Manager Project

W. Lance Craft

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Trinity, FL *4655

727-***-**** (Home)

727-***-**** (Cell)

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

Summary:

An engineering and management professional with diverse experience. Past

positions have included:

. Production Supervisor

. Industry (Plant) Manager

. Manager of Product Engineering

. Product Manager

. Program/Project Manager

. Manager of Operations - Business Development

. R&D Project Engineer

. Structural Design Engineer

. TQM (CPI) Facilitator.

Skills and Abilities:

Through such positions, have learned and demonstrated the following:

. Lean Six Sigma

. Continuous process improvement

. Operations/Manufacturing management

. Customer focus and service

. Strategic planning

. Bid and proposal development, direction, and control

. Contract negotiation

. Budget/P&L creation, tracking, and control

. Product design, development, and prototype

. Advanced composites, steel, aluminum, plastic laminates, and wood

. Competitive research and pricing analysis

. Vendor evaluation and purchasing

. Space planning and office ergonomics

. Industrial safety

. Oracle

. MS Office

. MS Dynamics ERP

. AutoCAD.

Professional Experience and Achievements:

AAR Precision Systems (October 2010 through April 2011)

Production Supervisor - Sole first shift operational responsibility for a

50,000 sf manufacturing facility with 55 production workers and 14 active

programs. Industry focused on production of subcontracted advanced

composite aircraft components with commercial and DoD applications.

Processes include prepreg lay-up, RTM, VARTM, oven/autoclave cure, 3 and 5

axis CNC or manual trim, and mechanical or bonded assembly. Processes

include prepreg lay-up, RTM, VARTM, oven/autoclave cure, 3 and 5 axis CNC

or manual trim, and mechanical or bonded assembly. Efforts resulted in

increased production rates, creation of work cells in assembly area, and

reorganization of the shop floor to segregate carbon component machining

and to increase overall efficiency.

PRIDE Enterprises (August 1995 through June 2009)

Industry (Plant) Manager (November 2005 through June 2009) - Complete

operational and financial responsibility for a 34,000 sf manufacturing

facility comprising various CNC and manually operated machinery, three

supervisors, and 50 production workers. Industry focused on design,

development, prototype, production, delivery, installation, and support of

commercial office furniture, institutional furniture, OEM/Private Label

furniture, and special products for various markets.

Requested by upper management to accept position in order to correct

substantial financial, backlog, quality, and organizational issues. In

addition, due to staffing cut backs, the Industry Manager position actually

required a continuation of previously held positions: Manager of Product

Engineering (March 1998 through November 2005) and Product Manager (August

1995 through March 1998). Collectively, in addition to developing many of

the skills and abilities listed above, activities resulted in:

. 50% reduction in industry operating expenses

. Substantial improvement in product quality and customer satisfaction

. Redesign of a systems furniture product line

. Development and introduction of eight new casegood lines

. Development and introduction of three new seating lines and eight

individual seating products

. Developed and produced more than 10,000 rotationally molded

Playstation (ticket kiosks) for the Florida Lottery (PRIDE President

and CEO Award)

. Design and manufacture of well over 1,000 custom designed products,

including items for OEM/Private Label customers.

Grumman Aerospace Corporation (February 1974 through June 1993)

Manager of Operations - Business Development (February 1980 through June

1993) - Managed the pursuit of aerospace subcontracts from fellow aerospace

companies, which included: strategic planning, all subcontract Bid &

Proposal activities, and related IR&D activities. Aside from the overall

management of such activities, personal responsibilities included:

. Created and Chaired Screening Committee and Bid Board (Bid/No Bid

decisions, personnel assignments, budget creation and control,

scheduling, and an 80% win rate)

. Proposal Director and/or Proposal Volume Manager on numerous B&P

activities, which involved up to 100 team members from across the

company (often requested to personally support other divisions in this

capacity)

. Program or Project Manager on such activities as Seawolf subassembly,

F-22 EB welded titanium aft fuselage R&D, ESA Hermes Trainer Aircraft

Feasibility Study, and Magna-Formed Flight Control Drive Shaft

development hardware (all efforts completed on time and within budget)

. TQM Action Team Leader in the development of a Management Information

System (resulted in first MIS hardware/software specification for the

SBU)

. Sole Grumman Representative to Singapore and Indonesia in satisfaction

of technology transfer (advanced composite) offset credits related to

prime aircraft sales.

Overall efforts resulted in $400M in annual sales and a $1B backlog.

R&D Project Engineer (July 1978 through February 1980) - Served as the

technical lead on a USAF R&D project to evaluate the impact of

electromagnetic hazards and threats to advanced composite aircraft

structures. Hazards and threats included high energy lasers,

electromagnetic interference, nuclear and indirect lightning

electromagnetic pulse, and direct lightning strike. Achievements included

methods for predicting the conductivity of carbon epoxy laminates, and the

development and evaluation of various protection techniques. Also authored

final report used by industry in the design of survivable structures.

Structural Design Engineer (February 1974 through July 1978) - Designed

components for the Space Shuttle Wing and numerous R&D advanced composite

assemblies, including a robotic arm to be used in automotive assembly

plants. Responsibilities included design, development, hands-on prototype,

and interface with all other functional departments. Efforts resulted in

the successful production of a number of detail parts and subassemblies,

and selection for Grumman Engineering Masters Fellowship Program.

Non-Relevant Employment History:

. Criterion Executive Search (November 1994 through August 1995)

. Air Ambulance Network (August 1994 through November 1994).

Education:

. M.S. in Applied Mechanics, Polytechnic Institute of New York, 1978

. B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Drexel University, 1975

. Numerous career development and continuing education classes,

including:

Lean Six Sigma (Villanova University)

Train the Trainer (PRIDE)

Performance Evaluations (PRIDE)

Management Practices (PRIDE)

AutoCAD (Erwin Technical Center)

TQM Facilitator and Quality Action Team Training (Grumman)

Structural Design Lecture Series (Grumman)

Lightning Protection (George Washington University)

Fundamentals of Finance (Grumman)

Proposal Process, Writing, Pricing, and Profit (Grumman).

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