Greg Oswald Email Address

Senior Vice President of Global Manufacturing, Lindsay Corporation

Lindsay is a global company focused on providing agriculture, municipal and landscape irrigation as well as railroad and highway infrastructure solutions to meet the needs of a growing population.

Manufacturing Experience •Twenty five years of manufacturing experience. •Three years as a successful Global Lean Manager. Currently responsible for a 43 acre facility that includes hot dip galvanizing, painting, robotic welding, aluminum welding, machining centers, lasers, fabrication and assembly. Reported to by all department managers and interact with 450 team members on a regular basis. Formulate, recommend and pioneer appropriate strategies to support future needs, enhance efficiencies and propel the bottom line. Analyze internal and external user requirements. Oversee and support all activities regarding strategic planning, goal setting, problem solving initiatives, quality/process/continuous improvement and ensuring world-class best practices. Goals: For me, finding ways to increase workflow efficiency with Lean tools is more than just doing my job. It's a personal challenge that I enjoy. I get great satisfaction out of learning new techniques for improving work processes, then sharing them with others and watching the benefits. I believe that there is always room to do things better, and that it's my obligation to find a way to make it happen. Specialties: In-depth Lean Knowledge •Six Sigma Black Belt •Certified Lean Trainer •Certified Kaizen Facilitator Awards •Two time recipients of the Missouri Team Quality Award •Nebraska Waste Cap Green New Comer Of The Year award •Nebraska Waste Cap Green Sustainability Award