I started as an engineer in Mexico, which meant I had to learn to lead without authority. No title to fall back on. I sold ideas, built rapport, and led by example before I ever gave direction. That habit never left me.

At 3M, I took a struggling operation and made it the global benchmark in 36 months. Cycle time dropped from 45 days to 12. The facility became the standard Germany measured against. Then 3M consolidated and I had to shut down the team I had built. I could not tell them for two months. I faced them every day knowing what was coming.

Twenty years across semiconductor equipment, medical devices, precision machining, and commercial refrigeration taught me one thing above everything else: when I am thorough, I win. When the data gets skipped or the plan is assumed instead of built, things break — every time, without exception. The wins I am most proud of came from doing the work no one else wanted to do. The losses came from shortcuts I knew were shortcuts.

That is what I bring. Not a methodology. Twenty years of pattern recognition — and the discipline to act on what the data actually says.

I am currently open to a VP of Operations or COO role, and actively pursuing acquisitions in manufacturing and industrial services. If either is relevant to you, I am a direct conversation.