Frederic paul's InformationLocation: Fort Collins, ColoradoTitle: Engineering ManagementExperience: 12+ yearsWork Types:

Willing to Relocate: YesWilling to Travel: Few times a monthCareer Level: Senior(non-manager)Work Status: U.S. CitizenInterests:

Defense & SpaceElectrical/Electronic ManufacturingOil & EnergyOutsourcing/OffshoringHospital & Health CareMember Since: 2011-05-17 Helpful Links

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Frederic Paul Gresky

2351 Ridgecrest Road, Fort Collins, CO 80524-1549

(970) 493 – 1148 Phone / (970) 472 – 0663 FAX / 970-***-**** Cell

E-mail: abowff@r.postjobfree.com

CAREER GOALS STATEMENT

I use my leadership skills, characteristics, and proven competency to

solve problems, to find savings, and to remove obstacles to company success.

LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT CHARACTERISTICS

Engineer with a panoply of leadership skills and project management including finance and technology

Results-oriented senior-level management professional

Able to go beyond daily requirements to solve problems and find cost saving

Cost savings achieved in several companies while working in different technologies

Bringing in highly technical and complex projects in on time and within budget

Demonstrated problem analysis and technical obstacle removal

Soft skills use including behavior, consensus, respect, and optimism to build teams

Demonstrated trouble-shooting skills for problems that have long needed an answer

Respecting the financial aspects of engineering projects and not just the technical concerns

Positive, reliable, focused, determined, energetic, competent, and good with communications

Follower of the management principles and leadership observations of Peter Drucker

KEY COMPETENCY AREAS

Use of lateral versatility to meet challenges and opportunities

Demonstrated productivity improvements: Lean Thinking; Lean Manufacturing; continuous improvement

Quality Assurance and Quality Control: 10X, 5S, ATS, and Six Sigma practices

Safety Practices, Plant Protection, Ergonomic Engineering and Industrial Hygiene

Contracting: negotiations, vendor relations, Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative (COTR)

Directing consensus driven and team-based project groups

Directed quality control through calibrated processes

Demonstrated leadership as a club officer for technical and social organizations

Obstacles removed through calculated risk taking

Uses behavior style to work respectfully with others

Certified as Auditor for ISO 14001 – Environmental; Skilled at auditing correctly and professionally

Professional Experience

Contractor

Part time position/Self Employed 2010 - Present

Certified as claims adjuster through Texas Department of Insurance through ProTech (Xactimate 25.0)

Xactimate V27.0 Training at Orem, Utah

Passed State Farm Insurance basic tests for contract insurance work through Eberls

Passed PaRR course for FEMA Flood adjuster

Collins Collision Products

Part time position 2005 –2010

Automobile parts remanufacturing, chrome plating, warehousing, distribution, and delivery

Maintain customer relationships in a wide variety of products and services

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Celestica Colorado

Calibration/Metrology Services/Production Operations 2001 – 2004

Lead person responsible for training new employees in manufacturing, testing, and documentation..

Certified Internal Auditor for ISO 14001 (International Standards Organization 14001 – Environmental Processes)

Certified HAZWOPER (Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response) Technician

Corrected 128 audit deficiency items to zero level in four months while initiating changes that resulted in an annual out of pocket savings of $45,000.

Resolved one dozen ergonomic problems with workplace setups for shift workers.

Initiated and documented a cost savings analysis showing cost savings of over $100,000

Adecco

PRODUCTION OPERATIONS Contract Assignment at Celestica Colorado2000 –2001

Certified in IPC-A-610 (International Printed Circuit-Document A- Standard Number 610) workmanship standards

EnviroTemps, Inc. -Contract Assignment at U.S. Treasury Denver Mint

SENIOR ENGINEER Plant Engineering Branch 1999 – 2000 No personnel responsibilities as a contract engineer

Solved maintenance accessibility problem with an air dryer installation

Demonstrated leadership in solving a deficiency in a national purchase contract as the Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative (COTR) when independent action was immediately required.

Initiated a unique solution for a long-standing security problem for the Mint Police in less than a week. This security problem had not previously been solved by any other employees or any other contract personnel.

Eastman Kodak Company

An extensive career with a wide range of assignments including senior engineer, production department head, and staff engineer to the site management team. A list of projects and programs is included in the addendum.

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SENIOR ENGINEER Wide Roll Manufacturing Division 1983 –1998 Primary assignment to manage all capital and maintenance for the Analytical Laboratory; Responsible for two to three direct reports

Voluntarily separated from Kodak in 1998 downsizing of traditional products.

My achievements include:

1) Developed and implemented a unique leak detection system for hazardous chemical leaks to prevent explosion concern in a plastics extrusion production line. No other Kodak plant was able to achieve this operational success.

2) Develop and install monitors for polymer to determine monomer to polymer conversion to reduce batch making time

3) Solved HVAC problem in the laboratory that compromised analytical integrity by using a creative application of standard vendor equipment

4) Eliminated potential hazardous gas intrusion problem by of redesigning the gas cylinder storage area

5) Solved a materials handling problem that had a $300,000 annual cost in injury and lost time.

6) Solved a VOC monitoring test site problem and prevented potential employee injury

7) Discovered deficiencies at an early stage in a worldwide metrology program and eliminated the unnecessary elements with significant cost savings through

8) Solved design flaws in converting laboratory instruments for shop floor applications using NASA methods.

9) Expert problem solver for projects in surface measurement, film thickness, and heat sealing.

10) Initiated and solved vendor quality control problems with material and waste issues.

11) Selected by Plant Manager as the Project Champion to develop a on-site State Watchable Wildlife Area. This was a political project.

SENIOR ENGINEER Technical Services Division 1975- 1983 Lead Engineer position with three senior engineers and six Senior Technicians and Electronic Technicians as direct reports.

Selected by facilities management for a unique position to be responsible for all capital projects and maintenance issues in the analytical, production control, and physical testing operations

Discovered and led resolution of a financial error that converted $470,000 from capital to expense

Initiated a taxation problem solution that led to a $100,000 cost savings in present

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SENIOR ENGINEER Plant Facilities Staff Division 1974 –1975 Plant Site Coordinator

No direct reports in this staff position

Staff Engineer for the plant capital budget and plant floor space utilization for a 3 million square foot plant

DEPARTMENT HEAD Plastic Products 1972 - 1974 Responsible for seventy production and three foremen

Initiated discovery of a major down-stream inventory problem and helped with the solution

PRODUCTION ENGINEER Plastic Products 1971 –1972 No direct reports

Led the commissioning of facilities for production operations in a new plant.

Initiated and drove change that resulting in a 33% gain in machine efficiency through justification of an additional 10% cost in machine controls. This met a future production need and eliminated a 40 week lead time problem

PRODUCTION ENGINEER/DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER 1969 –1971 Plastic and Metal Products Division

No direct reporting personnel. Strictly a production engineering assignment

SENIOR RELIABILITY DESIGN REVIEW AND TEST ENGINEER Kodak Apparatus Division 1966- 1969 No direct reports. Direct engineering assignment for NASA and Class 3 electronics manufacturing.

Design verification for thermal characteristics and failure analysis for the reliability model and regular production.

Test engineer for the Lunar Orbiter Program with Kodak and Boeing. Others are still classified.

Support documentation engineering for final customer buyoff.

SUBCONTRACT QUALITY CONTROL ENGINEER Kodak Apparatus Division 1965- 1966

Subcontract quality control engineering for Kodak Federal Systems Division products.

Conduct product vibration testing, EMC/EMI,, and testing of shipping containers.

DOD Security clearance of Secret

Western Union Telegraph Company

Field Engineer

June 1962 – November 1965 AUTODIN Computer Centers (military communications)

Project engineering and installation of computer centers and communications centers.

Security clearance of Top Secret with Crytographic Access by DOD

U. S. Army, Corps of Engineers

Officer Ft. Belvoir, VA; Ft. Campbell, KY; Ft. Benning, GA; Republic of Korea

July 1962 – July 1964 (Active Duty – On leave from Western Union)

Construction Engineering – Light Equipment, Rock Crushing Operations, Float Bridge, Combat Engineering

Lieutenant; Company Battalion Adjutant, Captain with Honorable Discharge

Security Clearance of Secret by DOD.

Security Clearances Held

Secret; Top Secret with Crypto Access – Inactive (U. S. Army, Western Union, and Eastman Kodak 1962 to 1976)

Clearance for access to the U. S. Mint, Denver, CO (U. S. Treasury - Mint, Secret Service, BATF) - 1999 to 2000

Education and Training

BS, Electrical Engineering, University of Tennessee-Knoxville

Diploma, Oak Ridge High School, Oak Ridge, Tennessee - science major

University of Rochester, Evening School –math and electrical engineering courses

Colorado State University, Evening School Courses -Conversational Japanese language, Financial Management

University of Colorado, Denver, CO, “ Management of Technical Personnel “

Fort Belvoir, VA, Corps of Engineers Officer Orientation Course – Construction project management

Eastman Kodak Company - Performance Management (Aubrey Daniels and Associates), Behavior Style

Recognition (Creating Personal Relationships/Promoting Relations with Others)

Analytical Trouble Shooting (Kepner-Tregoe), Quality Circles Quality Assurance

Conducting Meetings and Presentations (EKCo internal training), Mountain States

Employment Council on Industrial Relations.

Continuing Education Corporation – East Brunswick, NJ, Thermal Analysis Instrumentation (Plastics Testing)

Society of Plastics Engineers – President for 1-1/2 terms for Denver Chapter of the Society of Plastics

Engineers, House Chairman 1977 NATEC (National Technical Conference)

Past President of two social organizations in Colorado spanning more than 10 years.

Treasurer, Noritake Collectors Society for the 2009 – 2010 term; Auditor for NCS Treasury records in 2008; Convention Coordinator for 2011

HAZMAT (Hazardous Material) Certified Technician (Celestica Colorado in 2003 - 2004)

Certified Internal Auditor for ISO Standard 14001 (International Standards Organization Standard for Environmental processes) at Celestica Colorado in 2003

Master Safety Instructor for Colorado Division of Wildlife. Instructor of the Year in 1985; over 15,100 students taught, Colorado candidate for Winchester Instructor of the Year in 1987 and 1989 (one of four finalists), Recognized in the Congressional Record, Recognized by Letter of Commendation by the Colorado State Legislature at the 10,000 student level and at the 15,000 student level

Claims Adjuster, Texas Department of Insurance, 2010 through 2012 – Certified, no working claims or call out for catastrophes, knowledge of insurance policies and included coverage, will not be renewing.

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Projects, Manufacturing and Instrumentation Background

Projects

The types of projects for which I was responsible give a good measure of my skills and versatility:Analytical laboratory facilities and instrumentation –knowledge of a wide range of instrumentsModifications and additions for laboratory workspace, sprinklers, and fume hoodsChemical preparation booths and rooms – prevention of cross contamination with laminar flow rooms, pathology tables, and vertical down flow work benchesSubcontract Quality Control of vendor supplied materials including problem resolutionMRP Engineering support responsible for production product standards and cross-contamination testingReliability Engineering for design review and testing (verification of design and QC testing)Production, storage, and material handling facilities (gas cylinders, solvent and acid cabinets)Physical measurements testing including keeping room storage conditions Microscopy and image archiving including bullet comparator microscopy for physical defectsProcess monitoring and controls for shop floor applications – samplers and conformal coatingErgonomics engineering for materials handling issues to prevent employee injuryIndustrial engineering for implementing process efficiency concernsFire, Safety, and Plant Protection engineering within laboratoryFacilities maintenance and management including services such as conditioned powerAsset management for equipment including dismantlement and donationsEnvironmental monitoring and hazardous waste managementEquipment for chain of custody sample holding Clean manufacturing/clean room operations including particulate monitoringMaintain laboratory air flow and room pressurization including air flow checks, HEPA filtration, and room/air supply balancing All projects included checklists covering: specifications, alternatives and selection criteria, safety, fire, plant protection, industrial hygiene, ergonomics, insurance issues (Factory Mutual Insurance Agency), ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990), EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) permits, environmental issues, LOTO (Lock Out/Tag Out –safety features), cost benefits and justification, dismantlement, calibration, operational issues for training and maintenance, and information systems issues.

Manufacturing

My experience encompasses these types of manufacturing, capital projects, and maintenance support.Final Assembly and System Test – Server and electronics communications assemblies Printed Circuit Assembly – Slide line, Post Test Assembly, Routing, In Circuit Testing, Failure Diagnosis, Board Washers, Conformal Coating, Potting, IPC-610A Standards, Packaging - shipment of boards and assemblies (i.e. servers, processors) Processor unit assembly ands test operations Inspection of completed units – Class 2 (Celestica) and Class 3/NASA (Kodak Federal Systems) Qualification of assemblies - environmental conditions (dynamic exciters, temperature and humidity) Calibration of instruments and systems for ovens for SMT (Surface Mount Technology – surface placement of electronic components), routers, voltmeters, and torque drivers ISO (International Standards Organization) Audits – Calibration procedures, in-house calibration and sub-contract calibration, and documentation, ISO 9000, ISO 9001, ISO 14001 Auditor ESD (ElectroStatic Discharge) – installations, documentation, and audits Manufacturing operations –injection molding operations, extrusion web operations, part assembly, inspection stations for web quality, Melt Index and plastic calibration quality control operations

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Instrumentation/Process Control

The breadth of instrumentation projects includes: Spectrophotometers – UV-visible (Ultraviolet – visible light spectrum), WDX (Wavelength Dispersive

X-ray), EDX (Energy Dispersive X-ray), FTIR (Fourier Transform Infrared), ICP (Inductively Coupled

Plasma), AA (Atomic Adsorption by flame and graphite furnace) Physical Testing – Keeping Rooms, Gloss, Haze, Color Matching, Scratch and Abrasion Chromatography – GC (Gas Chromatograph), LC (Liquid Chromatograph), IC (Ion Chromatograph), GC-MS (Gas Chromatograph with Mass Spectrometer accessory)Oil testing – RBOT (Rotary Bomb Oxidation Test), Rust, Wear, Ferrography, Viscosity, SOAP (Spectrographic Oil Analysis Program for metallic wear particles) Particle sizing – sedimentation, light scattering, voltage perturbation Microscopy and image archiving – light microscopy, SEM (Scanning Electron Microscope), TEM (Transmission Electron Microscopy), and fluorescence microscopy Density- laboratory and at line, in-stream process control, balance weighing Process monitors – IR (Infrared), NIR (Near Infrared), THA (Total Hydrocarbon Analysis), GC (Gas Chromatograph – all with special calibration requirementsProcess Monitor for Estar polymer reactors to increase throughput for determination of completion of monomer to polymer. VOC (Volatile Organic Compound) monitoring – remote collection sample points and multiple component calibration gas Extrusion Line for Estar Film – Develop and install heat transfer solution leak detector to prevent explosion with secondary calibration standard. My design was the only one of the ten Kodak international manufacturing sites that was functionalRCRA test instrumentation – TOX, TOCBalances and scales – precision, vibration isolation, draft shielding, to incorporate 10-X quality process Tensiometer and balance systems – surface tension and inter-surface interaction Thermal analysis – DSC (Differential Scanning Calorimetry), TGA (Total Gravimetric Analysis), TG-DTA – for chemical and polymer analysis by Total Gravimetric and followed by Differential Scanning Calorimetry) Calibration/Standards laboratory –dimensional, thermal, flow, weights and measures, chemical, electrical Laboratory furniture– countertops, room air changes, auxiliary air systems Fume containment – fume hoods, vertical down-flow cabinets, exhaust extraction devices, biological cabinetsHVAC (Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning) – air flow measurements, laboratory cleanliness, chemical mixing and holding tanks Biomonitoring - satellite laboratory for fish toxicity studies relative to discharge permit Pure and Ultra pure water systems – filtration, polishing, Glassware washing systems – acid rinse, demin rinse, drying racks for specialty glasswareSolvent Oxidizer for solvent removalAnnealing furnace for coin blanks

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