Reed Stambaugh

**** *. *** *. ********** IN.

(**0) 358- 1562

jje7zc@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:

As a motivated professional with many years experience in aluminum foundry tool room supervision and production management. Including lean manufacturing six sigma process development and engineering mold and die design machining and quality control operations experience. QS9000 PPAP APQP gauging audits 8D TS16949

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING and PRODUCTION SUPERVISION June 2010 to Present

Trans Wheel Corp Huntington Indiana (aluminum wheel remanufacturing)

• Manufacturing processes and production improvements project management plus department supervision

• Huntington facility production cost reduction $50 000 annually within the first 3 months

HOME REPAIR and IMPROVEMENT / February 2009 June 2010 (personal business)

FOUNDRY / PRODUCTION SUPERVISION and PROCESS ENGINEERING July 2006 February 2009

General Aluminum Wapakoneta Ohio facility and Huntington Indiana facility (aluminum castings)

• Developed and maintain all casting and quality processes procedures PFMEA and control plans.

• Provided solutions to problems improvements throughout the plant. Improved production goals by 10% first year

• Facilitated scrap reduction and material review teams. Scrap reduction 3% overall first 6 month period.

FOUNDRY / TOOL ROOM MANAGEMENT and PROCESS ENGINEERING February 2003 July 2006

Amcast Automotive Gas City Indiana (Automotive aluminum castings)

• Managed daily operations in production tool room casting and related operations.

• Scheduled all die changes and initiated quick mold change program reducing mold change time by 50%

• Facilitated cost reduction / production improvement team which resulted in reduced operating costs by $1 000 000 first year.

PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT January 2000 February 2003

LB Mold Inc / Edinburgh Indiana (Automotive aluminum wheel molds)

• Managed daily production including engineering quality and process development.

• Set up daily work schedule for all CNC mold manufacturing machining cells.

• Increased daily production by 20% resulting in the highest overall monthly profit.

FOUNDRY and TOOL ROOM MANAGEMENT January 1998 January 2000

UBE Automotive / Mason Ohio (Automotive aluminum castings / High pressure squeeze cast)

• Managed daily operations in production casting and tool room. Evaluated employee performance.

• Scheduled daily cast machine setup die repairs die assembly and disassembly.

• Involved in all support groups for continuous improvement cost savings and lean manufacturing.

FOUNDRY and TOOL ROOM MANAGEMENT / DESIGN ENGINEERING March 1989 January 1998

American Racing / Rancho Dominguez California facility and Warsaw Kentucky facility (Automotive aluminum castings)

• New product and program design and development (Rancho Dominguez California plant)

• Involved in startup of new manufacturing plant in Kentucky. Interviewed and hired employees for Tool room and foundry

• Coordinated the development of 26 new dies manufactured in Paris France.

• Helped with design and engineering with drawings for 22 counter pressure casting machines built in Bulgaria.

• Designed and set up new tool room and mold maintenance area.

• Performed new program design developed all casting processes and control plans.

DESIGN ENGINEERING and TOOL ROOM / CASTING SUPPORT January 1979 March 1989

Cast Rite corp. / Gardena California (high pressure die casting)

• Designed die cast dies and secondary tooling also tool room support for die maintenance and new die build

Education: Associate degree Business Management / Harbor College Wilmington CA

Six Sigma green belt certification Ivy Tech / Ft. Wayne IN

U.S. Navy: October 1975 October 1978 / Honorable Discharge E-4 Rank

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