Steven Potter

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Grand Rapids, Michigan 49504

616-***-****

stevenjpotter15 @yahoo.com

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Career management professional and journeyman with progressive experience leading maintenance and production in high volume industrial settings. Proven track record of effectively managing. Inspiring teams to work toward a common goal, including safety, production, and quality. Ability to institute improved processes and procedures that increase profitability and production. Core competencies:

Safety

Project management

Tool & Die Build

Product prototype development

CNC Programming

GD&T / Quality assurance

CAD Solid

SPC

Preventative maintenance planning

Cost reduction

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Walker Tool & Die. Walker, Michigan 08/2011- 10/2015 Project Management

In charge of multiple stamping die projects with a variety of customers, covering a board spectrum of stamping and forming tools.

Benteler Aluminum Systems. Holland, Michigan 08/2002 – 8/2011 Prototype Manager / Tooling Engineer / Tool &die Designer / Journeyman tool & diemaker Current responsibilities: Prototype Department Manager. Responsible for all prototype / product process development and deliveries. Designing tools, dies, fixtures and jigs. CNC Programming. Quoting tooling and tracking outsourced work.

As a tool & diemaker, responsible for maintenance and repair of large stretch bending dies and Hydraulic forming tools, fixtures and gages.

Designing tooling and processes for all prototype and new product launches and design improvements for existing processes.

Assisting CAE product engineers, imputing form tooling processes into new product development

Procuring tooling from overseas companies as well as setting up domestic tooling sources to build proprietary technology tooling.

Managing tooling projects through product development, developing prototype processes, and product production process.

Set up preventative maintenance program and schedule preventative maintenance to meet 95 to 100 % monthly completion.

Utilizing statistical process control to pinpoint area’s in tooling down time and bring tooling uptime to 98 – 99 % monthly.

Continuous improvement using PDCA.

Quoting tooling and process development for new products. Page Two

Professional Experience Continued…

Acemco Automotive, Spring Lake, Michigan 06/02 – 08/02 Journeyman Tool & Die maker (Contract employee)

Responsible for maintaining and repair of large progressive and transfer dies using a “drylube” process. To produce heavy gage, high quality stampings, while maintaining production schedules.

Provide preventative maintenance and repair to large progressive dies insuring timely turn around to meet production schedules

Assist at press line change over and or coil change with first part off quality acceptance Autodie International, Grand Rapids, Michigan 03/93 – 06/2002 Journeyman Tool & Die maker

Responsible for build, tryout, engineering changes and repair of line, large progressive and transfer dies. The emphasis of this work was on tryout, part formability, class “A” outer auto body panels, and draw die development

Excelled in troubleshooting and problem solving of difficult forming

Forming of class A steel and aluminum body panels

Forming of laser weld multi thickness inner body panels

Off sight trouble shooting and production support EDUCATION

Grand Rapids Community College

Vocational training; as part of United States Department of labor apprenticeship program for Journeyman Tool & die maker.

Grand Rapids Community College: Associate’s degree in Tooling & Manufacturing. Training on Unigraphics NX Catia, Solidworks, and Autocad. PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL SKILL SETS

Project Management

GD&T

Solid modeling tool design (CAD)

CNC Programming

Tool & die Journeyman

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