Manager Management

Jim Hartle

************@*****.*** ** Walnut Street,

Thomaston CT 06787

*********@***.**********.*** (C) 860-***-****

( (H) 860-***-****

Manufacturing Operations Management

For the past decade I was employed by a leading global medical device

contract manufacturer in a variety of roles, including Manufacturing

Manager, Organizational Development Manager and Director of Marketing.

As Manufacturing Manager I was responsible for implementing steps that

reduced material variance and scrap through process improvement programs

and associate involvement, resulting in a $2.5m savings, doubled

manufacturing output while reducing delivery time from 16 to 4 weeks,

Improved yields for the company's major product lines from under 75% to

98%, implemented a Finite Capacity Scheduling/MRP system which was used to

identify time standard for 350 SKU's and produce costing and pricing

models, and successfully relocated two major product lines from California

to the Connecticut facility.

My work as Manufacturing Manager led to a promotion to Organizational

Development Manager, where I was instrumental in the development and

implementation of programs related to competency profiling and other needs

assessment methods to identify and prioritize organizational development

needs, developing content of workshops/training sessions designed to

accomplish organization change initiatives, coordinate corporate

communications on organization change objectives and related messaging

strategy, design of learning and development solutions to support strategic

initiatives, determining objectives and instructional methodologies,

delivery systems, and results measurement. Work in this area of the

business included successful implementation of 5S System, all training

related to conversion to ISO9001:13485, the introduction of a company

intranet and real time training and assessment mechanisms.

With an extensive knowledge of manufacturing and organizational

development, my transition into Director of Marketing was seamless. My

knowledge of products, processes, organizational culture and the medical

device market provided a unique and educated platform from which I could

develop new product initiatives working directly with the Engineering

department.

As Director of Marketing I worked closely with the New Product Development

department and process engineers in support of introducing several new

product platforms to the market. This work contributed to unprecedented

growth in the history of the company and ultimately helped grow revenue

from $25M to $60M in over six years. In that timeframe I was responsible

for complete management of all marketing related functions, including new

product development initiatives/marketing campaigns and several independent

brand launches.

Areas of Expertise

(New Product Development (Project Management

(New product platform launch (Facility/Maintenance

Management

(Manufacturing/Operations Management (Production and

Scheduling

(Strategic market planning (annual and quarterly) (Market

research/growth forecasting

(Sales Training (Technical

Writing/Procedures

(Employee Training Development/Delivery (Yield and

Efficiency Analysis

(Complete seven figure budget management (Interfacing

with Engineering/Technical Departments

(Development/maintenance company intranet (Bilingual-Spanish

(some Mandarin)

Jim Hartle

Career Development

SynexMed LLC, Hong Kong/Shenzhen China October 2009-

Present

Manufacturer of cardiovascular implants, catheters, coronary stents and

delivery platforms

( Private Equity/Business Development Consultant

Duties and Responsibilities:

(Manage and lead efforts to obtain mezzanine capital for establishment of

re-branded U.S. based corporate entity

(Pathway Surgical)

(Developed investor data site (www.pathwaysurgical.com)

(Development of investor presentations and summaries

(Direct negotiation and representation on behalf of SynexMed CEO to

investor targets

(Obtained several engagement/term sheet agreements for investments

(Obtained Letter of Intent from funding source on acquisition of SynexMed

LLC

Memry Corporation, 3 Berkshire Blvd. Bethel, Connecticut

August 2000-October 2009

Manufacturer of cardiovascular implants, catheters, coronary stents and

delivery platforms

( Director Marketing and Corporate Communications Nov 2005-Oct 2009

( Organizational Development Manager Mar 2003-Nov 2005

( Manufacturing Manager Aug 2000-Mar 2003

.Implemented a Finite Capacity Scheduling / MRP system which was used to

identify time standard for 350 SKU's and produce costing and pricing

models.

.Reduced scrap by $3 million in 8 months using Lean Six-Sigma

Methodologies.

.Doubled manufacturing output while reducing delivery time from 16 to 4

weeks.

.Improved yields for the company's major product lines from under 75% to

98%.

.Successfully relocated two major product lines from California to the

Connecticut facility.

(Manage all facets of marcom program for global leader in medical device

contract manufacturing

(Developed corporate web site and manintained web master responsibilities

for site

(Management responsibility for all media and public relations initiatives

(Management of creative agencies

(Management of all media buys and placements (print and electronic media)

(Development, implementation and management of annual and monthly strategic

marketing calendar

(Development, implementation and management for promotional campaign

initiatives

(All trade show management

(Total project management and direct creative responsibility for Annual

Report

(Authored, implemented and maintained corporate intranet site

(Complete budget management for all marketing and communication expenses

(Total project management from creative to delivery of all company

sales/marketing literature, ie; spec sheets, corporate overview

brochures, product brochures, etc..

(Authoring press releases and interfacing with corporate investor relations

firm in PR deliverables

(Complete management of company internal and external brand management

program

(Author presentations for sales personnel for onsite delivery to

prospects/customers; presentations tailored specifically for each

prospect/customer

(All market research and growth forecast reporting

( Development, management and implementation of marketing programs in

Europe, Asia and Japan

Buckeye Fire Equipment, 110 Kings Road Kings Mountain, North Carolina

February 1997-August 2000

Manufacturer of heavy industrial fire protection equipment

( Plant Manager

.30% reduction in lead time

.Reduced scrap by nearly 20%

.Implemented die control and maintenance program for Quality Control

Department

(Personnel, training and development management for facilities in Los

Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Miami, Cleveland, and New Jersey

(Authored all job descriptions and training requirements for personnel in

each facility

(Authored orientation training program for all new hires

(Authored Spanish language version of all personnel related material and

training modules

(Authored training module aimed specifically at temporary/contract labor to

facilitate a quick entry into workforce

(Directed all training related delivery and requirements for quality

related procedures

(Delivered ISO training module

(Promoted to Plant Manager of corporate office in Kings Mountain, NC

(Authored training procedure for all military contract related procedures

in manufacturing facility

(Responsible for all hiring/firing decisions excepting executive staff

(Responsible for all personnel related expenses at every facility

(Implemented company labor grade system

Badger Fire Protection, 4251 Seminole Trail Charlottesville, Virginia

June 1994-February 1997

( Facility Manager

Responsible for daily physical management of 100,000+ square foot

manufacturing facility, including:

(Management of twelve person maintenance staff

(Development of all training related to equipment usage and maintenance

requirement

(Responsible for all non-manufacturing related purchasing

(Authored company Environmental Evacuation Procedure

(Authored EPA compliance training for facility

(Implemented all safety related training modules

Education

BA Political Science 1993

Belmont Abbey College-Belmont, North Carolina

(Minor in Sociology

Computer Proficiency

Proficient in both MAC and Windows based platforms

Macromedia Flash Dreamweaver,

Fireworks, Microsoft FrontPage

Quark/QuarkXPress Microsoft Project

Microsoft Word Excel

PowerPoint Factivity

Adobe Premiere Adobe Illustrator

Adobe After-Effects MGI Video Wave 4

Adobe PhotoShop MGI Photo Suite

Ulead 3D Graphics Ulead Gif Animator

Personnel Plus Poser 3D Animation

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