Manager Management

JIM ROBINSON

**** ********* ***** ****. ***** Park, TX 78613

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PRODUCTION MANAGER

P & L Responsibility / Manufacturing and Marketing Leadership / Start-ups

Turnaround Management / Strategic Planning

Management Experience: President of two small companies, General Manager

for a medium-sized company and a "Director" for a division of two large

companies. Highly organized achiever with a proven ability to improve the

bottom line in both large and small companies.

Entrepreneurial Experience / Start-ups: Started my own electronics assembly

company in San Diego, a CA corporation which managed a "maquiladora" in

Tecate, Mexico to utilize inexpensive labor for assembly work.

Turnaround Experience: Joined a small company in Silicon Valley that was

losing over $1M annually. Lead the company to break even during my first

year and made a profit of $1M the second year. During my five years as the

President, the company had annual 25-35% growth in both revenue and

profits. It was then acquired by a very large British company for a large

profit to the owners.

WORK HISTORY:

JCR CONSULTING SERVICES, Inc. Austin, TX 2002

to Present

President

. Implemented LEAN MANUFACTURING at 2 Austin companies.

. Wrote a business plan for a start-up to raise "angel" funding.

. Implemented TQM (Total Quality Management) at 2 companies.

. Managed the "turnaround" of two companies who were going under.

CDS Leopold/Systems Austin, TX 1999 to

2001

General Manager

. Managed increasing shipments from $25M to $75M annually within 18

months.

. Managed the growth of plant capacity from 40Hours/week to 24/7 in 3

months.

. Increased the bookings from the #1 customer (Applied Materials) by

$60M/Yr.

. Reduced employee turnover by 50% in the first year.

JIM ROBINSON

512/918-1622 **********@******.**.***

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SILICON VALLEY GROUP (ASML-NV) San Jose, CA 1997 to

1998

Director of Advanced Operations

. Managed a group of engineers/technicians developing 300 mm systems.

. Established procedures to track new wafer handling equipment for 300

mm.

. Managed a job shop operation to keep small orders out of high volume

facility.

MATHESON SEMI-GAS SYSTEMS San Jose, CA 1996

to 1997

Director of Manufacturing

. Implemented Total Quality Management (TQM) system.

. Implemented Supply Chain Management (SCM) procedures.

. Implemented Just-In-Time (JIT) procedures.

. Reduced order turnaround time by 32%.

FLEXCON, Inc. San Diego, CA / Mexico

1988 to 1995

CEO/President

. Incorporated a CA corporation to do electronic assemblies and

prototypes.

. Located an empty building in Tecate, Mexico to use as a maquiladora.

. Grew the business from one employee (me) to 45 employees.

. Sold the corporation profitably after 7 years of successful operation.

EDUCATION:

BS Marketing---Drake University Des Moines, IA

MBA Courses---San Jose State University San Jose, CA

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