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Ariel D'Anton

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Director of Performance Improvement & Engineering at Chobani
📍 Utica-Rome Area, United States

Ariel is the Director of Performance Improvement & Engineering at Chobani, specializing in manufacturing readiness and supply chain strategy. A certified Six Sigma Black Belt with a Masters from Stevens Institute of Technology, she has a proven record of leading teams and enhancing programmatic ROI across diverse industries, including defense and chemicals.

Based on her professional history and shared content, Ariel appears deeply invested in organizational growth and creating structured systems. She champions initiatives that resolve capability gaps and foster a culture of continuous improvement, moving beyond temporary fixes to build lasting operational excellence.

Unique fact: While at the U.S. Army DEVCOM, she was responsible for managing a $200 million portfolio of contracts supporting ammunition production and engineering development.

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Experience
16 Years
Current Role
Director of Performance Improvement & Engineering
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Utica-Rome Area, United States
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Performance Improvement
Focuses on innovating waste-reduction strategies and deploying new platforms to elevate operators, technicians, and frontline leaders within the supply chain.
Workforce Development
Passionate about growing team capability and capacity. She actively recruits for her teams and emphasizes that successful transformation is ultimately about people.
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Career

Work history

12-2025
Director of Performance Improvement & Engineering
Chobani
10-2024
Director of Continuous Improvement
Chobani
9-2023
Continuous Improvement Manager
Chobani
1-2022 - 9-2023
Rapid Manufacturing Development Lead/ Lean Six Sigma Technical Lead
U.S. Army DEVCOM
7-2021 - 1-2022
Project Management Officer
U.S. Army DEVCOM
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Education
2009 - 2012
Masters Degree
Stevens Institute of Technology
9-2003 - 5-2007
Bachelor's degree
New Jersey Institute of Technology
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