Director, Global Tooing/Process Engineering

Paul F. Czerniewski

***** *. ***** ******* ***** 847-***-****

Lake Villa, Illinois 60046 ****.***********@*****.***

VP of Operations / Manufacturing / R&D / Engineering

P&L / Strategic Planning & Partnerships / Process & Business Reengineering / ISO 9000

Change & Project Management / Technology Scouting / Departmental Startup / Negotiations

Multi-Site & International Management / Design & Specifications / Modeling / Forecasting Manufacturing & Mechanical Engineering / Product Development & Engineering / NPI

Prototype & Simulation Development / Statistical Analysis / Document Control Management

Kanban / Policies & Procedures / Supply Chain Management / Vendor Coordination

Capital Budgeting / Management Reporting / Cost & Budget Control / Six Sigma Green Belt

Respected change agent experienced in multiple industries, including heavy industrial, consumer products and consumer electronics. Extensive achievements in manufacturing operations, engineering services, risk identification and mitigation, and technology gap identification and implementations. Turned around operations with multiple complex issues, transforming it into a strategic asset.

Defined the vision, strategy, and operational priorities.

Drove supplier processes and tooling technology development needed to support new mechanical product features and/or miniaturization.

Identified and managed high volume production risk, utilizing analysis tools, part risk assessments and FMEA.

Coordinated risk mitigation and issue resolution with Development, Manufacturing and Suppliers during product development, launch and ramp.

Performed program reviews, providing part/supplier readiness assessments for mass production.

Key skills: Great listener, adept at building cross-functional relationships. Supportive manager, open minded and bringing out the best in others. Lead diverse teams across a variety of platforms while successfully developing high value products in rapidly changing marketplace. Innovative and willing to take calculated risks.

Education / Training / Patents

Master of Science Industrial Engineering (MSIE), University of Tennessee.

Bachelor of Science Mechanical Engineering (BSME), Penn State University.

Patent Holder - #4544047, Spring-applied, air-released, slack adjusting parking brake.

Selected Notable Achievements

Started new department, improving reliability 25% and tooling qualification time 20%, enabling competitive quoting and Global standardization for Motorola.

Drove Six Sigma departmental certification, producing 9 Black Belts and 3 Green Belts – 2 of whom later became Motorola Master Black Belts, delivering cost savings/avoidance of >$3M.

Improved tooling process, achieving 51% development cycle reduction in Y2.

Developed process for Motorola Mobility that reduced engineering change costs 30%, and enabled backup plan in design cycle to execute earlier and escalate program risk earlier.

Improved processes, eliminating one design cycle iteration that saved ~$500K in spend and five weeks on one program; institutionalized process on all future programs.

Developed process and managed capital budget on tooling spend, eliminating 30% extra capacity - keeping CPU within 5% on comparable programs, and under budget 10-25%.

Spearheaded organizational transformation/development into full service prototype center, slashing development time 60-70%/converting to $0 base department billing $3.5M annually.

20+ years of international supplier benchmarking, identification and management.

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Professional Career History

Motorola Mobility LLC, previously a Google Co., (now Lenovo) creator of the mobile phone industry with 3,500 employees worldwide, 1993 to Present.

Director, Global Tooling/Process Engineering, 2000 to Present. Requested by VP of Advanced Manufacturing Technology to create global tooling organization for newly organized mobile device division. Promoted to manage $1.5M departmental budget. Coach and mentor six local and eight international (Europe and Asia) direct reports, and up to 31 staff. Define and develop departmental goal and initiatives, aligning with the functional, business unit and corporate scorecard strategies and goals. Maintain industrial awareness of currently supported technologies and trends and assure alignment with product requirements.

Research new and evolving materials and process under consideration on the product technology roadmap, develop characterize plan to assure high volume production capability. Maintain strong working relationship with leaders in category management, development engineering, and ID, leveraging knowledge and experience to influence design and sourcing decisions. Create and maintain strong relationship with new and existing supplier to drive strategic initiatives and assure program goals and milestones are achieved.

Establish and control both department annual budgets, as well as global capital tooling budget for mobile devices in excess of $40M.

Negotiate final cost for all product tools and fixtures, averaging 15-25% annually.

Developed organizational expertise in thermoform plastics, magnesium/aluminum die cast, forged and aluminum extrusion, progressive stamping dies and composites. Decoration technology expertise in 2K and UV painting, plating, NCVM and anodizing.

Sponsored 9 Motorola Black Belts, 2 have gone on to become Motorola Master Black Belts.

Conducted in excess of 10 benchmarks to assure best in class cost and lead times.

Championed 4 Supply Chain initiatives which included cross-functional team members to formalize ESI process, tooling lead time reduction by 50%, molding cycle time reduction by 40% and tooling conversion cost reduction by 20%.

Identified technology gaps and provided feedback to Development Engineering and Category Management on maturity and potential supply base.

Manager, Physical Prototyping Center, Motorola Corporation, Inc., 1993 to 2000. Recruited to establish and manage center with 41 employees including engineers, technicians and clerks and $3.5M department budget. Provided prototype mechanical component including, SLA models, machined components, injection molds, formed metal, and custom labels. Provided Industrial design (ID) model creation and finishing. Drove the creation of function concept models. Supervised the creation and repair of production assembly and test fixtures.

Electrolux Corporation, 1986 to 1993

Manager, Engineering Services, Managed and oversaw engineering support services for the development of vacuum cleaners. Directed the daily activities of 20 personnel including engineers, designers, technicians and administrators. Championed the 3D CAD/CAM system design selection and implementation and subsequent system management. Supervised Engineering change (ECN) management/control system for remote manufacturing sites.

Earlier:

Supervising Design Engineer, Westinghouse Air Brake Company. Positions included: Design Engineer and Program Management. Supervised the design and testing activities of 16 Engineers and Designers in the development of friction brakes equipment and systems, used to stop mass transit and subway vehicles. Manufacturing Engineer, Bethlehem Steel Corporation.

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