HARLEY E VASPER JR. 1489 Janasu Road McPherson, KS 67460 Home: 620.241.7732 hv133c9fe@westpost.net Cell: 620.755.

1530 SUMMARY Results-oriented Lean Six Sigma Sensei/Industrial Engineer/Project Engineer with extensive experience in improving cash flow for pharmaceutical manufacturing op erations. Expertise includes waste reduction, increasing operational capacity, quality enhancement and process automation. Key strengths include: creating and justifying new cash flow ideas and leading teams to expedite project completion . Successful project leader including leading of cross functional teams to impl ement projects on time and on budget. Core competencies include: * Cash Flow Improvement * Project Management * Automation of Packaging and Inspection Processes PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Hospira, Inc./Abbott Laboratories, Inc., McPherson, Kansas, Montreal, Canada and Rocky Mount, NC 1989-Present Cash Flow Project Leader - Production, Accounting and Engineering Departments, 2 006-Present Defined, justified and implemented Lean Six Sigma projects that increased cash f low and activity by more than $1 million per year including automation of ampule , syringe and vial cartoning, case packing and palletizing. Senior Industrial Engineer/Project Engineer - Manufacturing, Engineering and Ind ustrial Engineering Departments, 1989-2006 Coordinated with corporate and plant management to justify and implement capital projects. Key Achievements: * Reduced direct labor and material cost by $750,000 per year by automating syri nge tray loading and case packing process. Direct labor content was reduced by more than 75% versus the former semi-automatic process. * Improved efficiency of glass vial packaging by more than $250,000 annually thr ough automation of palletizing operation and optimization of cartoning and tray loading process. * Led cross functional team which automated dental cartridge packing process tha t optimized packaging process which resulted in $1.3 million annual savings and an increase in capacity of 250%. * Co-inventor of new syringe packaging process which received a United States pa tent. New packaging process improved market position for key products and resul ted in an increase in sales margin of more than $3 million per year. * Directed Cost Improvement and Capital Equipment program for a period of over t en years. Organized teams, tracked key projects, developed monthly reporting pro cess, and provided management status reports. * Provided Industrial Engineering consulting service for Montreal, Canada plant to review and analyze Manufacturing and Quality operations. Identified and prior itized opportunities which resulted in cost savings of more than $400,000 over s ix month time period. Trained two industrial engineers in industrial engineering techniques including waste analysis, identifying and ranking opportunities and tracking and reporting processes for cost improvement program management. * Supervised industrial engineering technicians and engineers over ten year time period. Technicians maintained and updated +2,500 labor standards, balanced ass embly line staffing, monitored production lines on daily basis and tracked and m onitored cost reduction projects through completion. OTHER RELEVANT EXPERIENCE Warner Lambert, Rochester, Michigan

Industrial Engineer - Industrial Engineering Department. Developed labor standards for manufacturing departments and quality laboratories . Developed program to track and project labor headcount requirements on monthl y, quarterly and annual basis. Trained and facilitated employee involvement team s who implemented annual cost savings in excess of $500,000 annually. Burroughs Wellcome Company Greenville, North Carolina Industrial Engineer - Industrial Engineering Department Developed, justified and implemented cost improvement projects to reduce labor a nd material cost. Trained and facilitated four Quality Circle teams that identif ied and implemented improvements within their respective work areas. PROFESSIONAL TRAINING Lean Sensei Certification, Villanova University, 2008 Six Sigma Green Belt Certification, STAT-A-MATRIX Institute, 2004 EDUCATION BS, Industrial Engineering, University of Missouri - Columbia, 1979