Michael D. Sher wi n

*** ***** ***** ********, ** ● 412-***-**** ● mdsherwin @gmail.com

Experienced engineer, manager, and change agent with a proven track record of quality system design, process re-

engineering, project management, standardization, quality a nd productivity imp rovement, resource optim ization, and ch ange

management in highly complex manufactu ring and business environments. Skilled at developing total employee involvement

and collaboration th rough the use of LEAN and Six Sigma m ethodologies and training, which has resulted in imp roved safety

records, employee morale, and cost reductions. With undergraduate and graduate degrees in engineering and a graduate

degree in business administration, combines a strong academic foundation for disciplined problem solving with prac tical

experience working for both private and public companies. Known for a strong work e thic, excellent interpersonal and

communication skills, commitment to employees and corporate objectives, and analytical abilities.

PROFESSIONA L EXPERIENC E

Kennametal Inc . ● Latrobe, PA ● JUL 2005 – P resent

$2.7 billion manufacture r of tooling, engineered components, and advanced materials used in production p rocesses.

Operations Manager ● New Castle, PA ● SEP 2007 – P resent

Responsible for managing and directing activities related to the manufacturing of powder me tal products in a newly acquired

manufacturing facility. Direct and oversee LEAN manufacturing, maintenance, quality, safety, planning, and purcha sing

functions. Integra te key corporate systems including safety, finance, capital approval, manufactu ring, quality, IT, and human

resources. Responsible for recommending improvements in manufacturing methods, implementing the Kennametal V alue

Business System, and leading LEAN manufactu ring in itia tives. Manage the annual capital budget of $2 m illion.

Profitability Imp rovement

Implemented controls yielding a 41% reduction in OPEX and 60% reduction in COS w ithin one year.

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Developed pricing and cost models to ensure profitability o f p roducts at time o f quotation.

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Designed and implemented a p rice realization p rocess that c ontinues to average a 30% monthly p rice improvement

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year over year.

LEAN Manufactu ring and Change Management

Championed LEAN initiatives tha t grew operational capacity of a product used in the oil and gas industry by 67%.

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Led a Six Sigma p rocess improvement p roject to improvement first pass yield to g reater than 95%.

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First Kennametal employee assigned to a newly acquired ma nufacturing site .

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Conducted training in LEAN, Value Stream Mapping, Failu re Modes and Effects Analysis, Quality Function

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Deployment, and Six S igma.

Introduced LEAN manufactu ring principles and Six S igma me thodologies as the foundations fo r p rocess

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improvement.

Launched Kennametal's Value Business System (KVBS) a t the newly acquired facilities.

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Served as the key point o f contact for managing the in tegratio n of key corporate processes.

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Implemented cultural changes to transform the site into an ac cident free workplace.

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Developed and deployed a manufacturing stra tegy based on Toyota Production System p rinciples.

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Operational Improvement

Implemented a s tandardized system to forecast sales and p rofitability for corporate reporting purposes.

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Led process documentation initia tives for all product streams to benchmark processes for subsequent improvements.

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Oversaw a $1M build ing reconstruction, which included engineering controls to ensure safe opera tions.

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Reduced OSHA DART rate from 13.6 to 5.5 in less than one year’s time .

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Improved year-over-year on-time delivery by 40%, lead-time by 57%, and productivity (sales pe r FTE) by 4% in

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economically challenging times.

Human Resources Management

Initia ted monthly a ll e mployee meetings to facilitate communication with management and hourly emp loyees.

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Administered mitigating steps to ensure that labor union orga nization did not occur.

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Implemented a po ints-based rewards p rogram for tra ining participation and safe ty imp rovement.

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Developed pay for perfo rmance discretionary wage program for hourly and sala ried employees.

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Championed the implemen tation o f an employee performanc e review process fo r direct and indirect reports.

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Implemented an a ttendance improvement p rogram that reduced unexcused absences by more than 50% for hourly

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employees.

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Michael D. Sher wi n

413 Jenny Drive Gibsonia, PA ● 412-***-**** ● mdsherwin @gmail.com

Project Manager ● Latrobe, PA ● APR 2007 – NOV 2007

Responsible for managing a variety of manufacturing and process improvement projects as assigned. Primary project included

setting up a new manufacturing cell to produce products for the U.S. Milita ry, which included transferring material science and

production technology knowledge from a German manufactu ring facility to the United States. As part of this p roject, dire cted

an international cross-functional project team that included more than 30 team members . Othe r pro jects focused on pro cess

improvement, new product development, and capital purchases.

Project Management

Procured capital and wo rked with vendors on equipment specifications, installation, and project timelines.

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Achieved corporate time line objectives for key m ilestones an d product run o ff.

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Served as key point of contact with the military contractor during the project life cycle.

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Managed the installation $1M wo rth o f manufactu ring equipm ent to support a U.S . Military p roduct line.

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Completed a ma rket research study with the purpose of assessing the feasibility of entering the woodworking market.

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LEAN Manufactu ring and S ix Sig ma

Utilized Gage R&R and process capability measures to ensure equipment capability matched customer expectations.

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Led a Six Sigma p roject that yie lded $80k in annualized savings.

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Played a key role in a six mon th facility -wide LEAN p roject le d by Kennametal’s CEO tasked with reducing lead time.

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Developed a dashboard reporting tool used to report key performance indicators to plant management.

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Became the first Kennametal inte rnally trained e mployee to a chieve Six Sigma G reenbelt Ce rtification .

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Designed a manufacturing cell using FMEA, 5-S, and other L EAN manufacturing methodologies.

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Lectured and presented at S ix Sigma train ing sessions hosted by Kennametal.

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Quality and Manufactu ring Eng ineering Manager ● Irw in, PA ● JUL 2005 – APR 2007

Responsible for designing and imp lementing standard ized quality systems th roughout the facility. Analyzed key manufacturing

data and recommended process improvement and optimization projects. Developed systems, p rocedures, and conducted

training to prepare the facility fo r IS O9001:2000 certification. Directed and oversaw the day to day activities o f the material

analysis lab, which included a Quality Engineer, a Lead Technician, and four Union Laborato ry Technicians.

Quality Systems

Facilitated c ross-functional teams to perform root cause analysis and implement corrective actions.

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Mentored successor in leading facility to ISO9001:2000 certification follow ing promotion out o f position.

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Designed a relational database to track external and internal quality costs and correla te with manufactu ring data .

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Introduced a cost of quality metric and subsequently reduced the scrap rate of the facility.

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LEAN Manufactu ring and S ix Sig ma

Led a Value Stream Mapping pro ject to imp rove on-time deliv ery fro m 40% to consistently g reater than 70%.

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Mined data to statis tically correlate key process data with key performance metrics and determ ined root causes.

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Led a variety of projects that u tilized VSM, QFD, FMEA, 5-S, Standard Operations, and Six S igma tools .

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Oversaw laboratory improvement project that optim ized flow and included more than $200k worth of new equipment.

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Crucible Compaction Metals ● Oakdale, P A ● JAN 2004 – JUL 2005

Producer and processor of powder metal alloys fo r the aeros pace, power generation, plastic tooling, and marine systems.

Materia ls and P rocess Engineer ● Oakdale, PA ● JAN 200 4 – JUL 2005

Responsible for process engineering and improvements of a 5000 lb capacity metal powder gas atomiza tion vessel.

Communicated with customers to ensure powder me tal p roducts met requirements as specified by aerospace quality

requirements. Translated customer product requirements into internal process parameters to ensure delivery of quality

products manufactured via powder metal consolidation me thods (HIP). Developed new powder metal alloys fo r use in

aerospace and defense applications using designed experiments.

Process Imp rovement

Initia ted a 5-S program as the foundation fo r LEAN manufacturing in the atom ization department.

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Performed a data m ining exercise to determ ine the root caus e of a $250k product and implemented corrective action.

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Implemented sta tistical methods (regression, hypothesis testing, DOE) to identify process root causes.

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Designed a relational database to monitor, predict, and control the effect o f process variables on powder products.

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Introduced quantitative methods fo r optimizing p roduction pla nning and scheduling for the degassing process.

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Michael D. Sher wi n

413 Jenny Drive Gibsonia, PA ● 412-***-**** ● mdsherwin @gmail.com

AMTellect, Inc . ● S tate Co llege, P A ● APR 2002 – JAN 200 4

Design center offe ring ma teria ls testing and evaluation, simulation, product design, and process development services in

metal in jection mo lding fo r the medical device, e lectronics, an d automotive industries.

Marketing Engineer ● S tate College, PA ● AP R 2002 – JA N 2004

Part of a sta rt-up team that established a mate rials research center with a core mission of decreasing product incubation

periods by assisting customers in design for manufacturability . Wo rked with customers to develop cost-effective design for

manufacturability solutions using metal injection molding. Responsible for comple ting ma rket research studies to assess th e

strategic fit markets with business strategy.

Business Development

Worked with customers to develop cost-effective design fo r m anufacturability solutions using me tal injection mo lding.

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Lectured at industry conference design seminars and at customer sites to p romote new technologies.

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Aligned services, pricing methodology, and sales initia tives with a contract manufacture r located in Singapore.

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Led business development activities in the United States for the Singaporean manufacturing partner.

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Developed a customer rela tionship management database to manage customer contacts, quotations, and sales.

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Identified and participated in trade shows specifically targe ted at customer acquisition and company promo tion.

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Coordinated rela tionships with R&D partners in the medical d evice, ammunition, and electronics industries.

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Completed a ma rket research study on the disposable medic al device market.

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ADDITIONA L EXPERIENC E

Westinghouse Electro-Mechanical D ivision ● Industrial Engin eer ● Cheswick, PA ● A UG 2001 – APR 2002

Center fo r Innovative Sintered Products ● G raduate Research Assistant ● University Park, PA ● JAN 2000 – AUG 2001

Penn State University Me tal Casting Group ● Graduate Rese arch Assistant ● University Park, PA ● JAN 2000 – AUG 200 1

Westmoreland P lastics ● Quality In tern ● Latrobe, PA ● JUN 1999 – AUG 1999

Applied Research Laboratory ● Underg raduate Researcher ● University Pa rk, PA ● MAY 1998 – DEC 1998

Avery Dennison Chemical Corpora tion ● Quality Technician Co-Op ● Mill Hall, PA ● SEP 1997 – DEC 1997

EDUCA TION

MBA, O rganizational Behavio r and Ma rketing Focus

Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business ● Pittsburgh, PA ● MAY 2008

MS, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

Penn State University ● University Park, PA ● DEC 2001

BS, Ma teria ls Science and Enginee ring

Penn State University ● University Park, PA ● DEC 1999

A WA R D S

Kennametal Value Business System Award for Product Development Technical Excellence, 2009

Kennametal Advanced Materials Solu tions G roup Excellence in Leadership Award, 2008

CERTIFICA TION S

Certified Six Sigma G reenbelt (ASQ)

Certified Quality Function Deployment G reenbelt (QFD Institu te)

Failure Modes and Effects Analysis G reenbelt (Kennametal L ean Enterprise)

Kennametal Leadership Development Conference

Dale Carnegie

AFFILIATION S

Penn State Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Society ● P resident ● 2006 – 2008

American Society for Quality ● Member ● 2008 – Present

Penn State Mechanical Engineering Society● Student Mentor ● 2009 – Present

TECH NICA L SK ILLS

Minitab ● MS P roject ● MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, Visio) ● Visual Basic ● SAP● SAS

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