DAGNONI, Vicente S rgio.

Date of Birth: ** July 1960

Address: **** ******** ** # ****, ****** City, Fl - ZIP 33844

Phone: 517-***-**** ( Mobile and home)

Private e-mail: acekw6@r.postjobfree.com

Main Qualifications

* Fourteen years experience working as Quality Manager and coordination of

Metallurgical and Chemical labs., on line inspection (destructive and

NDT) and Customer Service on Automotive chain negotiating with Tier 1 and

2.

* Active Member as Manager on start-up and maintenance of Quality Systems

ISO/QS 9000 and ISO/TS 16949 APQP, PPAP, FMEA, 6Sigma and Lean

Manufacturing (Gerdau / Eletrometal) Green Belt certified.

* Experience on planning, start-up and maintenance of Quality management

processes, such as: 6 Sigma, TQC, TQM, GSP, SPC, on following companies:

Gerdau / Sifco do Brasil / Caterpillar / Eletrometal), getting cost

savings US$ 500,000.00/y.

* Production experience on Steelmaking and Special Alloys segment (Ni base)

during 7 years as Process and Production Manager and supervising of

Forging Shop, coordinating production, operational Cost, PCP,

maintenance, Heat Treatment and procurement (Eletrometal).

* Advanced metallurgical background acquired through professional

experience, as Process and Product Manager at Gerdau AFP (8 years) and

quality control supervisor at Sifco (1 year) and Heat Treatment process

engineer at Caterpillar (5 years). Example : Start up and development of

the first SBQ billet caster of South America (AFP).

* International experience on Companies merge process; responsible for the

introduction of the Gerdau Business System at Perth Amboy mill (NJ -

acquired by Gerdau on 2003). Metallurgical Service Manager (Quality

Manager) was a position to coordinate the quality department, technical

service, production schedule and product development; working closely to

sales department, visiting customers to understand their necessities and

to create a better profitable base of products for Gerdau Ameristeel as

well as achievement of the customers need.

* Coordinated US$ 5M cost savings projects, developing team work and

synergies to achieve the product and process best practices and cost in

between the all 3 steel Special Bar Quality plants using Lean and 6 Sigma

tools. Important experience on problem solving, root cause analysis and

countermeasures. Green Belt certify.

* Responsible for US$ 260M CAPEX implementation Melt Shop, Rolling Mill and

Finishing projects, developing new Product, Processes and product

application.

* Executive engineer with 5 years of experience on commercial management,

having under control the political definition on selling, marketing,

after sales and customer service within Brazil and Latin America,

resulting on US$ 240.000.000,00/ year of sales (Gerdau )

* In charge of high volume negotiation, including mining of new customers,

applications and development definition of new products and Product Cost

analysis, on the national and international marketing, generating around

12% of year deliveries on the new products (Gerdau).

* Experience as a leadership of projects, from conception to the

implementation, being responsible on reorganizing processes and systems

of Commercial, Products Engineering and Quality areas. Example: Team

member of the project to get a PNQ 2002 (Brazil National Quality Awards).

* Solid knowledge on enterprise management systems (ERP), SAP technology;

active member of starting up team and managing of sales and quality

modules.

* Voluntary work at the ONG NucleoInox as Director of Market Development,

where the main purpose is increasing the application of Stainless Steel

on the Brazilian marketing.

* Member of community on Junior Achievement Program at high schools.

WORK EXPERIENCE

NGX International Trading (2013 - )

Trader

Gerdau Special Steel North America (2008 - 2013)

Sr. Product and Process Manager

Gerdau Ameristeel (Perth Amboy mill) (2005 - 2008)

Metallurgical Service Manager

Gerdau S/A A os Finos Piratini (1993 - 2005)

Marketing/Products and Customer Service Manager

ELETROMETAL S/A - Metais Especiais (1986 - 1993)

Production Manager/Supervisor

SIFCO do Brasil S/A (1985 - 1986)

Quality Control Supervisor

CATERPILLAR Brasil S. A (1981 - 1985)

Heat Treatment Process Engineer

LANGUAGES

* English

* Portuguese

* Spanish

EDUCATION

* MBA on Administration - ESPM - RS 2000

* MBA Marketing - FGV - 2004

* Graduated on Metallurgic Engineer - Universidade Mackenzie - SP -

1982

SPECIALIZATION

* Projects development and Administration - MI - MSU - 2009/2010

* Aprimoramento no Atendimento aos Clientes - Princeton - NJ - USA -

2007

* Advanced English - Brooksdalle College - NJ - USA - 2006

* Business Negotiation - Business School of S o Paulo - 2003

* Advanced CRM - Peppers & Rogers Group - 2002

* Balanced Score Card - Symantec - 2001

* Theory of Constrictions (TOC) - Qualiplus - 2000

* 6 Sigma - FDG - 2000

* Danieli - Italy - 1999

* International Seminar of TQM - JUSE - Japan - 1998

* Daido Steel Co. - Japan - 1995/1997

* Thyssen Sthal GMb. - Germany - 1994

* Aubert & Duval - France - 1989

* Caterpillar Tractor Co. - USA - 1984

* MRPII - Oliver Wight Consulting - 1999

* Process Managing (TQC, Fmea, FTA) - FDG - 1995

* Meeting Coordination - Iman - 1993

* Leadership and Communication - Iman - 1992

* Total Productive Maintenance (MPT) - FDG - 1989

* Administrative specialization - FGV - 1987

PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES

Stephen Gardiner - Director Lean process (retired) - GERDAU AMERISTEEL

Tel. 813-***-****

MARCOS MACEDO - Operational Director - THYSSEN KRUPP METAL RGICA S/A

Tel. (55-11-403*-****.

RICARDO GARCIA CARVALHO - VP HR - MITTAL ARCELOR BELGO S/A

Tel. (55-11-999*-****.

PERSONAL INTERESTS

Traveling with my wife, cook barbecues, playing Racket ball, going to

cinema with my children and a curious on cars.

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