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Manufacturing Plant Manager

High-energy leader with strong business acumen and broad experience in

Operations and Product Development, in both startup and Fortune 500

environments. A passion for excellence with a willingness to challenge the

status quo. Intense focus on improvement opportunities and implementing

solutions that reduce costs and increase shareholder value.

Core Competencies

Customer Relations / People Development / Leadership Development

Product Design and Development / Manufacturing Process Development

Operations Management / Technical Management / Government Compliance /

Performance Metrics

Continuous Improvement / Six Sigma / Lean Manufacturing / Kaizen /

Quality Systems

PLM / ERP / Kanban / TQM / FMEA / Value Stream Mapping / DMAIC

/ DFSS / Poka-Yoke

5 Why's / PDCA / A3 / 5S / 8D / DOE / BPM / TPS / VA/VE /

JIT / Pull System

Professional Experience

Dart Container Corporation, Mason, MI 2009 - present

Dart Container, a privately held company, is the world's largest

manufacturer of foam cups and containers, employing 5800 employees on sales

of $1.5B USD.

Process Engineering Manager - Thermoformed Products

Manage the process engineering team, providing engineering services

to Dart's North American thermoforming manufacturing facilities.

Responsible for start-up of new thermoforming production lines,

productivity & efficiency improvements and improving product quality.

EMQ Solutions - Self Employed 2008 - 2009

. Develop a new strategic business plan which will enable a fuel

cell company to grow profitably. Create a manufacturing cost model

to enable effective planning for growth. Co-authored Ohio Third

Frontier Grant Application.

. Document an executive recruiter firm business process; initiate

metrics system.

. Provide contract Application Engineering sales/service, identify

new clients in Renewable/Sustainable industry (lithium ion

battery, solar, fuel cells), representing MI and OH.

HydroGen Corporation, Versailles, PA 2007 - 2008

HydroGen is a development stage public company (NASDAQ: HYDG), engaged in

developing and manufacturing fuel cell power systems for industrial

applications.

Manufacturing Manager -Ohio Facility

Provide general management and leadership for HydroGen LLC's Advanced

Manufacturing Facility. Responsibilities include locate, select and

improve a new site for a state-of-the-art lean manufacturing

facility. Lead the manufacturing process development team to develop

low cost, high-volume manufacturing processes for fuel cell

components and assemblies. Specify and purchase capital equipment.

Manage facility start-up, including commissioning equipment,

developing and implementing new business processes and hiring and

training staff. Manage an Ohio Department of Development Grant.

Major Accomplishments

. 90% labor cost reduction through developing automated, lean

manufacturing processes.

. Designed the manufacturing cost model for the long term strategic

plan.

. Specified, purchased and demonstrated fully-automated assembly

machine for fuel cell stacking.

. Demonstrated high-volume production capability for anode and

cathode manufacturing.

. Plant layout completed and detailed; developed $20M budget.

. Cultivated a strong network of supply chain partners.

Johnson Controls, Inc., Automotive Group, Plymouth, MI 1998 - 2006

Johnson Controls (NYSE: JCI) is a global market leader in automotive

seating, interior systems, batteries as well as, facility management and

building control systems employing 140,000 employees worldwide with annual

sales of $37 billion USD.

Engineering Manager

Managed Engineering Budgeting & Estimating department. Led

Engineering continuous improvement cost reduction team. Managed

engineering team to develop and launch new seating systems.

Facilitated Six Sigma process improvements. Project engineering for

DaimlerChrysler seating system. Managed $7M budget.

Major Accomplishments

. Reduced NA Seating Engineering spending by $24M in FY06;

approximately 10% savings.

. Improved Production Release and Change Mgmt systems resulting in

$2.3M per year savings.

. Reduced seating warranty claims 30%, through implementing design

improvements.

. Launched 2006 SRT8, Dodge Charger and Dodge Police automobile seat

systems.

Graco Inc., Industrial/Automotive Equipment Division, Plymouth, MI 1994 -

1998

Graco, Inc. (NYSE: GGG) is a multi-national leader in capital equipment

for fluid applications in paints, sealants, lubricants and adhesives,

employing 2200 employees worldwide with annual sales of $848 million USD.

New Product Development Manager

Directed an engineering department which designed, developed, tested

and launched new products used in automotive manufacturing including

hot melt equipment, 1K/2K pumping/metering systems and robotic servo

fluid applicators. Provided engineering support to Production.

Managed $1M budget.

Major Accomplishments

. Designed and developed a swirl adhesive applicator and a metering

system with projected $7M in incremental sales.

. Modularized product line to minimize inventory, globalize designs

and maximize cost savings, with a 10% to 30% cost reduction per

product.

. Designed, released and launched 95 new catalogued products.

Dow Chemical Company - Eastern/Continental Division - Midland, MI 1988 -

1994

Dow Chemical Co. (NYSE: DOW) is a global market leader in chemicals,

plastic and agroscience products employing 46,000 employees worldwide with

annual sales of $56 billion USD.

Production Manager - Columbus, OH

Managed day-to-day operation of chemical production plant, which

included direct supervision of production personnel. Responsible for

production, quality, maintenance, environmental and safety. Annual

production volume was 30 million pounds. Led Continuous Quality

Improvement initiatives.

Major Accomplishments

. Technical expert on sales team responsible for increasing

production volume by 45% in 3 years.

. Led Operations team to increase profits 10-fold, in one year,

through converting to non-CFC blowing agent.

. Facility awarded "Division General Manager's Quality Performance

Award", from a 1991 Quality audit.

Engineering Supervisor - Admiral Equipment Co., Akron, OH

Managed engineering department, 22 project engineers and designers.

Complete product line responsibilities for engineered turnkey systems

in the polyurethane industry, which included design, manufacturing

support, inventory, quality and customer service. Product lines

included mixheads, liquid injection metering machines, piping

systems, mold presses, turntables and conveyors.

Major Accomplishments

. Increased the reliability of polyurethane mixhead technology

by a factor of 10.

. Led team to substantially reduce the cost of metering

equipment, through Value Engineering, Design for

Manufacturability and Assembly (DFM, DFA)

. Received 2 patents, 5,261,741 and 5,226,465

Other Professional Experience

Case Center for Complex Flow Measurements - Cleveland, OH (1985 - 1987)

Lab Manager / Project Engineer

Nordson Corporation - Amherst, OH (1978 - 1985) Senior Engineering

Technician

Education

Master's of Science in Industrial Operations with Distinction from College

of Management, Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, MI.

Bachelor's of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Fenn College of

Engineering, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH.

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