BARRY MORRIS
Rocky Mount, Virginia 24151
OBJECTIVE
To acquire a position within a company that utilizes all of an employee’s talents and skills, and rewards the employee monetarily for his loyalty and efforts.
SUMMARY
A detailed oriented, analytical professional with over 35 years experience in many different facets of the manufacturing industry with exceptional skills in Precision Machining and Design. This individual also possesses extensive experience in mold and die making with a broad knowledge of: plunge EDM’s, milling machines, surface grinders, lathes, jig grinders, jig bores, CNC mills, Proto Trak mills and Proto Trak lathes, CNC profile grinders, engraving lasers and heat treating. Accustomed to working with tolerances as close as plus or minus two ten thousandths. Has in depth knowledge and experience in tool and fixture design and product development. Other special skills include experience working with AutoCAD, Inventor, Solid Edge, Solid Works, Creo 2.0 (formerly ProE), Feature CAM and Microsoft Office.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Goodyear, Danville, VA 8/15-Present
Die Shop Manager
Oversee daily operations of die shop
Supervise QA Analyst
Participate on Continuous Improvement Groups
Federal Mogul, Blacksburg, VA 11/11-6/15
Tooling Designer/ Engineer
Redesign tooling
Trouble shoot progressive dies
Training operators
Facilitate stamping press upgrades and maintenance
Purchase tooling
Blueprint and specification reviews
Design reviews
Supervise production personnel
Synchrony, Salem, VA 7/09-11/11
R & D Machinist
Program and run CNC lathes and mills
Design and make machining fixtures
MEDICO SECURITY LOCKS, Salem, VA 7/06-11/08
Tool & Die Maker
Produce Inspection gages.
Design, machine, and build production fixtures and tooling.
Work with engineering staff to improve production methods.
SALEM PRECISION MACHINING, Salem, VA 06/06-07/06
Shop Foreman
Schedule and route work in shop.
Order Materials and tools.
Oversee daily operations of shop.
Develop and implement tracking system for work orders.
DAMON CO., Salem, VA 07/98-06/06
Tool & Die Maker
Design and make rubber molds.
Design machinery to help speed up production.
Work closely with management to improve methods in stamping facility.
Working in machine shop to produce parts to blueprint specifications.
Build plastic injection molds.
Program laser and design fixturing for holding parts.
Program CNC mills.
Drafting
Design
AMP INC., Roanoke, VA 11/83-9/97
Tool & Die Maker
Machined and built injection molds, dies and assembly machine parts.
Aided in tool redesign that helped cut cost in manufacturing precision tooling.
Trained other employees in methods to help cut time and effort.
Help develop methods to simplify production assembly procedures.
MEDECO SECURITY LOCKS, Salem, VA 12/81-11/83
Machinist
Worked closely with engineering staff to assist them in the design and improvement of manufacturing process.
Helped develop proto-type high security locks.
REDCO, Bedford, VA 09/81- 11/81
Machinist
Worked in job shop environment and operate machine shop equipment to produce parts to blueprint specifications.
CAPCO, Salem, VA 02/81-08/81
Machinist
Worked in job shop environment and operate machine shop equipment to produce parts to blueprint specifications.
ELECTRO-TECH, Blacksburg, VA
Machinist 09/79-02/81
Setup and operate various production and CNC machines.
EDUCATION
New River Community College, Dublin, Virginia
Associates Degree Machine Technology
Virginia Western Community College, Roanoke, Virginia
Engineering Technology
Glenvar High School, Salem, Virginia
CERTIFICATION
Virginia State Tool and Die Certification