John A. Buskirk

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Mukilteo, WA ***75

425-***-****

acaamq@r.postjobfree.com

Manufacturing Director

General Experience and Qualifications:

. Lean Manufacturing - Over 12 years of demonstrated working knowledge

and successful introduction and application of Lean Manufacturing

and Continuous Improvement principles, practices, and tools,

including 5S, Five-Whys, CEDAC, Visual Management, Standard Work,

Poka Yoke, Heijunka, SMED, Kaizen, Quick & Easy Kaizen, Pull,

Kanban, JIT, Flow, and Value Stream Mapping.

. General Management Experience - Over 20 years as a General Business

and Operations Manager or Officer with Sales, H.R., Administration,

Product Engineering, Manufacturing, Materials, Supply Chain,

Operational, Facilities, and Financial Results responsibilities,

along with the operational planning and budgeting required for each

area of responsibility.

. Change Management - Excellent at Defining, Achieving and Sustaining

a Culture of Lean Operations and Continuous Improvement at all

organizational levels. Strong skills for achieving results in any

business or manufacturing setting. Able to implement change while

maintaining viable business and manufacturing operations.

. Management Style - Results oriented hands-on manager and team

builder. Lead by example and demonstrate an absolute belief in

involvement and empowerment with a high degree of personal

interaction, mentoring, and coaching.

Significant Accomplishments:

. For Synrad, a manufacturer of high power CO2 industrial lasers,

identified and created the company's roadmap for operational and

cultural change, and continue to direct its implementation

throughout the company, including manufacturing, supply chain,

quality, and order processing departments. To-date, specific

accomplishments include implementation of demand based manufacturing

flow scheduling systems that have reduced interoperational WIP by

75% and reduced overall manufacturing lead-times by over 50%,

conducted Kaizen events that improved manufacturing flow and

increased productivity by over 40%, and defined and managed the

change from a forecast driven supply chain and purchasing system, to

a demand-pull Kanban replenishment system that has reduced stores

inventory by 28% to date.

. For DCI, a dental components manufacturing company, in a period of

less than one year, launched and managed kaizen events that reduced

late shipments by 89%, reduced product defects by 79% and increased

assembly productivity by 30%.

. For Brightwood Corporation, a $300M lumber remanufacturing company,

took the company through the Y2K transition with zero defects,

reduced IS/IT capital expenses by over $2M per year, and led the

identification of over 100 areas within the company in need of

specific Kaizen events.

. For Practice Technology Incorporated, a provider of Medical Practice

Management Consulting and Information Technology Services, in a

period of one year, created and brought to operational readiness, a

regional health-information-network processing center in Tucson,

Arizona.

. For CyCare Systems, a provider of Medical Practice Management

systems and services, consolidated eight acquired products into one

product division, and developed and managed the conversion of the

eight independent systems into two profitable products.

Education: BS, Mechanical Engineering, Oregon State University

John A. Buskirk - Employment History:

June 2007 - July 2013: Synrad, Inc., Mukilteo, WA ($55M manufacturer of

high power CO2 industrial lasers)

Lean Manufacturing Manager - Operational responsibility for the QA and

Clean Room functional departments. Cross functional responsibility for the

introduction, training and implementation of lean manufacturing concepts

and practices throughout the company, along with the roadmap for the

requisite cultural changes. Conduct assessments and identify focused

improvement opportunities in manufacturing and supply chain operations.

Significant Achievements; implementation of demand based manufacturing flow

systems, that have reduced interoperational WIP by 75% and reduced overall

manufacturing lead-times by over 50%, conducted Kaizen events that improved

manufacturing flow and increased productivity by over 40%, and changed from

a forecast driven supply chain and purchasing system, to a demand-pull

Kanban replenishment system that has reduced stores inventory by 28% to

date.

March 2006 - April 2007: DCI International, Newberg, OR ($15M manufacturer

of replacement components for the dental equipment industry)

Operations Manager - responsible for the day-to-day operation of the

manufacturing, materials, and order fulfillment departments.

Significant Achievements; in a 12-month period, reduced Late Shipments by

89%, reduced product defects by 79%, and improved productivity by 30%.

April 2000 - March 2006: Tandar Corporation, Portland, Oregon ($3M sales

and manufacturing company of industrial weighing systems)

General Manager - responsible for all aspects of the day-to-day operation

of the company.

Significant Achievements: Increased gross margins by 12%, reduced expenses

by 20%, and maintained market share during a significantly declining

market. Designed and Introduced a profitable new line of fabricated

platform scales.

September 1998 - March 2000: Brightwood Corporation, Madras, Oregon ($300M

lumber remanufacturing company providing materials to the door and window

manufacturing industry)

Operations Manager - responsible for the operation of 22 plants in Central

Oregon and the corporate IS/IT department.

Significant Achievements: Took the company through the Y2K transition with

zero defects, reduced IS/IT capital expenses by over $2M per year, and led

the identification of over 100 areas within the company in need of specific

Kaizen events.

April 1987 - April 1998 Practice Technology Corp, Tucson, Arizona ($15M

provider of health information network services to community health

information networks)

General Manager, Medical Data Systems division, Portland, Oregon (1987-

1993) - headed the design and development team for a healthcare information

network product and brought this to test market.

VP Operations, Practice Technology Corp, Tucson, Arizona (1993-1998) -

developed and implemented the business and operational plans for the Tucson

data center and brought the Tucson data center to operational readiness.

1981-1987 CyCare Systems, Inc, Dubuque, Iowa ($100M provider of physician

practice management software systems and services)

VP - Small Products Division - responsible for the product development,

support, marketing, and sales departments at nine locations throughout the

US and Canada.

Significant Accomplishments: Developed and implemented the business and

operational plans for the company's small products division, consolidate

eight acquisition products into two main products serving the same client

base, and introduce metrics-driven productivity measures to a department of

500 programmers.

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