Brian Pomerance

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Mooresville, N.C. 28117

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Education: MBA Wake University 2013, Beta Sigma Honors

BS Villanova University 1995, Astronomy and Astrophysics,

Certified Six Sigma Black Belt, American Society for Quality (ASQ)

2012

US Naval Officer, Nuclear Power trained

• Computer experience in VBA, C, C++, PASCAL, Quick Basic, UNIX, MS Office

Suite

• Navy Nuclear Power School post graduate coursework in Mathematics,

Thermodynamics, Electrical Engineering, Chemistry, Physics, Materials and Plan

Operations

• Navy Nuclear Prototype In depth study of operation, maintenance and design of

electrical and mechanical systems of Navy Nuclear power plant

Apr 06- Plant Lead Team/ Process Engineering Manager / Quality Assurance

Present Manager / Senior Process Engineer, Polymer Group, Mooresville, NC

Jointly lead all director level activities of a $22M annual EBITDA spun bond

plant.

• Developed 3 year strategic plan for the plant

• Management of P&L and control of spending

• Leading implementation of Lean within the manufacturing plant

• Briefed CEO on status of plant

Supervise 11 Engineers and technicians. Responsible for all Process Control

Systems and Quality Systems of the spun-bond manufacturing plant

• Personally led plant to highest quality audit score (94%) historically

recorded by the world market leader in Hygiene and rating of “Preferred

Supplier”; an increase of 15 percentage points

• Created the plant’s FDA level Verification and Validation program and

integrated into all plant changes

• Completed Six Sigma Black Belt Projects on key customer reducing

quality rejects

• Developed and implemented an automated vision system to detect, track

and remove defects being created in material

• Awarded the highest performance levels on record at the plant for ISO and

customer audits

• Created computer assisted review of data using self-written VBA code to

accelerate the speed of out of specification / out of control variables

• Used Fluid Flow theory and measurement to map flow of air in a highly

turbulent STP Lurgis spun bond production line

Jul 02- Material Planner Arrow Electronics, Lake Mary FL

Apr 06

• Material Planner for 5 accounts within the South East region. Directly

responsible for $2M in electronic component pipeline and inventories. Used

Digital Supply Chain solutions to tailor fit customer demands to Arrow Electronic

Supply Systems.

• Named South East Inventory Champion. Maintained strict controls on $25M of

electronic component inventory. Led the effort to reduce South East Inventory by

$5M.

• Spearheaded inventory reduction on all manually restricted inventories in the

southeast. Reported directly to the Regional Vice President for this project.

Regular speaker and presenter at General Manager Meetings evaluating branch by

branch performance and lessons learned.

• Led efforts to manage the shutdown of one of the South-East’s four existing

warehouses

• Responsible for training all new Material Planners

Jul 00 – Senior Project Engineer / Project Manager, Chemical Vapor

Jul 02 Deposition Area, Alcatel Fiber Plant – Claremont, NC

Supervised and managed engineering projects to support the Chemical

Vapor Deposition area of the plant to include –

• Managed the Enhanced Single Mode Fiber (ESMF) Project for North America.

Personally took the process from prototype stage to full development. Brought

qualified fiber to market ahead of schedule and under budget. Managed a team of

7 technicians, engineers and physicists to accomplish the task. Installed, qualified

and brought to full production 24 new Chemical Vapor Deposition lathes.

Personally involved in the procurement of all capital equipment as well as

establishing pipelines for all new raw materials.

• Led a successful effort to manufacture and treat new ESMF fiber with Deuterium

gas. Took project from conception to full production

• Worked with French and American Engineers to develop a fully automatic

diameter control system to control the rate of collapse of tubular glass.

Supervised a budget of $600,000.

• Lead 2 teams in a capital expansion of 25 collapse lathes and 9 Chemical Vapor

Deposition lathes

Jan 97 – Lieutenant, Submarine Warfare, U.S. Navy

Jun 00 Assistant Weapons Officer / Chemistry and Radiological Controls

Officer / Reactor Controls Officer / Electrical Officer

Officer of the Deck, Ships Duty Officer

Engineering Officer of the Watch, Engineering Duty Officer

• Coordinated the receipt of over 7000 missions as Tomahawk Strike Coordinator

for a deployment to the Mediterranean Sea, Adriatic Sea and Persian Gulf.

Awarded the Navy Achievement Medal for strike coordination during the

deployment.

• Awarded the Navy Achievement Medal for achieving the highest rating in Strike

Execution during the Ship’s Tactical Readiness Exam.

• Planned and supervised all aspect of radiological controls during repair to 10 key

nuclear valves during a ship’s upkeep period.

• Supervised the change out of the ship’s battery. Commended for having zero

battery deficiencies during the following Operational Reactor Safeguards exam.

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