Michael Short

Operations Analyst / CI professional / 6 Sigma Black Belt, with 30+ years in the Flexographic Printing Industry - Prepress Production & Facility Management, proven CI results in Print, Lamination, Slitting, Bag & Pouch.

Greater Boston

About

Continuous Improvement Leader with 20+ years in manufacturing, driving measurable gains in safety, quality, delivery, and cost through Lean systems, data-driven optimization, and frontline leadership. Proven in transforming culture, building CI infrastructure, and delivering sustained throughput and efficiency improvements in high-mix production environments. Progressed from entry-level production to plant leadership and CI ownership, bringing a rare end-to-end operational perspective to improvement work.

Experience

  • Garlock Flexibles (Full-time · 4 yrs 1 mo)
    • Technical Operations Analyst
      Feb 2026 - Present · 5 mos

    • Continuous Improvement Specialist
      Jun 2022 - Feb 2026 · 3 yrs 9 mos

  • Facility Manager / Flexographic Plateroom at Fine Line Graphics Inc.
    Apr 2018 - May 2022 · 4 yrs 2 mos

  • Production Manager at 360 Imaging Inc.
    Jan 2009 - Apr 2018 · 9 yrs 4 mos

  • 360 Imaging Inc. (Gardner, MA)
    • Plateroom Supervisor
      Jan 2005 - Jan 2009 · 4 yrs 1 mo

    • Flexographic Plate Maker
      Jun 2000 - Jan 2005 · 4 yrs 8 mos

  • Plate Mounter / Machine Operator / Production Assistant at Garlock Printing & Converting
    Oct 1994 - Jun 2000 · 5 yrs 9 mos