David Shuttle

Summary

Manufacturing and production professional skilled in leading high-producing

teams and using lean manufacturing to reduce costs and increase process

efficiency.

Highlights

Trained as ISO 9001 internal auditor POLYMERS EXPERIENCE

Experienced with FDA audits ABS

Experienced in production scheduling Acetal Copolymer

Knowledgeable of quality control Acrylic

standards

Plastics processing expertise HDPE

Process certification LDPE

Knowledge of 5S methodology LLDPE

Experienced with press tonnage Nylons

ranging from 24 to

500 PBT (Valox)

Proficient at operating the PC

following presses:

Battendfeld, Toyo, JSW, Krauss PE

Maffei, Arburg,

Woojin, Boy, Haixing and Haitian Polyester

Experience with vision inspection PP

systems

Pick and place robotics PS (High Impact)

Sprue pickers PSU (Polysulfone)

Vision Systems-ASK Technologies PVC (Rigid and

Flexible)

Hot stamping SAN

Heat tunnel shrink packaging TPE

TPU

Employment History

Plant Manager

July 2013 to present

AAA Trident Manufacturing, Inc. - Rancho Cucamonga, CA

. Review all departments to ensure lean-manufacturing processes

implemented.

. Assist subordinates in development and implementation of lean assembly

processes.

. Provide high level of technical and operational recommendations in

meeting productivity, material control, product quality, and customer

service goals.

. Communicate with Corporate Supply Chain to ensure all projected orders

are completed in the critical time frames.

. Design facilities' water, air and electrical required for current and

future expansion.

. Procure vendors to perform all duties associated with current and

future expansion.

. Travel to China to observe tooling, production and assembly practices.

. Communicate with China supplier's expectations of tooling upon arrival

to AAA Trident plant.

. Identified tooling issues and directed outside tooling vendor on

performance of desired tool modifications.

. Communicate with and procure silicone suppliers.

. Responsible for conversion from silicone to TPU.

. Identify and procure appropriate suppliers for color and materials.

. Member of management team involving corporate managers responsible for

approving FA samples on all new projects and in-process projects.

. Establish assembly processes and design assembly stations to ensure

both quality and quantity requirements are met.

. Responsible for maintenance

Plant Manager

June 2011 to June 2013

Precision Molded Plastics, Inc. - Upland, CA

. Manage all aspects of injection molding facility and report directly

to the CEO.

. Improve the intricacies of the process flow within each department.

. Assess and trained personnel for promotion to cross-functional

operations.

. Operate all equipment throughout manufacturing process.

. Coordinate closely with quality control regarding products.

. Manage the day-to-day operations, including, but not limited to

scheduling, processing and ensuring customer satisfaction.

. Supervise production schedules, production quality and on time

delivery.

. Enforce a culture of lean manufacturing and continuous improvement

while providing operational leadership.

. Improve efficiency and productivity by eliminating waste and

production constraints.

. Develop and maintain strong and clear communication and strengthening

rapport with plant personnel.

. Organize, prioritize and manage plant maintenance projects to keep

facility safe, efficient and clean.

. Interfaced with current and potential customers. Participated in

materials selections for new projects.

. Lead the team in implementing the original 5S's methodology and

ensured they were adhered to on a daily basis.

. Interface with outside tooling companies.

. Worked hands-on with in-house tooling staff.

Polymer Production Manager

September 2009 to April 2011

Applied Medical, Inc. - FDA registered facility - Rancho Santa Margarita,

CA

. Facilitate FDA audits in polymer department.

. Assess and train personnel for promotion to cross-functional

operations.

. Coordinate closely with quality control regarding quarantined product.

. Establish and adjust work procedures to meet production schedules.

. Supervise production schedules, production quality and on-time

delivery.

. Define manufacturing performance standards and reviewed the

performance outcomes to set future targets.

. Identify staffing and capital needs, collected relevant data and wrote

justifications for established needs.

. Implement root cause and corrective actions to remove production

constraints and improve product quality.

. Enforce a culture of lean manufacturing and continuous improvement

while providing operational leadership.

. Improve efficiency and productivity by reducing scrap and meeting

production requirements.

. Train, develop and counsel employees to develop a high performing

team.

. Optimize scheduling based on deep expertise of machine capacities and

equipment.

. Coach employees in developing and achieving individual performance

goals.

Molding Manager

April 2000 to September 2009

Trademark Plastics, Inc. - Riverside, CA

Direct activities for an ISO 9001:2008 custom injection molding facility.

Establish SOPs and OWIs to secure ISO registration.

. Facility includes Certified Class 10,000 and 100,000 clean rooms, as

well as a General Molding Room.

. Proficient in IQMS Real-time monitoring system.

. Direct production activities that had an increase of annual sales from

$8 million to $16 million during my 9-year tenure.

. In 2002 the Company relocated from a 55,000 sq. ft. to a 100,000 sq.

ft. facility and increased machine capacity from 20 to 41 presses with

all machine purchases made under my direction.

. Responsible for product flow and overall layout of the new facility.

. Manage staff of 100 employees, 24/7 operation.

. Responsible for establishing process parameters and Quality Systems,

including but not limited to Operator Work Instructions and Inspection

Specifications and Instructions per customers' specifications for

companies such as ResMed, Cardinal Health (Carefusion), B Braun and

Safety Syringes, Inc.

. Trademark produces over 50,000,000 components per month and YTD has a

100% Quality Acceptance Level with a 99.55% on-time delivery rate, as

can be verified via Cardinal Health (Carefusion).

. Major participant in establishing RJG Scientific Molding standards and

theories in company's establishment of progressive/continuous

improvement.

. Responsible for manufacturing responses to all CAPAs and RMAs.

. Interfaced with outside tooling vendors, as well as in-house tooling

engineers, on new tooling projects/designs, in-house tooling repairs

and tooling modifications based on process developments.

Molding Manager

January 1981 to April 2000

Cal-Mold, Inc. - Mira Loma, CA

As the Molding Manager for a 24/7 operation, led production meetings to

establish efficient means to minimize scrap, downtime and labor. First five

years was spent in structural foam molding. When purchased by Cal-Mold, an

injection molding company, I was introduced to and became the Manager of

the facility. Managed the assembly department. Implemented Mattec Real-

time monitoring system after attending training in Florida.

Education

Certificate of Achievement in 5 S "LEAN Continuous Process

Improvement"

Certificate of Completion in RJG Scientific Molding Systematic Molding

I

RJG DOE Training (Launsby Software) Course

RJG Tool Building for Tooling Engineers

Certificate of Achievement in RJG performance of IQs, PQs, OQs

SAP experience

Proficient in IQMS and Mattec

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