Manager
Operational Excellence, Lean & QRM Certified
608.770.9012 | [email protected]
Jerry brings over 25 years in progressive roles of responsibility from front line Supervisor to Plant Manager.
Skill Set
- Operations Management
- Enterprise Business Systems
- Lean Project Facilitation, Consulting and Training
- Lean Transformation
- Lean Product Development
- Business process mapping and improvement
- Plant layout and design
- Lean Leadership
- Problem Solving – A3, 8D
- Lean Culture, Change Management
- Lean Kaizen, Rapid Continuous Improvement
- Expertise in all Lean methods
Experience
- Plant Manager for a fabrication Job Shop serving large and small OEM’s with double digit yearly growth and ISO and military quality specifications.
- Director of Manufacturing operations for a building systems company, consistently registering/realizing significant growth and success metrics over a thirteen-year period
- Master Scheduling, Industrial Engineering and shop floor plant management
- Consulted, Facilitated and assisted in improvement projects, at hundreds of organizations, in TWI, QRM, Value Stream Mapping (VSM), Plant Layout, Lean Culture, Leader/employee Development and the utilization of Continuous Improvement tools and methodologies as appropriate.
- Facilitated improvement project in non-manufacturing settings in health care and government
Training Leadership
- Trained and developed personnel in Leadership, Lean, TWI and QRM
- Led the training and understanding of manufacturing management philosophies such as Lean and QRM
- Facilitated hundreds of Lean training sessions in a mix of public and private settings and venues
- Trained clients on Lean implementation tools such as VSM, QCO, 5S, TPM, Product Development, etc.
Certifications
- QRM Certified,
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt,
- LEAN Certification from AME/SME/Shingo Prize,
- NIST Certified Lean Trainer,
- Certified in Production and Inventory Control (CPIM) and Integrated Resource Management (CIRM) from APICS.
Education
- BS—Industrial Management, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL
Jerry and his wife have 2 sons and 1 grandson. As a couple they enjoy traveling to Vermont and Minnesota to visit each of them. His interest presently involves physical activities such as bike riding, entering a sprint triathlon, building a split rail fence and other landscaping projects too numerous to mention.
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