Manager Plant

JOHN NELSON

**** *** ****

Cleveland Heights, Ohio 44118

Cellular: 765-***-**** E-mail: ********@***.***

Objective

I'm a dynamic and enthusiastic person who is looking for

an energetic and

progressive company, one in which I can utilize my

leadership, managerial and technical skills to help propel

the company & myself into a continually improved and

forward direction. These are difficult times for both

manufacturing and service industries, where honesty,

integrity, foresight, fortitude and ambition are key

ingredients to both the company and the individual.

professional experience

2010 to Present Affordable Alternative Energy, Inc.

Ravenna, OH

Owner -Biodiesel Production Plant - Start-up Company

(Collection, Filtration, Treatment & Creation of Biodiesel)

> Inception, Development and Creation of a Renewable

Energy Company that utilizes Waste Vegetable Oil as a

raw material to create Finished Biodiesel Fuel that

will run in any conventional diesel vehicle.

> Designed and Fabricated Production Facility (pilot

plant) to produce 500,000 gallons of Finished

Biodiesel/year.

> Designed Pilot Plant for slight expansion to create

over 1.5MM gallons of Finished Distilled

Biodiesel/year.

> Employed new techniques to convert WVO into Finished

Biodiesel in a matter of minutes instead of hours.

> Repurposed Waste Engine Oil to Heat the Plant along

with the boilers to heat the oil.

> Established over 160 accounts to supply raw material

(WVO) for incoming transformation into Biodiesel.

> Working in the community with local schools systems

to educate people on alternative energy ideas and

overcoming obstacles for renewable energy.

> Worked with local area companies to recycle or reuse

plastic containers, waste engine oil, cardboard and

steel in an effort to minimize landfill and reuse

products.

professional experience

2008 to 2009 Coleman Cable / Copperfield Lafayette, IN

Plant Manager Fabrication - Large Wire & Cable Company

(Drawing, Bunching & Cabling)

> Established and documented clear goals and objectives

> Instituted a formal training program within each

department

> Reduced scrap rate from 3.56% to 2.86%

> Implemented a maintenance PM program that reduced

maintenance downtime (breakdowns) from over 11% to

less than 1.5%

> Implemented a die maintenance program to minimize

wire breaks and to save cost on the purchase of new

dies and string sets

> Reduced WIP inventory by more than 70% which equated

to a plant carrying cost savings of ? $230,000 along

with an one time injection of cash back to the

company of ? $2,300,000

> Reduction of tin plating to industry standards which

saved ? $80,000 in the purchase of tin ingots

> Re-engineered cabler to prevent bow breaks due to out

of limit conditions and or wire falling off the

capstan. This re-design saved ? $32,000 / year

> Purchased and utilize split dies to improve

changeover time and provide more machine uptime ? 35%

improved uptime @ ? $60,000 / year savings

> Repaired & reinstituted evaporator unit to minimize

hazardous waste removal and save cost, ? $25,000 /

year

> Replaced drawing lubricates to utilize less Total Fat

along with fewer additives. This saves man time and

overall purchase cost and maintenance of the

lubricant.

> With the improvement of the lubricant and the die

maintenance program, wire breaks dropped from

approximately 49 breaks / week to roughly 4 / week

professional experience

1996 to 2008 Therm-O-Link Wire & Cable

Garrettsville, OH

Director of Operations - Medium Sized Wire & Cable Company

(Drawing, Bunching & Extrusion)

> Immediately responsible for multiple plant operations

to include production, quality, process engineering

and maintenance

> Developed a winning staff or team at all plant

locations to meet company objectives & goals to

include PPM reduction > 87%

> Implemented ISO 9002 - 1994 in four plant locations

> Implemented QS9000 in the EL Paso plant

> Helped Develop & Maintain Customer Relations to

include frequent visits for technical, profitability

or goodwill reasons

> Introduced & Implemented APQP, Control Plans, FMEA's

& PPAP 's

> Established and formalized a Continuous Improvement

Process through the use of teams, to propel the

organization forward

> Reorganized and rebuilt one of the plant locations

into a Customer showplace, utilizing techniques in

work-cell or (Kaizen) principles

> Updated each plant location from the 1994 ISO

Standard to the ISO 9001:2000 Standard

> Engineered several projects and process improvements

to save the company time & money (I.E.: extrusion die

life, strander, compound life, drawing die life,

pictured level III documents along with many other

improvement plans)

> Key relationships with many suppliers (team based) to

help improve their and or our products and service

"partnership"

> Established relationships with key customers to

improve our position, better the product or better

the service "partnership"

> Outlined and implemented an aggressive training

program that utilizes all facets of the spectrum

from; "on the job" training documented, to personal

attention from the trainer, supervisor or various

manager which is documented, to comprehension

quizzes

> Totally devoted to team development and associated

concepts

professional experience

2002 to 2008 KKL Scrap Company

Garrettsville, OH

Director of Operations - Copper Reclaim Company

(Same Ownership - Different Company)

> Responsible for the reclaim of copper from insulated

scrap material such as PVC, EPDM, CPE, XLPE or other

form of plastic insulating material to a high grade

of copper "chop" that can be resold to the

marketplace

> Implemented standardized procedures (System) to

effectively control output of production irregardless

of personnel issues

> Re-engineered parts of the machine to provide higher

yields, better output and a superior product

> Found methods to dispose of plastic "off-hauls" that

generated better cash flow to the company. This was

a 96% improvement in just dumpster removal alone,

this does not include the added benefit of purchased

"off-hauls". Also providing a "greener" environment

due to the materials end use

> Developed reporting matrix for both processing and

accounting purposes to ensure maximum percentage

recovery for the customer and accurate reporting by

the plant.

1996 to 1996 Moldex Incorporated Milton, FL

Quality Manager - Injection / Compression Molding, Profile Extrusion,

Reinforced Hose Company

> Hired to assume General Manager position after QS

implemented

> Responsible for the implementation of QS-9000

> Accountable for continual Certification to ISO-9000

> Accountable for 15 Quality personnel and 3 Layout

Technicians

> Worked with in-house Machine Shop on mold wear &

dimensions

> Responsible for profile extrusion set-up & 1st piece

run

> Worked with Customers (mainly GM and Chrysler) on

poka-yoke (error proofing) methodology

> Worked on cellular workstation (Kaizen) projects to

streamline production output & packaging errors

> Worked with Injection production and Machining to

reduce flash on injection parts - primarily primer

bulbs

> Worked with Reinforced Hose Department to develop

improved method for handling "green" material onto

mandrel

professional experience

1993 to 1996 General Cable Corporation Newport, AR

Plant Manager (Interim) / Quality Manager - Large Wire & Cable Company

(Drawing, Bunching & Extrusion)

> Became a profitable building wire plant within the

company

> 92.5% improvement in armor cable scrap, due to

engineered single piece convoluted heads for

individual sizes. Scrap was over 27% and ultimately

was reduced to 2.3%

> Improved changeover times by 87% utilizing SMIDE, one

piece curling nuts and individually sized heads

> Increase monthly output by 37%

> Re-engineered extrusion lines to off line packaging,

utilizing off line rewind department in which the

small pack production output was increased by 45% per

rewind machine - eight in total

> Working with Corporate to implement ISO 9002: 1994

standard

> Taught basic & advanced SPC techniques

> Implemented SPC practices on the shop floor

> Developed the preventive maintenance program

> Build a stop tag and strip tag program

> Established a calibration program

> Created a work-in-process (WIP) program to follow

material throughout the plant

1990 to 1993 Pirelli Cable Corporation Colusa,

CA

Process Engineer / Quality & Production Supervisor - Large Wire & Cable

Company

(Drawing, Stranding & Extrusion)

> Ensure production flow throughout the departments;

installed high voltage test equipment; provided

technical training on newly installed equipment which

included: Kelvin Bridge, DLRO Bridges, Corona

Testing, Fault location equipment, Partial Discharge

testing. Instituted a calibration program from

scratch. Developed preventive maintenance program

along with the maintenance supervisor. Various other

duties which include; laboratory testing of product,

scheduling, tours and involvement in many organized

teams.

> Responsible for Quality Test Department to insure

continuous production flow of Wire & Cable throughput

out of the Test Department. This included the

preparation, AC withstand Testing, DC withstand

Testing, Picocoulomb (measurement of electrical

charge) Testing, Resistance Measurements and Fault

Location.

> Production Supervisor for the Drawing & Stranding

Department. Responsible for Throughput of Both

Copper and Aluminum Drawing & Stranding.

Military experience- usaf Veteran

1986 to 1990 United States Air Force - Beale Marysville,

CA

Tactical Aircraft Maintenance Specialist - U2/ TR-1 and SR-

71

> Duties included; performing Crew Chief and

maintenance staff functions. Inspection, installing,

repairing, maintaining, troubleshooting, performing

scheduled preventive maintenance duties, servicing

and modifying tactical aircraft systems, components

and aircraft installed equipment

Honors

> U.S.A.F. Good Conduct Medal

> U.S.A.F. Outstanding Unit Citation

> U.S.A.F. Letters of Appreciation

> U.S.A.F. Journeyman Crew Chief Award

Education

> The Ohio State University Biology &

Engineering

> Yuba College / UC - Chico General

Engineering

> Total Credit Hours = 168

Additional training

> Quality Leadership Training: Lean Manufacturing;

Kaizen; Kanban

> Facilitator Training / Team Leader Training

> SPC basic & advance Training & Understanding of Six

Sigma

> C.E.D.A.C. Team Training

> ISO & QS9000 Training

> ISO & QS Auditor Training

> Lead Assessor Training

> Formalize problem-solving to include: FASE, 3'd and

8'd

> Very skilled in the use of computers and associated

programs

Hobbies

> Weight lifting

> Water-skiing / Snow-skiing

> Reading

> Scuba Diving

> Sky Diving

> Mountain Biking

> Home & Vehicle Restoration

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