondestructive testing plans and procedures; Used designed experiments to improve products.
Education
Master of Science - Engineering
Rochester Institute of Technology
Applied and Mathematical Statistics
Master of Science
State University College at Buffalo
Industrial Technology Ed.
Bachelor of Science
State University College at Buffalo
Industrial Technology Ed.