Complete responsibility for all business operations to include business development, customer relationship management, revenue projections, strategic plan development, accounting and more
•Helped client build optimization plans across multiple departments that resulted in over $90,000,000 in savings for publicly traded oil company, reducing maintenance cycle time by over 50%
•Introduced Lean principles, taught courses, and led the cultural transformation effort to lean six sigma operations in a heavy equipment company
•Taught a client to use Caterpillar troubleshooting tools to identify best operational practices, helped them develop SOPs for maintenance, and created management tools to extend equipment life resulting in tens of millions of dollars of savings over the long term
•Instructed client and helped them develop a quality program that increased first time pass by 40%
•Guided Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in developing their strategic plan

Senior Leader with P&L responsibility for a more than $3.6 million budget with 31 employees. Ongoing management of $500,000+ work orders with over 100 activities, pre and final quoting, schedule management, and zero quality issues.
•Had multiple cost overruns, almost all machines missing date targets, and large amounts of quality defects in large mining truck rebuilds resulting in hundreds of hours of down time (average work order $1 million/ 8 wk rebuild). Developed a standard plan for rebuild execution, coordination calendars, parts delivery methodology, and a completely new quality program. Reduced quality defects on client sites to near zero and over 90% of machines delivered on schedule
•Instituted multiple new programs to improve safety, hearing protection, technician career path development, training classes, and job delivery
•Reduced the safety Recordable Injury Frequency (RIF) score to zero

Programs spanned four different product lines and totaled more than $20 million in capital and R&D. Responsible for managing new product programs in the commercial mowing product line by coordinating all 16 Louis.jonathan.fernandez@gmail.com │ 520-500-7015 functional areas to include Order fulfillment, Quality, Operations, Supply Management, Design Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Product test engineering, Financial Accounting and others towards common goals and objectives.
•Led the installation of a completely new assembly line to include material flow of over 1,000 unique parts, torque requirements, a run-in station, mistake proofing, packaging requirements, and operator training giving Deere the opportunity to improve quality, control costs, and control the design of a formerly purchased product
•Took over a project where every machine was losing money and within a year launched a cost reduction program which increased the ROI by double digits
•Conducted a detailed analysis o

• Was the lead intelligence planner for several national level operations orders dealing with the Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and high Yield Explosive (CBRNE) response, preventing the loss of control of any global WMD.
• Created the Battalion redeployment plan that coordinated the transfer of authority of thousands of soldiers in southern Iraq that resulted in a seamless transition without any casualties.
• Developed a plan for Counter IED missions over a 250km span of highway in southern Iraq resulting in a 91% reduction in Improvised Explosive Device attacks.
• Was chosen to lead the Brigade Quick Reaction Force during the first Afghan elections performing duties ranging from supporting units engaged by the enemy to escorting ballots to and from polling stations, resulting in the first successful democratic event in the middle east.