Robert Lavin, MBA

***** ******* ***** ***** #***, Cincinnati, OH 45249

(C) 219-***-**** (E) ac2jep@r.postjobfree.com

Executive Summary

Key contributor with over 25 years of experience in Sales, Operations and Manufacturing Engineering within the Controls and truck based Medical Scanning Industries. Managed corporate departments and three manufacturing facilities, with full responsibility for every aspect of performance and personnel management. Passionate about having a "no excuses" and "whatever it takes" approach to my work and that of my coworkers. Experienced in supervising line workers, technicians as well as PhD level Engineers. Open and/or relocated six manufacturing facilities to increase capacity, contain costs and bring the facilities in line with corporate metrics. Personally, designed and brought to market twelve discrete products and one product line. Directly involved with the design, test, calibration and manufacture of 150 new control and instrumentation products. Worked closely with General Electric, Siemens, Toshiba and Phillips to deliver PET/CT and MRI portable medical scanners for use at the final customer site.

Core Competencies

Sensor Development, Manufacture and Application Corporate Team Management

Facility Maintenance and NFPA Code Cost/Benefit Analysis

Plant Relocation and New Plant Establishment Manufacturing Automation

Staff Selection and Development Capital Justifications

MRI and PET/CAT scanners New Product Introduction

Budget Issues Confidential Internal Investigations

Customer Sales Interactions Management of Maintenance Staff

Functional Experience

MEMS Sensors Capacitive Sensors

Strain Gages Hall Cell Sensors

Piezoelectric Sensors Automated Test and Calibration

Automated Mechanical Test and Calibration Automated Leak Testing

Motion Control PLC Application

Gas and Liquid Flow NIST Calibration Pressure NIST Calibration

Data Acquisition for PLCs and PCs Pilot Runs and Documentation

SCARA Robots Multi-Axis Robots

Ultrasonic Welding Laser Welding

Vibration Plate Welding Capacitive Discharge Welding

Resistance Welding TIG Welding

Thermosonic Bonding Laser Marking

Plasma Cleaning/Etching Permanent Mechanical Fastening

Professional Experience

Transducers Direct, LLC Cincinnati, Ohio June 2016 – September 2017

Specialized value-added reseller and designer/producer of linear position transducers and Bluetooth® enabled pressure transmitters. International presence in the medical, pressure test/calibration and transportation industries.

Operations Manager

Responsible for the daily operation of the Design Engineering, Research and Development, Production and Shipping Departments.

Instrumental in the selection and development of new products to sustain 20% sales growth.

Sourced and marketed measurement products for price sensitive controls and test markets.

Accountable for the design, release and production of a Bluetooth Enabled Pressure Transducer.

Acquired compliance with FCC, IC, ANSI, NGA and Intrinsically Safe standards.

Provided a private labeled, custom firmware Bluetooth® enabled control for a major US large pump manufacturer.

Project Manager for all engineering and production assignments to ensure that developmental time and cost metrics are met or surpassed.

Interacted daily with sales and production to meet daily emergency customer demand with very critical control devices and applications.

Advanced Mobility, Inc. Monee, Illinois July 2015 – Jan. 2016

Internationally recognized manufacturer for portable medical imaging equipment (MRI, PET, CAT Scan) systems. Built completely portable systems onto specialized truck trailer frames for hospitals, military and contract providers. Provided all design, build, re-build, delivery and maintenance services. Three production facilities with 100 employees.

Director of Operations

Integral leader for the application of Medical Diagnostic Scanning Equipment (MRI and PET/CAT scanners) onto portable platforms.

Daily contact with both the end user and OEM from project inception to contract completion.

Coordinated in house service department to satisfy customer requests for both service and upgrades for operating systems in the field.

Responsible for the establishment of a new 75,000 square foot production facility that increased manufacturing capacity by over 100%.

Accountable for the Production, Human Resources, Engineering and Purchasing Departments.

Hired over 40 new shop associates to support the new manufacturing facility and increase on time deliveries drastically.

Worked daily with General Electric, Siemens, Phillips and Toshiba to meet the end customer’s required deliveries.

Directed the engineering effort to provide customized turn-key systems for the VA, Army, and many other hospitals and service providers.

In charge of profit and loss, capital approvals and disbursements, profit margin compliance and all other manufacturing plant metrics.

Increased on time deliveries from 47% to 98% by increasing staff and expanding into a new production facility.

Dwyer Instruments, Inc. Michigan City, Indiana May 1990 – Feb. 2015

90-year-old company that designs and manufactures Industrial Controls for Flow, Pressure, HVAC, Valve Automation, Distance, Temperature (PID), etc. 450 employees at 8 vertically integrated manufacturing facilities. Operates worldwide sales and support network for full support of product line. Manufactures hundreds of Controls under the Dwyer, Love, W.E. Anderson, Proximity and Mercoid Brand Names.

Manufacturing Development Lead

Plant Manager Sensor Production Nov. 2013 – Feb. 2015

Developed MEMS Sensor bonding and test process for pressure sensors used for all aspects of industrial measurement and control.

The development process includes plasma cleaning, chip bonding, Thermosonic bonding, welding, test, characterization and build into final assemblies for pressure transmitters and pressure gages.

Designed and fabricated test and calibration equipment to eliminate bottle necks in the various production lines and eliminated late orders to conform to corporate goals.

Reduced order fulfillment, for configured products, from 6 to 3 days.

Increased overall sensor yield by 23%.

Increased plant first past yield by 14%.

Started development of a low-pressure MEMS transmitter and a new design to reduce finished transmitter inventory by 40%.

Team Leader Manufacturing Engineering, Maintenance, Tool Room and Security

July 1999 – Nov. 2013

Responsible for the management of 22 direct reports including all personnel, training and mentoring issues.

Strengthened company's business by leading implementation of ten lean manufacturing flow lines resulting in an average of 40% cost savings and 35% output improvement.

Provided for the repair and maintenance of on-site and 8 vertically integrated manufacturing sites.

Designed and released 12 products with 50% net profit margin.

Designed and released to market a Temperature Sensor (TC and RTD) Product Line that resulted in unit sales of 125,000 units per year at a net cost of 40%.

Investigated and modified utility cost structure which resulted in a $48k per year savings.

Automated manual part manufacturing, using SCARA, multiple 6-axis articulated robots and in-house built machines to realize an average of 67% yearly savings.

Installed and administered all building monitoring systems including: access/egress, intruder, fire (wet and halon) and video surveillance.

Installed a Building Automation Control System (BAC)

Machine Design Engineer May 1997 – July 1999

Designed and built complex fabrication and calibration machines to cut costs

and improve product quality for all Control Type Manufacturing. Implemented calibration and testing standards to conform to ANSI Z540.1.

Designed and brought to market a new sensor technology (Capacitive Cell) for the measurement of very low pressures at very high accuracies.

Designed, and put into production, automated NIST Traceable pressure and flow calibration systems using PLCs and PC based systems.

Closed and moved all production and electrical test/calibration activities for a business unit performing under company standards.

Increased production capacity by 32% and increased first past yield to 97%.

Electrical Manufacturing Engineer Aug. 1992 – May 1997

Engineered and standardized electrical test platform to reduce calibration and test error by 73%.

Reduced test times by 57% and improved the profitability of the electrical product lines.

Launched two SMT production lines to produce all production circuit boards used in all manufactured controls.

Investigated and established MDA Test Platform for SMT production to create a LEAN Manufacturing flow.

Specified and introduced a high-resolution scale printing system that reduced custom scale creation from 2 weeks to 2 hours.

Sales Engineer May 1990 – Aug. 1992

Specified mechanical and electrical control, measurement and test instruments for the HVAC, petrochemical, military, semiconductor, and pharmaceutical sectors.

Solved all application and specification issues.

Trained new Sales Engineers and Customer Service personnel on company products.

Examined and wrote quotations for large petrochemical and military projects.

Worked with product schedulers to expedite customer orders.

Developed custom and private labeled products.

Supported Field Sales Engineers and Remote Sales Offices with critical customer support issues.

Education

Indiana University

Master of Business Administration, Concentration in Corporate Management 1995

Purdue University

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Concentration in Systems and Controls 1990

Professional Affiliations and Training

Dwyer Executive Development Program

Department of the Navy Electrical Manufacturing Productivity Facility (EMPF)

Member, Institute of Electrical Engineering (IEEE)

Member, IEEE Sensor Society

Member, Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)

Member, Laser Institute of America (LIA)

Member of Dwyer 401k Investment Steering Committee

Member of Transducers Direct LLC Steering Committee

Experienced with Auto Cad and Master Cam

Experienced with Genus Project Tracking Software

Proficient with all MS Office Software

Volunteer Activities

Secretary and Executive Board Member, Munster Lions Club

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