Engineer Engineering

Bruce W. Mitchell

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EDUCATION

• Masters in Business Administration, Virginia Commonwealth University.

• Master of Science Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

• Bachelor of Science Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State

University.

Cum Laude, Tau Beta Pi, Pi Tau Sigma and Phi Kappa Phi honorary societies.

EXPERIENCE

• Product and engineering management experience in an industrial, engineered-products

environment.

• Executive and managerial skills combined with strategic capability.

• Led team of production, engineering, maintenance and new products in establishing a new

manufacturing operation in the U.S.

• Led multi-disciplined team establishing Chinese company.

• Authored 13 Steps to Manufacturing in China

• Multiple U.S.-based engineering responsibilities.

• Global engineering responsibility.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Spang and Company, 1989 -2012

Vice President, Engineering, Purchasing and Environmental, Magnetics Division

Pittsburgh, PA, 1999 – 2012

• Senior engineering executive in company with thirteen years of global VP experience

engineering new products, expanding existing product lines and designing and installing the

necessary infrastructure and manufacturing equipment.

• Led team that carried out successful Asian manufacturing expansion. Identified potential

locations, sourced and purchased equipment, and managed relations with local officials.

• Facilitated corporate growth by leading creation of wholly owned foreign enterprise. Achieved

30% savings on labor costs and 66% savings on capital equipment purchases.

• Developed and oversaw 5-year capital plan for a $100M international electronics manufacturer,

including strategic business growth, production capacity maximization, plant expansions, process

development, maintenance, and engineering and environmental initiatives.

• Produced $500K in revenue by liquidating equipment from no-longer-used facilities.

• Developed $29 million manufacturing expansion plan in North Carolina.

• Increased maintenance productivity 20% by introducing maintenance management software.

• Cut tooling design time 50% by implementing 3D CAD software into tool & design process.

Director of Corporate Engineering

Butler, PA, 1994 to 1999

• Supervised a team of 15 engineers and designers responsible for the design and installation of all

manufacturing equipment, infrastructure and buildings.

• Created Engineering Procedures Manual with formal project procedures including scheduling

software and budget tracking.

• Established compliance with state and federal environmental regulations, and improved

relationships with enforcement agencies. Developed Corporate environmental procedures

manual.

• Chaired team that created company-wide Wide Area Network and communications systems with

team members from IT, HR, Sales, Manufacturing and Engineering. It increased company

productivity 30% through implementation of electronic file sharing and communication.

Chief Engineer, Corporate Engineering

Butler, PA, 1989 to 1994

• Led team that completed expansion of 2 product lines 20% below budget and on time.

• Saved $405K annually by recommending and installing on-site nitrogen generation systems to

replace liquid nitrogen storage systems at 2 facilities.

• Enhanced engineering quality by establishing department’s first quality team.

Allied Chemical and Allied Signal, (now known as Honeywell), 1974-1989

Assistant Plant Engineer

Allied Signal, Hopewell, VA 1987-1989

• Supervised 10 engineers and designers. Responsible for the design of ASME pressure vessels,

equipment design and installation projects.

• Installed replacement Secondary Reformer at Kellogg Ammonia Plant – $3 million project.

• $750,000 Kellogg plant reformer replacement.

• $500,000 heat exchanger installations for process heat recovery.

Superintendent Reliability Engineering

Allied Chemical, Hopewell, VA 1984-1987

• Supervised 15 engineers and technicians.

• Chaired maintenance and engineering cost reduction program yielding average annual savings of

$250K.

• Performed failure analysis and project improvements generating annual savings of $100K in

improved equipment uptime.

Senior Project Engineer, Senior Reliability Engineer/Group Leader, Reliability Engineer

Hopewell, VA 1974-1984

PUBLICATION

13 Steps to Manufacturing in China: The Definitive Guide to Opening a Plant, From Site Location to

Plant Start Up”, Bruce W. Mitchell, Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. Available through Amazon at the

following link:

http://www.amazon.com/13-Steps-Manufacturing-China-Definitive/dp/023*******/ref=sr_1_1?

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