Full Name
Sean McCarthy
Job Title
VP, Operations
Company
DF Barnes
Speaker Bio
Sean McCarthy, Vice President Operations
DF Barnes
Sean was raised in Bellevue Newfoundland – an outport fishing community of 350 people. He graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce Degree and also holds a Masters in Business Administration from Memorial University of Newfoundland. He currently lives in St. John’s Newfoundland with his wife Debbie, son Zachary and daughter Hannah.
Sean’s professional career is diverse having spent time teaching in the College and University systems, working with Government first as a researcher and policy analyst and then leading business development activities in the areas of manufacturing, food processing, craft and small business. Through this process Sean also co-authored scholarly articles on Small Scale Manufacturing, Knowledge Based Business and Small-Medium Enterprise Development with Dr’s Joyal, Greenwood, and Gorman. Sean went on then to the private sector – first leading an Industry Association for Manufacturing and then focusing on helping manufacturers of all range and types in Eastern Canada improve their processes through lean manufacturing, strategic planning, team development, and continuous improvement.
In 2005 Sean was invited to join the DF Barnes Team to help lead their manufacturing activities and has subsequently helped DF Barnes, and its parent JV Driver, enhance its focus on strategy, systems approach to process management, lean thinking, team building, customer success and, most importantly, safety. Sean has had a series of progressive assignments at DF Barnes/JV Driver in the areas of fabrication, operations and management and is now the lead for the Industrial Division as well as Vice President of Operations for the Group. His most recent activities relate leading the development of PPE Manufacturing in Newfoundland and Labrador in response to Covid 19.
Sean has a strong belief in a principle based approach to management combined with a strong focus on aligning vision, strategy, teams and process to achieve excellence in execution. DF Barnes Core Purpose of Think Different, Build Better truly resonates in Sean’s actions and approach to management.
DF Barnes
Sean was raised in Bellevue Newfoundland – an outport fishing community of 350 people. He graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce Degree and also holds a Masters in Business Administration from Memorial University of Newfoundland. He currently lives in St. John’s Newfoundland with his wife Debbie, son Zachary and daughter Hannah.
Sean’s professional career is diverse having spent time teaching in the College and University systems, working with Government first as a researcher and policy analyst and then leading business development activities in the areas of manufacturing, food processing, craft and small business. Through this process Sean also co-authored scholarly articles on Small Scale Manufacturing, Knowledge Based Business and Small-Medium Enterprise Development with Dr’s Joyal, Greenwood, and Gorman. Sean went on then to the private sector – first leading an Industry Association for Manufacturing and then focusing on helping manufacturers of all range and types in Eastern Canada improve their processes through lean manufacturing, strategic planning, team development, and continuous improvement.
In 2005 Sean was invited to join the DF Barnes Team to help lead their manufacturing activities and has subsequently helped DF Barnes, and its parent JV Driver, enhance its focus on strategy, systems approach to process management, lean thinking, team building, customer success and, most importantly, safety. Sean has had a series of progressive assignments at DF Barnes/JV Driver in the areas of fabrication, operations and management and is now the lead for the Industrial Division as well as Vice President of Operations for the Group. His most recent activities relate leading the development of PPE Manufacturing in Newfoundland and Labrador in response to Covid 19.
Sean has a strong belief in a principle based approach to management combined with a strong focus on aligning vision, strategy, teams and process to achieve excellence in execution. DF Barnes Core Purpose of Think Different, Build Better truly resonates in Sean’s actions and approach to management.
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