S. Stanley Mintz

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Cardiff, California, 92007 act9td@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

Engineering, Operations, and General Management: 20+ years Senior Executive experience in engineering, operations, project, program, and general management positions in multiple industries in varying size companies. Turned around several R&D departments from foundering operations to successful development labs that produced new, profitable, innovative products. Cost reduced and reinvigorated existing products to extend the lives of the products while increasing the profitability of the company. Raised money and founded a startup, developed it into a company with 200 employees and $9M in backlog. Improved the gross profit of a multinational high volume production operation by 12% for a $2.9M quarterly improvement on $23M quarterly sales. Negotiated the unification of industrial controllers for two companies of a conglomerate to reduce redundant staff and increase the profitability of both companies. Earned a BSEE from SJSU and a MSEE from Stanford University. Located in San Diego, CA.

Core competencies include:

Leadership/Directs - Project Management – Program Management - Product & Technology R & D - New Product Design - Product Engineering & Performance - Conceptual Design - Micro-processor and Computer Architecture - Digital Design - Robotics and Plant Automation - High Volume Production – Large Complex Projects – Operations functions including Machining, Metrics, Purchasing, Supply Chain Management, Assembly, Auditing to maintain product Quality and Control Costs, Budgeting, Capacity Planning, Developing needed Metrics, Sourcing, Reporting, Safety and Quality Management, Logistics, Molding, CNC and Manual Machining, Contract Negotiation – Documentation Management - Change Management, Troubleshooting and Problem Solving - Professional & Technical Staffing - Business Plans - Business Start-Ups - Fund Raising and Budgeting - Cross Functional Teams - Design Concepts - Operating Budgets - Preparation of Proposals – Microsoft Project and all the Microsoft office products –Management Experience both domestically, in Southeast Asia and in China

PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS:

Spearheaded a multi-functional team to extend calculator life cycle beyond the typical 18 months. Utilized cutting edge displays, battery, integrated circuit, packaging, and automation to break a costly cycle, lower production costs. Results: 10 year calculator product life enabled funneling millions to new product development.

Invented a simple micro-processor for computer peripherals. Identified a need create programmable devices, utilized design processes relevant to the era, reduced the result to hardware. Result: A re-programmable board to control diverse peripherals without hardware changes.

Gained investor financing for an advanced robotic project. Created and presented a plan to venture capitalists proposing the development, manufacture and sales of high accuracy, six axis vision guided, assembly robots. Result: Gained $32M in investments and in less than 3 years, the company grew to 200 employees, with $9M in backlog.

Decreased expenses for a company operating at lower than normal gross profit. Reduced inventory, decreased shrinkage and improved the manufacturing process to reduce scrape from 14% to 4%. Result: Increased gross margin 12% for a $2.9m quarterly improvement in profit on $23m in quarterly sales.

Restructured a product development effort. Reorganized the R&D Department responsible through writing a complete specification and ensuring appropriate talent was hired. Results: Turned around a failing effort, creating the next generation of LAN testers and gained a majority market share.

Convinced a large company that a small company could reliably create a critical system. Demonstrated proprietary technology and production capability to run a 24/7 robotic automation system Result: System represented 50% of company sales totaling ~$3.6M.

Reduced product cost by 65%, enabling successful sales. Managed a small team that planned and utilized innovative methods to cost-reduce the components and streamline the manufacturing process. Results: The product grossed revenues of over $35 million in the first year.

Proposed a new line of single and multiple point discrete wide ranging I/O to a company losing market share. As R&D manager, analyzed existing technology, employed state of the art improvements and created an innovative design. Result: Achieved the fastest growing I/O of its type ever developed, creating a 30% increase in the value of the company, dominating all competition.

Launched the redesign of a key component to modernize an existing mill feed. Identified product design deficiencies, recruited technical staff to capably complete the required design. Results: An easily produced, lower cost higher efficiency unit that recaptured market share.

Unified the development of industrial controllers for two entities of a conglomerate. Created a collaborative environment through active listening and providing constructive feedback to both teams, establishing common understanding Result: Reduced redundant staff and processes creating division wide cost savings.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

CONSULTANT

Solomon Engineering Inc.

2002 - Present

San Diego, CA

CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER

Wheels of Zeus

2001 - 2002

Los Gatos, CA

DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING

Ideal Industries (Formerly WAVETEK)

1997 - 2001

San Diego, CA

CONSULTANT

Solomon Engineering Inc.

1997

San Diego, CA

VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS, WORLDWIDE

Valor Electronics, Inc.

1996 - 1997

San Diego, CA

VICE PRESIDENT OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

Action Instruments, Inc.

1990 - 1996

San Diego, CA

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF ENGINEERING/ACTING GENERAL MANAGER

Servo Products Company

1987 - 1990

Pasadena, CA

PRESIDENT & CEO, CHIEF TECHNICAL OFFICER & CHAIRMAN

Intelledex

1981 - 1987

Corvallis, OR

EDUCATION

Master of Science, Electrical Engineering – Stanford University, Stanford CA

Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering – San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

Course Work/Training:

HP General Management Training

Management Accounting

PATENTS

Signatory on 17 patents ranging from semi-conductors to microprocessor architecture, to calculator advanced algorithms such as numerical integration

PUBLICATIONS

The Future of Microprocessors

Precision Industrial Robotics

Robotic Vision Systems

AFFILIATIONS

IEEE life time member

VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES

Voting Precinct Manager

AYSO Referee

Annual 50 MS 3 Day Walk

American Heart Association

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