Floyd (Rusty) Richardson Jr.

**** ****** **** *. *. Swisher, Iowa 52338 abm1r8@r.postjobfree.com 319-***-****

OBJECTIVE

To obtain an eastern Iowa leadership position in

manufacturing, logistics or quality using my technical and

organizational strengths, cost and project management

background, supply chain experience and communication

skills to coach, motivate and stir passion in people,

focusing on continuous total process improvement by

developing effective partnerships, strong problem solving

methodology, data driven decision-making.

EDUCATION

Bachelors of Science Degree: 3.04 overall g.p.a. (Early

Graduation)

Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville,

Missouri

Major: 3.33 g.p.a. in Major

Business Management (Production/Operations and

Personnel/Human Resource)

Minors: Agricultural Sciences and Economics with 18

hours of Accounting

ACCREDITATIONS/OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING

Iowa Quality Center (IQC) Six Sigma DMAIC Black Belt

Training (2002)

ISO QS 9000 implementation leader (2002)

ISO 9001 and ISO 13485 Compliance Training

Applied Geometric Dimensions and Tolerance (GD&T)

Bell Institute Statistical Process Control for

Manufacturing

Bell Institute Statistics for Business Unit Managers

Bell Institute Statistical Design of Experiments

HumanTech Ergonomics Trainer (2000-2001)

Supervisor Success Series Training

cGMP Train the Trainer

Marshall Institute Predictive and Preventive Maintenance

Training

WORK HISTORY

Manager-Production, Maintenance and Engineering-September 2008-

September 2009

Sonoco-CorrFlex Iowa City, Iowa

Responsibilities/Accountabilities:

. managed contract packaging of over 120 new products and 160 existing

products annually including development of estimates, Secondary

Contract Packaging Instructions, line drawings, production batch

records, equipment acquision, capacity planning, LEAN (FOCUS)

optimization and all production activities by leading a 26 permanent

member and up to 183 temporary member production, engineering and

maintenance team. This resulted in a 26% production efficiency

improvement from the previous year.

. served as the plants primary customer contact for all large accounts

(over $5,000,000 in annual sales)

. facilitated plant LEAN (FOCUS) process on all new or modified runs.

. managed plant P&L, implementing corrective actions and modifying

behaviors to consistently exceed plant performance goals.

. as the interim Quality Manager due to vacancy, maintained finished

product positive release process; integrated Military Standards 105E

(attributes), 414 (measurements), MIL-HDBK-217 (electronics) into the

incoming inspection process; reviewed, updated and provided follow-up

training on all Production, Planning, Maintenance and Quality SOPs,

work instructions and form control documents. This included

implementing a SIP audit process for all work instructions and

conducting of all management reviews to include SOP updates.

. coordinated all plant regulatory registrations, accreditations and

audits including FDA CDER, FDA CDRH, USDA, WQA, NSF, EPA, OSHA, ISO

and AIB.

. developed syllabuses and completed related training for all positions

within all four departments of accountability.

. created and administered all Installation, Operation and Performance

Qualification protocols (IQOQPQ), process change orders, product

verification validations and process validations.

. insured all Material Safety Data Sheet files were updated and

maintained.

. established "6S" process throughout manufacturing and distribution.

. oversaw and approved all consumable materials, equipment, parts and

safety PPE purchasing.

. established, justified and implemented annual capital plan. This

included project management of all significant project capital

projects.

. identified and implemented BIGFOOT CMMS Maintenance Tracking System

plant-wide.

Floyd (Rusty) Richardson Jr.

Quality Assurance and Engineering Manager-August 2003-September 2008

Hunter's Specialties Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Responsibilities/Accountabilities:

. served as the primary contact for all customer complaints and

facilitated all related internal and external corrective and

preventive actions (CAPA) globally.

. created and implemented a company wide quality system including

quality manual, system level procedures, work instructions, standard

operating procedures and document form control.

. developed and instructed all quality system and root cause analysis

training company wide.

. initiated, designed and supported the manufacturing work instruction

for each "Make" item.

. coordinated and facilitated process capabilities in key manufacturing

areas resulting in improved quality and reduced scrap.

. orchestrated and tracked customer service help desk support for over

900 sku product line.

. established and maintained a product issues log to insure corrective

actions implemented fix problems and not symptoms.

. developed a bid specification process for new product development.

. implemented integrated SPC with documented decision rules.

. tracked consumer complaint rates, providing recommendations for design

or process improvements, reducing overall defect returns across the

total 1200 sku line from 7.48% to .0056%. "Make" item defect rates

dropped from 2.36% defect to 431 ppm.

. integrated Military Standards 105E (attributes), 414 (measurements),

MIL-HDBK-217 (electronics) into the incoming inspection process.

. developed and organized central physical lab. This included creation,

documentation maintenance of all testing procedures along with the

identification, justification, selection and implementation of test

equipment.

. coordinated all contract Microbiological, Chemical and USDA, FDA and

FCC Regulatory lab testing.

. implemented lot tracking within the existing MRP system on all human

consumable items and components.

. participated from conception in the development of a corporate vendor

guide and charged with corporate responsibility for monitoring

compliance.

. insured all Material Safety Data Sheet files are updated and

maintained.

. established "5S" process throughout manufacturing and distribution.

Line Coordinator-Sonoco-CorrFlex Iowa City, Iowa May 2003-August 2003

Regional Facilities and Logistics Manager, Midwest Tannery Operations-

September 2001-April 2003

Eagle-Ottawa Automotive Leather LLC Waterloo, Iowa

Responsibilities/Accountabilities:

. managed all facilities and fleet maintenance, engineering, process

improvement and related capital projects for all Midwest Tannery

Operations.

. led development of corporate preventive maintenance program within

MAXIMO software.

. supervised all purchasing including packaging materials, commodities,

MRO parts and supplies.

. project managed plant expansion that included the addition of 30,400

sq. ft., fourteen new production processes and an increase in

production capacity by 108%.

. developed and implemented complete electro-mechanical technician

training apprenticeship program that includes Certified Allen-Bradley

accredited courses, hands-on hydraulic and pneumatic labs through the

University of Northern Iowa (Vickers) Agricultural Based Industrial

Lubricate Campus and interactive instruction across 22 different multi-

skilled technical units.

. established an on-site PLC library and electrical prints computer

based archive.

. administered all tannery related logistics, production planning and

contract manufacturing across all capital, variable and period

accounts including all logistics scheduling, permitting and

rate/contract negotiation.

. managed all subcontract technical manpower including the development

of all bid specification packages, contract development and

performance assessments.

Facilities Manager, Quaker Oats Account-June 2001-September 2001

Enron Facilities Services Houston, Texas

Responsibilities/Accountabilities:

. managed facilities related maintenance and related facilities capital

projects for all twelve Quaker Oats manufacturing facilities

throughout the United States.

Floyd (Rusty) Richardson Jr.

. established, developed and mentored completely new maintenance staffs

at twelve sites simultaneously.

. administered ten year facilities maintenance agreement between Quaker

Oats and Enron including scope definition, regulatory compliance and

new call center management.

. negotiated and implemented new collective bargaining agreement at the

Cedar Rapids (IA), Bridgeview (IL) and Danville (IL) locations.

. assisted and advised Enron on the selection and implementation of

completely new facilities maintenance staffing at all three major

Lilly pharmaceutical productions facilities in the United States.

Senior Manufacturing Capability Engineer, Hot Cereal Business Units-

December 1989-June 2001

Quaker Oats Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Responsibilities/Accountabilities:

. developed all Hot Cereals purchasing, production planning and

deployment models including run strategies, cycle times, target

ingredient inventory levels and finish product inventory levels by

product code.

. project managed development and implementation of Quaker's pilot

Preventive Maintenance program within CHAMPS software.

. established department goals and developed RACI (Gantt) charts for Hot

Cereal Supervisors, Planners, Front Line Leaders and Team Leaders

including follow-up.

. developed Hot Cereals department operations and area maintenance

budgets for all fixed and variable accounts reducing the total budget

from $24.7 million in F'97 to $17.8 million in F'00.

. established Key Performance Indicators that link behavior to measures

of effectiveness.

. fostered team development of Hot Cereals Department into seven self-

managed work teams.

. project managed startup of new products, packaging designs and new

production equipment/lines at plant, division and company wide levels.

. led process improvement and process capability assessment for the Oat

Mill, Elevator, Quaker Food Ingredients, Instant Quaker Oats and

Quaker Standard Oats Teams, serving as the division expert in spiral

tube winding, packaging material design, ingredient blending and oat

delivery. This included traditional industrial engineering

responsibilities through project management of new technology.

Other Positions held with Quaker Oats

Team Leader II-Hot Cereals-July 1994-March 1994

Quick Response Specialist-Time Based Manufacturing-August 1993-July

1994

Senior Training-Projects Supervisor/Area Leader-Wholesome Variety/Hot

Cereals/Convenience Foods-February 1992-August 1993

Supervisor/Area leader-Wholesome Variety/Hot Cereals-February 1991-

February 1992

Supervisor/Front Line Leader-Packaging-December 1989-February 1991

COMMUNITY/VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

Boy Scouts Troop 37 Past Parent Committee Chairman and Current

Committee Member

Knights of Columbus Council 5677

St. Ludmila Catholic Church Minister of Hospitality

Sons of the American Legion Squadron 671 Finance Officer and Past

Detachment of Iowa Vice-Commander

Past College Community Soccer League-Coach

Past Prairie Crest Elementary PTO Co-Vice President

Past Prairie Ridge PTO Treasurer and Fund Raising Chairman

Past Junior Achievement of Greater Cedar Rapids, Inc. Applied

Economics Teacher/Consultant

Past Swisher Fun Days Food Chairman

(References available upon request)

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