Steve Shills

alchemist coaching academy

I help ambitious people see their true potential. 

I started making video content due to a life-threatening health scare.

But I burned out after.. 

Growing an audience in 2019 to over 35k Followers across TikTok, IG & YouTube

-Content would go viral
-Content then attracted leads
-All leads were from inbound

My camera confidence grew, I would get a flood of leads, but I struggled due to building the wrong audience. 

Followers attract attention, but a business can’t be built on viral content.

Then I had to hustle n grind just to keep people interested in a service, that was built upon serving everyone yet getting me the wrong ones.

Something had to change.

I burned it all down and stepped back.

I shifted my focus to a new model.

-Low-stress content creation
-Dialled in aligned business
-Stopped following others and followed intuition

This all changed because I 

-Aligned my energy & mindset
-Leaned into being authentically myself
-Designed a Freedom based business
 
I’ve spent £££ in coaching programs and all never made your energy, authenticity or values a priority.

Most chased trends or used systems that we’re copied from their coaches.

It’s taken me 4 years to get this right.

With 1 offer, 1 audience, simple video & text posts, in 15 hours a week, without sales calls.

Everything is geared towards taking insights from life, turning that into micro storytelling content and utilising a simple video, AI Google Docs.

So I put together an offer to help others do the same:

Send me a DM with the word “compass” if you want the details.

Steven Shills

Cruise

• Directed a team of 5 FTEs and managed over 1,500 offshore employees across three vendors to support autonomous vehicle machine learning model development.
• Owned the roadmap and development of advanced labeling tools for autonomous vehicle machine learning models, directly improving model performance.
• Led a cross-functional team of engineers, designers, and vendors to deliver scalable solutions that labeled billions of data points.
• Established and optimized a New Product Introduction (NPI) framework, accelerating time-to-market for labeling data products.
• Conducted user research and stakeholder alignment sessions to define product requirements and prioritize features.
• Reduced operational costs by $1M through streamlined workflows and capacity planning.
• Awarded the Operations Visionary Award for groundbreaking contributions to AV data labeling operations.

Staff Product Manager - Machine Learning Data Labeling / Ground Truth

Brunk Industries

• Transformed organizational culture by defining and implementing data analytics dashboards (Power BI, SQL), enabling informed decision-making across the organization.
• Partnered with cross functional product teams to optimize internal tools, reducing inefficiencies by 20%.
• Developed strategies to improve product reliability/uptime saving >1,000 hours annually.

Director of Operational Excellence

Amcor

• Managed operations at a $100M revenue medical packaging facility with ~200 employees.
• Directed end-to-end product lifecycle management by commercializing new products and programs and implementing operational roadmaps to ensure profitability. 
• Spearheaded $4MM in new product launches by collaborating with R&D, sales, and engineering teams to ensure on-time delivery and market success.
• Restructured operations to optimize talents, improve teamwork and communication, and increase throughput
• Identified and implemented cost-saving initiatives with customer feedback that reduced expenses by 10% for core products.

Sr. Operations Manager

• Oversaw engineering and EHS functions, managing a $4M budget and 20 direct reports.
• Introduced automation technologies, saving $500K annually.
• Established the facility’s first preventive maintenance program, defining requirements to enhance product quality and reliability.
• Led a team of customers, sales, product management, R&D for new product development

Technical Engineering Manager

Tier 1 Automotive Supplier
• Established first capacity model to better improve manpower and quote new business
• Led engineering and maintenance teams, managing a $1.5M annual expense budget.
• Managed a portfolio of capital projects totaling $1M, enhancing plant capacity by 12%.
• Designed and implemented a new plant layout, achieving improved efficiency and reduced overhead.

Engineering Manager

The Dow Chemical Company

Lead mechanical engineer for commissioning and startup of a world-scale polyethylene plant ($500MM + project), Lead engineer for Salt Mining and Hydrocarbon Distribution Plant
• Commissioned and started up a $500M+ polyethylene facility, collaborated with product teams to optimize operations and reduce costs.
• Leveraged advanced and predictive analytics to identify improvement opportunities and enhance product output and profitability.

Lead Manufacturing Engineer

Caterpillar Inc.

• Completed Leadership and Technical Development Program (LTDP) which included stints in software development, Cat Proving Grounds, and manufacturing engineer at the Cat I6 Engine plant.
• Home group in Mechatronics where I spent my time developing, modifying, and validating control strategies for CAT engines at the global tech center in Mossville IL.

Systems Engineer - Mechatronics

Engineering Leader Sharing Stories | Loves Complexity and Chaos | Real Estate Investor | Technical Program Manager | Addicted to Diet Coke

In my day job I lead amazing individuals building AI products for Machine Learning Engineers in the Autonomous Vehicle space. 

On the side, here on Linkydoink I love talking about Airbnb investing. I love helping others on their investing journey. 

Send me a DM if you ever have any questions I can help answer.

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