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Michael P. Connors

CAREEr summary

Career has entailed a broad and diverse background encompassing

the complete cycle of a manufactured product. From analyzing

the application to designing and drafting products through

creation of manufacturing methods, designing tooling and

process flow. Product development at research and customer

levels, capturing feedback, enhancing product benefits.

Marketing the product to new customers, new markets matching

products to customer needs.

Employed in a wide variety of positions beginning at the bottom

and expanding to reporting to the Vice President, President or

Corporate Chairman. Carried full level multi-product

responsibilities for marketing and sales, product development,

engineering, manufacturing and customer service.

Employment

2006 - Present HobbyTown USA - Retail store

Monroeville & Irwin, PA

Owner / Partner

Manage all operations of Retail hobby. Toy. Game store.

Purchase goods for store totaling in excess of 18,000

individual items from over

100 manufacturers. Acquire through distribution networks or

directly from manufacturers.

1989 - 2006 Able Tool Company Inc. Trafford, PA

Business Development Manager

Responsible for all marketing and large account sales for a

general machine shop.

Role included development of the business capacity through

acquisition, physical plant expansion, CAD/CAM, procurement and

software systems.

Acquisition of company in similar field to gain assets,

employees, and several customers. Responsible for complete

negotiations and proposals.

Designed plans to nearly double size for plant. Included

specifications for construction, bid reviews, selection and

overseeing construction.

Plant expansion required redesign of complete manufacturing

loop, relocation of machinery, and incorporation into ISO 9000

quality program.

Created software files for quotation processing.

Tripled revenue capacity and sales while increasing

profitability.

Diversified customer base from 95% singular customer to 5 large

accounts of 10% or more.

Employment (Continued)

1984 - 1989 Vesuvius USA Oakland, PA & Robinson

Township, PA

Slide Gate Product Manager - North America

Complete product responsibility from conceptual design through

engineering, procurement, marketing, sales, installation,

commissioning and customer field services. Contributed to

several patents for mechanical valves controlling flow of

molten metals. Hosted Iron & Steel Society booth and courtesy

suite at Chicago Hilton Towers conference center

Installation included conversion of steel teeming ladles by

contractors to specifications.

Engineering group headquartered in Ghlin Belgium. Managed

domestic design process and interface with overseas group.

Field design revisions required to suit customer operations,

enhance design, and provide domestic manufacturing.

Managed conversion to domestic manufacturing sources, cross

reference of foreign material specifications and processes, and

develop program for procurement from either foreign or domestic

manufacturers.

Served as technical consultant for new company acquisition,

Accumetrix. Oversee transfer of technology from Accumetrix

group to Vesuvius. Product, a continuous reading thermocouple

for direct measurement of molten steel 5 F degrees)

1980 - 1984 Vesuvius USA Swissvale, PA & Paw

Paw, West Virginia

Assistant Plant Manager - Swissvale & West Virginia

manufacturing plants

Responsible for plant maintenance staff, capital projects, new

product integration, OSHA & Safety, and development of Paw Paw,

WV warehouse into manufacturing site.

Capital projects included construction of additions, new

buildings, and major modifications to facilitate manufacturing

processes. Also included safety devices and apparatus to bring

plant into compliance with OSHA & DEA standards.

Negotiation committee - Member of management committee

negotiating contract with Swissvale plant United Steel Workers

of America (USWA) Union membership.

1976 - 1980 Vesuvius USA Pittsburgh, PA

Manufacturing Tooling Manager - Swissvale & West Virginia

manufacturing plants

Responsible for drafting and design, procurement, inventory,

and reconditioning of all manufacturing tooling for both

facilities. Included existing product lines and new products.

1975 - 1976 Vesuvius USA Pittsburgh, PA

Product Sales Draftsman

Drafting of product sales prints, installation layouts and

sales aides.

Education

1976 - 1978 Penn State University Monroeville, PA

Business Management, Marketing, Labor Relations courses - night

classes

1979 - 1981 Pitt University Oakland, PA

Personnel Relations, Purchasing courses - night classes

1984 - 1986 Duquesne University Pittsburgh, PA

Electric Power Distribution & Design courses - weekend & night

classes

Proficient with MS Word, MS Excel, AutoCAD, MasterCam

Also attended numerous development seminars through Vesuvius

personnel development program. Included salesmanship, account

management, profits of business, motivational conferences, as

well as continuous casting symposiums through the Iron & Steel

Society.

References

Mike Harasym - Senior Sales Mgr - Reuning & McKim Inc

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Joe Olshefski - CFO - Vesuvius International

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Jeff Searle - Senior Software Engineer - Penn State University

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Professional memberships

Iron & Steel Society - 1976 through 2002

SME Society of Manufacturing Engineers - 1977 through 1984

Volunteer experience

Franklin Regional Athletic Association 11+ years

The FRAA is a local community group with an annual operating

budget of $150K. The association organizes basketball, softball

and baseball programs for youth in the community ages 5 through

19. Programs are both instructions (in-house) and traveling

competition leagues, as well as overseeing the American Legion

program in the area. The organization is a non-profit group.

Sardis Park Inc. - Board of Directors - 4 years

Member of board of directors for local 11 acre private park.

Managed revitalization of second baseball field. Park has two

fields, playground, and pavilions.

Municipality of Murrysville - Parks and Recreation Commission -

4 years -

Served on commission as Secretary and Chairman. Commission acts

as advisory board to municipality for the 10 major municipal

parks totaling in excess of 600 acres. Commission also aides

municipal recreation program with advisory and support

initiatives. Worked closely with Mayor, Public Works Director

and Parks & Recreation Director

Communities Inc. - Board of Directors -

Nine acre park with community center, American Legion field,

multi-purpose field, and basketball courts.

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