Shay Tate

Background

About Shay Tate

Experienced leader with 24 years of progressive experience in, safety and compliance, quality, engineering, production, distribution, manufacturing, and supply chain management. Proven track record of success in strategic leadership, value stream mapping, Kanban & Lean Manufacturing, and project management. Great communication, team building, mentoring, and multi-tasking skill set. Dean’s List President of Student Government Association President of Student Activities Board National Society of Leadership and Success CERTIFICATIONS Project Management Professional – PMI Six Sigma Black Belt - ASQ - KPMG Safety Coordinator Certification - WSO Health and Safety level 3 Certification HazMat Certified Instructor Leadership and Service Management Strategic Development Diversity Initiatives HazMat Additional Certifications: Package and Specification Engineering, Computer Numerical Control, Programmable Controllers, and Robotics Operation and Programming, ASQ Six Sigma Lean Greenbelt Tennessee Valley Authority: Hazardous Response and Fire School for TVA First Responders. Emerson Communicative Management and Leadership Corporate Trainer (certified): Communicative Management Training, Six Sigma (Green belt Certified), Certified National Safety Coordinator Trainer, FEMA Independent Study Program: Q-534 Emergency Response to Terrorism, IS-275 Role of the Emergency Operations Center in Community Preparedness, Response and Recovery, IS-007 A Citizen’s Guide to Disaster Assistance, and Q-118 Self Study for Community Educators Red Cross: Red Cross Introduction to Mass Care, Red Cross Introduction to Disaster Assistance, Blood borne Pathogens, Adult CPR with AED, Standard First Aid ACADEMIC PROJECTS: Data Analytics and Financial Engineering: Improvement of run time and actual productivity of valve fabrication department by 10%- Conducted method and work study to understand the working production and manufacturing operations - Calculation of actual and run time productivity and root cause analysis study to detect causes of low productivity - Implemented Kaizen with ​cost-efficiency, and high product quality for​ lean manufacturing to improve efficiency and updated Standard operating procedure- Development of software using oracle and designed inventory store using Solid works to keep track of machining key equipment used in CNC machines and developed universal logic program for CNC machines- Conducted training of the operators to use the developed software with efficiencies in both production and manufacturing operations