Manager Project

PAUL W. CRANE Home: 508-***-****

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Holden, MA 01520 E-mail: *******@*******.***

OBJECTIVE

A management position within a medical device product design group or process development group

where my experience and leadership in the design and manufacture of plastic products will make a

dramatic impact on achieving company goals.

SUMMARY

A plastics engineering professional with over 18 years of experience in the design and manufacture of

plastic products for medical and defense applications. Broad technical perspective accumulated from

R&D training combined with practical experience from daily manufacturing operations.

• Goal driven manager focused on data driven decision making

• Excellent problem solver with the innate ability to simplify complex situations

• Experienced project manager who identifies critical paths before they are project crucial

• Responds creatively to challenges, crises and increased responsibilities

• Extensive product design and process development experience of injection molded

products

• Effective, well-respected and successful leader consistently demonstrating high personal

ethics and dedication to work

EXPERIENCE

INNOVATIVE MOLD SOLUTIONS; Leominster, MA Oct 2000 – Present

Contract manufacturer of technical plastic components for medical and defense industries

VICE-PRESIDENT MANUFACTURING: (Sept, 2004)

• Responsible for monthly profitability of company reporting to President

- Steadily increased profit over last four years by an average of $280,000/year

• Hired and developed staff of (45) people in production, quality, engineering and supply chain

• Program manager for several medical customers; responsible for all project deliverables

including: cost of goods, product quality, on time delivery and customer satisfaction

- Developed and qualified processes for over (95) new medical and defense parts

- Earned status of exclusive or preferred supplier rating with every medical customer

- Product examples: disposable hearing aid, ophthalmic surgical syringe, high pressure

syringe, well plates for life science, night vision components

• Provide product, material and mold design expertise to maximize customer value

- Optimize product designs for manufacturability, lowest unit cost, improved quality and

functional performance through early involvement with design team

- Minimize tooling expenses with innovative approaches to mold designs

• Driver of technology to continually advance competitiveness in technically challenging niche

business

- Designed and implemented state of the art thin wall Ultem™ molding cell

- Developed manufacturing process and supply chain for proprietary EMI shielding

technology for Ultem™ components

• Develop strategic goals, implementation plans and lead project teams to achieve timely and

measurable results

- Managed cost improvement team that achieved a savings of over $300,000 in 2008

- Transferred two assembly work-cells from customer’s site to reduce COG by 40%

- Implemented IQMS ERP system to streamline business operations and reduce O/H

- Partnered with key supplier to reduce manufacturing costs by 35%

- Managed team that revised quality management system to achieve ISO 9001 compliance

PROCESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER: (Oct, 2000)

• Responsible for start-up of new injection molding business unit

- Specified facilities and processing equipment, finalized product designs with customers

- Coordinated construction of class 100,000 clean room and assembly area

- Debugged and qualified molds, developed processes and managed production

- Implemented quality and production systems for medical molding

• Managed team of 15 people that developed manufacturing solutions for technically challenging

injection molding applications

• Program manager for six new customers; responsible for sales, engineering and production

- Doubled sales volume each year for four consecutive years to $2.4 million in 2004

BAUSCH & LOMB, Global Vision Care, Process Engineering; Rochester, NY Feb 96 – Oct 2000

World class manufacturer of contact lenses and eye care products

SENIOR PROCESS ENGINEER:

• Developed molding processes and designed products for improved process capability and cost

• Team leader for plastics core technology improvement projects:

- A joint development project with major resin supplier to create a custom molding material

- Developed mold base cooling technology for improved process capability and cycle time

- Identified and tested the feasibility of alternate molding materials

• Created a technology development strategy and implementation plan for plastics engineering

department

• Fostered technical alliances with several key equipment and material suppliers

• Injection molding team leader of a $35 million capital expansion to manufacture high volumes of

contact lenses. Molding team consisted of two engineers, three R&D and eight manufacturing

technicians

• Installed and validated $9 million of equipment which included 16 molding machines and related

automation equipment in a clean room environment

• Utilized DOE methods and computer modeling tools to optimize process capability and part

designs

MOBIL CHEMICAL COMPANY, Plastics Division, R & D; Macedon, NY June 90 – Feb 96

R&D center supporting 10 manufacturing plants producing plastic packaging products

DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER I & II:

• Developed and designed web converting processes for polyethylene film products

• Interfaced with marketing and manufacturing on new product and process development teams

• R&D project leader for new consumer plastic film product marketed under the HEFTY brand

name with annual sales of $10 million and project capital expenditures of $3 million

• Team leader for a process improvement project spanning 5 plants and 35 production lines

• Developed several new product concepts and produced consumer test samples

• Conducted process feasibility studies of alternative plastic material for fast food packaging

• Assisted on start-up of 10 new production lines for a product line with $50 million in sales

EDUCATION ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Rochester, NY

M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, May 1995 (Highest Honors)

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, May 1990 (High Honors)

PROFESSIONAL Effective Personal Productivity, Effective Personal Leadership

DEVELOPMENT Advanced Design of Experiments, Juran on Quality Improvement

Fitness-For-Use product functionality, Project planning with MS Project

Kepner & Tregoe Problem Solving, SPE Member for 12 years

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