Industrial Engineering Manager @ Lead a team of engineers to support domestic network of mail processing facilities. From March 2012 to October 2013 (1 year 8 months) Greater Atlanta AreaIndustrial Engineering Manager @ Supported international operations in achieving profitability targets; developed business tools to analyze product and client profitability, trained on best practices and supported implementation of global logistics projects. From June 2011 to March 2012 (10 months) Greater Atlanta AreaConsultant @ Paired process improvement with technology solutions. Worked with several organizations in compensated and pro bono projects to overhaul systems, drive profit improvement and support better decision making. From January 2005 to 2011 (6 years) LGO Research Fellow - Supply Chain / Inventory Analysis @ Developed and aided in implementation of recommendations to strategically locate inventory in aftermarket parts distribution network and optimize inventory policies for high service and minimized cost. Research culminated in masters thesis for MIT Leaders for Global Operations (LGO) program. From February 2010 to August 2010 (7 months) Operations Analysis Manager @ Business sponsor for enterprise applications; managed a team of engineers and analysts providing ad hoc analysis and and process management for operations support; administered B2B pricing solutions;served as liaison to franchisee profitability committee; and managed corporate capital appropriation process. From October 2006 to May 2009 (2 years 8 months) Greater San Diego AreaIndustrial Engineering Supervisor @ Enabled data-driven thinking with new reporting and business user access to data; optimized existing operations using event modeling, Lean techniques and basic operations principles; and developed new revenue opportunities. From May 2005 to September 2006 (1 year 5 months) Greater San Diego AreaIndustrial Engineering Specialist @ Created web-based and stand alone applications to support operations, applied continuous improvement methods to streamline business processes and implemented new forecasting and planning tools. From July 2004 to April 2005 (10 months) Greater San Diego AreaIndustrial Engineer Co-op @ Alternated three-month work assignments with on campus study; served on operational excellence team, developed automated reporting processes and implemented a knowledge sharing and standard process library as capstone to thesis research. From December 2002 to July 2004 (1 year 8 months) Greater Los Angeles Area

SM, Engineering Systems @ Massachusetts Institute of Technology From 2009 to 2011 MBA, Business Administration @ Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Sloan School of Management From 2009 to 2011 BS, Industrial Engineering @ Kettering University From 2000 to 2004 Steve Wessels is skilled in: Operational Excellence, Operational Strategy, Operations Management, Profitability Improvement, Supply Chain Optimization, Demand Planning, Data Analysis, Distribution Network Design, Contract Logistics, Warehouse Layout, Web Applications, Process Improvement, Lean Sigma, Incentive Systems, Business Statistics