1. KENNETH G. BOLT
8436 Darlene Dr. • West Chester OH 45069
Home: 513-755-3267 • Cell: 513-560-6884
Ken.G.Bolt@gmail.com
SUMMARY
Multi-disciplined professional highly successful in both Electrical Engineering and IT roles.
Excelled in adapting to and meeting diverse business challenges. Demonstrated strength in
developing and implementing new business processes and technologies. Reputation as a
strong leader; recognized for getting things done. Equally comfortable working independently or
on teams. Excellent communication and people skills and an outstanding work ethic.
Hands-on leadership, engineering, design, and operational experience with:
• Nickel Alloys • Chemicals Manufacturing • Food Manufacturing
Manufacturing
• Project Management • Process Control • Advanced Process
Control
• DCS • PLC • LIMS
• CMMS • MRO Purchasing • MRO Inventory Control
• EPA VOC Systems • EPA Deep Well Injection • EPA Boiler Emissions
• USDA NR Systems • Food Pathogens • Microbiology Sanitation
• SOX Compliance • SOX Monitoring • Windows O/S
• LAN • WINTEL Servers • Exchange/Outlook
• Active Directory Admin • Plant Power & Lighting • Switchgear Coordination
• High Voltage Maintenance • Quality Assurance • PLM
Other skills include:
• Microsoft Office • Microsoft Access • Microsoft Visio
• Microsoft Project • Root Cause Analysis • Fishbone Diagrams
• Data Flow Diagrams • Data Modeling • Statistical Process Control
• X-Bar /R Charts • Pareto Diagrams • 6-Sigma
• @AGlance ISA SP72 • ITIL V3 • SQL Server
• Crystal Reports • Continuous Improvement
Additional strengths include:
• Oral & Written • Mentoring & Training • Team Building
Communication
• Conflict Resolution • Interpersonal Relationships • Problem Solving
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
PIERRE FOODS, Cincinnati, OH
Consultant 2010 – Present
Consulted on project management and system administration of an overdue and under
designed PLM project using ORACLE Agile (Prodika) product.
• Defined remaining deliverables and created a project plan to complete them
• Developed system for tracking project status.
• Designed queries and reports to support business requirements.
• Designed queries to perform specification quality control
• Lead effort to redesign interface to Prism ERP system.
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• Created Microsoft Access process to clean and transfer data from Prism to Agile.
• Created new and standardized Agile specification record structures.
• Re-engaged business groups to recognize and accommodate their business requirements
• Developed specification change management process.
• Promoted IT support system using internal and external resources.
SARA LEE FOODS, Cincinnati, OH
Manager Information Security 2006 – 2009
Managed team of 16 direct reports performing security access provisioning for all Sara Lee
North America users and performing SOX monitoring of Level-1 applications and databases.
Brought in to address business issues affecting the department. Responded to challenge to
bring the department under control, re-engineer and create new processes, improve
performance, initiate continuous improvement, and repair business relationships.
• Corrected process problems and improved performance. Initiated budget controls saving
approximately $180M annually on a $1MM budget. Implemented statistical control
performance metrics for continuous improvement. Lowered average days to deliver from 5
to 3 days. Lowered daily SLA exceptions from 100 to 5. Increased percentage of on-time
delivery from 70% to 96%.
• Revamped security administration processes for SOX compliance. Transitioned security
provisioning of Level-1 applications to eliminate SOD issues. Created new processes for
data owner approval of access requests for Level-1 applications.
• Spearheaded implementation of new SOX monitoring process. Authored Sara Lee policy
and documented the procedures. Implemented tools to monitor databases and operating
systems. Designed and implemented SOX security incident tracking and resolution system.
QA Applications Manager 2003 – 2006
Provided technical leadership, project management, and budgetary control for development of
business application systems for QA, Food Safety, and Regulatory Compliance. Hired
specifically to get stalled LIMS project moving again. Achieved goal and much more by
designing new systems and processes to address regulatory, microbiology, and quality issues.
• Engineered and implemented LIMS System at 15 meat-manufacturing facilities. Functioned
as the project manager and project owner. Designed process for maintaining manufacturing
specifications. Established SPC strategy and created SPC charts for quality control.
Trained plant users in SPC techniques and LIMS operation.
• Influenced LIMS vendor to implement new modules of my design for microbiological control
and for management of USDA Non-compliance Records. Negotiated reduced cost in return
for marketing rights. Created database models, dataflow diagrams, and requirements.
Performed quality control, testing, and implementation. Trained plant microbiology and
quality assurance staff.
SUNOCO CHEMICALS, Haverhill, Ohio
Regional Manager – Process Control & IT 1979 - 2002
Created and managed DCS/IT department of 13 direct reports responsible for process control
and automation, IT infrastructure, business systems, and networking at two chemical facilities.
Provided leadership, vision, strategy, and engineering for all phases of process control and IT.
Responsible for all life cycle phases including design, engineering, project management,
installation, startup, operations, and continuous improvement. Prepared and managed $700M
operating budget.
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• Lead the engineering to implement projects up to $1.5MM for 4 DCS green field projects
and to retrofit 3 DCS systems replacing old panel board controls.
• Negotiated with vendor for major DCS revisions of my design at no cost in return for
marketing rights. Included continuous collection DCS Data Historian and read-only DCS
Enterprise Operator Console. Created design documents, data models and requirements.
Participated in design reviews and performed beta and acceptance testing.
• Specified, installed and programmed $50M DCS to simulate packaged boiler and Phenol
plant operation. Trained 20 operators.
• Installed and operated Honeywell Advanced Process Controller for a Phenol plant. Identified
independent and dependent variables and to collect data. Designed and configured control
strategy.
• Designed and implemented interfaces between multiple DCS systems and between DCS
and LIMS.
• Proposed, obtained agreement, and implemented a complete IT infrastructure for a
chemical plant. Included LAN, domain servers, application servers, file servers, email
servers, and PCs. Trained 200 users on Microsoft Office and Outlook.
• Took technical lead and project management roles for a $250M LIMS project. Evaluated and
selected LIMS vendor. Developed business model, database model, and requirements.
Installed, tested, and configured system.
• Modified LIMS system to perform customer order fulfillment process by integrating LIMS and
customer order systems. Performed process discovery and analysis. Designed process and
created requirements including data model and data flow diagrams. Participated in
development reviews, beta testing, and acceptance testing. Trained 5 order-processing
administrators.
• Accepted challenge of implementing long desired but previously failed $2.4MM CMMS
project. Succeeded in implementing integrated modules for maintenance management,
MRO inventory management, and MRO purchasing management saving $3.4MM over 4
years. Lead team to customize CMMS to model business processes with end-to-end
responsibility for engineering, project management, coding, testing, and start-up. Authored
and conducted training program for 450 users.
• Managed team of 5 people to consolidate 5 maintenance storerooms. Eliminated duplicate
and obsolete parts. Developed common part numbering system, categorization, and
descriptions. Performed usage analysis and set proper inventory levels and reorder points.
Initiated perpetual inventory counting process. Reduced inventory by 35% saving $3MM.
EDUCATION
BSEE, Electrical Engineering
University Of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
HONORS
University of Cincinnati – Honors graduate
ETA KAPPA NU – National Electrical Engineering Honorary
TAU BETA PI – National Engineering Honorary
