Education LoyolaUniversity Chicago Chicago, IL, USA

MBA - Master of Business Administration degree, Operations Management.

Honored on the Deans List November 1992 - November 1994

Universityof Engineering, Copenhagen Copenhagen, Denmark

Bachelor of Science degree, Mechanical design Engineering August 1984 - June 1988

Experience

SpainConsultant - Free-lance, Andorra and Barcelona, Spain September 2003 - present

Examples of projects:

· General Project Manager for installing a Food Manufacturing facility in Andorra. Dealing with contractors, the goverment, lawyers, bancs, investors.

· Consultant on an outsourcing project of hydraulic control systems to China for a company in Denmark. Providing an ABC list (DMAIC) on how to succeed.

· Engineering Advisor implementing a Lean Organization during a company move to a new facility for a an X-ray component parts supplier in Denmark.

· Consultant for a company in Andorra to design, manufacture and market worldwide a internal fingerprint sensor for keyless entry and security control.

· Consultant for a software company in Barcelona to design, develop and market a new software package to link doctors in Spain.

ITW Betaprint Spain (Part of ITW, Deerfield, IL, USA) Barcelona, Spain

ITW Betaprint manufactures programmable, intelligent, real-time, high technology thermal transfer printers and labelling equipment, primarily used for date or bar-code and nutritional statement printing on plastic packaging and labels world wide.

Manager of Operations September 2000 - December 2002

Main responsibility was to turn around the company using Lean Manufacturing Techniques. Overall responsible for the daily operation of the facility. Furthermore responsible for all capital investments for necessary restructuring/improvements. Responsible for Inventory control programs and management of suppliers. Responsible for product costing and quality performance, and for On-time delivery improvement programs, Responsible for all customer and international distributor relations and the European service department. Responsible for all company training and safety programs.

Implementing Lean Manufacturing Techniques:

· Increased productivity by over 200% over an 12 months period with the same workforce.

· Implementing a two bin Kanban system, decreased inventory levels by 40%.

· Decreased standard product lead time by 3 times over a 12 months period.

· Decreased vendor lead times by 50% through "guaranteed supplier" contracts.

· Successfully implemented quality control programs, using fail-safe techniques.

· Implemented safety programs according to ITW standards.

· Initiated the ISO 9001/2000 program at ITW Betaprint to begin certification.

United States of America

ITW - (Illinois Tool Works, Inc) Deerfield, IL, USA

ITW is a fortune 500 company with revenues of over $9 billion, more than 600 companies, 40.000 employees in more than 35 countries. ITW companies are being very successful implementing and practicing Lean Manufacturing techniques.

ITW Norwood Marking Systems Downers Grove, IL, USA

ITW Norwood is the leading hot stamp and date coding company in the United States.

Engineering Project Manager October 1999 - September 2000

Engineering Project Manager responsible for all new product development programs and R&D capital spending. Managing mechanical design engineers, software and firmware consultants, residential engineers, technicians and outside engineering contractors. Emphesis on developing a new thermal transfer printer technology.

· After 6 months of through evaluation, recommended upper management to acquire the desired technology through acquisition of competitor.

· Became part of the Management acquisition team. Responsible for evaluating engineering competence of market competitors in the acquisition phase. .

· After the acquisition, followed a promotion and for me to move to Barcelona, Spain to become the Operations Manager of now - ITW Betaprint, Spain.

Sr. Manufacturing Engineer January 1998 - October 1999

Senior Manufacturing Engineer responsible for introducing Lean Manufacturability of all new product development and older product line improvements programs.

Managed the outsourcing programs to produce all old and new thermal transfer printers in the country of Mexico and the Southern U.S. for cost efficiencies.

Tenneco Packaging, Specialty Products Northbrook, IL, USA

Tenneco Packaging (now Pactiv Corporation) was a $4 billion division of Tenneco Inc. Pactiv Corp. is one of the leading packaging manufacturers in the United States.

Senior Project Engineer January 1995 - January 1998

Senior Project Engineer, Corporate Engineering Group. Responsible for total project management in managing broad scope technical projects at multiple facilities at the same time throughout the United States from inception to completion. Responsibilities included project feasibility studies, submitting Capital Authorization Requests for project funding. Management of contractors. Managed teams from all levels of the organization at multiple facilities at the same time, being the ultimate responsible for the project success in terms of cost, safety, quality, output and return on investment.

· Have successfully managed several multimillion dollars capital engineering projects for Tenneco Packaging.

· Hosted a "Project Management for Exellence" seminar for all staff of the Central Engineering Group of Tenneco Packaging.

· Nominated for the innovation award by Tenneco packaging in 1997.

· Nominated to become part of the new technology team of Tenneco packaging.

Denmark

FESTO Denmark Copenhagen, Denmark

Festo Denmark is a subsidiary of Festo AG in Germany a leading worldwide manufacturer of pneumatic components and industrial control equipment.

Product & Project Manager November 1991 - November 1992

Product Manager for highly technical products to liason between sales and the customers. Project Manager responsible for pneumatic control systems. Emphasis on sophistigated control systems for the gas industry sensitive to explosions.

· Successfully managed, engineered and implemented several pneumatic automation projects at the facility of a large gas company in Denmark.

Poul Johansen Machinery Copenhagen, Denmark

Poul Johansen Machinery (an ISO 9001 certified company) is the largest OEM of automation equipment in Denmark, designing high speed assembly lines.

Mechanical Design Engineer April 1989 - November 1991

As a Project Manager, negotiated, developed and designed, coordinated and implemented a flexible manufacturing facility for the largest vacuum cleaner manufacturer in Denmark. This facility included a special material conveyor system, intelligent work stations for 35 people, special designed automatic tool presses, robotic transfer and testing stations.

· The Assembly facility was highly honoured by the Danish Society of Manufacturing Executives for its unique flexibility and safety.

Managed, designed and implemented two fully automated cam driven, high speed assembly lines for LEGO toy figures, utilizing specially designed pick and place technology. Each line assembles 65 toy men per minute without manual labor.

Professional Development

"Lean Manufacturing Techniques" training seminars by ITW corporate officers.

"Continuous Front-Line Leadership" training by Tenneco Packaging training and development division.

"Project Management" seminar by American Management Association.

Additional Curriculum activities

· Upon request, gave lectures in "Management of Risks - in Projects" at Loyola University Chicago, Graduate School of Business, MBA program.

Languages: English, Spanish, German, Danish (Scandinavian) in written and oral presentation.