Engineer Manager
Resume:
James M. D'Amato
Southgate, MI *8195
E-mail: *********@*******.***
CAREER SUMMARY
. 2 yrs - Independent Contractor for Manufacturing and Engineering
consulting
. 9yrs - Director managed a corporate injection/blow molding tooling, gage
and feasibility group. Drive product manufacturability through design,
establish feasibility and tool ability for production success. Maintain
corporate budgets; personnel and travel.
11 yrs - Sr. Tooling Engineer in a manufacturing environment; new tooling
development from feasibility through production, cost, processes for
Automotive interior and exterior products
12 yrs - Manager and Engineer in manufacturing environment; injection
molding, processing, assembly of business machine, medical devices,
automotive connector and toy parts, production monitoring, shipping,
receiving, raw materials, inventory tracking
EXPERIENCE
D'Amato Consulting LLC
7/08 - present: Independent Consultant for the Injection Molding Industry
. Independent Sales representative for a mold shop and an automation
manufacturer
. Provide on-site support events at mold build source in China - Dec 08
. Supply technical direction for injection tooling from quote phase through
launch
. Troubleshoot, develop and implement corrective action plans as the
project requires
. Involvement in upfront feasibility so quote direction is clear and
concise
. Provide manufacturing feasibility for success in molding
Plastech Engineered Products, Dearborn MI
6/05 - 7/08: Corporate Director, Tooling Eng., Gage Eng, Mfg Feasibility
. Directed and mentored a group of 20 T/E's, G/E's and Feasibility
Engineers
. Responsible for all injection and blow mold tooling through concept to
successful launch
. Achieve corporate goals and directives, budgets for personnel and travel
6/00 - 6/05: Tooling Engineering Manager
. Created a Tooling Engineering Department including Gage Engineers
. Developed Corporate Injection Mold Tooling Standards
. Review potential new business for feasibility prior to customer quote
. Created a feasibility department to review product designs for
manufacturability
. Justified the incorporation of Moldflow software and its utilization to
add computer aided analysis enhance upfront product fease
. Responsible to survey and approve vendor base
8/99 - 6/00: Sr. Tooling Engineer
. Hired to launch the Ford U152 interior trim tooling program
Lear Corporation, Dearborn, MI (acquired Automotive Ind. & O'Sullivan
Corp.)
1/95 - 8/99: Sr. Tooling Engineer
. Interface with part designers to design for tooling & manufacturing
feasibility
. Develop & follow primary tooling design through production
. Tooling built for machines from 150 ton to 4000 ton
6/94 - 1/95: Sr. Tooling Engineer (as Automotive Industries, Inc.,
Winchester, VA)
. Establish cost for new tooling & estimating cycles for quoting new
business
. Develop & follow new tooling from design through production stages
. Provide engineering input for "design for manufacturing"
4/93 - 6/94: Sr. Manufacturing Engineer/Tool Room Manager (As O'Sullivan
Corporation, Winchester, VA)
. Responsible for all current program tooling
. Establish cost & timing for "in house" engineering changes
. Headed the Continuous Improvement Team
. Manufacturing liaison for new tooling design input & approval
General Motors, Inland Fisher Guide Division, Syracuse, NY
2/89 - 4/93: Injection Molding Manufacturing Engineer
. Develop & follow new tooling from design through production stage
. Establish production processes & methods for manufacturing
. Provide engineering input for "design for manufacturing"
. Establish cost & timing for tooling changes & new program tooling
. Injection molding machines from 700 ton to 3300 ton
Poly-Pro Incorporated, Rochester, NY
1/88 - 8/88: Plant Manager
. Responsible for all plant operations
. Injection molding facility with machines ranging from 40 ton to 700 ton,
complete mold build facility
Syracuse Plastics Incorporated, Fayetteville, NY
1/84 - 1/88: Manufacturing Manager
. Responsible for molding, assembly, shipping, receiving, & raw materials
departments
. Installed "Mattec" Production Monitoring System
. Selected & installed parts removal robots
Poly-Pro Incorporated, Rochester, NY
9/76 - 1/84: Manufacturing Manager
. Responsibilities - same as Syracuse Plastics Inc.
. Implemented an inventory tracking system
. Assisted in the implementation of a "clean room" molding environment
. Installed and operated "closed loop" controllers for precision molding
applications
. Followed career path through hands-on involvement: mold set up, process
technician, shift supervisor, general supervisor
. Products included medical devices, business machine parts, automotive
connectors and Fisher Price toys
EDUCATION
Currently enrolled at Eastern Michigan University to complete Business
Management degree
5/91: Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing, General Motors
Education &
Training, Syracuse, NY
6/88: Hiring & Firing Seminar, Whiting & Associates, Rochester,
NY
5/87: Statistical Process Control, Onondaga Community College,
Syracuse, NY
6/85: General Electric Advanced Molders Workshop, Atlanta, GA
11/81: General Electric Molders Workshop, Pittsfield, MA
1974-1976: Industrial Arts Education, State University of NY, Oswego, NY
1972-1974: Mechanical Engineering, Monroe Community College, Rochester, NY
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