Manager Quality Assurance

Terrence T. Cummings

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Elgin, IL 60120

Cell Phone: 847-***-****

Home Phone: 847-***-****

Email: **********@*****.***

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Flexographic Printing and Packaging Manager

Incisive and effective goal oriented management professional with 30 years

of expertise in the development, growth and leadership of personnel in the

Flexographic Printing, Packaging and Converting industry.

Highly proficient in key account management procedures and techniques with

strong technical knowledge and skills.

I have the ability and foresight to make decisions, which are not only

beneficial to the customer but are also with-in the schematics of keeping

the company at its bottom line. My long-term goal is to obtain a position

where I can maximize my management skills, strong organizational skills as

well as other key quality principles.

I work in a team-oriented environment teaching others to adapt to

consistent standards, policies and procedures.

Core Competencies

Procedure Development and Review TQM TPM

Team Building and Supervision AIB standards ISO9000

Safety and OSHA compliance Lean Manufacturing cGMP

Experience:

November 2008 H.S. Crocker 12100 Smith Dr. Huntley, IL 60142

December 2008 Consultant assignments: Quality/R&D

. R&D testing projects of new structures for new and

current customers

. Quality analysis for customer complaints of root cause

and corrective actions, writing reports and writing

preventive action procedures.

. Press checkouts and quality/color approvals

January 2008 Multifilm Packaging 1040 N. McLean Blvd. Elgin, IL 60123

September 2008 Press Department Manager

. Responsible for pre-press graphics, plate making,

printing

. Instrumental in the research and the purchase of a new

$3M flexo printing press

. Coordinating tooling and timing

. Implementing quality assurance and the start of AIB

January 2007 CTI Industries Corporation 22160 Pepper Rd. Barrington, IL

60010

October 2007 Production Manager

Responsible for entire facility-pre-press graphics, plate making, printing,

laminating, extrusion, slitting, plastic bag converting.

. Initialized the implementation of TQM and GMP

Terrence T. Cummings

September 2003 Clearlam Packaging 1950 Pratt Blvd. Elk Grove Village, IL

60009

September 2006 Press Department Manager

. Responsibility consisted of 8 roll stock, central

impression wide web flexo presses, mounting department,

plate making, pre-press

. Supervised the managing of a Sun Chemical ink room

. Scheduling orders

. Directly managed 68 employees

. Instrumental in moving the dept from line printing to

consistent four color process printing using digital

polymer

June 1980 Printpack Inc. 1400 Abbott Dr. Elgin, IL 60123

July 2003 Supervisor

. Printing Press Helper Printing Operator

. Dept.& Plant Lead

. Floor Supervisor-Responsible for all operations;

Printing, Extrusion, Laminating, Slitting

. Graphics/pre-press, rotogravure and approval of flexo

artwork

. Instrumental in moving the department from simple line

printing with rubber plates to four color process

printing using photopolymer plates.

. Team building and process improvements

. Instrumental with implementing ISO 9000

. Re-located various flexo printing jobs from Elgin to

other company locations in the U.S. training others on

customer needs in graphics thru shipping

Education:

1977-1978 Elgin Community College

. Accounting/Business Management

. Company training and certifications

Printing

Presses: Kidder, W&H, PCMC, Flexotechnica, and Uteco

Extruders/

Laminators/

Slitters: Egan, Black Clawson, Nordmecanica, Dusenberry, Cameron,

Stanford and Titan

Skills: Pre-Press, Quality Control, Press Releases, Graphics,

Graphics Software, Graphical User Interface, R&D, Scheduling,

Microsoft Office,

Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Total Quality Management, Leadership

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