Alan Karp

Automation, analytics, and continuous improvement in PE-backed sensor and wire manufacturing; 3 consecutive Top Performer of the Year awards. • Designed and executed $2M+ in automation and robotics-driven capital projects, improving throughput, reducing labor and overhead costs, and supporting sensor performance; served as cross-functional lead coordinating engineering, operations, and supply chain. • Applied analytics and predictive methods to planning and inventory; reduced on-hand inventory by more than 60% across a $20M+ inventory base while maintaining internal service levels and improving delivery performance. • Led Lean and continuous improvement initiatives including standardized work design, root-cause problem solving, and Kaizen events; drove sustained improvements in scrap, uptime, and changeover. • Built KPI dashboards with operations, engineering, and supply chain leadership to improve executive visibility into output, scrap, and operational constraints.

Operations leadership across 40+ employees and 14+ lines in a 24/7 facility. Role ended due to facility closure following corporate reorganization. • Managed 40+ employees across 14+ production lines in a 24/7 environment, driving safety, quality, and delivery performance. • Contributed to $3M+ in annualized labor savings through workflow redesign, line balancing, and reduced overtime.

24/7 foam extrusion and recycling operations for flooring OEM underlayment. Key contributor to OSHA SHARP certification. • Spearheaded startup of a $20M sister facility near Atlanta, GA, including full plant design, equipment procurement, process development, and production line commissioning from greenfield. • Served as day-to-day technical lead for a 30+ FTE production team across safety, quality, process, and customer issues.

Foam extrusion for global luxury automotive OEMs; OSHA Star-certified site. • Optimized final stages of the foam expansion process, increasing line speeds by an average of 60 meters per hour and generating $1M+ in annualized revenue impact.

AI automation consultancy building and deploying practical agentic AI systems, lead capture workflows, and customer support automation for small and local businesses. Currently serving three active clients across retail, hospitality, and local services. Clients gain first-ever lead tracking, automated follow-up, and analytics visibility into inquiry volume and source. Engagements cover discovery and scoping through phased client rollout. Representative work includes parent/subagent AI architectures with escalation logic and FAQ handling; low-code automation pipelines using GoHighLevel, Google Sheets, Gmail, and website widgets; QR-based event and lead capture systems; hosted landing pages and demo environments; and AI-assisted customer support flows. Each engagement closes with a phased roadmap tied to measurable outcomes: admin time saved, lead capture volume, or business development pipeline.

Little Thistle Farms (littlethistlefarms.com) is a 1-acre operating CSA and farm LLC in Chadds Ford, PA, co-founded and operated with Molly Wilson. The current season has 55 member subscriptions. We partner with a local Chadds Ford greenhouse and grow a focused crop mix including garlic, elderberries, and seedlings alongside a broader range of vegetables, herbs, and seasonal goods. Operations include crop planning, member management, seasonal scheduling, vendor coordination, fulfillment logistics, and business development. We run an active collaboration with a neighboring local food business on a CSA-style seasonal box offering, and have built a 1.1K Instagram following as the primary community channel. Running a real operating farm and small LLC sharpens practical skills in operations management, constraint-based planning, small-business finance, customer relationship management, and community building around a product.

Enterprise transformation role supporting a private-equity-backed industrial platform across ERP/MRP, AMS, CRM/marketing technology, and enterprise reporting. Worked across Operations, Finance, Commercial, IT, and PE stakeholders to align systems, workflows, and reporting across brands, integrations, and acquisitions. ● Managed program and project execution for six acquisitions and business consolidations into the core ERP/MRP and reporting landscape, standardizing key processes and KPIs for repeatable integration execution. ● Owned enterprise reporting governance and reconciliation across global orders, sales, pricing, quality, and inventory, supporting decisions tied to pricing, margin, inventory, and working capital while improving visibility into business performance drivers. ● Oversaw delivery execution through an offshore vendor team of 15 to 20 resources, including day-to-day tasking, progress reporting cadence, prioritization, and delivery performance tracking. ● Served as Global Admin for Jira and Confluence and owned the operating model for intake, documentation standards, testing, and sign-off; also implemented AI-assisted knowledge management in Confluence to improve documentation quality, reuse, and support scalability. ● Managed greenfield implementation planning for enterprise AMS and Microsoft Fabric across brands and functions, coordinating cross-functional discovery, harmonization, and implementation planning with a consulting partner. ● Built a repeatable data-forensics workflow using Power Query, DAX Studio, and KNIME to reconcile large datasets and validate executive reporting when data integrity was disputed.

Operations and manufacturing engineering role focused on automation, analytics, quality, CAPEX, Lean initiatives, and systems improvements in sensor and wire manufacturing. Safety committee member across tenure; consecutive top performer of the year for three years running. ● Designed and executed $2M+ in automation and robotics-driven capital projects in wire and cable manufacturing, improving throughput, reducing labor and overhead costs, and supporting sensor performance. ● Applied analytics and predictive methods to planning and inventory, cutting waste, improving delivery performance, and reducing on-hand inventory by 75% while maintaining internal service levels. ● Led Lean and continuous improvement initiatives including standardized work design, root-cause problem solving, and Kaizen events, contributing to sustained improvements in scrap, uptime, and changeover performance. ● Participated in monthly safety audits and cross-functional safety committee work, driving continuous improvement in workplace safety practices and OSHA compliance. ● Built KPI dashboards with operations, engineering, and supply chain to improve leadership visibility into output, scrap, and operational constraints.

Full-time engineering role supporting environmental compliance projects and regulatory activities for the state of Maryland, directly following completion of B.S. Chemical Engineering. ● Assisted with collection, validation, and analysis of environmental and compliance data for regulated facilities. ● Prepared technical reports and communications used by engineers, regulators, and community stakeholders.