Manager Engineering

**** ******** ****** • Muscatine, Iowa *****

Phone 563-***-**** (H) 563-***-**** (C) • E-mail ********@*****.***

Timothy W. Bower

Summary of Qualifications

Results-oriented Manager with experience

i n the following areas – Program

M anagement, Product Development,

P roduct Development Process Design,

Quality System Development, Mechanical

M achine Design, Extensive Project

M anagement and Account Management

working with Fortune 500 organizations.

M anagement experience with defense

contractor, contract furniture, home

consumer products and large equipment

manufacture. Strong ability to plan,

develop and motivate teams. Exceptional

communication, relationship building, and

p roblem solving skills to exceed internal

and external customer expectations and

deliver goal attainment.

P rofessional experience

2008 – 2015 John Deere - World Wide

P arts Division - M ilan, I L

Project Manager, World Wide Parts Shared

Services 2013 - 2015

Developed and implemented the

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E nterprise New Market Ent ry (NME)

p rocess of service part deployment to

assure part availabili ty at start of

machine sales and alignment with

enterprise process. Facilitating factory

engineering, product development

engineering, product support, service

part organizations, forecast analysts

and destination country teams to assure

customer satisfaction.

Drive existing product service parts to

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new regions, not currently served to

t hese markets. Facilitating global

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forecast analysts to stock needed parts

based on product/machine history and

marketing provided targets.

Understand and bring to the project,

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u nique machine usage. Work with the

local product teams to determine factors

t hat will affect service part usage

d ifferently than where machines or

similar machines are currently being

used.

Developed and facilitated the

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i mplementation of the Engine Stocking

and Destocking model and gained the

approval of the Enterprise Customer

Support Council (ECSC) for global

i mplementation. Reduced engine

i nventory by 22.7% in FY14. Awarded

t he Enterprise Presidents award for

p rocess development and global launch.

Senior Product Engineer, Parts Management

G roup 2008-2013

Drove implementation of Service Part

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L ifecycle activities with Enterprise

P roduct Development Process (EPDP)

P roject and Continuous Improvement

p roject teams. Represented Global

Service Parts in the Product

Development process lane.

Drive results in meeting Commonality,

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Reuse and Standardization (CRS)

efforts with design teams to meet the

John Deere – Quality Product System

(JD-QPS) – Product Development

P rocess (PDP) requirements. Resulted

i n an increase of part reuse by an

average of 18% over current reuse

levels. Developed t raining and

p resented to project teams during new

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product development efforts.

Led Enterprise Community of Practice

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for the JD-QPS – PDP element meeting

monthly. Provide the leadership to allow

for sharing of valued practices to

develop best in class results.

Led the service part review of parts for

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t he Seeding Division Rice Planter.

P roject included design members from

China, India and North America. This

i dentified the challenges of processes

w hich are not common globally,

i ntellectual property constraints and

t he results on part proliferation.

2003 – 2008 A llsteel - Division of

H N I Corporation - M uscatine, Iowa

Manager, Corporate Account Services - Project

M anagement, 2004-2008

Led Project Management and Account

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M anagement team - responsible for

execution of projects for corporate

accounts from initial engagement

t hrough completion and final customer

approval.

Maintain customer relationships in

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order to fur ther future business

i nteraction and additional projects.

P rovided specialty product solutions

t hat the organization was capable of

manufacturing.

Tracked Profit and Loss data to insure

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p rofitability of projects while keeping

t he business focused on project

execution and to ensure the

organization will be successful and the

customer satisfied. Tracked product

changes that resulted on $1.2M sales or

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6.5% project growth.

Implemented improvements that

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reduced installation costs by 28% by

i mplementing internal operational

i mprovements that supported external

i nstallation teams.

Factory Manager 2003-2004

Lead daily operations in the

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manufacturing of systems furniture.

Used Kaizen techniques to implement

new production processes and reduce

overall product and operation costs on

new product launches by 18%. Used

value stream maps to identify waste

elements and priori tized based on

opportunities for improvement.

Manage operations and coordinating

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efforts to improve safety (32%), quality

(48%), delivery (at 99.87% on t ime

delivery) and productivity costs

i mprovements (12%).

Coordinate new product implementation

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w ithin existing manufacturing

p rocesses with involvement of

M arketing and Sales functions.

L aunched new product into existing

common process, increasing output by

24% with no additional staff using 3-P

K aizen methods.

2002 – 2003 M ill’s P ride – Division of

M ASCO Waverly, Ohio

Director of Engineering

Managed all Engineering Functions of

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organization – Product Design,

I ndustrial Design, Manufacturing

E ngineering, Industrial Engineering

and Product Prototyping. Lead the

i mplementation of Kaizen methods

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throughout the organization focused on

p roduct development and

manufacturing methods.

Developed and implemented a New

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P roduct Development Process (Toll

Gates) to incorporate the Product Life

Cycle criteria and resulting in high level

of product quality. Utilizing seven step

p rocess, reduced product launch cycle

t ime by 52%.

Reduced commodity product costs by

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15% in six months by involving all

business elements.

Educated the Engineering and

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M anufacturing groups on the

i mportance of accurate product costing

and t racking so that 80/20 principles

can be utilized to target improvement

opportunities, along with understanding

f inancial responsibility.

Develop and Implement a product

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costing method to determine total

p roduct cost to include all product

material, direct labor and all associated

overhead costs, so that accurate

i nformation is available to determine

p roduct pricing targets and Operating

I ncome goals can be achieved.

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1996 - 2002 The HON Company

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Division of HN I Corporation,

M uscatine, Iowa

Product Engineering Manager - Metal Casegoods

and Systems - 2000 - 2002 Factory Manager –

Steel Seating and Metal Casegoods – 1998-2000

Product Engineering Manager- Steel Seating –

1996 - 1998

3331 Mulberry avenue • Muscatine, Iowa 52761

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Timothy W. Bower

Lead and developed a staff of Product

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E ngineers and Technicians in New

P roduct Development and Existing

P roduct Maintenance support and

support Manufacturing Engineering

f unctions within manufacturing

facilities.

Work with all levels of the organization

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and provide monthly updates of projects

to President and Vice-Presidents of

business units within the company.

I n teract with Marketing, Sales,

M anufacturing, Customer Service,

P rocurement and Product Reliability.

U pdates included project progress, cost

t arget goal attainment and expected

f inancial contributions.

Lead the successful introduction of ETA

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(Easy To Assemble) product. Included

p roduct design, packaging, marketing,

assembly instructions and pricing.

Worked directly with foreign

manufacturing to provide finished

p roducts.

1984 - 1996 Mason and Hanger

Corporation M iddletown, Iowa

Commercial Project Engineering Manager –

1995-1996

Managed the fi rst commercial

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facilitization project on a government

facility, ($11.5 M illion). Team of 22 staff

engineers and 60 subcontract engineers

to complete the modernization of an

existing facility, which included the

activation of the physical plant and the

design and installation of high speed

automated equipment. Accountable for

a ll cost and contract issues.

3331 Mulberry avenue • Muscatine, Iowa 52761

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Timothy W. Bower

Quality Systems and Procedures Manager –

1991- 1995

Quality Engineering Manager – 1990 – 1991

Program Coordinator and Machine Design

E ngineer – 1984-1990

Lead from ini tiation to completion the

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I SO 9001 Certification efforts and

p rocedure development.

Lead the preparation of the Malcolm

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Baldrige National Quality Award

application in 1995 of which Mason and

H anger was a Finalist.

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3331 Mulberry avenue • Muscatine, Iowa 52761

Phone 563-***-**** (H) 563-***-**** (C) • E-mail ********@*****.***

Timothy W. Bower

Education

1993 - 1995 University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa

Masters of Business Administration – Executive Program

1979 - 1984 Iowa State University Ames, Iowa

Bachelor of Science Mechanical Engineering

Additional professional activities

Commissioned as a Stephen M inister in May 2015 by Wesley United Methodist

Church (UMC), Muscatine Iowa. Chair of the Staff Parish Relations Commit tee

a t Wesley U MC

Muscatine School Board – Elected September 2009 –Held Vice President role

for 2010-2011, President 2011-2012 school year. Work with Board to develop a

positive relationship and support Superintendent, Administrative Staff,

Teachers and all employees. Focus on doing what is best for students. Represent

t he Muscatine School District on Boards at the State level. Present education

i mprovement process at state convention. Appointed by Governor of Iowa to the

Southeast Iowa STEM Advisory Board in 2012. Currently Chair

President (2006-2010) – Muskie Band Boosters – Muscatine H ighs School –

M ember 2004-2012- Organize Student activities with parent group. Largest

s tudent organization within School District. Lead the fundraising activities to

support a $20,000 annual budget.

Shingijutsu Co., LTD., Japan – Trained leader in Lean Manufacturing/Kaizen

methods, both Product Design and Shop f loor applications. June 1999

Black Belt t raining – Trained to lead project teams using Statistical methods

Professional memberships and Accreditations

American Society of Mechanical Engineering

American Society of Quality

American Society of Quality – Certified Quality Engineer - Maintained since

1991

The Iowa State Board of Engineering Examiners - Engineer In Training

References Available upon Request

3331 Mulberry avenue • Muscatine, Iowa 52761

Phone 563-***-**** (H) 563-***-**** (C) • E-mail ********@*****.***

Timothy W. Bower

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