Expert Details

Expert in High-speed Automated Assembly and Packaging of Consumer Products (BIC Lighters)

Expert ID: 732633 Connecticut, USA

Expert is a high-performance, results-driven plant manager with a career focused on leadership, productivity, safety, cost reduction, continuous improvement and the management of a unionized factory producing 1.2 million BIC lighters daily.

His responsibilities include the management of hourly and salaried personnel in a high-speed automated manufacturing setting.

Expert trains and develops hourly and salaried personnel running a factory.

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Education

Year	Degree	Subject	Institution
Year: 1991	Degree: MBA	Subject: Management	Institution: University of Bridgeport
Year: 1977	Degree: BBA	Subject: Business	Institution: Western Michigan University

Work History

Years	Employer	Title	Department
Years: 1983 to Present	Employer: Undisclosed	Title: Various	Department: Lighter Factory (Milford CT)
Responsibilities: (2005-15) Expert assumes full responsibility for all factory operations. This unionized factory operates 24 hours per day producing 1,2 million BIC Lighters per day. Previously he served as department manager (1993-2005) and department supervisor (1983-1993).

International Experience

Years	Country / Region	Summary
Years: 1983 to 2015	Country / Region: France and Spain	Summary: Visited other BIC factories for training.

Fields of Expertise

factory management, business management, automated machinery, automated assembly