Debora L Mayle
Columbus
Summary
Results-driven Project Manager with an extensive background managing end-to-end projects and continuous improvement solutions. A combined Certified Six Sigma Black Belt, Lean Practitioner, and Prosci Change Management expert that blends the Agile mindset with rigorous Continuous Improvement and Business Process Re-engineering. Proven track record utilizing Voice of Customer (VoC) analytics, the Kano Model, and user data to design seamless, high end user products. Highly skilled at cross-functional leadership, leveraging Jira, Smartsheet, and Visio to map complex workflows, execute sophisticated technology deployments, and facilitate impactful Kaizen events. Brings a unique technical edge with Statistical Analysis, Reliability Engineering and Predictive Maintenance strategies to guarantee high availability. Committed daily to driving efficiency and fostering innovation within projects.
Overview
6
6
years of post-secondary education
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Project Manager
State Of Ohio
Columbus
01.2016 - Current
- 10 years project management experience working with technical teams to deliver projects and high quality solutions.
- Managed activities and deliverables of external vendors to align with project objectives.
- Monitored project progress while identifying potential risks and implemented effective mitigation strategies using a Risk Log.
- Used SmartSheet and/or JIRA to manage workflows, view real-time data dashboards, and automate repetitive tasks.
- Built and maintained comprehensive project documentation, including timelines, budgets, and prioritization plans.
- Facilitated cross-functional team meetings to align project goals and enhance collaboration among team members.
- Hands-on experience with practices such as Lean, Kanban, Agile, and Waterfall methodologies.
- Understanding of Agile, Scrum, and SAFe technical practices.
- Facilitated Kaizen events for organization to streamline and continuously improve processes.
- Built process maps with cross-functional teams to create outcome-based roadmaps that supported project goals and strategic initiatives.
- Conducted Voice of the Customer interviews and collected data to understand user analytics to guide and inform project decisions.
- Completed stakeholder analysis and user experience to enhance customer satisfaction.
- Expertise with interpreting data and running statistical analysis to deliver better reporting and making informed data-driven decisions.
- Promoted proactive critical thinking throughout the project and provide insight on industry tools and technology.
- Produced monthly expense reports and capital forecasts with variances highlighted.
- Used graphs and data to encourage adoption at all organizational levels.
- Maintained detailed capacity plans to ensure resource availability aligned with project demands.
- Six Sigma Black Belt that mentored technical positions through certification.
Productivity Engineer
General Mills
Wellston
01.2012 - 06.2015
- Six Sigma Black Belt.
- Demonstrated critical thinking by generating unique ideas that enhance project outcomes.
- Improved plant productivity through Lean and Six Sigma initiatives.
- Drove multi-million dollar savings across three business units through rollout of a waste elimination program.
- Analyzed complex data sets via Minitab to expose hidden trends and deliver strategic actionable insights and plans.
- Executed rigorous hypothesis testing and statistical analysis on large data sets to identify critical patterns and outliers to improve performance.
- Conducted root cause failure analysis to determine why equipment failed.
- Troubleshoot and solve complex problems for manufacturing facility.
- Provided support during the installation, maintenance, repair, and calibration of equipment.
- Complete equipment installation projects with project management methodogies.
- Facilitated meetings to align engineering goals with organizational objectives.
- Conducted Voice of the Customer interviews and collected data to understand user analytics to guide and inform project decisions.
- Improved employee satisfaction by employing VOC interviews and fixing production problems.
- Built process maps and workflows with cross functional teams to streamline processes.
- Managed external vendor activities and deliverables.
Black Belt & Reliability Engineer
DuPont
Washington
06.2005 - 10.2011
- Six Sigma Black Belt - reduced plant costs through improvement projects.
- Lead change performing cost analysis then implementing strategic initiatives.
- Developed A, B, C critical equipment list to prioritize at risk equipment to reduce downtime.
- Reduced carbon filter changes from every 55 minutes to lasting 12 hours (12 shutdowns per shift to one 1 downtime event).
- Developed preventive maintenance schedules to optimize equipment uptime and prevent future failures.
- Implemented the first spare parts program across multiple business units increasing uptime.
- Created Steam Trap savings and compressed air usage programs to reduce costs.
- Improved yield and gross margin by reducing waste in business units.
- Set up Condition Monitoring to pro-actively reduce failures.
- Facilitated continuous improvement initiatives to enhance operational reliability across facilities.
- Investigated customer complaints related to product quality or reliability issues.
- Plant Safety Team Leader.
- Generated engineering documentation and oversaw design projects.
- Conducted root cause failure analysis on failed equipment.
- Identified opportunities for improvement in existing maintenance processes.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Electrical Engineering
Ohio University
Athens, Ohio 09.1988 - 11.1994
Skills
- Six Sigma Black Belt
- Certified Lean Practitioner
- Certified Prosci Organizational Change Manager
- Kaizen Event Facilitator
- Process Mapping / Workflow Mapping Facilitator
- JIRA and SmartSheet
- Visio
- Minitab and Tableau
- Statistical Analysis
- Data Analysis & User Experience
- Voice of Customer & User Analytics
- Agile
- Continuous Improvement
- Business Process Re-engineering (BPR)
- Kano Model
- Reliability Engineering
- Predictive Maintenance & Condition Monitoring
- Root Cause Failure Analysis
Timeline
Project Manager
State Of Ohio
01.2016 - Current
Productivity Engineer
General Mills
01.2012 - 06.2015
Black Belt & Reliability Engineer
DuPont
06.2005 - 10.2011
Bachelor of Science - Electrical Engineering
Ohio University
09.1988 - 11.1994