Frank Groenteman has more than 30 years of progressive experience in engineering, manufacturing and business management. His expertise is in executive coaching & mentoring, transformation management, lean manufacturing & administration techniques, financial management, strategic planning development & implementation and operations management. Frank is certified by MEP to be the national Train the Trainer for Lean Office and is the course coordinator. Frank is a certified Lean Six-Sigma Black Belt Expert for both the manufacturing and service industries. He is also certified by the State Of Texas as a Texas Awards for Performance Excellent Examiner. In addition he is a certified Shingo Prize examiner. He is a certified Comptia RFID + (Radio Frequency Identification) expert and trainer.
Since joining TMAC in March 2001, Frank has worked with many manufacturers including Motorola, Johnson & Johnson, DIAB, Inc., Vought Aircraft, and Corporate Express and over 80 smaller firms providing professional business assistance.
Prior to TMAC, Frank was the Transformation and Materials Manager for Tyler Refrigeration, a subsidiary of Carrier Corporation, a United Technologies Company. While at Tyler, Frank was responsible for managing the relocation of a large manufacturing operation. As part of a team effort he helped implement Lean concepts and techniques at Tyler.
Prior to this work, Frank was the President and Owner of Copycomm, Inc, an electronics company that he created and later sold to Kansas City Power & Light. In addition to being responsible for all aspects of the business, Frank personally received two US patents.
Prior to his entrepreneurial venture, Frank was the General Manager of Tandy Electronics Personal Computer Division (now known as Radio Shack). As GM, Frank successfully transformed operations using lean concepts resulting in 40% reduction in floor space usage, 50% total inventory reduction, and 30% reduction in material handling. He also implemented an MRP system and executed a marketing and sales promotion that resulted in a $26 million contract with Saber. During Frank’s tenure as GM there was $300 million in annual sales and he directly managed over 600 employees.
Earlier, Frank was the Production Manager of Frito-Lay’s largest plant, a division of PepsiCo. He also served as the Frito Product Manger, Sr. Industrial Engineer, and worked on the Headquarters Corporate Staff. Early in Frank’s career he worked as an Industrial Engineer and Manufacturing Engineering Group Leader at Motorola, Inc. introducing new products and building a new manufacturing plant in Texas. He has successfully accomplished other transformation projects and consulting assignments throughout his career with several firms including Lennox Industries, Source, Montgomery Elevator and Games by Apollo.
Contact:
fgroente@arri.uta.edu |
