John Halley

About John Halley

Continuous Improvement and Operational Excellence leader with 15+ years of experience embedding Lean and Six Sigma practices into multi-site aerospace, defense, and industrial manufacturing operations. Expert at aligning CI initiatives with P&L impact, enabling cultural adoption of Lean, and sustaining results through performance management systems.Key strengths include: • OEE and productivity improvement through TPM, SMED, and root cause problem solving. • Strategy deployment (Hoshin Kanri) to connect enterprise priorities with plant-level execution. • Scaling CI systems across multiple sites, delivering $20M+ in savings and improved throughput. • Leadership development, coaching engineers, supervisors, and operators in Lean tools and cultural change.My passion is building sustainable CI cultures that not only deliver measurable results but also empower employees at every level to solve problems and continuously improve.

Experience

1. Senior Operations Analyst, Digital Manufacturing

   Implementation Engineers

   Oct 2025 — Present

Education

• Cleveland State University

  Master of Business Administration - MBA

  2017 — 2018

• Cleveland State University

  Bachelor of Science (BS), Mechanical Engineering

  2001 — 2005

Skills

• Six Sigma
• Strategic Planning
• Lean Tools
• IT Operations
• Customer Service
• Continuous Improvement
• Theory of Constraints
• Engineering Management
• Training
• Syteline Erp
• Performance Management
• Operational Strategy
• 5s
• Lean
• Performance Appraisal
• Manufacturing
• Operational Improvement
• Project Management
• Solidworks
• Iso Standards
• Data Analytics
• Operational Excellence
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Leadership
• Pro/E
• Kaizen
• Power Bi
• Powerbi
• Lean Manufacturing
• Microsoft Office
• Business Planning
• Operations Management
• Process Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Autocad
• Business Process Improvement
• Engineering
• Lean Management
• Root Cause Analysis
• Manufacturing Operations Management