Sam is a battle-tested operations leader with three decades of experience driving lean transformations in complex manufacturing environments. His leadership track record spans industries like Hillenbrand (HillRom), Herman Miller, and JELD-WEN Windows and Doors, as well as a private equity-backed business like Watlow Electric, working extensively in the Queretaro, Mexico facilities.

Sam’s career is defined by his hands-on approach to building and sustaining high-performance operations. From electronics assembly to heavy machining—union and non-union—he’s led teams through the trenches of daily management, material flow improvements, and frontline Kaizen. The results speak for themselves: on-time delivery gains, lead time reductions, inventory turns up, and efficiency metrics moving in the right direction.