Engineer Manager

Mark A. Durivage

***Waterfox Drive

Oregon, OH **616

419-***-**** cell 419-***-**** home

abl3rc@r.postjobfree.com

CAREER SUMMARY

Twenty-eight years of progressively responsible and successful experience

as an engineer and manager serving the automotive, aerospace, medical,

defense, toy, consumer products, home healthcare, and packaging

industries. Major accomplishments and competencies: technology management

and utilization, consensus builder, data driven, adaptable, strategic

planning, project and program management, problem solver, results oriented,

quality management systems, mission oriented, sales, safety minded,

multitasking, leadership, professional development, and P/L responsibility.

I am a proven and innovative team player who is extremely dependable,

detail oriented, competent, and intelligent.

PROFESSIOANAL EXPERIENCE

Owens Community College, Toledo, OH 1998 -

present

Dean, School of Technology Owens Community College responsible for overall

operational and financial effectiveness of the School of Technology.

Overall responsibility for curriculum development and revision, budgeting,

employment, accreditation, recruitment, retention, fundraising, and

continuous quality improvement.

. Saved the college approximately $100K per year by consolidating course

offerings to improve labor efficiencies

. Increased program enrollments by 22% from 2003-2008

. Developed and implemented voice of the customer techniques to improve

overall customer satisfaction and increase operational efficiencies

. Promoted from department chair to school dean in a five years

. Initiated a quality management system (QMS) to ensure efficient

operations

. Taught and trained courses in; quality management, quality planning,

quality auditing, DOE, SPC, safety, mathematics, and applied

engineering

Century Die Company, Fremont, OH 1997 - 1998

Manufacturing Manager - coordinated stretch (extrusion) and injection blow

mold design and manufacture for the consumer packaging market. Managed

projects from customer conceptual ideas, through prototyping to production.

. Standardized manufacturing practices by coordinating the

design/engineering group with the production group increasing

production efficiency by 15% and decreasing scrap and rework by 10%

. Implemented solid modeling for design, prototyping, and manufacturing

of consumer packaging products

. Prepared quality reports as per customer requirements

. Was recruited to serve as a department chair at the college

Right Tool & Die Inc., Toledo, OH 1996 - 1997

Design Engineer - interfaced and managed programs with Tier One and Tier

Two automotive customers, engineering, and production to design and

manufacture large progressive and transfer sheet metal stamping dies and

inspection gages.

. Implemented a full 3D integrated manufacturing software package

. Prepared PPAP's and performed Ppk's for production parts

. An economic down turn caused me to seek another position

National Center for Tooling and Precision Components, Toledo, OH 1993-

1996

CAD/CAM (Engineering) Manager - served as a liaison between customers from

various industries to deploy next generation technologies to support

business development for commercial and governmental agencies. Pursued

another career opportunity when the grant funding expired.

Durivage Pattern and Manufacturing, Williston, OH 1982 -

1993

Operations Manager - coordinated with customers from diverse industries to

design and manufacture blow molds, jigs, fixtures, gages, models, patterns,

rotational molds, forging dies, stamping dies, SMC tooling, RIM molding,

prototypes, lost wax molds, thermoforming tooling, and special machines.

Prepared SPC charts as necessary for customer requirements. Served in the

family business from apprentice mold maker, to journeyman mold maker,

engineer, and for the last six years as operations manager. Left the

company to pursue a formal education to posture myself for future

opportunities.

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS

. M.S. Quality Management, Eastern Michigan University

. B.A.S. Computer Aided Machining, Siena Heights University

. CRE Certified Reliability Engineer, ASQ

. CQE Certified Quality Engineer, ASQ

. Certified Mold Maker, State of Ohio

COMPUTER SKILLS

Proficient in MS Word, Excel, Access, Power Point, Project, Publisher,

Outlook, Solid Works, and Minitab

COMMUNITY SERVICE

. Treasurer to the Executive Board for the Safety

Council of Northwest Ohio

. Reunion Coordinator for the WWII Troop Carrier

Community

. Volunteer Firefighter and Emergency Medical

Technician

MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS

. Society of Reliability Engineers (SRE)

. Senior Member of the American Society for Quality (ASQ)

. Senior Member of the Association of Technology, Management, and

Applied Engineering (ATMAE)

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