Below are a number of experiences that I have had the privledge to support in a team environment.

Experience Summary

Mark Pederson

Reliability Professional

  • Certified Reliability Leader (CRL)
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  • Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional (CMRP).

  • More than 25 years experience Maintenance & Facilities for Pharmaceutical, Medical Products, Nutritional, Laboratory, Utilities, Chemical, Food Processing and Packaging, & Building Products.   
      
  • Improve Equipment Reliability through Increased Uptime, Throughput, and Quality (OEE).    
 
  • Lead both Mechanical & Electrical Disciplines through Timely Repairs, Preventative Maintenance, Predictive Maintenance, and Precision Maintenance.     
     
  • Improve PM Adherence and Effectiveness, Support Job Plans, and Job Hazard Analysis.        
     
  • Lead a group of 70 Highly Skilled Technicians in the support of PM, Calibration, & Troubleshooting/Repair of quantitative and diagnostic instrumentation in a laboratory environment.   
     
  • USDA, Food Safety, and HACCP experience.
 
  • Participation and Training in multiple Six Sigma Black Belt projects.       
     
  • Perform Troubleshooting and Repairs on PLC controlled Conveyor Systems for Warehouses.       
     
  • Lean, TPM, Operator Based Care (OBC), Autonomous Maintenance, and 5S principles.
     
  • Process & Quality continuous improvements, increased uptime, RCM, and cost savings(OEE).
        
  • FDA Compliance, Calibration, Validation, and Audit experience in laboratory environment.
 
  • Maintenance & Reliability Leader gaining Plant-Wide Process Improvement Experience.
        
  • Employee Kiosk, Financial Audit, Safety Audit, Millwright Pilot Training Process.
        
  • RCFA Leader, Reliability Metrics improvements, Reliability and OpEx Leader.
        
  • Value Stream Mapping & ROI, utilizing Statistical, Analytical, and Financial Skills.
         
  • Plant Engineer Managing all Capital Equipment, Projects, and Facility Upgrades.        
     
  • Prioritized and Planned Significant Utility, Structural, and Electrical Projects. 
        
  • Maintenance Manager & Instrumentation & Controls Manager for Abbott Labs (Fortune 100).   
     
  • Analysis of Plant Maintenance strengths and weaknesses in relationship to Baldrige National Quality Award (Maintenance SWOT). Asset Strategy Improvement (ASI).        
     
  • Six Sigma Green Belt trained. Black Belt Project participation.        
     
  • SAP, Maximo, and Data Stream MP2 CMMS trained. Kronos Labor Tracking.
     
  • Strategic and Tactical P/L, Strategic, Marketing, Business, and Growth Plans.
     
  • Project management – including Microsoft Project.
     
  • High level troubleshooting and repair of high speed complex PLC based equipment. NFPA 70E Arc Flash Trained.
       
  • Over 4 years in technical degrees including Industrial Electronics and Industrial Instrumentation (3.8 GPA).
     
  • Bachelors in Business Management (3.94 GPA).
     
  • Master’s in Leadership and Organizational Effectiveness (3.95 GPA).
      
  • SMRP (Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals) Member     
     
  • AMP (The Association for Maintenance Professional) Member    
     
  • Certified Reliability Engineer (CRE) – 80% completed – (8 Weeks Training)