Expert Details

Background spans corporate engineering, project management, and operational leadership roles within manufacturing, food processing, energy, and institutional facilities. Known for rescuing overextended operations through disciplined CAPEX execution, safety modernization, and throughput optimization. Combines technical depth with a practical leadership style that aligns operators, engineers, and vendors toward measurable results.

Professional Engineer and industrial project leader specializing in capital execution, safety systems, and operational transformation. Delivers complex projects on time and on budget while embedding sustainable maintenance and LEAN practices across organizations.

• End-to-end delivery of complex $5K–$5M capital projects

• Proven leadership in multi-site engineering and operations

• Deep expertise in safety, OSHA, and combustible dust mitigation

• Ability to transform “run-to-failure” cultures into reliable operations

• Strong mentor and trainer bridging engineering and frontline teams

• SAP, AutoCAD, Microsoft Office

• Allen-Bradley PLC systems

• Electro-hydraulic dock equipment

• Robotic palletizers and automated logistics

• Explosion suppression and dust mitigation systems

• HVAC, boilers, chillers, and industrial utilities

• Industrial Maintenance / AutoCAD Trainer, Fusion TPM at Guilford Community College – Current

• Warehouse and Logistics Manager, MJWOOD Nuclear – 2017

• Corporate Multi-Plant Engineer / LEAN Champion, Resco Products – 2014–2015

• Corporate Project Manager, ASR Group / Domino Sugar – 2008–2014

• Facilities Manager, ARAMARK at Trinity University – 2007–2008

• Structural Project Engineer, DOKA USA – 2005–2007

• NASA Engineer, Goddard Space Flight Center – 2003–2005

• Led $5M safety and throughput redesign of a 24/7 high-speed packaging warehouse

• Implemented explosion suppression systems across seven U.S. plants

• Trained 500+ employees nationwide on OSHA, NFPA, and safety protocols

• Delivered $4M annual CAPEX programs across multiple manufacturing sites

• Built and led elite engineering teams addressing catastrophic risk mitigation

• BSME, Pennsylvania State University

• Professional Engineer (PE) License

• LEAN Green Belt Certification, ASME

• Manufacturing Systems Engineering Program, University of Pittsburgh

• MSED, Science Education – Physics, Duquesne University

• Delivered and commissioned $5M+ capital programs that restored safety, throughput, and long-term viability of high-risk, 24/7 industrial operations

• Eliminated catastrophic combustible dust and explosion risk across seven U.S. plants through engineered suppression systems, OSHA/NFPA compliance, and workforce training

• Transformed legacy “run-to-failure” cultures into disciplined LEAN, TPM, and preventative maintenance organizations with measurable reliability gains

• Led, trained, and aligned hundreds of operators, engineers, and leaders to execute complex change safely, on schedule, and on budget

• Drove sustained operational resilience by integrating engineering rigor, frontline engagement, and safety-first leadership across manufacturing and logistics environments