Dave Sutton

"Everything's got to end sometime. Otherwise, nothing would ever get started." -The Eleventh Doctor

Dave Sutton

BACKGROUND

  • Project Management
  • Operations

SPECIALTIES

  • Strategic/Critical Thinking
  • Problem Anticipation and Issue Resolution
  • Customer Service
  • Team Leadership
  • Communication

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

  • New Manufacturing Process Development
  • Policy Development and Enforcement
  • Lean/Continuous Improvement

EDUCATION

Western Governors University
– Masters in Business Administration

– Bachelor of Science in Business Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • Establish deadlines, assign resources for task completion, and prepare summaries and reports of work progress for consumption by senior level leadership.
  • Skilled in development of project management plans, baselines and analysis of all project components including scope, schedule, cost, resources, risk, quality, procurement, and stakeholder engagement.
  • Conducted daily Gemba Walks, encourage Kaizen events, and utilize Lean Manufacturing techniques.
  • Provided necessary leadership and management to ensure proper operational controls, systems, administrative, and reporting procedures and personnel capability were in place for effective organizational growth and to ensure financial strength and operating efficiency.
  • Leveraged Waterfall, Agile, Kanban, and Hybrid methodologies to deliver multi-phase projects.
  • Spearheaded cybersecurity-oriented overhaul to achieve 100% compliance with DoD’s CMMC Level 3.
  • Determined root cause of deviations and non-conforming results and implemented appropriate corrective and preventive actions throughout product development process.
  • Communicated effectively with all internal and external stakeholders including: C-Suite Executives, engineering, direct-labor employees, sales staff, procurement, logistics, and customers.
  • Lead day-to-day activities for projects where high priority & risk are present.

Dave Sutton

"Everything's got to end sometime. Otherwise, nothing would ever get started." -The Eleventh Doctor

Dave brings to Bulldog an extensive background in manufacturing and operations management. With over a decade of experience leading diverse, cross-functional teams on challenging projects, he has a proven record of strong organizational and analytical skills. His work ranges from IT project delivery, audit oversight, process assessment and improvement, and successful data driven decision making.

FUN FACTS

Favorite team:

Liverpool F.C.

Describe yourself in three words:

Dedicated, Attentive, Analytical