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Mark E. DeBruin

Mark E. DeBruin

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Tipp City, OH 45371

330-***-****

acamxn@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY: A Metallurgical Engineer with a LEAN/Six Sigma Black Belt that has extensive

experience as a Technical Director and an Operations Manager in a

manufacturing setting. Additional expertise is in implementation, maintenance,

and continuous improvement of automotive TS-16949 and ISO-9000 Quality

Management Systems using Lean, Kaizen, and other continuous improvement

techniques.

EDUCATION:

Kent State University

• M. A.- Integrated Mathematics

Ohio State University

• B.S. Metallurgical Engineering

EXPERIENCE:

DeBruin Consulting

09/02-Pres.

Owner

• Investigate field failures of various ferrous and non-ferrous alloys

• Investigate and recommend various production improvement processes for

ferrous foundries, heat treat companies, and machining companies.

• Teach training classes on: SPC, MSA, Quality Internal auditing, Foundry

supplier auditing.

SST Foundry/SST Vietnam-Cincinnati, OH and Vietnam

04/12-08/13

Mfr. ductile iron, grey iron, and steel automotive castings using green sand

Technical Director-Acting Plant Manager

•$17 million dollar project starting up a Greenfield foundry from the

design/engineering phase to production in Vietnam

o Oversaw plant construction and equipment installation

o Specified all equipment and raw materials

o Hired technical and operations personnel

o Set up technical and quality operations requirements.

•Managed complete CNC machine shop for pattern making in US including

solidification modeling and gating systems

•Designed and implemented a TS-16949 compliant quality system

Ellwood Engineered Castings-Hubbard, OH

03/11-4/12

Mfr. of large Grey and Ductile Iron castings

Plant Metallurgist-Resigned for a better opportunity

1 Managed the metallurgical laboratory and personnel

2 Oversaw all raw materials and outsourced suppliers including heat

treating

3 Led 2 Six-Sigma projects on iron grade chemistries resulting in a $1.8

million dollar per year cost savings

4 Conducted failure analysis of customer complaints and defects.

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5 Responsible for statistical control (SPC) of all processes including MSA

studies

Aesir Metals LLC – Struthers OH

11/08-03/11

Mfr. Ductile Iron, Grey Iron, and Steel Castings using Lost Foam

Operations Manager and Owner-No longer in business

1 Established all daily and weekly schedules for subordinates and raw

materials

6 Responsible for all steel and iron metallurgy

7 Accountable for all OSHA and EPA requirements

8 Also responsible for Technical sales, all quality issues, R&D, and the

equipment design and installation

PTC Alliance-Alliance OH

06/08-12/09

Producer of Welded Drawn Over Mandrel (DOM) tubing

Manager of Special Projects-Resigned to start my own company

9 Responsible for investigating all steel vendor claims including chemistry

and surface defects

10 Responsible for understanding and eliminating all weld defects

11 Responsible for all heat treat processes

12 Managed the Metallurgical and quality Lab Personnel

13 Led a 6-Sigma project to improve Charpy Impact properties to open up a

new $11 million cold weather market share and also resulted in a cost

savings of $1 million per year.

Grede Foundries-New Castle, IN

11/04-12/05

Mfr. Ductile Iron Automotive Castings using Green Sand molding

` Metallurgical Engineer-Acting QA Manager-Resigned to pursue M.A.

14 Managed the Metallurgical Laboratory

15 Dispositioned all non-conforming products

• Oversaw all raw material and outsourced suppliers

Reed-Rico of PCC Industrial Products, Holden, MA

09/03-11/04

Mfr. Of Tool Steel Thread Roll Dies

QA Manager and ISO-9000/2000 representative. - Facility ceased operations

16 Managed the Quality Department and Metrology Lab

17 Implemented a Six-Sigma project with a financial benefit of $900,000 per

year to reduce lead times

18 Rebuilt the entire ISO 9001:2000 quality system and made the system

complaint to AS9100

19 Responsible for Kaizen projects in the Metallurgical and heat treat

departments

20 Controlled the metallurgical processes and heat treatment of tool steel at

three plant locations

OTHER:

Ohio State University Materials Science and Engineering Advisory Board Member

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