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Executive Profiles
Sam Samadi


Mr. Samadi has 20 years of experience in general management, operations, quality, supply chain, engineering, and consulting.  His areas of expertise include multi-site operations management and integration, lean manufacturing, global sourcing, off-shore manufacturing, new product introduction, and time-to-market initiatives.  He also is proficient in business process improvement, Total Quality Management, ISO 9000, Six Sigma quality management systems, and change management.

For the past two years, Mr. Samadi has held management positions at electronics manufacturing services companies, serving as general manager of Flextronics International’s Colorado operations and director of US operations for Celestica Corporation.  Prior to joining Celestica, he was director of word-wide operations and quality for Harris Corporation’s telecommunications sector.  His previous experience includes operations, manufacturing, quality assurance, and engineering management positions at Signet Scientific, TRW Automotive, and Xerox Corporation.

His achievements include deploying leading-edge lean enterprise, demand flow, and Kaizen Blitz improvement initiatives across multiple organizations on a global basis, leading to dramatic cost reductions ranging from $5M to 30M in annual savings.  Typical achievements included cycle time reductions of 50-70%, space reductions of 30-50%, work-in-process and finished goods reduction of 50-90%, and setup time reductions of 50-75%.  In less than five months, Mr. Samadi’s efforts resulted in a site’s improvement from 12th/last in the Americas to a number-two ranking.

An expert in lean manufacturing, Mr. Samadi developed a 20-module course on the subject that can be delivered in 1.5 to 4 days, depending upon the needs of the participants.  The course material is based upon his extensive experience in deploying lean manufacturing, as well as his teachings at the University of California at Los Angeles.

A member of the American Society for Quality, Mr. Samadi is a Certified Quality Manager, Certified Quality Engineer, and Certified Quality Auditor.



Education

MBA, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA
BS, Industrial Engineering, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA
BS, Business and Finance, College of Banking and Business Sciences


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