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Accelerating Performance

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Highly focused senior executive~ Raises performance through motivational leadership~ Drives operational excellence with employee

engagement~ Exceeds cost reduction and cost control targets~ Excels at strategically planning for the future~ Gains competitive advantage and accelerates business

Leading ~ Engaging ~ Accelerating

Leading ~ Engaging ~ Accelerating

Extensive Experience and Broad Business Acumen~ 20 years operations management in large international organizations

~ 20 years engineering achievement in process and quality improvement

~ 15 years managing unionized environments including collective bargaining

~ 4 years in technical sales and marketing of electrical infrastructure products

~ 1 year a senior consultant in operational excellence

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Organizational Leadership~ Profit & Loss Management~ Risk Mitigation & Cost Improvement~ Quality System Implementation~ International Operational Excellence~ Strategic Planning & Capital Investment~ Employee Engagement & Communication~ Collective Bargaining & Union Relations~ Lean Six-Sigma Methodology~ Industrial Restructuring

Financial Management

Operating budgets up to $18M

Production budgets of $350M

Regular capital budgets at $5M

Strategic projects over $10M

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High Performance Solutions 2009 - Present

SENIOR CONSULTANTreporting to the PresidentRecruited to an interim role to enhance business development, provide training on Lean concepts, and deliver diagnostic assessments to determine current state of organizational status with respect to operational excellence.

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Nexans Canada1992 - 2009

VP OPERATIONS & TECHNOLOGYOPERATIONS MANAGERPLANT MANAGERProgressively promoted with increasing responsibility for three manufacturing plants in Ontario, Quebec, and Saskatchewan plus an Engineering group in Toronto. Combined annual sales of over $350 million to a customer base of electrical wholesalers and electrical utilities. Approximately 480 people and an operating expense budget of $18 million.

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Leading ~ Engaging ~ Accelerating

Raised daily production by over $200K and drove costs down

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Delivered direct cost savings of more than $2.5M per year for 5 years

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Turned $4M in losses annually to $2M in annual profit

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~ Queens University, earned a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering. ~ Professional Engineer designation. ~ Attended training and educational seminars / workshops in

every discipline related to business, process improvements, operations, and leadership.

~ Also studied French, industrial relations, finance, and completed public speaking courses.

~ Six Sigma Green Belt, Black Belt in progress

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Contributes in many other capacities such as committees and leadership groups

~ Member of the Product Steering Team~ Member of the Nexans Group Industrial Council~ Member of Medium Voltage Expert Club, Building Wire Expert Club~ Board Member of the High Performance Manufacturing Consortium~ Sponsor and Leader of North American multi-plant “working groups” ~ Member of Joint Health and Safety Committee~ Member of Pay Equity Committee,~ Member of Product Development Committee

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Engaging Employees ~

Accelerating Performance

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