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Industry: Tooling, Plastics, electrical, automotive
Resides:
Relocate: Yes
On
the Market: Facility
to be eliminated due to buy out
Operations
Management Extensive engineering, operations and manufacturing management experience in diverse companies ranging in size from start up to Fortune 500. Specific expertise in the plastics industry. Skilled in building highly effective teams. · 25 years of diversified plastics experience in the electronics, automotive and medical markets. · Managed engineering, tool design, manufacturing departments, and complimented sales with assistance. · Skilled in troubleshooting and problem resolution, in tooling, design and processing of injection molds. · Start-up operations/organization Professional
Employment (company) Indiana 1994-Present A design and manufacturer of electronic connectors, with plants in Scotland, Malaysia, Dallas, and Mexico. 3M acquired (Company) and is eliminating this location as a part of downsizing. Manufacturing Tooling Engineering Manager · Assisted product design and development of all plastic components, including packaging and experienced in reel-to-reel molding technology. · Responsible for tool design, procurement of all tooling for stamping and molding, as well as packaging. · Traveled overseas to assist plant start-up and troubleshoot tooling. · Assisted the Dallas facility with engineering services and tool room management while we were short of personnel. · Responsibility for plastic resin selection and pricing coordination with our purchasing department. · Set up plastics engineering standards to comply with ISO 9000 standards, as well as handled all UL standards for products. · Established and setup a model shop to produce stamped and molded components for quick turn product for new product development. · Trained 8D and other team approach problem solving techniques. BOWLES FLUIDICS CORP. Columbia, Maryland 1992-1994 A design and manufacturer of automotive windshield washer nozzles with annual sales of approximately $55mm. Manufacturing Engineer
· Procured tooling for 12 press molding department · Debug/process all new tooling and set molding standards. · Scheduled production orders for the molding department. · Assisted Molding Manager in training QS9000 methods to molding personnel. TREDEGAR INDUSTRIES, St. Petersburg, Florida 1990-1992 A custom molder and mold-making firm, I worked in the Technical Development Lab, until being eliminated as a part of downsizing. Sr. Project Engineer/Design · Sr. Account Manager for two major customers · Preparation of project appropriation and justification for capital expenditures. · Designed liner-less closures, mold design, and closure/container packing product design. · Worked with Sales to coordinate product and tooling estimates. PLAS-TECH DESIGN CO., Erie, Pennsylvania 1985-1990 Diverse experience designing multi-cavity precision mold tooling to designing
structural foam molding, and die stamping dies. Owner · Responsible for annual sales of approximately $350K. · Supervised and trained six mold designers. ·
Consulted with three major customers
to procure and debug tooling offshore. AMP INCORPORATED, Harrisburg, PA and Winston-Salem, NC 1978-1985 A $3 billion company that manufactures electronic connectors worldwide consisting of 16 divisions. While employed our division went from 20 to over 130 million in sales, the fastest growing division AMP ever had. This success was due largely to coordination between manufacturing, sales, and marketing. Mold
Engineering Manager (1984-1985)
Mold Design
Supervisor (1980-1984) Tooling/Process Engineer (1978-1980) · Worked with product development groups to construct and sample tooling for pre-production of new product lines. · Analyzed parts and balanced runners with MoldFlow® software, and was part of symposium committee with Cornell University to develop simulated flow analysis software. · Quoted all new plastic tooling for new projects. ·
Procured and coordinated all
mold construction activity for the division. ·
Part of a team of 3 people that setup a 12 press molding operation
and 18 man tool shop to support two major product lines. · Supervised 9 people in a Mold Design Department, and directed a tooling budget of $1.8mm annually which 25% was constructed internally. · Major contributor and part of corporate Mold Design Standards committee. · Managed and directed Plastics Department of 12 people to support a $30mm annual sales of a new division. During this time was a Plant Manager of a 10 press molding department until we could fill the position. Restored the department to profitability within this 6 month time period. G-W PLASTICS, Bethel, Vermont 1978 A custom molder precision products and gears, this was one of the most enjoyable jobs I had ever had at the time. I only stayed in this position for a few months due to difficulty with relocating my family, and the opportunity with AMP allowed me to stay in my home. Estimating Supervisor · Supervised two people; coordinated all pricing and estimating. · Procured and coordinated all tooling to be constructed at outside vendors. BLACK AND DECKER MFG. CO. Towson, Maryland and Hampstead, Maryland 1966-1978 Manufacturing
Engineer (1976-1978) Tool Room Supervisor
(1975-1976) Mold Designer
(1966-1975) · Designed and detailed plastic injection and compression molds to support a 15 man internal mold shop · Coordinated and purchased mold tooling and supplied our vendors with basic concept drawings · Quoted part and tooling pricing for establishing capital appropriations for all new plastic tooling. · Worked with vendors on purchased die cast products. · Supervised a 8 man tool shop to build prototype tooling to support new product development · Worked with process engineer to sample and troubleshoot molds before releasing to production · Established and evaluated cost reduction projects for feasibility and cost. · Designed a multi-cavity compression mold and acquired patent for molding electric motors. Education
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