Manager Project

David D. Riley

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Creston, IA ***01

Home: 641-***-****

Cell: 641-***-****

Skill Profile:

. Manufacturing Leader with strong background in continuous

improvement, corrective action and process support.

. Experience in managing multiple people and departments.

. Effectively communicate and facilitate with individuals at

all levels.

. Work well alone or in groups within company or

customer/supplier relations.

WORK EXPERENCE:

Interim Plant Manager - Feb. 2010 - Current

Continuous Improvement Leader - Sept. 2008 - Current

Manage, train and track all process improvements to align with

our yearly company goals throughout all 3 Gits Mfg. locations

worldwide.

This position also aligns with a seat on the core operating team

to monitor all aspects of the companies operations tracking

efficiencies, work load, sales, and quality.

. Increased OEE of main production lines from 64% to 76%

through continuous improvements.

. Reduced inventory in past year by 16% using LEAN tools

including kanban and VMI

Customer Sales/NPI Project Manager Apr. 2002 - Sept. 2008

Interim Quality Manager 12-06 to 10-07.

Customer relations relevant to the costing, delivery and

response to customer inquiries including quality covering

several continents including Europe, Asia, North and South

America.

. I have traveled to 3 continents and 7 countries to work

with both customers and supply chain.

. Overseen 2 TS 16949 audits in 2007 as interim quality

manager.

. Program manager of prototype engineering projects.

Quality Manager: August 1999 to April 2002

Day to day

quality decisions; working closely with engineering on

FMEA's, APQP, and customer requirements. Vendor and customer

questions and corrective actions. (Sister plant in Thailand).

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. Oversee PPAP closure

. Vendor and customer corrective actions for US and

Thailand facilities.

. Control calibration and gage R&R system

. Run capability studies as required

Project Engineer: August 1996 to July 1999

See projects through PPAP from customer request.

. Machining - building prototypes, to issuing into the

production system.

. Managing multiple projects at a time.

Gits Mfg. Co. Prototype Machinist: Apr. 1994 to Aug. 1996

Machining and designing prototypes for the engineering

department.

Wellman Dynamics Co. - Quality Inspector: 7-81 to 4-94

Lead man in the department from 1991-94.

Dimensional layout, machining, and inspection of castings

for the aerospace industry.

Knowledge of SPC

. Answer questions of other employees within the department

. Working with customer source inspectors.

EDUCATION

Facilitator Training - Actuant Corp. - 2009

Essentials of Leadership Training - Actuant Corp. - 2008

Microsoft Project for Project Managers - U of Wisconsin - 2008

FMEA Training, Design & Process - Quality Associates - 2008

8 Disciplines of Problem Solving - Quality Associates - 2008

Layered Process Audit Training - Cummins Engine Corp. - 2006

Training in Effective Negotiation - Actuant Corp. 2005

Six Sigma training - Cummins Engine Corp. 2004

Kirkwood Comm. College - Metal Machinist - 1980-81 - Diploma

West Delaware High School - Graduate 1980 - Diploma

REFERENCES

Dan Chapman - Gits Manufacturing Co. 641-***-****

Tom Lesan - VP Southwest Comm. College 641-***-****

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AWARDS/COMMUNITY SERVICE

Patented a pressure-vacuum valve, fall, 1998. Patent #5,803,115.

Patented a new material diaphragm summer, 2004 Patent #6,748,848

Award from NASA for work performed on components for the space

shuttle program.

Chairman of the local Ducks Unlimited chapter from 1995 to 2005.

Board of directors for High Lakes Outdoor Alliance, 2006 to

present.

Coached and umpired over 18 teams of local youth baseball,

basketball, softball and soccer.

Serving as a leader on church committees and council.

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