Greg Hart - Industrial Engineer, Masters in Business Administration (MBA) & Lean Six Sigma Black Belt 700

Klem Road, Webster, NY 14580-1544 Work Phone: (585) 671-5090 Cell Phone: (585) 314-1720 Email: greghart@rochester.rr.com Position Objective: Seeking permanent or contract position applying my extensive knowledge and experience in manufacturing, assembly, and distribution managemen t and industrial engineering. I am particularly interested in utilizing my skill s in Lean and Six Sigma in a way that will challenge me professionally and furth er develop my skills that are summarized as follows: Lean Strategy and Planning: Lean Assessment, Vision, Strategy, Value Stream Mapp ing, Business Process Analysis, Project Planning - Leadership, and Kaizen Breakt hrough Events Lean Throughput and Flow: Increased Throughput, Capacity Control, Cellular - Str eamlined Flow, Kanban - Pull Systems, Morning Market, Setup Reduction, and Total Productive Maintenance Lean Quality and Stability: Defect Reduction, Quality Problem Solving, Standard Work - Process Control, Communications Process Engineering, Visual Systems and 5S High level of interpersonal skills, very good oral and written communication ski lls, excellent presentation skills, cross-functional team facilitation skills, a nd a high degree of analytical ability Employment History: (References available on request) 1998 to Present: Hart Innovative Solutions, Inc. - President - www.hartinnovatio ns.com Growing list of clients includes: Advanced Interconnect Manufacturing, AJ L, Angiotech, Barilla, Bausch & Lomb, Burleigh Instruments, Goodrich - Ithaco, C orning, Helen Hayes Hospital, Jasco Tools, OhmCraft-Micropen, SenDEC, Simcona, T argetVision, Thermofisher, TRW, Wilson Greatbatch, and Xerox. 1985-1998: Eastman Kodak - Senior Industrial Engineer - 12 years, Supervisor - 1 year, Projects in manufacturing and service: CNC machining, sheet metal, electr onics, equipment assembly, digital products assembly and customer service. 1981-1985: Co-op work blocks at Harris - RF Communications and 3M Graphic Film D ivision. 1974-1981: The Denver Stores, Division of Associated Dry Goods - Distribution Ce nter - Receiving and Marking Manager Education: (Transcripts available on request) 2004: Lean-Six Sigma Black Belt - Monroe Community College 1998: MBA - Simon School of Business: University of Rochester - Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society, Concentrations: Operations Management in Manufacturing and Servi ce, Finance, and Corporate Accounting. 1985: BS Industrial Engineering - Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) - with honors. Well-developed Computer and Applied Analytical Skills: Microsoft Access, Microso ft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Pro

ject, Microsoft Visio, QuickBooks, AutoCAD, and Video Timer Pro Material Flow & Supply-Chain Courses: Lean Manufacturing Summit, Demand Flow Tec hnology, Just-In-Time, Optimized Production Technology, Material Requirements Pl anning, Capacity Management and Production Activity Control. Business Process and Quality Courses: Business Process Re-engineering, WesTIP Cost-Time Analysis, Group Problem Solving, Consulting Skills, Statistical Proces s Control, Work Systems Redesign, Change Management, Business Planning, Value An alysis, and Design for Manufacturing (DFM). Business Performance Courses: Project Management, Facilitation, Selling Ideas, S upervision and Management, Positive Discipline, Leadership, Performance Manageme nt, Change Management, Diversity Training, and IIE / AME seminars, plant tours a nd conferences. Professional Societies, Associations and Honors Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE): Board of Trustees, Regional VP, Preside nt Rochester Chapter, Conference Chair, Program Director, and regular conference speaker - member since 1983. Active Memberships In: Rochester Professional Consultants Network (RPCN), Associ ation for Manufacturing Excellence (AME), Rochester Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Society (RIMES), American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS) and Rochester Chamber of Commerce. Other Honors: Eagle Scout, 1985 First Place - Material Handling Society Paper Co mpetition Projects and Results: Lean Strategy and Planning: Lean Assessment, Vision & Strategy: Customized and improved Lean and 6S assessment tools for organization and progra m performance Conducted lean manufacturing breakthrough implementations with many small to mid -sized companies Delivered training: Lean Manufacturing Introduction with Live Simulation, Lean L eadership, Production Control, Value Stream Mapping, Setup Reduction, Cellular M anufacturing, Getting Started with 10X, and Product Flow for 10X Team Leaders Led teams to reduce cycle time on order fulfillment and manufacturing processes for complex equipment Managed Optics department using Total Quality Management (TQM), Just In Time (JI T) and Employee Involvement (EI) Value Stream Mapping - Process Analysis: Conducted several Value Stream Mapping training sessions and applications to hel p define lean strategy, implementation path, and validation / periodic review pr ocess

Facilitated cross-functional teams to map baseline and improved processes for pa inting, heat-treat, sheet metal fabrication and machining flows Introduced Westinghouse Technology to Improve Processes (WesTIP) methodology to Kodak including methods to develop and display cost versus time relationships co mbined with process-flow mapping Used process mapping, simulation and strategic inventory placement to analyze an d reduce global supply chain lead times and inventory Project Planning - Leadership: Managed $10 million reconfiguration project for electronics plant and warehouse for lean manufacturing Led project to reduce Optics inventory from $16 to $8 million in six months usin g variety of techniques Facilitated cross functional team to conduct structured interviews to improve fu ture program / new product service delivery development process Improved internal customer - supplier relationship processes for quotes, contrac ts and new programs Kaizen Breakthrough Events: Led numerous kaizen breakthrough events in small to medium sized companies Facilitated first team using Kaizen process in Kodak - produced condensed videot ape of kaizen blitz process Recruited kaizen speakers and tours for local IIE conference - researched and be nchmarked best practices Lean Throughput and Flow: Increased Throughput - Capacity Control Set-up and facilitated cross-functional morning market team process for producti on activity control Designed and implemented master scheduling and rough-cut capacity planning Excel tool & process Conducted capacity and equipment utilization studies in many settings to guide i mprovements Facilitated production control teams to improve on-time delivery performance fro m 60% to over 90% Cellular - Streamlined Flow - Lead-time: Facilitated major factory reconfigurations in electronic and equipment manufactu ring plants Designed manufacturing plant floor layouts for expansion & reconfiguration using AutoCAD analysis - setup Microsoft Access equipment database - coordinated equi pment installation & material handling

Coordinated two $6 million optics manufacturing facilities / equipment installat ion projects over a two year period - included lean manufacturing systems, ergon omics / human factors workstation design concepts Introduced cells for Original Equipment Manufacturing (OEM) products, electro-me chanical assemblies, lens production, copier assembly, digital camera assembly packing, fuser frame & rubber rollers Kanban - Pull Systems: Designed several kanban systems with returnable part packaging - using table-top simulations for testing and validation for a variety of manufacturers Selected and installed kanban replenishment and containerization system on elect ronic camera factory start-up - incorporated barcode and Electronic Data Interch ange (EDI) Implemented kanban production control systems in optics manufacturing cell resul ting in less inventory and staff Setup / Changeover Reduction: Led effort to reduce setup times and improve utilization of critical constrained resources for throughput Coordinated set-up reduction on machining, lens grind-polish and molding operati ons Applied Single Minute Exchange of Die (SMED) methodology - documented results in a report Total Productive Maintenance (TPM): Taught TPM and set-up initial program in Injection Blow Molding operation Assisted preventive maintenance applications in electronics manufacturing Lean Quality and Stability: Defect Reduction - Quality Problem Solving: Facilitated quality problem solving for sheet metal manufacturing and electronic component manufacturing Led team redesign of quality information flow and corrective action in equipment division Facilitated team redesign of training and publications process for customer equi pment services division Standard Work - Process Control: Incorporated standard / standardized work and video-based methods improvement to optimize use of equipment, personnel and materials for lowest life cycle cost m eeting takt times Installed Statistical Process Control (SPC) on rotational machining and optics p

rocesses - facilitated SPC -based vendor certification Conducted numerous problem solving applications using process mapping, fishbone diagram and 5 why root cause analysis, and the seven basic quality tools Communications Process Engineering: Designed and applied process matrix and related tools to help companies to diagn ose and improve communications Visual Systems and 5S: Customized and applied 5S + 1 Microsoft Excel-based assessment tool Trained teams and initiated 5S (Sort, Set in Order, Sweep / Scrub, Standardize, and Sustain) and 6S (5S & Safety & Visibility) programs for housekeeping, method s improvement and organization Applied 5S and built in visual systems on manufacturing, assembly and shipping d ock operations Studied and documented Toyota and Johnson Controls applications of visual contro ls Delivered several national presentations on "Making Workplaces Come alive with 5 S & Visual Systems" - well-known for my expertise