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Summa ry: E ngineering management professional with over 15 years of experience in managing teams of

engineers and technical personnel. Extensive history of successfully working with all customer types,

i ncluding: Plant managers, Product managers, Operations managers, Safety managers, Marketing managers,

Quality managers, Finance Managers, Engineers, Internal and External Customers; while meeting and

exceeding all manufacturing goals thus leading to substantial growth in business. W ithin the roll of Manager

of Manufacturing Engineering and Manufacturing, a handful of my noteworthy accomplishments include:

• Project Management over installation of new $4.2MM meltblown plastic extrusion processes to produce

stratapore filt ration laminated mesh.

• Over 8 years experience in plastic injection molding and plastic extrusion processes, Implement and refine

M anufacturing processes by applying lean manufacturing principles to all areas of production. Experienced

w ith printing equipment such as automated silk-screening and high speed offset printing.

• Effectively managed improvement projects, cost reduction projects and equipment replacement projects.

• Manufacturing Leader for Cummins New Product Introductions, set and met tollgate expectations. Lead

and participate in cross-functional teams : engineering, design, sales, quality, materials, customers,

suppliers, vendors.

• Met key performance measures for manufacturing plant in these areas: On Time Delivery, Final Yield, Quality,

Safety, Value Stream, 5S.

• Managed resources of the Manufacturing Engineering function to support achievement of the Plant,

performance and development of Manufacturing Engineering personnel and budget for the Manufacturing

E ngineering function.

• Efficiently managed Plant capital plan from small(5K) to large(10MM) projects

Relevant Skills:

Certified Six Sigma Green Belt, experience with QS9000, ISO9001, TS16949, GMP, APQP (Advanced Product

Quality Planning). Lean Manufacturing expert, Lean Tools, 6S, VSM, Standardized Work Methods,

synchronized one piece f low, SPC, 5Y, HSE compliance, PFMEA, Cummins Project Management certification,

I nstallation of state of the art fully automated assembly lines, Led International manufacturing support.

Skilled in Mini-Tab, AutoCAD, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, PowerPoint, Excel, and f luent in speaking

a nd wr it ing Spanish.

P rofessional Experience:

Manager of M anufactu ring & Manufactu ring Engineering 2010-present

Rypos Inc, Advanced Diesel Emission Control Systems Holliston, MA

• Responsible for manufacturing engineering and production functions for the facility, managed a staff of 6

p rofessional and up to 30 technical personnel. Perform key responsibilities including day to day supervision

of employees, production planning and scheduling, establishing and achieving Manufacturing goals and

objectives, focus on continuous improvement, cost reduction, and high quality output from the

M anufacturing team. Additionally, documenting Assembly and test operations, implementing and

maintaining fixturing and other assembly and test related tools, provide support to external sub-contract

M anufacturing Operations.

• Major accomplishment: Rypos has been t ransformed from a start-up manual assembly company into a full

p roduction scale lean operation. Successfully implemented Lean Manufacturing concepts by improving

t hroughput by 65%. Increased the production capacity to support sales growth from 8MM to 17 MM without

adding major capital equipment.

• Led the effort to implement the necessary Health, Safety and Environmental procedures to meet

M assachusetts work standards.

Manager of M anufactu ring Engineering & Engineering 2004- 2010

Cummins Filtration, Fleetguard Lake Mills, IA

• Responsible for manufacturing engineering and product engineering functions for the facility, managed a

staff of 14 professional and technical personnel.

• Manage large-capital projects totaling $10.5 MM in 2006 and $7.5 MM in 2007.

• Introduced state-of-the-art fully automated assembly line, a first for Cummins Filtration. Managed from

concept to full implementation a fully automated 6.2MM filter assembly line.

• Project Management over installation of new $4.2 MM meltblown plastic extrusion processes to produce

stratapore filt ration laminated mesh.

P roduct Line Manager 1999-2004

Cummins Filtration, Kuss Corporation Findlay, OH

• Responsible for designing, implementing, and improving paper filtration equipment and processes,

contributing to sales growth from $500,000 to $10 million by 2005. Co-author patented in-tank plastic fuel

f ilter.

• Expe rienced in the use of plastic injection molding used to produce a

v ariety of plastic components for various fuel filters in addition authored two U.S. patents for

u nique plastic pa rts.

• Developed f lame-heating technology for embedded paper process that cut cycle t ime from 15 seconds to 1,

leading to authorship of 3 U.S. patents and 1 pending patent.

• Designed new equipment for embedded process and quoted and designed new products for the paper line.

Responsible for installation of four highly automated in-tank filter assembly lines.

• Supported embedded paper filter business at Kuss European sites.

Corporate Senior Manufacturing Engineer 1994-1999

Cummins Filtration, F leetguard Inc. Cookeville, TN

• Managed new product line installation projects and new product introduction programs, including the

polyurethane radial seal air filter.

• Implemented capital projects at sites worldwide, including involvement in annual operating planning and

i mplementation. Locations such as China, Australia, Mexico, France, and Brazil.

• Developed extensive knowledge of high-speed/high-volume operation processes involving chemical processes.

Polyurethane air filters

• Developed expertise in the areas of media pleating, polyurethane applications, paper filter media spacing

(spiral hot melt bead), endpleat sealing, epoxy applications, filtration media and plastisol curing, and

spin/on testing equipment.

Senior Manufactu ring Engineer 1991-1994

Purolator Products Co. Dexter, MO

• Responsible for product engineering and project manager over all of the Ford Q101/Q1 and O.E.M. product

l aunches.

• Responsible for the installation from concept to production release of the first high speed panel air filter

l ine.

• Research on best practices and planning thru all stages of project management.

P roject/Manufactu ring Engineer/ 1985-1991

Quality-Cont rol Manager, P rocess Engineer, Engineering I n te rn

Black & Decker Corp. Louisville, K Y

• Responsible for quality-control planning, budgeting and cost-reduction,

i mplementation, training, and corrective action.

• Managed implementation of quality assurance system with automated data-collection system.

• Introduced new products into aftermarket platform through reverse engineering of OE products.

• Developed expertise in the carbide tipped circular saw manufacturing. In areas such as: metal stamping,

heat t reating, carbide t ip welding, diamond wheel grinding, electrostatic painting, packaging, etc.

Honors: Alpha Pi Mu Industrial Engineering Honor Society, member

Author of 6 U.S. patents relating to new products and new manufacturing techniques: U.S. Patent 406.315,

U.S. Patent 406.316, U.S. Patent6.464.870, U.S. Patent 7.217., U.S. Patent 406.734, U.S. Patent 406.741

Education:

Master of Science 65% completed

University of LouisvilleLouisville, KY

Major: Engineering

Bachelor of Science May 1987

University of LouisvilleLouisville, KY

Major: Industrial Engineering

Minor: Chemical Engineering

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