Timeline

November 2015 – July 2016  Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire

• Delivered 10% COGS cost reduction on a 30M USD turnover business through active leadership of all the continuous improvement and operational excellence activities of the Commercial Aircraft Segment (CAS) Interior Structures division
• Trained, coached and mentored employees and deliver multiple lean six sigma projects globally, to eliminate waste, reduce variation in key processes and improve manufacturing profits, quality and service levels (OTTR, OTTC, OTIF) on Boeing A350 WXB, A380 and Sukhoi accounts.
• Responsible for the business transformation and change management for the merge and acquisition strategy and for the overall lean transformation of the business.
• Supporting on the Rockwell Collins acquisition predicting cash flow, revenue, capitalisation, depreciation and analysing the absorption costing of the CAS plants.
• Leading continuous improvement activities and managing lean six sigma projects, to deliver operational excellence and world class manufacturing standards.
• Responsible for all CI activities and corporate OpEx for the interior Structures of the Commercial Aircraft Segment of the business.
• Project managing all the cost savings for a 1/2 million USD hard savings each year on a 30 million USD turnover with minimal or zero CapEx.
• Contribute to the overall lean transformation of the business, rearranging factory layout to optimize efficiency and product flows.
• Mentoring, coaching and nurturing of Lean culture (such as 5S, visual management, six sigma, Mistake Proofing, TPM, Goal Deployment, Value Stream Mapping (VSM), etc
• Lead and facilitate cross functional teams to achieve breakthrough in process performance with demonstrated deliverables reflected in operational KPIs.
• Facilitates proper data gathering, scope development, and event planning in preparation for any Kaizen, Six Sigma and continuous improvement event.
• Maintain oversight responsibility for effective implementation of the continuous improvement efforts of the organization and monitors results via business metrics/customer satisfaction.
• Work closely with operations, materials, and suppliers to help drive supply chain improvement initiatives, such as defect reduction, Kanban, and JIT material delivery programs.
• Run corporate training events and supply bespoke training on demand using live project data (practical problem solving / 5S etc)
• Regular presentation and reporting to senior management of project / improvement status, results and progress against objectives
• Define standardized procedures for all key processes and ensure adherence to them
• Actively support the corporate Operational Excellence initiatives in both content and deliverable gains
• Work with suppliers to implement continuous improvement projects benefiting B/E Aerospace

   

September 2014 – September 2015 West Sussex, United Kingdom

• Responsible for the development and procurement of the balancing equipment for a new platform.
• Create MSA strategy on supplied parts for PPAP submission. Manage sample approvals and capability analysis of suppliers for 64 parts of a new product.
• Technology investigations applicable in the new product introduction and development
• Quality PCP gate stage deliverables completion to time and budget.
• NPI MED Project plans for the introduction of a new product.
• Leading two Six Sigma projects teams for FPY First Pass Yield and MSA improvements of two processes in a cell level. Resulting in significant saving to the business.
• Responsible for part marking strategy on a new platform
• Manage and mentor a team of other engineers having two direct reports and leading cross functional teams

December 2013 – September 2014 District Olomouc, Czech Republic

• Acting as an internal consultant and working with external consultants on one of the largest quality improvement program the business had undertaken to date.
• Reduced by 15% the cycle time and improved the TAKT time of the assembly whilst increasing the quality on the balancing of nEXT series products, resulting in 5% lower inventory, 10 DOH, 9% higher capacity and 3% lower warranty claims.
• Set tracked and managed the improvement of KPIs for production and report the progress in the executive team of directors on a monthly basis.
• Continuous Improvement and six sigma implementation on one of the main products family in one of the bigest scale Quality Improvement Projects (QIP) to date in the organisation .
• FTTFR (First Time Test Failure Rate) reduction in cell level
• Machining quality improvement on nEXT turbo-molecular pumps
• Assembly quality improvement and waste reduction in a clean-room cell.
• Lean Six Sigma implementation on nXDS and nEXT products using DMAIC
• GR&R analysis and MSA on CMMs, air-gauges, balancing machines and test equipment
• Cycle time reduction in assembly process and FTS
• Capacity modeling and new assembly layout for space utilization and efficiency increase.

September 2013 – December 2013 1 Chaam-dong, Cheonan-si, Chungcheongnam-do, Republic of Korea

• Failure mode analysis on production FTS (Final Test Stations)
• Reduction of FTTFR (First Time Test Failure Rate) on industrial semiconductors pumps from 15.4% to 1.5% on the major product lines for the group.
• Root Cause Analysis and RTY improvement on the two major product lines for the group.
• Increase capacity by 25% and improved schedule adherence by 6%.

April 2013 – September 2013  Shoreham By Sea, UK

• Research and development of a new sealing materials for replacing gaskets and o-rings without compromising the vacuum pressures that we require.
• Problem solved and invented a cost effective design for sealant applications for the commercialisation of a conceptual vacuum pump design that resulted in reduction time to market and increase market share and profits for the business.
• Defined and deliver cost effectively and on time the complete part marking strategy, and data management of a new assembly cell that had to be moved in Korea.
• My inventions have been commercialised and are still a key IP for the business for the sealing mechanism of all turbomolecural and screw pumps to date.
• Two personal patented designs for semiconductor applications have been granted in the European Patent Organisation (EPO)
• I was listed as an inventor with the European Patent Office (EPO).
• Reliability test and validation of Beta design products for NPI (New Product Introduction)
• Responsible for the Project management and planning for complete validation of sealants use in vacuum joints.
• Identification of new design features for use of FKM and other sealing fluoroelastomer materials in liquid form applicable in T-joints.

September 2012 – March 2013 Burgess Hill, West Sussex, United Kingdom

• Introduction of new spares parts for nXDS pumps
• Originate Standard Operating Procedures SOPs (Standard Work)
• Introduction of a new assembly line in a clean-room environment.
• Identification of cost effective solution for the introduction for a new assembly line in a cleanroom environment with restricted space utilizing decision making models.
• Setup of Kanban loops in MRP system (MAPICS)
• Capacity modeling, Cycle Time and TAKT time analysis for a new platform

2011 – 2012 United Kingdom

I was awarded with the first prize on my dissertation by the university and partners from the industry.

The course gave me a critical understanding of applications, design, development and deployment of renewable energy systems, as well as energy storage and demand management systems.

Key Courses: Economics of Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy Technologies, Advanced Renewable Energy Engineering, Heat Transfers and Heat Exchanges, Environmental Impact Assessment, Demand Management and Energy Storage, Critical Analysis

Activities and Societies:

Heriot-Watt Basketball club, Postgraduate students society, Hellenic society

May 2010 – February 2011 (Multiple locations), Greece

• Responsible for the Military Police (MP) team in the island of Kos
• Managing 13 soldiers and 12 Military police corporals reporting directly to the Brigadier General (BG)

March 2010 – February 2011 (1 year)Piraeus Greece

• Achieved 3% reduction on direct and indirect material spend through renegotiation of contracts and strategic supplier selection.
• Managing the supply chain of 12 vessel’s requisition lists and expedite of food and living supplies.
• Consolidated the supplier list from 210 to 167 in 1 year resulting in savings through volume purchasing.
• Reduction of lead times and inventory levels for all consumable and indirect spend.
• Conducting internal and external audits in ISO ISO 9001 and ISO 16001 standards.
• Responsible for the procurement of spare parts for 12 of the company vessel's AfraMax, SuezMax
• Quality control of spare parts for the vessels.
• Suppliers audits in ISO and DNV standards

September 2009 – February 2010 (6 months)Larissa Greece

• Conducting test and experiments for the Laboratory of fluid mechanics and turbo-machinery in the faculty of Engineering in the department of mechanical engineering
• Leading laboratory experiments and practical classes
• Managing and mentoring teams of students

2005 – 2010 Greece

Graduated on top 10% of the class.

The degree included a placement in industry. The course was equipped with 65 different modules including laboratories and a dissertation.

Key Courses: Advanced Manufacturing, Applied Mathematics, Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer, Fluid Dynamics, Physics, Management Of Industrial Plants, Automations, CAD, EHS, FEA.

Activities and Societies: 

Basketball Team, Sports club, Student League