THE OVERCOMERS - Episode 14, Dan Margenau

THE OVERCOMERS / WAKE ' N ' MAKE - SEASON 1

Dan Margenau is an Industrial Engineer with more than 20 years of experience in Lean Manufacturing, Operational Excellence and Team Management.
He is Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certified with a passion for problem solving and improving operational efficiencies.
Dan is the Founder and CEO for LIX brands a company that provides advanced solutions for infused product manufacturers.
Dan built-out a full-scale production facility and created product formulations as he successfully developed equipment and processes to bring the technologies to commercial scale production.
His previous experience includes:
Co-founder and Executive Vice President for Hath CBD an innovative wellness product company where he developed inventive products, worked with suppliers, and contract manufacturers to bring products to market.
Polluting Vice President of Operations for Ebbu a cannabis innovation company where he designed all new packaging for the entire product line for efficient manufacturability. Dan managed all operations including onboarding contract manufacturing clients into the facility.
Principle at Margenau Operational Specialists an operations consulting company where he focuses on increasing client’s bottom line through significant process improvements and waste elimination, emphasizing sustainability and growth.
Director of Operations for O.PENVAPE where he was responsible for operations overseeing the safety, quality, productivity and efficient delivery of products. He increased manufacturing productivity by over 225%; improving order fulfilment and inventory controls while reducing labor cost per unit by 46%. Dan also re-designed the current facility, an expansion and a new facility including equipment specifications and layout.
Operations Manager for Lake Region Medical/Accellent a medical device manufacturing facility. Dan created a culture of continuous improvement, leading a team of over 200 employees through all aspects of production and increasing on-time customer delivery from 79-96%.
Operations Manager for Amazon.com, Dan ran outbound operations in a fulfilment center and designed processes and layouts while managing over 600 employees.
Manufacturing Specialist and Purification Manager for Amgen where Dan developed expertise in clean rooms, cGMPs and FDA regulations. He also executed Visual Factory Lean projects including 5S, process mapping, and Kanbans for parts in all large-scale production areas, creating additional capacity for new drugs coming to market.
Dan has expertise in cannabis, medical device, biotech, pharmaceuticals, plastics and distribution / supply chain. He specializes in: operations, lean manufacturing and team management.