Matt Cathey

Background

About Matt Cathey

A forward-thinking, cost conscious and outcomes-driven senior leader with 10+ years of experience managing high performance teams & systems within dynamic business settings. Significant accomplishments in start-up and operations management, customer-supplier relations, business strategy and lean enterprises. Background includes high volume manufacturing, automation, and automotive manufacturing. Successful change agent and trusted mentor with coaching and partnership-building skills at all levels from manufacturing floor to senior executive environments. Significant accomplishments include- Program managed the design out and commissioning of four new factories domestically and internationally meeting all time and budget requirements. Including owning scope & budget, layout, process flow, equipment selection and commissioning- Ownership of a $22M portfolio of 100+ pieces of high tech industrial automated equipment with industry leading OEE to enable record revenue and profit growths through Total Productive Maintenance- Implemented Lean High Performance Management systems throughout the value stream including 5S, standard work, Kaizen, VSM, OEE, and others.