BRUCE N. THARP

771 E. Kensington Rd, Los Angeles, CA 90026 (562) 607-3338 brucetharp@aol.com

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEER SUMMARY

Senior Industrial Engineer with more than 15 years’ experience in classical Industrial Engineering functions with

16 years of supporting positions is seeking a position using Lean principles and continuous improvement

techniques. Additional activities include first line supervisor, Just in Time line engineer, process engineer, TQC

team leader, and analyzing worker utilization and process flows.

EXPERIENCE

LAMTA Metro Transit Authority (Los Angeles, CA 11/2014 – 4/2015)

Bus Operator in Los Angeles

Aflac Insurance Sales Associate (Los Angeles, CA 1/2013 – 12/2014)

Delivered product presentations to business owners and provided customer service to policyholders.

Enterprise Resources/JAG Professional Services (Los Angeles, CA 4/2012 – 12/2014)

Provided contract Proposal Management and Publication Support at Northrop Grumman.

Cambrian Home Care/Comfort Keepers Home Care (Los Angeles, CA 9/2011 – 5/2012)

Provided Non-Medical In Home patient care.

Los Angeles Regional Census (Los Angeles, CA 4/2010 – 7/2010)

Performed door to door collection of census data.

Adecco Engineering Various Companies (Los Angeles, CA 1/2010 – 2/2010)

Provided contract Industrial Engineering services, including time studies and analysis at an airline meal caterer.

Kelly Services (Los Angeles, CA 9/2009 – 1/2010)

Provided contracted substitute high school math teacher services.

AT&T/SBC Senior Proposal Manager (Los Angeles, CA 02/2004-02/2009)

Worked with a cross functional team to develop proposals for telecommunication services for large business

customers and government organizations. Managed all phases of the proposal development process in response

to government and commercial requests for proposals (RFP) with 100% on-time submission rate.

  · Coordinated inputs from up to 10 groups, including sales, engineering, and marketing

  · Synthesized text and ideas from multiple authors and wrote technical responses

AT&T Technical Support/Project Manager (Dallas, TX 10/1994-06/2003)

Managed the provisioning process for installation of large voice and data networks. Designed and implemented

toll free number applications. Provided on-site technical support and telecom consulting.

AT&T Senior Product/Market Planner (Mesquite, TX 08/1992-09/1994)

Provided production planning and costing information for manufactured Energy Systems products.

AT&T Senior/Industrial Engineer (Mesquite, TX, Richmond, VA 06/1977-07/1992)

Performed classical Industrial Engineering functions to determine labor standards and process improvement in a

manufacturing environment using Toyota Production System and computer simulation.

Functions included:

  · Labor Standards, Cost Analysis and Cost Reduction

  · Time and Motion Studies, Work Sampling Studies, Continuous Improvement

  · Workplace Layout (Motion Economy), Floor Layout, Just-In-Time Principles (Toyota)

  · Process Documentation, Operator Verification/Certification Instructions

  · Material Handling, Ergonomics, Tool and Fixture Design

  · Data Collection Procedures and Methods

  · Capacity Planning, Production Planning, Statistics, Control Charts

  · Project Management of Process and Layout changes

EDUCATION

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

M.S., Industrial Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

B.S., Industrial Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX