Kyle A. Balzer, CMS

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937-***-****

Current Address: Permanent Address:

** *. ****** **. ***. 902 2050 Liberty Rd.

Athens, OH 45701 New Carlisle, OH 45344

Technical Experience:

General Electric Aviation – Peebles Test Operation, Peebles, OH

Early Identification Co-op/Intern, June - December 2008

Worked in multiple disciplines including production, quality, operations, testing, and design.

Worked on the production floor to gain technical knowledge about turbofan engines.

Identified and accumulated all tooling for an entire engine family.

Determined manufacturing priorities based on weekly production schedules and created daily

assignments.

Incorporated quality management by documenting defects and compiling data to resolve

problems encountered.

Learned principles involved in communicating requirements, managing supplier performance

and relationships, logistics, and working in an extended enterprise.

Became skilled with project management and the ability to plan, lead, design projects, and

deployment of resources.

Correlated project status across multiple sites within GE Aviation.

Served on a committee that audited the facility for compliance in drug testing mandated by

the Federal Aviation Administration.

Organized and facilitated bi-weekly meetings on the status of a development engine program.

Level 1 certified Turbofan Technician.

Worked on various quality Six Sigma green belt projects that showed nearly $25,000 in

savings for the fiscal year.

Rage Corporation Custom Plastics, Hilliard, OH

Co-op, June - December 2007

Learned valuable knowledge pertaining to the plastics industry including project

management and volume of the market principles.

Serviced several Fanuc robots on Blister-Pac line.

Serviced many types and sizes of injection molding machines including VanDorn, Cincinnati

Milicron, Mir, Nissei, Toshiba, HPM, and Aoki.

Installed conveyor systems that allowed for quicker packaging.

Worked in tool room with CNC, grinders, sawing, drilling, and lathes on various injection

and blow molds.

Stewart MacDonald Manufacturing, Athens, OH

Warehouse Employee, January 2007- May 2008

Engineered a solution to prevent packaging returns due to vendor negligence.

Researched costs and performance of cardboard balers for implementation in warehouse.

Reorganized packaging area to improve allowance of time-per-package.

Pulled orders from specific locations in warehouse while monitoring product flow.

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Education:

Ohio University, Athens, OH

Russ College of Engineering and Technology

B.S. Industrial Technology (Manufacturing Engineering), June 2009

Emphasis on Manufacturing & Processes and Manufacturing Information Technology

Minor: Business Administration

Overall GPA: 3.07/4.00

Engineering GPA: 3.63/4.00

Honors and Awards

2008-2009 F. Theodore Paige Outstanding Graduating Senior Award

Nominee for Tau Beta Pi Outstanding Graduating Senior Award

Epsilon Pi Tau Honors Society

Dean’s List: 6 quarters

Relevant Course Work:

Industrial Electronics Engineering Graphics

Production Metal Machining and Tooling Lean Manufacturing Methods

Quality Assurance and Metrology Programmable Logic Controllers

Metal Fabrication and Casting Manufacturing Computer Technology

Auto Identification and Data Capture Financial and Managerial Accounting

Manufacturing Materials Technical Writing

Industrial Plastics Business Management

Leadership:

Society of Manufacturing Engineers

Treasurer, 2008 - 2009

Led bi-monthly meetings, coordinated events including plant tours, socials, guest speakers,

chapter activities, and fundraisers.

Controlled and recorded finances.

Arranged and guided a plant tour at Peebles Test Operation.

Organized and created a budget of $2500 for a trip to SME’s Annual Manufacturing

Conference in Detroit, Michigan.

Epsilon Pi Tau National Honors Society, Lambda Chapter

Secretary, 2009, Treasurer, 2008

Served as a communication medium for professional development throughout the

organization.

Created balance sheets for bi-quarterly audits and handled all finances.

Recorded minutes from meetings and prepared a summary to be sent to all members of the

organization.

Certifications:

The Association of Technology, Management, and Applied Engineering (ATMAE)

Certified Manufacturing Specialist (CMS)

Personal certification in 16 core areas of manufacturing including, but not limited to,

Manufacturing Joining, Forming, and Casting, Traditional and Non Traditional Machining,

Polymers, Materials, Production Planning, Quality and Management & Supervision.

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