JOHN SEWARD

ltseward@yahoo.com
JOHN T. SEWARD
SENIOR-LEVEL OPERATIONS MANAGEMET
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
� Multi-lingual, performance-driven, prior Military Officer with 10+ years of prior operational experience at every echelon in the United States Military.
� Proactive self-starter with the ability to transform strategic plans into workable solutions and benchmark performance against key operational targets/goals.
� Highly analytical thinker with demonstrated ability to scrutinize technical and financial data.
� Strong leader who will decisively assess, manage, resolve, and escalate issues based on risk management.
� Priority setter who effectively motivates others and directs top-level strategic corporate initiatives.
� Superlative interpersonal communicator, presenter, and negotiator; delivered effective presentations to corporate senior executives; successfully negotiated agreements to avoid litigation.
� Creative, dependable, passionate and enthusiastic change agent with proven track record in improving efficiencies, reducing costs, and increasing revenues.
� Skilled coalition-builder with multicultural experience through extensive Asian, Middle Eastern, and Latin America travel.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE
� Six Sigma Methodology
� Operational Process Analysis
� Strategic Planning & Leadership
� Customer Satisfaction
� Quality Management (ISO/TS 16949)
� Project Planning/Execution
� Continuous Improvement
� Product Launches
� Supply Chain Management
� Process Redesign
� Warehouse & Distribution Management
� Training & Leadership Development
� P&L Management & Responsibility
� Quality Operating Systems
� SAP/ERP (ORACLE/COSE)
� Forecasting & Manpower Management
� Inventory Management Planning and Issue
� Cross-Functional Collaborative Approach
� Drive Innovation & Best Practices
ï�• Problem Solving (8D€™s)
ï�• Bilingual Spanish – Business Proficiency

915.356.9872
Minnetonka, MN 55345

Plant Manager AVX Ciudad Juárez, Chih.
September 2014 to February 2016
� Personally responsible, for the overall health, safety, & operations of 200-300 production, quality, and maintenance personnel and charged with the monthly production of 2.2M Interconnect products in a Tier 3 Automotive manufacturing environment.
� Oversaw $3.6M operating budget; develop annual budgets for production/quality/engineering efforts.
� Successfully achieved monthly forecasted production requirements of $1.5M and ensured a 99% ontime delivery of products to BOSCH, Continental, & DELPHI across 3 different continents.
� Implemented Quality System overhaul that reduced customer quality complaints by 50%.
� Championed LEAN projects that have yielded $300K+ in soft and hard savings for 12 months.
� Spearheaded the project management, capacity planning, supplier sourcing, & Customer approval process for 15 new & existing product launches.
� Chaired daily staff meetings with upper management to review the Top 5 KPIs, examining Root Cause Failure analysis, and incorporating the Plan, Do, Check, Act (PDCA) Cycle.
� Responsible for the Supply Chain Management of 400 separate manufacturing components across 50+ Suppliers in 4 different continents.

Director, Intelligence/Operations Center 32nd Army Air & Missile Defense Command Fort Bliss, TX
March 2014 to September 2014
� Directed a Military-Operations Center responsible for the daily operational status of 10K Soldiers located across four different states and deployed in four different countries.
ï�• Responsible for the receipt and on-time distribution of all incoming classified cables to executive levels; integrated & synchronized resources based on the Commanding General€™s guidance.
ï�• Provided a monthly dashboard and report to FORSCOM & the PENTAGON on the unit€™s status report

Air Defense Artillery Coordination Officer 3rd Battlefield Coordination Detachment – Osan Air Base, South Korea
March 2013 to March 2014
� Missile Defense Liaison between the United States 7th Air Force & the South Korea Ground Forces Command.
� Advised Joint-Force Senior Commanders on the execution of missile-firing doctrine & consequence management in order to protect 60M people.
� Collaborated with stakeholders on the emplacement, engagement, & contingency strategies of PATRIOT missile sites in South Korea.

Deputy Director, Missile Defense Element 100th Missile Defense Brigade Schriever AFB, CO
May 2009 to March 2013
ï�• Directed operations for the Missile Defense Agency€™s strategic missile defense shield; tasked with the responsibility & protection of 500M people across 12 countries.
� End-to-end oversight of over $3B in Ground-based Missile Interceptors located in AK & CA; balanced operational capabilities against planned maintenance & testing activities.
� Improved defensive ICBM firing procedures for USNORTHCOM & NORAD

Service Chief Fellow, DARPA / Security Service Officer 25th Combat Aviation Brigade Wheeler AFB, HI
November 2006 to May 2009
ï�• Selected by the United States Army Pacific Commander to represent the US Army to the Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (<1% of Army Officers chosen annually) ï�• Defined combat operations requirements in the field against cutting-edge technology developments to Program Management ï�• Directed a team of 150 Soldiers in support of executing the security mission at Contingency Operating Base Speicher during Operation Iraqi Freedom 06-08 ˆ’ 1st Line of Defense for the protection of 10,000 personnel ˆ’ Zero casualties resulted ˆ’ Scenario planned and monthly execution of Base Defense Exercises between combat units, other government agencies, and civilian contract support ˆ’ Stakeholder in the Core Vulnerability Assessment Management Program; utilized threat reduction system to increase active and passive defense systems, hardness of base facilities, and deter unauthorized base accessibility Bachelor of Science Electrical Engineering University of Minnesota Minneapolis-Saint Paul, MN ISO 9001, ISO/TS 16949, 8Ds, Ishikawa, 5 Why, Gauge R&R, Process FMEAs, Control Plans, Value Stream Mapping, Statistical Process Control, APQP, PPAP, Bilingual - Spanish US United States Army Captain June 2003 to September 2014 Army Air & Missile Defense Military Skills: USNORTHCOM, USFK & Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff Crisis and Contingency Operations, C2BMC International (BCX) Operations, Aegis BMD, Sea-based X-Band Radar, JFCC IMD Operations, BMDS Network Operations and Security Center, Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) Operations, MDIOC & Space-based Operations, THAAD, Active Top Secret/SCI DoD Security Clearance