Manager Project

Thomas McKee

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Canton, Mi. 48188

734-***-**** (Cell)

*********@***.***

Specialities:

Tooling Program Manager

Reducing cost of tooling process by 30-40%

Decreasing cycle time by 50%

Tooling, fixtures & gages,

5-axis grinding and 4 -axis milling fixtures

Weld fixtures in robot cells

Aerospace, Power Generation, Medical devices, and Automotive tooling,

Cost Estimating,

Budgeting and Forecasting, and Processes

Experience

Tooling Designer

Terumo Heart Inc. (Medical Device)

May 2011 - July 2013 Division bought out.

Designed tooling for the manufacture of a heart pump for patients waiting

for a new heart.

Designed Prototype Tooling - Plastics, Stainless Steel

Designed using Pro/e & Solidworks

Lean Manufacturing with engineers and machine shop in reducing processes by

25%

Designed gages, special machines and product design

Used G.D. & T -Training (at Effective Training, Inc.)

Used Statistical Tolerances -Training (at Effective Training, Inc.)

Advanced G.D. & T -Training (at Effective Training, Inc.)

Created Excel Spreadsheets

Created Project Spreadsheets

Sigmetrix CETOL Software Training Certificate (Stack up analysis Software)

WindChill PLM system

Program Manager / Product Designer

Griswold Engineering, Inc.

August 2010 - November 2010 (4 months)

Product Designer for medical devices and exercise equipment

Redesign of existing product for cosmetic and functional purposes

Reduce cost of manufacturing by 30%

SolidWorks 2010

Program Manager - Tooling, Gauging & Fixtures

Active Design, a division of Stevens Design Services

November 2009 - March 2010 (5 months) Lack of Work

Program Manager for the tooling, gaging and fixture division.

Major customer: Ford Motor, GM, Chrysler, Volkswagen and United

Technologies

Tooling, gaging and fixtures for all aspects of the automotive, aircraft

engine.

Assigned tooling to designers.

Created concepts for sketches of preliminary design.

Verified that the tooling designs were what the customer wanted

Checked and verified all tooling was correct and and ready for the build

process to begin.

On time delivery.

Involved in any troubleshooting that was needed.

In communication with buyers, customer engineers, and machine shops.

Owner

Tomco Tool Design, LLC

June 2008 - November 2008 (6 months)

Created a Limited Liability Corporation.

Gauge and fixture vendor for automotive and aerospace industry.

Cost Estimating and delivery for different projects.

Designed in 3-D CAD - Unigraphics NX3 and KeyCreator.

Budgeting, Process Improvement with more timely delivery.

Personal communication with customers.

Product Designer

Creative Technology Services

Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Medical Devices industry

December 2006 - November 2008 (2 years) Out of Business

Product Designer

Medical Cardiac Special Machine

Designed state-of-the-art cardiac machine, for the detection of blockages

in the arteries.

Reduced costs by 40-50%, by standardizing prototype design to mass

manufacturing.

Reduced time to build by 40% Standardize parts, and less processes.

New Product Development

SolidWorks 2008

Worked in team which included the inventor, project manager, engineering,

purchasing, marketing, manufacturing and assembly.

Senior Tooling Designer

Metaldyne Tubular

Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Automotive industry

July 2005 - September 2006 (1 year 3 months) Contractor - Company bought

out.

Senior Tooling Design Engineer

Lead tool design engineer in designing fixtures and gages for exhaust

manifolds and tubes.

Member of team to gain better control over the design process of fixtures

and tooling.

Also, work closely with members in the union shop and suppliers. Customers

include: Ford, Chrysler, International and Visteon (ACH).

Reduced cost by 30-40% by standardizing common parts

Cost reduction methods: Created sub-assemblies that were common between

different tooling designs, Reduced cost by 30-40%

Lead meetings with tooling, manufacturing, procurement and product

engineers to have a clear understanding on how to proceed with the project,

in the initial phase.

Powertrain Designer

ABB

Public Company; 10,001+ employees; ABB Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing

industry

December 2004 - May 2005 (6 months) Contract

Created special machines for transfer line of a transmission.

Created machine to check the run out of a surface

Team member of the first project using 3D Cad system.

Team member for the introduction of 3-D modeling to ABB Powertrain.

Used as a source for other employees for problems with learning Solidworks

Interacting with process, manufacturing, quality engineers, production

coordinators, purchasing department.

Worked with international companies assisting with design and

manufacturing. Created detail drawings from the model.

Senior Tooling Designer

Moeller Manufacturing Company

June 2002 - May 2004 (2 years) Laid Off for no contracts for 7 months

Created designs that reduced cost, while maintaining the quality of the

design.

Verified all designs met the criteria set forth by the customer and in-

house manufacturing of product parts.

Reviewed and checked all tooling designs.

Worked with union machine shop with manufacturing tooling.

Solved problems with design or build quickly and most effective procedures.

Used stack ups

Designed grind fixtures for 5-axis machine

Designed wheel pack for 5-axis grinder (Campbell & Blohm)

Designed mill fixtures for 4-axis mill machine

Took initiative in implementing electronic probes into gauging process.

Interacting with process, manufacturing, quality engineers, production

coordinators, purchasing department, and tool shop employees.

Program Manager & Senior Designer

Detroit Gauge & Tool Company / L.E. McKee Company

May 1987 - May 2002 (15 years 1 month) Went out of business

Team leader of gages, fixtures and tools for General Electric Aircraft

Engines and Pratt & Whitney.

Program Manager for all tooling for GEAE Wilmington, N.C. plant

Oversaw over 1,000 fixtures a year

Business development, business strategy, cost estimating, budgeting and

forecasting, and processes

Verify and check that all designs are meeting the criteria set forth by

customers.

Check all designs and stack-ups.

Monitor status of all designs that have been completed for build.

Maintain & monitor communication on follow- ups customer on approvals

(preliminary & final) of designs.

Troubleshoot any difficulties that may arise during the design and build

process.

Coordinate data transfer with billing and shipping departments.

Develop relationships with engineers and buyers.

Estimated project costs for design.

Interpreting from written description what the final product will be.

Developing an idea that will meet the desired criteria.

Interacting with the client's engineers about the idea.

Volunteer Experience

Treasurer / Controller

Salem Linebackers Club

January 2012 -

A non-profit organization.- Volunteer

Reorganized and instituted new accounting processes

Adding internal controls to organization

Oversee the cash flow of the organization

Maintain Accounting records and Financial Statements

Created a budget

Maintained Balance Budget

Profit improved by 50%

Treasurer / Controller

Plymouth Canton Steelers

January 2008 - December 2010 (3 years)

A non-profit organization.- Volunteer

Oversee the cash flow of the organization

Maintain that the organization stayed within budget constraints and made a

profit.

Developed budgets for 2008, 2009, 2010

Present for approval by board members monthly financial statements

Part of Executive board for making present, three year, and five year plan

for the organization.

Education

Keller Graduate School of Management at DeVry University

Studying For MBA

2013-2015

Walsh College of Accountancy and Business Administration

MSPA, Accounting

1995 - 1999

Worked on a project for re-engineering a local company.

Lawrence Technological University

BSBA, Marketing

1984 - 1987

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