George Ferguson is an experienced operations and project manager with expertise in process improvement, Lean manufacturing, and cost reduction. He has over 15 years of experience leading operations, strategic planning, and project management. Ferguson's background includes roles as an Operations Manager, Vice President of Operations, Senior Project Manager, and business owner. He holds a BS in Business Administration from the University of Phoenix.

1. George W. (Bill) Ferguson
651-238-8877
Reynoldsburg,OH 43068 g.w.ferguson@centurylink.net
Professional Profile Skilled operations/production manager with Lean/TPM/CI success with
additional expertise in project management and supply chain.
 Process Improvement
 Program Development
 Strategic Planning
 Cost Reduction
 Operations
Management
 Site Selection
 Process Flow
 Lean manufacturing
 Total Productive Maintenance
 Continuous Improvement
 Employee Relations
 Performance Management
 Budgeting
 Team Leadership
Professional
Accomplishments
Operations Management
 Identified and corrected production process problems for Fortune 500
manufacturing organization. Saved $1000/week in time and reduced
spoilage
 Created competitor differentiation by thinking outside the box.
Developed unique product by changing flow of process
 Identified quality issues by observing, analyzing and measuring
account number quality. Recommendations resulted in raw material
process change saving thousands
Project Management
 Managed project of printing tax forms for US military under significant
time constraints. Including complete system rewrite during 2nd yr
 Lead team establishing corporate presence outside of US. Resulted in
opening new facility on schedule & budget and turning profit as
scheduled
 Exceeded customer (IRS) expectations by implementing 21 different
monthly customer satisfaction surveys mailed on preset monthly
schedule that had to be met
Cost Reduction/Savings
 Analyzed COGS to identify savings ideas. Led consolidation effort to
reduce staffing by 10% and inventory levels by 25%
 Researched cellular and lean manufacturing/related maintenance.
Lead to implementation of TPM saving over $800k in 2 years
 Developed new data test process required by system change. Resulted
in 50% increase in accuracy and 25% reduction in staff

2. Strategic Planning
 Created and implemented corporate downsizing plan for Fortune 500
company. Reduced footprint from 62 to 21 plants saving millions
 Determined inconsistent maintenance was cause of shortened life
expectancy. Created/implemented equipment certification process
that doubled life expectancy of corporate assets
 Created strategic approach to deal with storm damaged facility.
Resulted in seamless reconfiguration of plant with no customer service
issues
Work History Operations Manager
Collabera/PepsiCo,St. Paul,MN, 3/2015 to Present
V-P Operational Support
Quality Park Envelopes, Minneapolis,MN, 11/2013 to 12/2014
Sr. Project Manager
Data Recognition Corporation,MapleGrove, MN, 6/2007 to 11/2013
Owner/President
Ferguson Learning Systems, Inc., White Bear lake, MN, 1/2005 to 6/2007
Education BS in Business Administration
University of Phoenix
Corporate Training
 Change Management/Mastering the Change Curve
 Management Discussion Skills – Xerox
 Compliance Hotline
 Lean Manufacturing
 Cellular Manufacturing
 Business As Unusual
 Counselor Relations – Wilson Learning
 Executive Development Series - PDI