Milton Dean, BS

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As Vice President of Global Operations and Chief Operating Officer at Cross Match, Milton successfully launched Lean-Six Sigma and global business transformation initiatives resulting in significant gains in productivity. Previously, as Vice-President and General Manager of Operations at Vectronix, Inc., a leader in optronics and advanced observation and location systems for the military, he led construction and start-up of the first Vectronix manufacturing facility in the U.S. He has held senior positions in Operations, Quality Assurance, Program Management, and Engineering at Cabletron Systems and Flextronics International. While at Flextronics, he was an active operating committee member of the MIT Leaders for Manufacturing (LFM) program supporting student internships and thesis projects. Mr. Dean possesses considerable experience with implementing and maintaining compliance to international standards including ISO9001 Quality Management and ISO14001 Environmental Management Systems. He has traveled extensively throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia in benchmarking and deployment of best practices and leading supplier performance improvement initiatives. Mr. Dean earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Technology from the University of Maine, graduating summa cum laude. He also served in the U.S. Coast Guard at the Electronics Engineering Center, developing both hardware and software for the automation of navigation systems, and was an active member of the advisory board for the Engineering Technology program at the University of New Hampshire.