Technical Manager Management

Mitchell E. Lutz

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Valparaiso, IN 46385

Phone: 219-***-****

e-mail: ********@**********.***

EDUCATION Bachelor of Science, Polymer Science

University of Southern Mississippi May 1991

Continuing Education

Six Sigma Green Belt, Motorola University

Masters courses, Polymer Science, University of Massachusetts Lowell

Technical Training

Statistical analysis/DOE training

Reaction Injection Molding

Coatings Formulation

Electron Beam Processing

UV Curing

Urethane Elastomer Processing

Alchemy Glassworks LLC (2012-Present)

Owner: Alchemy Glassworks produces decorative glass for commercial installations,

furniture and residential applications. Products and services include backpainted,

sandblasted, waterjet cut, specialty mirrored and laser etched glass. Responsible for sales,

marketing, production, color matching, product development, accounting, business

management and daily operations.

Spraylat Corporation (2007-2012)

New Product Development Manager: Managed a team of technical professionals

responsible for new product development of coatings, silvering solutions, elastomers and

quality control for Spraylat Corporation. Maintained ISO requirements for Spraylat’s

Chicago laboratory. Evaluated existing systems and new systems to improve

performance, reduce costs and increase product offerings. Act as project manager for the

development of novel materials between Spraylat and the University of Southern

Mississippi School of Polymer Engineering. Interfaced directly with sales and customers

on material and process technical issues.

James Hardie Building Products (2004-2007)

Applications Engineer, ColorPlus Corporate: Responsible for developing, improving and

integrating processing systems to produce prepainted fiber cement siding. Eva luated

design constraints limiting production throughput, quality and developed systems for

retrofit or new constructions to eliminate these constraints. Utilized Design of

Experiments and Six Sigma tools to increase material yield from 30% to 80%, quality

from 20% rejects to 2% and increased production throughput by 70%. Developed and

implemented standard operating procedures for James Hardie’s ColorPlus products.

Responsible for capital project proposals, budget management, execution of design,

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equipment install and startup for 6 ColorPlus lines across the United States . Developed

standard operating procedures for equipment and material handling for ColorPlus.

Titleist & Foot-Joy Worldwide (1994-2004)

Project Manager, Process Development/Materials Research: Responsible managing

the development of various novel materials and constructions, including development of

state of the art processes to construct a high performance golf products. Responsible for

technology transfer from R&D to production including materials and process to

production facilities. Patented novel methods of manufacturing and improvements to

prior art. Implemented state of the art processing systems for polymeric materials.

Explored and integrated advanced materials into existing p roduct line. Experience with

various process methods to produce polymers including casting, extrusion, injection

molding, UV cure, plasma treatment, coatings, electrostatics, calendaring and

compression molding and barrier coatings. Responsible for managing a team of cross-

functional engineers and technicians. Trained engineers and plant personnel with

complex systems integration implementation and handling of novel materials. Developed

specifications and testing protocol for various manufacturing systems. Responsible for

preparing detailed project management schedules, identifying key vendors and overseeing

implementation of multi-million dollar processes and materials introduction. Responsible

for presenting capital projects for funding in addition to ongoing project status updates to

senior management.

BASF, Dispersions, Charlotte, NC (1991-1994)

Polymer Chemist: Responsible for development of water based and solvent based

coating formulations utilizing emulsion polymer dispersions to support product

development and introduction to US markets. Provided in-house technical service and

support to customers for new products and formulation guidance. Developed low VOC

coating formulations. Applied knowledge of rheology, coating formulation, polymer

chemistry and processing to develop competitive and unique industrial coatings systems.

US patents:

7,572,873 7,572,508 7,429,220 7,428,869 7.357,733 7,291,072 7,279,529 7,262,235 7,247,697 7,182,702 7,151,148 7,148,278 7,086,954

6,932,720 6,926,621 6,919,395 6,838,028 6,78 3,808 6,736,055 6,706,332 6,632,147 6,609,982 6,596,837 6,592,465 6,582,326 6,569,430

6,500,495 6,490,968 6,475,104 6,435,986 6,315,915 6,248,804 6,180,040 6,099,415 6,019,921 6,013,330 6,001,898 5,997,417 5,968,605

5,849,168 5,846,534 5,840,788 5,744,549 5,669,831

Software Proficiency

Statistical software DOE

MS Excel

MS Word

MS Project

MS Power Point

Stat Ease

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