Manager Engineer

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New Brighton, MN 55112 Cell 612-***-****

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Michael Carroll, P.E.

Successful technical manager with extensive experience in engineering and

Profile manufacturing. Deep functional management experience in resource planning, project

management, PCIC, design & manufacturing engineering. Has worked in a variety of

business environments: start-up, acquisition and mature companies.

Implemented bar code scanning system for direct labor; 6 month ROI (2011)

Career Highlights Reduced total inventory from $4.5M to $2M in 2 years (2008-2010)

Mereen-Johnson plant consolidation from Minneapolis to Webster, SD (2008)

Managed $2M capital equipment purchase and plant consolidation project (2004-

2005).

Product line acquisition, product development and pilot production (2004-2005).

Nystrom, Brooklyn Park plant layout, installation & start-up (2004-2005).

Nystrom operations grew from $8M (single plant) to $15.6M (two plants) in eight

years. (1997-2005).

Automated product configuration and documentation system.

Nystrom awarded Manufacturer of the Year, 2002 by Manufacturers Alliance.

Managed $8 million capital equipment project delivered to Fortune 500 food

producer (1996).

Granted patent for 4 x5 photographic film loader (1994).

Granted patent for design of auto-load system for DIP IC memory handler (1987).

Work experience Mereen-Johnson Machine Co. Minneapolis, MN.

2006 - 2012

Vice President of Engineering & Manufacturing

Member of the Leadership Team reporting to the President/CEO. Direct reports:

Material Manager, Plant Manager (20 plant personnel), and the Engineering team.

Implemented standard cost system for standard configured products

Implemented a legacy part activation process which improve profit margins

Formalized the sales quotation process

Managed the new product development cycle; concept to commercialization

Established formal project management process in Sales & Engineering

Fully implemented SolidWorks design platform; managed legacy documentation

Established quarterly lean initiatives program by department in the plant

Implemented weekly on-time delivery metric for the parts order business

Chaired IT Steering Committee which managed the business information system,

network, computer hardware resources, service requests & training

Led lean initiatives to drive paperless processes

Project plan developed for implementation of a Quality Management System per

ISO 9000-2008 standard; pursuant to ISO registration

1997 - 2006 Nystrom, Inc. Minneapolis, MN

Director of Continuous Improvement

Staff position reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, dedicated to improving our

business processes. I worked with all functional managers to document their current

systems and improve productivity, delivery and quality.

Documentation of front & back office processes from opportunity to cash .

Resume - Mike Carroll.doc

Redevelopment of a mature production process using lean tools.

Director of Manufacturing & Engineering

Line manager reporting to the Chief Operating Officer. I managed two Plant Managers,

Facilities Manager, two Buyer/Planners and the Engineering team.

Manufactured products contributed $15.6M (70% of total revenue) in standard

configured commercial building products.

Managed the off shore manufacturing of standard products in Asia.

Thorough knowledge of finite capacity planning, master scheduling, MRP and

inventory control.

I was the first engineer hired by Nystrom and was charged with establishing an

Engineering function in the company. A critical decision was to use parametric solid

modeling as a design platform to leverage the type of product we were selling.

1994 1997 Food Engineering Corporation Plymouth, MN

Director of Materials & Manufacturing Engineering

A line manager reporting to the president. I managed a group of 10 people responsible

for purchasing, production control, inventory control, shipping & receiving.

1991 1994 Management Graphics Bloomington, MN (Sr. Manufacturing Engr.)

1986 1991 Applied Vision Systems Minneapolis, MN

(Manager of Operations; Mechanical Engineering Manager)

1984 1986 MCT Corporation St. Paul, MN (Sr. Design Engineer)

1981 1984 Pako Corporation Golden Valley, MN (Design Engineer)

1978 1981 CEA Carter-Day, Inc. Fridley, MN (Project Engineer, R &D)

Software Mechanical CAD/CAE/CAM: SolidWorks, AutoCAD 2D, Radan, Cosmos

Experience Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRPII): Epicor Manage 2000, Macola, ASK

Microsoft platform tools: Word, Excel, Outlook, Project, Access, PowerPoint

Education MBA (Mgmt. Support Systems), University of MN, Minneapolis, MN

Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering, University of MN, Minneapolis, MN

Pre-Engineering, Southwest State University, Marshall, MN

Lean Practitioner Certification, Manufacturer s Alliance, course work completed

Accreditation P.E. License No. 16179, (1983 to present)

Patents # 4,647,269 # 5,278,599 # 6,615,544 # 7,028,431

References Professional and personal references available upon request.

Resume - Mike Carroll.doc

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