Stephen J. Wolff

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412-***-****

Professional Summary

Materials Engineer having more than twenty years leadership experience in management, quality, operations, and research, with a background in powder metallurgy, wire drawing and rolling, strip rolling, and ferrous and non-ferrous heat treatment. Skilled at problem identification and resolution. Results oriented professional who works well with all kinds of people and who knows how to get things done.

Work Experience

ATI Flat Rolled Products, Brackenridge, PA 15014

Producer of foils, sheet, and plate of stainless steel, cobalt, titanium and nickel alloys participating in the automotive, chemical processing, aerospace, housing, medical, energy, and consumer goods markets

Director Corporate Quality Assurance 2011 – Present

• Headed Quality Department having responsibility for the ISO 9001, AS9100, ISO 17025, Nadcap Heat Treating and Materials Testing, Nuclear quality system development and implementation for 16 facilities in North America and Europe.

• Directed department of 11 quality engineers, specification analysts, and claims analysts.

• Orchestrated quality system upgrade for all facilities to AS9100 rev. C to retain certification.

• Expanded quality system to incorporate the requirements for the production of customer specific parts.

Senior Product Metallurgical Engineer 2009 – 2011 Nickel, Specialty, and Titanium Alloys Division

• Developed and managed processing experiments to eliminate remelt of low alloy nickel grades.

• Implemented processing practices and heat treatments for a newly marketed Ni-Cr-Mo alloy.

• Created cold working models for various grades of stainless steel and nickel alloys to determine reductions for tempered products.

Senior Process Metallurgical Engineer 2007 – 2009

Process Metallurgical Engineer 2004 – 2007 Precision Rolled Strip Division, Wallingford, CT 06492

• Enhanced annealing cycles that improved capacity 30% on a bright anneal strip furnace.

• Managed plant quality system to meet corporate, ISO 9000, and other specification requirements; including calibration processes and practices, system documentation, and audit resolution.

• Improved shape of Z-mill rolled strip reducing rework costs.

• Enhanced product quality by documenting processes to reduce variability and quality costs by

$100K.

• Created model to determine manpower needs for two plants based on sales forecast..

• Managed one direct report.

Brush Wellman, Inc., Beryllium Products Div., Elmore, OH 43416 1997 – 2004 Beryllium metal and alloy producer supplying the aerospace, automotive racing, satellite, X-ray equipment, and electronic industries

Senior Engineer 2003 – 2004

Staff Engineer 1998 – 2003

Process Engineer 1997 – 1998

• Developed business plan, procured corporate investment, specified equipment, and developed procedures for aluminum-beryllium alloy recycling facility.

• Wrote bid request package, evaluated bids, and managed $250K capital project for the rebuilding of two 600 HP air compressors.

• Executed conversion from internally produced beryllium to government surplus vacuum cast ingot stock, including manufacturing and testing plans.

• Coordinated with production personnel the daily manufacturing activities for the production of beryllium metal and alloy powders and solids.

• Facilitated production unit safety committee.

Stephen J. Wolff

Contours, Inc., Orrville, OH 44667 1995 - 1997

Cold roller and drawer of shaped and flat wire for the appliance, hand tool, automotive, and other industries

Process Metallurgist

• Originated and implemented manufacturing practices for new wire sections, resulting in $3 million in sales.

• Optimized existing manufacturing practices for wire sections, improving efficiencies and product quality, reducing rework and increasing profitability.

• Conducted a designed experiment to optimize a spheroidizing cycle for a near eutectoid chromium- vanadium steel increasing furnace throughput and reducing subcontract annealing requirements.

• Reviewed customer specifications, including ASTM, ANSI, SAE and DIN. Collaborated with the customer to understand and deliver their specific requirements. Concurrent Technologies Corp., Johnstown, PA 15904 1991 - 1995 Contract applied research firm having expertise in the metalforming, environmental, and software fields

Associate Engineer

• Managed $50,000 casting optimization project resulting in 60% savings versus forging.

• Supported welding, casting, powder metallurgy, and forming projects by characterizing the microstructure of ferrous and non-ferrous alloys, intermetallics, and composites.

• Analyzed components that had failed and worked with the manufacturers to correct the problem, saving $5000 per piece for one component.

• Wrote status and end of project reports, and technical papers for publication. Internships

HI-Tec Metal Group, Inc., Cleveland, OH 44103 1990 Commercial heat treater participating in the tool and die, carburizing, nitriding, and vacuum heat treating markets

NASA Center for the Commercial Development of Space, Cleveland, OH 44106 1989 - 1990

Research center at Case Western Reserve University developing materials for use in space and finding commercial applications.

Kaiser Aluminum, Heath, OH 43056 1987 - 1989

Integrated aluminum mill manufacturing rod, bar and wire products. Schott Glaswerke, Mainz, W. Germany 1988

Specialty glassmaker producing laboratory glassware, television screens, telescope blanks, and stovetops.

Education

The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH

M.B.A. in Executive Management

Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

M.S. in Material Science and Engineering

B.S. in Material Science and Engineering

Additional Skills

• Fluent in conversational German.

• Numerous software packages including spreadsheets, statistics, word processing, project planning, and presentation.

• Statistical methods and analysis, including design of experiments.

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