B. J. Fontain=
e
has more than 29 years of experience in various industrial and defense indu=
stry
businesses. He has a proven track record of lead=
ership
in applying Lean and Six Sigma methods in reducing variation, labor costs,
cycle times, lead times, in-process material costs, improving quality, and
maintenance program effectiveness. He has taught a wide range of process
improvement techniques to over 700 people from shop floor employees to
executives.
He is the Designated Lean Equipment Management Group Le=
ader
at the Texas Manufacturing
Assistance Center
at the University
of Texas Arlington,
focusing on Predictive and Preventive Maintenance, Total Productive
Maintenance, Set-Up Reduction, Maintenance Work Order development, planning,
and, scheduling, and Maintenance Repair and Operations materials and program
management. He also is responsible for implementing, coaching, and teaching
Lean Six Sigma techniques with a wide variety of Texas businesses from injection molder=
s to
corrugators and cosmetics companies to high tech electronics companies in t=
he
DFW region.
BJ worked for General Dynamics, Ordnance and Tactical S=
ystems
as Director of Operations for over 600 people. Lean Six Sigma techniques were used to optimize the new annealing furnace operat=
ing
parameters, resolve a hot and cold press problem, and correct both sandblas=
ting
and machining problems that were considered quality critical to the custome=
r.
At NASSCO-San Diego, a GD Company with $12 Billion in backlog, BJ as Manage=
r of
Manufacturing Engineering was responsible for introducing and implementing =
Lean
Manufacturing and changing the shipyard into a ship factory. He was a certi=
fied
ISO 9000 and 14000 Lead Auditor helping to get NASSCO registered for both. =
He
was an Engineering Manager, Superintendent of Shipboard Power Trains,
Production Manager, and Project Manager for continuous improvement. In his
roles in Production and Engineering, he led project teams that developed world class designs and installation processes that ha=
ve
been adopted by the major power train equipment manufacturers and resulted =
in
significant cost and cycle time reductions delivering high quality ships ah=
ead
of schedule and lower cost to the Navy. He has managed and led continuous
improvement projects at pipe, sheet metal, and machine shops, blast and pai=
nt
facilities, assembly production, as well as, engineering, planning, and
purchasing processes. As Manager of Manufacturing Engineering, he was
responsible for developing and implementing the Lean Manufacturing Program =
at
NASSCO and helped with the Lean Six Sigma Programs at Electric Boat and Bath
Iron Works. He was also a member of the General Dynamics Lean Manufacturing
Council responsible for developing and initiating programs across all
divisions.
BJ is NIST certified under the Federal Dept. of Commerc=
e,
across the spectrum of Lean Manufacturing tools, he is a Lean Six Sigma Bla=
ck
Belt, and an examiner for the Shingo Prize. He has a Bachelor of Science in
Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.