MICHAEL L. KNAEBEL 1397 Bedford Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA 94087
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SUMMARY Executive management professional with over thirty years of experience in operations, quality, production, engineering, systems engineering, general management, and program management in high tech environments. Strengths include directing complex organizations, driving long-term objectives, increasing sales, customer satisfaction, and profits. Greatest assets are demonstrated leadership abilities, excellent communication and presentation skills, noteworthy breadth of general management experience, and a strong multidisciplinary education. MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS QUALITY- Teaming with the President and Chief Financial Officer developed a comprehensive set of metrics to measure corporate performance resulting in $2.0 million savings in overhead expenses
- Established and chaired the Corporate Quality Steering Committee. Created the Committee charter, goals, and objectives for the five year strategic plan
- American Society for Quality Certified Quality Manager
- Lean and Six Sigma Trained Black Belt
- Certified to serve on The Board of Examiners for the California Quality Awards (1999)
- Obtained and maintained ISO certifications and led the activities of operations in China, Mexico, Europe and the USA
GENERAL MANAGEMENT- Increased revenues 215% in six months; producing the first profitable month, equal to 25% of revenue
- Eliminated previous management’s losses and returned the Division to profitability in six months
- Identified and trained the management team to support the short term rapid growth and to develop the processes and infrastructure to manage the long term increasing sales and revenue growth
- Turned around a facility experiencing low productivity, low morale, schedule delays and cost overruns
- Revitalized and improved the safety program; cutting lost workdays by 50%
- Improved on time product delivery performance by 150%
- Established Project Management Teams resulting in a 200% improvement in customer satisfaction scores
- Restructured Division to better utilize existing resources; improving productivity and efficiency.
PROFIT AND LOSS MANAGEMENT - P & L responsibility for a $50 million development project
- P & L responsibility for a $125 million, 600 employees, including 15 directors (plus 50 subcontractors) engineering organization that provided operational support to a major systems customer
- P & L responsibility for a $40 million R & D engineering contract
- P & L responsibility for annual facility operational contract of $24 million
- P & L responsibility for annual operating budget of $600 million
- P & L responsibility for a $1.2 billion R & D budget
Worldwide Planning and Logistics Management - Planned, organized, managed, and controlled the worldwide operations of three logistic centers located in Hong Kong, China, Reading, England, and San Jose, California
- Reviewed, recommended and implemented a worldwide logistics model to better support the changing delivery requirements for S3 products. Realized a 25% reduction in logistics costs
- Prepared production planning and forecasting models and presented daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly sales and revenue reports utilizing an Oracle database
- Reduced inventory from $850M to $400M in two quarters
- Developed and negotiated traffic and transportation agreements that resulted in savings of $1M in one year
- Developed a planning process that ensured the sale of existing products was considered in the planning,development, deployment, and introduction of upgraded or replacement products
WORK HISTORY Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company 2001 - Present
Senior Manager, Technical Workforce Development
Carco Electronics 2000 -2001
Vice President, General Manager S3 Incorporated 2000 - 2000
Senior Director Worldwide Planning and Logistics
GET Manufacturing Inc. 1998 - 2000
Corporate Vice President, General Manager Trend Technologies Inc. 1997 - 1998
Director of Corporate Quality Lockheed Martin Missiles & Space Company 1990 - 1997
Systems Engineering Manager (1996 - 1997)
Deputy General Manager (1994 - 1996)
Systems Engineering Manager (Operational and Advanced) (1990 - 1994) ET Inc. 1988 -1990
Director of Engineering
U. S. Navy 1967 - 1988
Strategic Systems Program Office; Director, Engineering Division (1986 - 1988)
Strategic Systems Program Office; Deputy Director, Guidance Section (1984 - 1986)
Strategic Systems Program Office; Manager, Missile Systems Branch (1979 - 1984) EDUCATION MS Engineering - Purdue University, 1976
Major:Gas Dynamics and Rocket Propulsion
Secretary of the Navy Scholarship
BS Engineering Sciences - Purdue University, 1975
Major:Gas Dynamics and Rocket Propulsion
Naval Enlisted Scientific Education Program
Tau Beta Pi, Phi Beta Kappa Certificate
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1986
Major: Program for Senior Executives
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