Mark Dirsa

About Mark Dirsa

As a senior company leader I drive performance by simplifying business processes, streamlining operations, implementing 80/20 management principles, and identifying cost reduction initiatives, all with an eye toward enhancing our customer relationships and industry brand. Having registered eleven utility patents and innovated numerous product technologies, I am able to enhance competitive advantage and end-user value. Over the years I have been recognized for quickly mobilizing and aligning internal resources to achieve market and profit potential, as well as for identifying and deploying high yield activities that generate results across the board. These include, by category…- Profit Optimization, delivering double digit increases to pre-tax income and cash flow- Organizational Alignment, restructuring company to align business units with markets and customers- Innovation, creating technology and market driven products with end-user value-add- Operational Excellence, implementing LEAN principles, which significantly reduced inventory and product lead times. I apply a range of expertise and attributes to enable this level of organizational excellence, including… • Profit and Loss• Cost Reduction• Product Development• Profit Optimization• Manufacturing Excellence• Operations• Process Improvement • People Development • Business Systems• Innovation• Industry Leadership • Visionary • Analytical• Strategic• Relentless

Experience

1. Sr Director Global Cnc & Sheet Metal Operations

   Protolabs

   Sep 2024 — Present

Education

• Marmon College

  Certificate, 80/20 Management and Direct Cost

• Wentworth Institute of Technology

  Associate's degree, Aeronautical/Aerospace Engineering Technology/Technician

  1981 — 1983

• University of Massachusetts Lowell

  Bachelor of Science (BS), Industrial Engineering

  1983 — 1987

• GE Crotonville

  Managerial Skills