JULIE ELLEN MARKEE

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Julie is highly conscientious, detail-oriented professional who has built an excellent reputation for identifying and resolving complex technical problems while enhancing organizational performance. She has extensive experience and a proven ability for implementing and optimizing systems to improve profits. Julie is creative problem-solver who thrives on challenges while having a keen ability to collaborate with all levels of manufacturing from management to production employees. She has over 24 years of experience serving in engineering, operations and

sales roles for organizations in the manufacturing industry. During her engagements, she partners with the management team to identify sources of variation and implement robust solutions. Utilizing tools from Lean Manufacturing and 6 Sigma, along with her extensive process experience, she is able to reduce complex challenges into manageable steps resulting in stream-lined processes, enhanced employee involvement and increased profitability. Qualification Highlights

• Interim Management • Plant Management • Process Flow Analysis • Root-Cause Analysis • Employee Training • Project Management • Process Optimization • Shell Drying Measurement Equipment • Titanium Investment Casting

Publications • “Tips to Protect and Improve the

Process During Production Fluctuations”, Incast Magazine, March 2016

• “Challenging Conventional Wisdom”, Incast Magazine, July 2015

• “Growth Forecast with Increased Competition: How to Thrive”, January 2015

• “Uncovering Hidden Process Variables in Shell Building”, Incast, April 2014

Presentations • Transforming the Special to the

Common: A Methodology to Remove Special Cause Variation from Your Process (2016)

• Training: Bridging the Skills Gap (2016) • Improved Efficiency in the Investment

Casting Process Utilizing Lean Manufacturing Principles (2015)

• Operator Training: Pitfalls and Best Practices (2014)

• New Method for Measuring Dryness During the Shell Building Process (2013)

• Benefits of Optimizing the Slurry Mixing Process Utilizing High Shear Dispersion (2008)

Education • B.S.E. Degree, Chemical Engineering,

University of Washington (1993) • A.S. Degree *Deans List, Yakima Valley

Community College (1990)

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Professional Experience • Managed North American Titanium Investment Casting Foundry during business turn-

around. Responsibilities included achieving monthly shipping goal of $1.3 million USD, retaining NADCAP welding certification, and passing AS9100 along numerous aerospace customer audits. Engagement resulted in quantifiable reduction in spend and increased profits.

• Introduced “Keys to Enterprise” concepts to operators to encourage greater ownership in responsible equipment. Changes to the operation included transitioning daily lubrication tasks, preventative maintenance and daily housekeeping from maintenance to operations.

• Improved packaging line uptime by 25% through development and implementation of team-based root cause analysis. Process resulted in reduction of downtime related to filler infeed system through conveyor modifications, installation of down-bottle bins and failure alert mechanisms and increased raw material supplier awareness.

• Integrated newly acquired business into existing foundry. Project included value stream mapping, identification of bottlenecks, introducing one-piece flow and establishing operator roles and responsibilities.

• Applied a 7 Step Problem Solving Methodology at several manufacturing plants in order to resolve complex problems. This methodology resulted in the identification of the root cause while introducing a new problem solving tool for approaching future problems.

• Increased prime slurry life by 50% through development of slurry control regimen including raw material testing, slurry formulation revision, establishment of relevant testing requirements and removal of contaminants.

• Reduced prospect’s annual metal casting scrap from $960,000 to $24,000 by improving prime slurry control, establishing preventative maintenance procedures and modifying etch practices.

• Attained wastewater compliance with local regulatory agency by upgrading treatment plant controls, training operators and installing pH adjustment system. Efforts resulted in reduction of non-compliance issues during sanitation and sustaining pH compliance.

• Reduced quality holds by 48% through introduction of processes & procedures, development and implementation of improvement plan and department-wide training.

• Developed and designed method for measuring mold dryness during the shell building and drying process. kpi-dry™ is a patented technology used throughout the investment casting industry as a valuable tool to reduce variability in the shell building process.

• Instructor for the Investment Casting Institute Process Control Course. Course teaches how to apply process control tools to reduce process variability and improve efficiency in all aspects of the investment casting process.

• Member of the Investment Casting Institute Board of Directors

Employment History Key Process Innovations, Vancouver, WA 2011 – present Nalco Company, Racine, WI 2003 – 2011 Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc., Kenosha, WI 1998 - 2003 CH2M HILL, Inc., Bellevue, WA 1995 - 1998 Frito-Lay, Inc., Vancouver, WA 1993 - 1995