Luis A De Leon has over 30 years of experience in production management and plant supervision roles across various industries. He aims to be a mentor who leads by example and builds collaborative teams. His professional history includes roles at manufacturing companies where he improved productivity, quality, and safety. His greatest accomplishment was increasing production at CVS Prosys from 172 to 336 parts per hour through process improvements. He views experience and continuous learning as important, and strives to adapt to new situations and communicate effectively to motivate employees through change.

1. By: Luis A De Leon

2. Professional
• To be remembered as a mentor, someone who leads
by example.
• To build teams / groups that can work together and
take ownership.
• To make everyone think outside the box.
• To maintain a safe, free hostile work environment.
• To drive continuous improvement for
increased profitability, customer
satisfaction through quality and
on-time delivery.

3. Professional History – (1)
• DiSanto Technology Inc; (Shelton, CT)
Production Manager.
• Release clients order by putting
all control plans and blue prints in
packages.
• Data collection to help introduce Value
Stream Mapping.
• Oversee key operational functions
including production, inventory, and
quality.
• Assist Engineer with changes, and
process improvement.

4. Professional History – (2)
• LDI Inc. (Grand Rapids, MI)
started as a production supervisor
ended as a General Plant Supervisor-
assistant Plant Manager.
• We manufacture aftermarket and
redesign actuators, sensors, solenoid,
plastic components, and coils.
• We had multiple work-cells, that
made different components.
• Some with high volume long term
and others were small volume short
and long term run.

5. Professional History – (3)
• Steelcase Furniture 2nd shift plant supervisor. (Grand Rapids, MI)
• Manufacture office furniture for enclosed and pen concept.
• 2nd shift supervisor, over see operation
of the entire work force on second
shift, including but limited to
maintenance.
• Implement work safe environment,
rules and company policy.
• Enforce 5S and Lean manufacturing
to help decrease waste throughout
the plant.
• Quarter meeting for safety and
quality issues.

6. Professional History – (4)
• Roskam Baking, Packing Food (Grand Rapids, MI)
Plant Supervisor.
• We baked pretzel, Cinnamon bread, package Chex-Mix
and, Bugles.
• Efficiency was low while labor and product
waste was high.
• Worked on the efficiency by evenly mixing
experience with non-experience workers.
• Removed extra employees that were none
added value.
• Appointed a team to be responsible for ALL change
overs.
• Cross train operators / employees.
• Improved production 10%, waste was reduced
by 14% and labor was reduced by 12%.

7. Professional History – (5)
• Norwalk Powder Metals, (Norwalk, CT)
started as Plant Supervisor ended as
Plant Manager.
• We made parts out of powder metal.
• Scrap was as high as 40%.
• Downtime between 30-40%.
• Problem solved by adding turn tables
to the equipment's.
• Allowing time to properly inspect
parts.
• Overall scrap was reduced by 45%
and productivity rose by 55%.

8. Professional History – (6)
• Buck Scientific Inc. (East-Norwalk, CT)
• Polish Crystal, Prism and other optical
crystal to a clear surface shine allowing
no more than 2 inferred lines.
• Analytical Instruments, assemble, build
and final test them.
• PFP7, interchange components and
power supply to allow unit to operate in
the United State.

9. Other Professionalism
• Sikorsky Aircraft Technology;
worked on the Black Hawk
riveting certain section of the
helicopter.
• Familiar with manually hand
soldering P.C. board
components as well as wave
soldering.
• Familiar with Metal Stamping
equipment as well as
inspecting and changing die’s.

10. Greatest Accomplishment
CVS Prosys
• Equipment was running 24/7
producing 172 pph, 1,200 per
shift.
• Time study and arranging stations,
showed process could be improved.
• Preparation, and sample run showed
increase on productivity.
• Results 336 pph, 2,350 per shift
eliminating weekend for all shifts.
• Overall cost saving $ 1.4 million dollars.

11. Career Challenges
• Not being taken serious.
Results; Take ownership and prove leadership.
• Need to finish B.A and Masters Degrees.
Results; Completed my B.A and my MBA.
• Communicate throughout the organization that change is better
than resting within comfort zones.
Results; Conduct group meeting(s).
• Illustrated to employees the benefits to them in accepting change.
Results; Introduce data and time-studies results.
• Training and challenging a unskilled workforce.
Results; Schedule time and date’s to properly train employee.
• Converting poor moral to a can do attitude.
Results; Give back to employees by holding quarterly safety raffle.
• Implement roles, responsibilities and expectations throughout the
organization..
Results; Hold monthly meeting to introduce company results poor and
good and encourage employees to be part of new ideas. Offer rewards
for improvement that are introduce to the process.

12. Learning Experience
• Never give up, if at first you do not succeed try again
from a different point of view.
• Experience is as important as an education.
• Shows you are willing to exceed
professionally and responsibly.
• Not everyone has a closed mind, learn to
communicate by showing leadership, then results.
• Everyone has a different way of adapting to new
changes, have patience, remember your first time.

13. Conclusion
• Demonstrate the ability to adapt to any situation.
• Ability to improve process and productivity.
• Communicate and increase moral.
• Maintain a safe, hostile free work environment.
• Up hold company phrase, (no idea is a bad idea).
• Everyone (regardless who you are) is and shall be
treated equally.
• To be successful in a work place, we all
need to work as a T.E.A.M
(Together -Everyone -Achieves -More)