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A profit-oriented, innovative leader with strong, balanced focus on safety, results and customer satisfaction and a strong ability to balance operations and maintenance to optimize plant/mine-wide asset efficiency. Solid skills in team-based, employee oriented, problem solving; motivating people; establishing strategic direction; restructuring; cash management; optimizing working and development capital; and driving productivity gains and process improvements in both centralized and decentralized environments. Recognized for superior, creative performance throughout my career.
My desire is to continue to be a contributing senior member of a leadership team in an innovative and entrepreneurial organization where passion, dedication and commitment to success are key employee attributes and business growth, employee development, teamwork, belief in the strengths of each individual and encouragement of risk-taking are key corporate core values.
EDUCATION
1983 BME, Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
1990 MS, Engineering Management, University of Alaska, Fairbanks.
1992 Post-graduate(PhD)Academics(Business Administration), Portland State U.
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Management of Managers, University of Michigan, School of Business
Development Dimensions International (DDI) Certified Facilitator
DNV and IRCA Loss Control for Managers
Communispond Executive Presentation Skills
General Electric Change Acceleration Process (CAPS)
EXPERIENCE
CLEVELAND-CLIFFS Inc. and AFFILIATED SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES 1996-Present
Hibbing Taconite, Hibbing, MN
Assistant General Manager, (Reporting to GM/Vice President of Cleveland-Cliffs)
06/02-Present
* Ensured that safety, production and profit objectives were/are achieved through the development and deployment of the talents and leadership ability of all 720 employees of Hibbing Taconite, an 8.3 million ton iron ore mine and processing facility, Cleveland-Cliffs' largest.
* Co-developed and implemented a measurable vision and strategy for achievement and asset management of the mine and plant.
* Safely operated the mine and ore processing plant. (2003 approved Budget $263,000,000.)
* Simultaneously re-assigned, through March 2003, as acting leader of the Cleveland-Cliffs Maintenance Leadership Team (MLT) to re-lead and re-focus the corporate-wide maintenance/asset management process to continue Cliffs' quest for World Class asset management.
* Appointed as first corporate-wide Information Management Leadership Team (IMLT) Leader to optimize information technology and management across all departments and functions of Cleveland-Cliffs.
Wabush Mines, Wabush, Labrador (Canada)
General Manager (Reporting to President of Wabush Mines)
03/01-06/02
* Primarily responsible for developing the talents and leadership ability of all the employees of Wabush Mines, Scully Mine, Cliffs' only non-US mine.
* Created a barrier-free work environment for the approximately 550 employees of whom all were direct reports.
* Resurrected a dormant tradesperson apprenticeship program.
* Successfully re-vitalized the mine and plant to market competitiveness at a re-rated capacity.
* Ensured that all process, quality, safety and environmental standards were in compliance, as a minimum, with Cliffs' and governmental agencies.
* Safely operated the mine, processing plant and railroad with the best safety record in Cleveland-Cliffs and North American Iron Ore Mining (Budget $131,000,000.)
* Effectively re-designed the organization to ensure effectiveness and efficiency, while maximizing our employees' talents and company's profit.
Wabush Mines, Wabush, Labrador (Canada)
General Superintendent, (Reporting to General Manager Wabush Mines)
06/00-03/01
* Safely implemented the vision and strategy for achievement and maintenance of operations in the mine and plant.
* Coordinated all operating and maintenance departments in the mine, processing plant and railroad and removed inter-departmental barriers.
* Directed all capital projects required to increase longevity and competitiveness of the property within budget and on time.
Cleveland-Cliffs, Silver Bay,MN/Cleveland, OH Chief Maintenance Engineer, (Reporting to Sr. Vice President Cleveland-Cliffs)
11/98-06/00
* Appointed as the first ever Chief Maintenance Engineer for Cleveland-Cliffs and Leader of the Cleveland-Cliffs' Maintenance Leadership Team (MLT).
* Identified, developed and implemented "best-in-class" maintenance practices and reliability systems throughout Cleveland-Cliffs. To-date savings approximately $40,000,000 USD per year across Cleveland-Cliffs.
* Fully engaged employees from all levels of Cleveland-Cliffs, from CEO to front-line, to establish and execute the asset management initiative.
* Responsible for identifying and securing all resources (capital, tools, people, training) required for optimizing the asset management function throughout Cleveland-Cliffs.
* Developed, published and implemented a standardized maintenance and operations procedures and standards process, the basis for Cliffs' asset management.
* Developed and presented a maintenance planning and scheduling course to over 250 employees including senior site personnel (General and Assistant General Managers).
* Maintenance, operations, information management systems analyst for due diligence team investigating foreign (Brazilian) strategic asset acquisitions.
Northshore Mining, Silver Bay, Minnesota
Area Manager of Maintenance (Reporting to Plant Manager)
03/97-11/98
* Implemented Reliability Centered maintenance program.
* Successfully re-organized maintenance department and instituted a Plant Maintenance Technician training program. (114 employees)
* Increased physical availability and asset efficiency plant-wide and stabilized escalating maintenance expenditures while increasing plant overall equipment effectiveness (OEE).
Northshore Mining, Silver Bay, Minnesota
Project Engineer/Manager (Reporting to Plant Manager)
03/96-03/97
* Managed design and installation of $7,011,000 Iron Ore Pellet Plant Retrofit to eliminate dust emissions to the external and internal plant environments.
* Minimized production interruptions during "brown"-field retrofit –saved $1,300,000 (Est.)of potential lost production through innovative construction techniques.
* Directed over 250 contracted union crafts-workers, from all trades, during project.
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OTHER (Non-Cleveland-Cliffs)
Arrowhead Systems Analysis, Aurora, MN
Owner
01/95-03/96
* Provided steam turbine engineering, retrofit site management, project management, maintenance, and turbine retrofit and commissioning consulting services.
* Developed complete electrical and mechanical bid specifications for turbine retrofits for Weyerhaeuser and Eugene Water and Electric Board.
Woodward Governor, Loveland, CO
Program Test Engineer & Turbine Retrofit Applications Engineer
04/92-12/94
*Program Test Engineer and Manager for aero-derivative and land-based, fossil-fueled turbine, dry low emissions fuel skid production and testing (4/94-12/94).
*Steam (Large and Small) turbine control retrofit design and installation Engineer (4/92-10/93).
Portland State University, Portland, OR
University Instructor and Full-time PhD Student
06/90-04/92
* Taught Engineering Economics, Engineering Management, Business Administration, Information Systems, Systems and Quantitative Analysis and Operations Research.
* Studied post-graduate Engineering Management and Business Administration
* Served on the Portland State Strategic Planning Committee.
* Served as Registration Chairman for PICMET 1991 (Portland International Conference for the Management of Engineering and Technology).
USAF, Fbks, AK
Chief of Electronic Reconnaissance Training and Crew Commander (Rank of Captain)03/84-06/90
* Youngest officer ever selected to be a Reconnaissance Crew Commander in squadron.
* Commanded the 1989 USAF Reconnaissance Crew of the Year.
* Recognized by the Secretary of Air Force, Secretary of Defense, Commander in Chief of Strategic Air Command, and several Senators/Congressmen for outstanding contributions to the Strategic Defense Initiative Program (SDI/Star Wars).
* Selected as an original crew commander for the RC-135X, Cobra Eye Program.
* Commanded the Cobra Eye Training Flight as a Captain (Normally a Lt. Col. billet)
* Project engineer and manager for the Cobra Eye operational integration testing and certification.
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