Jimmie Monroe

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Fitchburg, Ma. 01420

This resume is an overview of the past 33 years my association in the tooling industry. I am currently looking for a job in the north central area of North Carolina (Burlington). While I am currently a program manager, I have spent more than half of my career as a moldmaker building close tolerance tooling, and much of the remainder in a position which is still primarily related to moldmaking. A position as a tooling manager or a tooling engineer are where I am best suited and where the companies I have worked for have had the greatest benefit. Understanding of mold design, steel selection, product moldability, and proper design practices for long term mold longevity, as well as machining processes required are strong points. However I am not a mold designer – meaning I am not proficient in the use of Cad to draw molds, but am a basic user of both Pro-E & Solidworks and can use either package to interrogate 3D models and 2D drawings, as well as file transfers and using Cad files and prints to make marked up demonstrations in PowerPoint or Adobe as needed.

I am also quite comfortable in the area of vendor selection and management, and a problem solver in the area of mold qualification and debug.

I will provide contacts and references upon request.

Please call with any questions or comments. You can reach me at the following numbers:

Home: 978-***-**** (weekdays after 6pm & weekends)

Cell: 978-***-****

Email: abgl7y@r.postjobfree.com

Best Regards,

Jim Monroe

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Jan. 2009 – Present (Over 25 yrs total with Nypro) Nypromold Inc.

Program Manager

• Oversee complete mold programs as the bridge between the customer and our mold manufacturing group, managing between $2,000,000 - $6,000,000 worth of tooling at any given time.

• Quote lower cavitation molds for build (1-16 cavity) and spare components for all past programs.

• Participate in and lead internal external mold design reviews, manufacturing reviews, customer reviews and meetings to provide all information needed to supply mold per customer specs.

• Oversee mold build schedule while developing milestones to keep tool build on schedule.

• Participate in tool qualification, and mold debug process.

• Support outlying plants where tools have shipped to provide new tool debug, and manufacturing support.

Nov/2004 – Jan. 2009 (4 yrs.) SMC LTD. (Cycles Inc.) Sterling. Ma.

Tooling Support Manager

• Full responsibility for the direction of all tooling personnel (20-22) building new molds in house and full service and support for all mold maintenance and repair supporting over 50 molding machines.

• Successfully introduced and developed new mold building internal to SMC.

• Hired necessary personnel and upgraded equipment to support a goal of 25% of all new tooling to be designed and built in house, building mostly close tolerance medical tooling with 1-16 cavity capability.

• Daily scheduling of workload within the mold maintenance facility.

• Troubleshooting, and providing technical support for manufacturing & production issues with tooling for short and long term solutions.

• Provide personal direction to toolmakers and mold cleaners in the disassembly, assembly, and maintenance of production tooling.

• Provide personal direction in the set up and manufacture of repaired and new mold components such as cores, cavities, stripper rings, and other specific mold components.

• Quote new molds and the upgrade or repair of tooling and mold components, mold refurbishments, and engineering changes.

• Interact directly with mold building facilities outside of the company to outsource overload and special tooling considerations.

• Interact directly with the new mold building (Corporate) engineering dept. for continuous improvement and direction of most multiple tool projects being built outside of SMC.

• Work directly with local trade schools to provide school-to-work relationships resulting in 5 new quality hires over the past 5 years.

April 1997 – Nov. 2004 (7-1/2 yrs.) NyproMold Inc. Clinton, Ma.

Tooling Support Manager

• Full responsibility for the direction of personnel in the mold maintenance group.

• Daily scheduling of workload within the mold maintenance facility.

• Troubleshooting, and providing technical support for manufacturing & production issues with tooling for short and long term solutions.

• Provide personal direction to toolmakers and mold cleaners in the disassembly, assembly, and maintenance of production tooling.

• Provide personal direction in the set up and manufacture of repaired and new mold components such as cores, cavities, stripper rings, and other specific mold components.

• Quote new and repaired mold components, mold refurbishments, and engineering changes.

• Interact directly with the new mold building facility and the mold test center to provide support in the debugging of new molds.

• Interact directly with the new mold building engineering dept. for continuous improvement in the construction of new molds.

• Maintain direct customer relationships in a project management role and provide support to several outlying Nypro plants for both new and repair tooling.

• Work directly with local trade schools to provide school-to-work relationships resulting in 15-20 new hires over the past 5 years.

June 1996 – April 1997 Bose Corporation Framingham, Ma.

Manufacturing Tooling Engineer

• Responsible for the design, manufacture, and procurement of molded product.

• Interact with plastic product design group and provide direction in regard to moldability of plastic product.

• Generate RFQ for mold build, and place mold to toolmaker.

• Travel to, and work with toolmakers to identify weak steel conditions, and possible high-risk components to aid in the determination of the number of spare components required at the time of mold build.

• Oversee mold build from engineering design to final sampling.

• Audit & assist molding and tooling venders for mold maintenance repair procedures, and documentation process.

Feb. 1988 – June 1997 (9 yrs) NyproMold Inc. (A division of Nypro Inc.)

Moldmaker/Team Leader

• Hands-on manufacturing & assembling of cores, cavities, stripper rings, mold frames, ejector systems, and hot or cold runner components.

• Work directly with engineering group to identify steel selection, ejector methods, and plating considerations as needed.

• Oversee other tooling individuals for multiple mold builds simultaneously.

• Provide vendor support and direction when outsourcing mold components, hot runners, & platers

• Instrumental in the conception, growth, and success of mold building facility.

Aug. 1982 – Feb. 1988

Toolmaker Nypro Tool Center Nypro Inc.

• Work directly with Corporate Engineering in the product development realm.

• Provide prototype and R&D type tooling with little or no direction or drawings.

• Provide mold debug support to new mold test facility.

July 1979 – Aug. 1982

Apprentice Moldmaker New England Mold Inc. (Olkkalla Tool & Die) Leominster, Ma.

EDUCATION

• Numerous continuous education courses relevant to molding, mold manufacturing, leadership, office systems, and management.

• 1979 Graduate of Montachussett Regional Vocational Technical High – Machining Practices. Graduated with Carl Douglas award for most likely to succeed in his trade.

Interests

• Current affiliation with local trade schools - Monty Tech and Leominster Center for Tech ED. Working with both schools via steering committees to provide education direction and placement of students in tooling/moldmaking fields.

• Youth worker/Christian councilor in local detention center.

• Youth sports program coach. Baseball & Basketball.

• Christian youth, young adult councilor and teacher.

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