Roger Keller is a manufacturing leader with over 30 years of experience in operations management, human resources, and lean continuous improvement. He has a track record of delivering significant cost savings through lean initiatives and reducing safety incidents. His past roles include Plant Manager for Axalta Coating Systems and HR Manager for DuPont, where he improved productivity, negotiated contracts, and delivered training with zero safety incidents. Keller is a certified Lean practitioner and Six Sigma Green Belt with expertise in developing high performance work teams.

1. ROGER L. KELLER
221 Vica Ln.
Fort Madison, IA 52627 319.470.2386
www.linkedin.com/in/rogerkeller kellerrl@yahoo.com
MANUFACTURING LEADER | DELIVER SIGNIFICANT COST SAVINGS
Highly adaptable professional Manufacturing Manager with expertise in Human Resources,
Operations and Lean Continuous Improvement. Known for developing high performance work
teams. Quickly assimilate new ideas and concepts. Experienced in development and implementation
of Human Resource systems. Trained / certified Lean practitioner with several years experience
managing multi-skilled production technicians in high hazard production. Managed Process Safety
and Occupational Health functions. Expert at Organizational Effectiveness. Possess strong oral and
written communication skills. Good collaborator who achieves desired goals.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
AXALTA COATING SYSTEMS, Fort Madison, IA 2013 – 2015
Plant Manager
• Provided smooth transition of HR, Inventory Control, Safety, Health, Environmental and IT
systems, with no interruption of production or service to customers, by diligently overseeing site
conversion from DuPont-owned business to Axalta Coating Systems as global, independent
publicly-traded company.
• Established successful high-performance work systems and team culture by identifying and
matching right employees to roles.
• Delivered 0 safety incidents that could have impacted production or service to customers by
directing successful training of employees at Fort Madison site in new roles for high hazard
production processes.
• Improved Fort Madison site safety performance, with 10% fewer safety incidents in 2013 vs.
2012 and another 10% fewer incidents in 2014 vs. 2013, through continued implementation of
Process Safety Management (PSM) and reactor safety systems.

2. • Grew employees’ sense of business ownership by establishing working culture of self-directed
work teams functioning in non-union environment.
EI DUPONT, Fort Madison, IA
Human Resource Manager, EI DuPont, Fort Madison, IA 2010 – 2013
Ran all HR Systems for Fort Madison EI DuPont site including interview and hiring, pay and training
systems. Negotiated annual pay and benefit contracts with local branch of international union.
• Increased organizational productivity by processing over 400 hiring applications and hiring 16
technicians, with 100% retention rate, in 2011 – 2012.
• Delivered high hazard production training for new hires at Fort Madison site with 0 safety
incidents by managing training process.
• Maintained continuity of production by successfully negotiating annual pay adjustments for 2011
& 2012 with zero work stoppage.

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EI DUPONT (Continued)
DuPont Lean Systems Resource, EI DuPont, Fort Madison, IA 2009 – 2010
Trained and resourced implementation of Lean Manufacturing / Kaizen Technology, Production Flow
Mapping and Six Sigma improvement team projects for Fort Madison and Chambers Works sites.
• Identified $600K in cost savings, with 75% implementation success rate, as member of
implementation team which trained DuPont Chambers Work NJ employees (>300 employees) in
cost savings identification in 2009 & 2010.
• Delivered 65% implementation success rate for $400K in savings identified by DuPont Fort
Madison Iowa employees (>125 employees) as member of management leadership team that
trained all DuPont Fort Madison employees in how to identify cost reductions.
Manufacturing Manager, EI DuPont, Fort Madison, IA 1988 – 2009
Oversaw operations for production, safety and continuous improvement for Fort Madison, Iowa
plant.
• Delivered 0 recordable injuries rate for 19 consecutive years, while managing high hazard
production processes, by continually training and retraining all employees of concept that “All
Accidents Can be Prevented”.
• Reduced production fixed cost rate / pound of product from $0.32 to $0.24 for the years 2002 –
2008 by applying principles of Lean Manufacturing as practicing / certified Lean practitioner.
ADDITIONAL RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Human Resource Manager, EI DuPont, Mt Clemens, MI
Manufacturing Supervisor, EI DuPont, Moberly, MO
EDUCATION / PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
− Bachelor of Arts (BA), Political Science / Sociology, Truman State College (formerly
Northeast Missouri State), Kirksville, MO
− Intensive Growth Program for DuPont, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania,

4. Philadelphia, PA
− Six Sigma Green Belt, certified, EI DuPont, Fort Madison, IA
− LEAN Practitioner Training, EI DuPont, Wilmington, DE
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
− Southeast Iowa Regional Economic & Port Authority Board of Directors, Member
− Fort Madison Economic Development Corporation Board of Directors, Past Member
− Fort Madison Rotary, Member
− Fort Madison United Way Board of Directors, Past Member