Walter L. Priest
**** ********* **** – Adrian, Michigan 49221- Home Ph# 517-***-****- ********@********.***
Summary My background consists of more than 30 years with the plastics
industry machine and tool manufacture. I have extensive
experience in research and development, engineering and
administration. I posses a strong trouble-shooting skill set with a
proven process of developing experimental strategies to find the
solution to any problem.
Experience IBS-TEC LLC
President Adrian, Michigan May 2012 - Present
Provide engineering services for machinery and tooling
installations.
Safety inspections and suggest recommended corrections
where needed.
Generate operational documentation for offshore equipment
purchases.
Sales and servicing of new production equipment.
Provide technical interface between production operations and
suppliers.
Production efficiency trouble shooting and solutions.
Pet All Manufacturing
President IBM Division Adrian, Michigan May 2009 – May 2012
Overall management of Midwest based operations.
Produce and present technical sales presentations to potential
customers and existing clients.
Evaluate product performance and drive necessary up dates
and improvements to assure customer satisfaction.
Manage the diversification of company product offerings (i.e.;
vision inspection, robot packing systems).
Overall management of IBM tooling orders and inquiries.
Direct offshore manufacturing employees for all IBM equipment
and tooling.
Engineering Management for IBM related product offerings.
Jomar Corporation
Senior Vice President Pleasantville, New Jersey
December 2001 – May 2009
Corporate Board of managing directors.
Management of company operations (production of Injection
blow molding equipment)
Management of engineering and service personnel.
Produce and present technical presentations to potential clients
and existing customers for follow up sales.
Evaluate market needs and current customer requirements for
new product offerings.
Lead the development of a new hybrid electric machine that
yielded a 37% reduction in power consumption.
Hold a patent for a new Injection Blow machine concept using
locking tie-bars and a “V” shaped moving platen.
Uniloy Milacron
Product Director (Injection Blow, IBM Tooling, and ISBM machinery
and tooling). Manchester, Michigan
February 1997- November 2001
Management of Injection Blow and Injection Stretch Blow
product lines, Tooling and marketing efforts.
Produced and presented all customer sales presentations for
the IBM, ISBM and tooling for each product offering.
Assisted with manufacturing planning and spare parts sales.
Participated in statistical product improvement and production
process efficiency development (Toyota statistical
improvement).
Hold a patent for a quick change tooling system for the Uniloy
ISBM machine lines.
Jomar Corporation
Senior Vice President Pleasantville, New Jersey
March 1984- February 1997
Management of company operations (production of Injection
Blow Molding machines, Injection Stretch Blow machines, Water
Temperature controllers)
Management of engineering and service personnel.
Produced and presented technical customer presentations for
all products offered by Jomar Corporation.
Responsible for customer satisfaction
Lead development of new equipment and machinery options
Hold a patent for a unique Injection Stretch Blow machine.
Education Cape Atlantic College
Electrical Engineering Technology Mays Landing, New Jersey
Diploma – Risk analysis and product safety development.
Invitational course given by Dr. Douglas Sten, based on ANSI
B151.21 machinery safety concepts.
Diploma- Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science.
Industrial Programming for Allen Bradley SLC and PLC5.
B&R industrial control systems training.
Demming Statictical process development diploma.- Rutgers
Professional Associations
Member of the Society of Plastics Engineers (Toledo Section).
Patents and Publications
US Patent for Unique Injection Stretch Blow machine.
US Patent for Quick Change mold device for ISBM machine.
US Patent for Unique Injection Blow Molding machine.
US Patent for Special Honey Comb cylinder clothing(Scott
Paper Company).
Hobbies
Hobbies include clays shooting, high power rifle shooting,
competition bow shooting.
Classic automobile restoration.
Hold Federal Firearms license for both sales and manufacturer.
Construction of custom wooden furniture.