1. Gyasi R. Brown
www.linkedin.com/in/gyasi-brown-341011b
6008 Buckner Creek Court (706) 409-3164
Mableton, GA 30126 Browngr9@gmail.com
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT ENGINEER
Process Improvement | Project Leadership | Operational Efficiency
Six Sigma Black Belt certified operational engineering professional with extensive experience driving increases in productivity and
efficiency through the development and implementation of process improvement solutions. Recognized for the ability to accurately
analyze current state while working with key internal and external stakeholders to create productivity related solutions with an
emphasis on workplace safety. Able to utilize a developed knowledge of project management best practices and technical
certification to ensure delivery of exceptional results at all times.
Areas of Expertise
 Thought Leadership
 Integrated Master Scheduler
 Manufacturing Efficiency
 Program Management
 Lean Manufacturing
 Lean Six Sigma DMAIC Toolkit
 Written & Verbal Communication
 Project Planning
 Root Cause Analysis
 Critical Thinking
 Project Management
 Systems Engineering
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
LOCKHEED MARTIN AERONAUTICS COMPANY/SPACE SYSTEMS COMPANY, MARIETTA, GA 2008 - Present
Operations Engineer
 Successfully manage up to 25 Continuous Improvement Service Center temporary duty and full-time employees, providing
training on best practices around building Creform Conveyances for 5 production programs and fabrication departments.
 Maintained adherence to strict Production Operations budgets, making decisions based on cost effectiveness.
 Oversee all work assignments for limited duty employees, working to minimize employee time lost cases working in
collaboration with the worker’s compensation coordinator and the medical department to maintain “type of work”
limitations and conduct job analysis.
 Drive improvement in safety by leading monthly safety meetings, completing all illness/accident reports and ensuring that
all shop work performed is completed within established safety metrics.
 Develop comprehensive mock-up designs and final drawings related to the fabrication of storage units for parts, tool
holders, worktables and conveyances, including procurement.
 Work in collaboration with the Production Leadership team to drive continuous improvement across all lines of the
business, conducting Ergonomic Kaizens, Project Kaizens, Rapid Prototyping events, Value Stream Mapping events, CAPEX,
6s events, A3 problem solving and root-cause events on quality issues.
 Lead structured improvement events while mentoring Greenbelts to certification.
 Apply Six Sigma/DMAIC technical principles to drive the successful execution of key business strategies.
 Create project budgets and delivered highly accurate cost estimates while conducting Lean/Six Sigma events.
 Developed metrics to continually monitor projects and track project cost-savings.
Key Accomplishments:
 Successfully created a process adopted by vendors to organize small, loose parting which led to time savings of 2-4 hours
per search time and saved the company $20M+.
 Implemented 4 factory flow centers that successfully reduced part shortages and lost parts in the shop by 90%.
 Reduced material handlers travel time and steps from 3 hours a day to 0 hours and took steps of 5,000 to 0 through parts
relocation.
 Reduced floor space by 20% by instituting 5S/6S in 4 buildings to create flow for part and building movement.
 Created and implemented a process to standardize work instructions that drove the cost of each individual aircraft build
time down by 3,000 hours.
 Designed and created 400+Creform devices that created floor space of 20% and saved the company $1M+ in parts damages
and scrap.
 Instituted a process to track all DD250 delivery of aircrafts and allowed Lockheed Martin to bring in new business in the
commercial industry and continual business with the government and standardized all systems used by different programs.

2. GYASI R. BROWN
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Professional Experience Continued
 Decreased safety related injuries by 50% through delivery of ergonomic training for program mechanics on 38 new safety
processes instituted within a two weeks period and facilitating 2 ergonomic events for a separate program with 60 new
safety items initiatives.
Engineering Planning/Master Scheduling/Project Management 2008 – 2011
 Worked in collaboration with suppliers and a number of engineering departments to successfully create 40+ development
schedules for new upgrades to aircrafts.
 Prepared and coordinated comprehensive plans and schedule for the Reliability and Maintenance Program through
implementation.
 Utilized Critical Path Mythology (CPM) and Earned Value Management System (EVMS to analyze the effects of projects on
variety of areas.
 Led weekly and monthly briefings, updating both the leadership team and customer on project status and schedules.
 Created metrics that tracked the health of individual schedules based on the schedules completing on time and also on
earned value rules.
 Presented schedule health metrics to Lockheed program leadership and government program leadership monthly.
Key Accomplishment:
 Led 100% schedule completions while maintaining compliance with government rules for earned value and a 100%
reduction in schedule errors based on earned value rules.
 Successfully managed 70 implementation schedules under strict government regulations for Earned Value Management.
Engineering Planner 2006 – 2008
 Prepared and coordinated planning and scheduling for successful engineering testing of Space Shuttle programs.
 Utilized Critical Path Mythology (CPM) and Earned Value Management System (EVMS to analyze a variety of government
projects and provide report to program management and the customer.
 Played a key role providing input on a special team tasked with ensuring on-schedule delivery of external tanks for the
Space Shuttle program through tracking of parts availability.
 Served as the project lead for a high visible and important project to NASA called “Titanium Yoke”.
 Responsible for scheduling of the project, testing and updating NASA leadership and Lockheed Martin program leadership.
Key Accomplishment:
 Led on-schedule project completion that reduced 10% of foam off each external tank and reduced future risk of accident.
E DU CATIO N & CE RTIFICATIO N
Bachelor of Business Administration, Business Administration – Mercer University, Macon, GA
Concentration: Industrial Management
Green Belt/Black Belt Certification
A3 Problem Solving Practitioner
Technical Proficiency:
Microsoft Office Suite, Visio, Intermediate Access