Kyle Lonning

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Fields of Special Competence

♣ Leadership of motivated and focused teams.

♣ Maintenance Management 

♣ Continuous Improvement

♣ Project Management / Project Leadership

♣ Preventive Maintenance WMS Development

♣ Preventive Maintenance Optimization

♣ Lockout Tagout Program and Procedure Creation

♣ Facilities Asset Management and Tagging

♣ Aseptic Packaging Production and Maintenance Practices

♣ Packaging Equipment Engineering and project management

♣ Extensive Experience with International Partners and Suppliers

♣ OSHA standards, GMP, HAACP, Lean, 3A and dairy standards.

Experience 

KCI Services

President and Owner 2011-Present

♣ Project Manager for capital and plant projects

♣ Project PM Optimization Initiatives

♣ Design of Engineered Parts 

♣ New and Used Equipment Engineering and Project Management

♣ Maintenance and Reliability Consulting

♣ Service and support for food filling and packaging equipment, specializing in German OEM fillers.

♣ Manufacturing safety services including Lockout / Tagout program creation and management. 

♣ Customers include yogurt/cultured producers, grocery distributors, industrial bakery, maintenance organizations, retail grocers and several national food manufacturers. 

3 Sixty Solution  

Partner 2005-2011

♣ Project Manager for capital and plant projects

♣ Project PM Optimization Initiatives

♣ Design of Engineered Parts 

♣ Manage Parts and Service Department

♣ New and Used Equipment Engineering and project management

♣ Continuous Improvement project manager

Kraft Foods 

Maintenance Manager / Capital Project Engineer 2002-2005

♣ Purchase and retrofit of capital equipment. Utilize maintenance team to rebuild and install equipment. 

♣ Responsible for establishing and communicating vision and strategic direction for maintenance management improvement. 

♣ Engage maintenance department in planning and execution of capital projects. 

♣ Lead maintenance teams charged with acquiring, rebuilding and installing used assets including fillers and secondary equipment.

♣ Plan and manage major maintenance projects and plant shutdowns. Coordinating contractors, maintenance staff and plant personnel.

♣ Establish performance and quality reporting standards, tools, and communicate.   

Packaging Engineer - Kraft Foods, Inc. 1997-2002

♣ Lead plant projects related to packaging equipment, safety, ergonomics and maintenance.

♣ Supported capital projects including design, installation and start-up.

♣ Maintained plant calibration and compliance programs

♣ Managed plant and capital projects  

Packaging Maintenance Technician – Kraft Foods – Mason City Plant 1990-1997

♣ Performed tasks related to the daily operation, repair, and routine maintenance of various filling and packaging equipment. Broad range of skills used including: mechanical drives and components, pneumatics, hydraulics, electrical, automation and lubrication.

Education, Training, Special Courses

Hamilton

Bachelor of Science - Business Management 

Associate of Applied Science - Business Management

North Carolina State University

FDA/USDA Better Process School Certification 

Purdue University

Aseptic Processing and Packaging 

North Iowa Community College

Project Management Certification 

Programmable Logic Controllers 

Electric Motor Control and Industrial Electricity 

Other Training and Certifications

New Standard Institute: Leadership Skills for Maintenance 

ISA Institute: Installing, Calibrating and Maintaining Electronic Instruments 

Dale Carnegie