James F. Brown, Jr.

**** ******** ** ***** ******: Office-810-***-****

Howell, MI 48843 Cell-734-***-****

E-mail Address: ablbdr@r.postjobfree.com

Objective: Business/Materials Development Manager

Summary of

Professional manager with a proven track record of

Qualifications:

significant and sustainable achievements in

electrochemical / corrosion engineering, materials research,

aluminum and magnesium manufacturing and alloy

development, welding engineering. Responsible for market,

product, and technical sales management. Working

successfully with USA and international clients in Asia/ Far

East, Europe, Canada and Mexico. Conversational in German.

Metallurgical and technical knowledge encompassing

manufacturing, quality resolution management and

consulting, in a variety of industries including magnesium

production and fabrication, aluminum, alloy steels, reactive

metals and construction fabrication.

Education: 1973, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA

B.S. Materials Engineering; Metals, Ceramics, Plastics

1972, Central Virginia Community College, Lynchburg, VA

Associate in Science, Pre-Engineering

Karras Effective Negotiations

Professional

Professional Selling Skills(PSS I-II Xerox)

Activities &

Penn State University - Sales Management Program

Memberships:

American Society for Metals/ NACE International/ Society for Automotive

Eng.

ASM, Member 1973-Present

National Association for Corrosion Engineers- Chairman, Corrosion

by

Waters 1993-1995, Member 1978-Present

SAE, Member 2002-Present

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Professional WINCA TECH GROUP, Houston, TX & Detroit, MI

Experience: Primary magnesium production, 16,000 Tons/Year-High Purity, Metal

Pidgeon process, Alloying, Permanent Mold Casting, DC Billet Casting,

Extrusion and Fabrication.

Sales and Marketing Manager, January 2007-January 2009

Development of automotive and industrial applications for magnesium

structural

extrusions. Developed magnesium extrusion capabilities at extrusion

companies

in China. Alloy Development. Published Technical paper with International

Magnesium Association-Magnesium Extrusions, Properties,

Applications,

and Alloy Development, 2007. Corrosion engineering and

electrochemical

evaluations for customers.

HYDRO ALUMINUM TRANSPORTATION COMPONENTS,

Kalamazoo, MI. Transportation components group, manufacturing

aluminum transportation components for automotive, heavy truck,

military vehicles, and other transportation components.

Business Development Manager, January 2002-November 2006

Manager of strategic accounts and responsible for development of

aluminum fabricated extrusion applications and assemblies with major

automotive companies including Ford, Toyota, Nissan, and Tier

Suppliers to those companies such as Bosch, Visteon, TRW, Delphi,

Lear. Quality resolution at customer reviews and quality investigations.

Program Manager for development of aluminum extrusions for the all

aluminum extruded and welded chassis frame for the Ford GT Sports

Car, 2002.

Sp Ms MARKETING, Wilmington, NC

Technical training for corrosion engineering, electrochemical ionic current

generation processes, metallurgical processes ( aluminum, magnesium,

reactive metals ); welding training; Market evaluations, Market

development, Technical marketing; Metallurgical-Welding-Corrosion

Engineering Consulting.

Director-Owner, 1999-2002

Contract services-Consultant; corrosion engineering, metallurgical/

electrochemical processes, welding engineering, business evaluations

and training, market development for speciality metals and Chemical

Process Industry (CPI) applications. Clients-Aluminum/Magnesium,

Reactive Metals, Zirconium, Marine Engineering, Water Heater Mfg.

Corrosion Mitigation

LaQUE CENTER FOR CORROSION TECHNOLOGY,

Wrightsville Beach, NC A private company offering testing, monitoring

and consulting in all areas of corrosion science.

Sales and Marketing Manager, 1999

Developed and implemented marketing strategic plans to expand

company business and organized corrosion training seminars. Identified

target markets (domestic and international) and established potential

clients within markets and initiated relationships.

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PENN ALUMINUM INTERNATIONAL, INC. Murphysboro, IL

International aluminum extrusion and fabrication business serving

automotive and consumer products industry with drawn aluminum

tubing, structural and custom aluminum extrusions $50M business.

QS/ISO Certified.

Vice President Sales and Marketing, 1997 & 1998

Directed all sales and marketing activities, managing and coaching

9 staff members and 13 outside representative agencies. Domestic and

international marketing and sales with Ford, GM, DCX and Tier Co’s.

Re-established $2 M in lost business. Product quality resolutions with

customers.

KAISER ALUMINUM & CHEMICAL CORPORATION,

Tulsa, OK, Mobile, AL, and Wilmington, NC

Manufacturers of corrosion protection sacrificial cast and extruded

anodes, extruded and cast magnesium and aluminum shapes and

fabrications for automotive, marine, oil companies, computer,

manufacturing and industrial markets.

Sales and Marketing Manager, 1990-1997

Full P & L and technical responsibility for group with $13M annual sales.

Interfaced with operations/ production group and purchased aluminum

and magnesium primary raw materials.

Technical Services Manager, 1978-1990

Responsible for manufacturing, technical service, and corrosion

consulting with customers; die casting, permanent mold casting,

extrusion, forging, welding engineering, and laboratory services.

Quality Staff Engineer, 1976-1978, Aluminum fabrication of marine LNG

tanks for ocean transport; 120,000 Cu Ft each.

Electrochemical development of aluminum and magnesium alloys

and systems for ionic current generation for corrosion protection

applications.

Established and managed aluminum casting facility in Taiwan,

Republic of China, for production of 15 million pounds of cast

aluminum shapes.

Developed die cast aluminum parts business; casting/extrusion of

magnesium and aluminum billet and components. Managed Total

Quality manufacturing facility.

Developed and marketed electrochemical aluminum extruded alloys

for corrosion protection of steel vessels for water storage.

and expanded market from 100,000 to 6 M pounds annually.

Developed cast aluminum alloy electrochemical sacrificial corrosion

protection market. (10 M Lbs annually)

Development and Sales Management of corrosion engineering

materials business in Canada, Mexico, Europe and Far East.

Manager-Non-Destructive Evaluation Services (NDE) for X-Ray,

Ultrasonic Inspection, Welding-Inspection. Certified Level II

Ultrasonic Inspection and Level II X-ray interpretation.

DANIEL INTERNATIONAL, (Currently Flour/Daniel), Plant

Wansley, Carrollton, GA. Power Plant, 2 units-880 MW fossil fuel power

plant construction, utility, industrial, chemical commercial, construction

project management .

Project Welding Engineering Manager, January 1974 -June 1976

ASME,AWS-Welder Qualifications, NDT Management, Weld inspection

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