STEPHEN A. DERINGER E-mail: addown@r.postjobfree.com

***206 Forestville Road Phone: 715-***-****

Ringle, WI 54471

Summary of Qualifications

Senior level executive with global experience in customer and supplier businesses looking to find an opportunity to leverage my experience and lead or grow an organization toward operational excellence. Strong leadership and team building skills, a focus on financial performance, combined with a proven track record serve as the building blocks for continued success. Proven strengths in Business Ownership, Operations Management, Business Development, Engineering, Procurement, Continuous Improvement and Quality Engineering. An avid practioner of lean manufacturing methodologies as a tool for continuous improvement and the elimination of waste in an organization. Outstanding commercial skills to identify, build and cultivate business opportunities in challenging markets with seasoned negotiation skills to develop long term business relationships.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Plant Manager Langlade Springs 2019 – Present

Responsible for total facility activities in a business restart after being acquired by a private equity firm.

Developed HAACP, GMP, FDA and work instructions for manufacturing and administrative activities.

Implemented safety program throughout manufacturing operations.

Corrected safety issues related to equipment and personnel practices.

Drove cost reductions in operating expenses to improve profitability.

Maintained 100% on time shipments throughout restart of business.

Developed 10X volume growth plan for company growth.

Director of Operations Seagrave Fire Apparatus 2018 - 2019

Responsible for all manufacturing and purchasing functions used in a vertically integrated manufacturer of custom Fire Fighting pumpers, ladder trucks, and rescue vehicles.

Directed manufacturing performance with labor constraints resulting in a double digit increase in truck output on a year over year basis with a very inexperienced labor force.

Expanded outsourcing efforts to augment needed manufacturing capacity.

Developed strategic alliance to finish paint truck cabs and bodies with a local source for fast turnaround while maintaining cost targets.

Developed solutions to aged manufacturing issues that had driven the costs of rework and delays.

Executive Vice-President / Owner ADC Custom Products, LLC 2015 – 2018

Co-owner responsible for the growth and profitability of the organization.

Expanded customer base to reduce volatility of business cycles. Established 50% of business in new markets that the business had not been involved with.

Grew business through diversity of product offerings in related but new markets.

Expanded technical offering by adding technical expertise within engineering group to be able to provide Marketable engineering services. Created inroads into markets that would not previously have been considered by the company.

Director of Business Development Broadwind Energy 2013 – 2015

Responsible for the development and execution of the business sales strategy for the Heavy Division. Created a formal business strategy targeting specific large fabrications, gas and oil products and pressure vessels. Began employment responsible for Continuous Improvement activities.

Restructured facilities in Wisconsin and Texas to optimize business opportunities in the southern region while redirecting other products to the Wisconsin facility.

Developed a manufacturing excellence strategy thorough continuous improvement projects resulting in an increase in wind tower production from 450 units to 500 without capital expense.

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Special Note: Between 2003 and 2013, I worked for the same senior manager at all four companies as a result of being recruited by him to help with problem resolution, growth and change at each of these growing organizations.

Business Development Manager LB Steel, LLC 2011-2013

Responsible for the identification and development of key accounts to facilitate the shift in business direction from job shop manufacturing to continuous flow manufacturing.

Developed a strategic, third party engineering alliance to facilitate the development of over 4000 engineering models and manufacturing drawings in a three-month window.

Stepped in to reorganize the quality function. Drove quality performance with the largest customer from 110,000 DPPM to 0 in nine months.

Negotiated life of the product, multi-year contract for family of large wheel loader welded and machined structures with annual revenues of five to eight million dollars per year. This project

impressed the customer enough to award a second, even more complex project with an additional three and a half million dollars of annual revenue.

Vice President, Business Development Steel Craft Corp 2008-2011

Responsible for all Sales, Engineering and Quality activities. Lead new business development with key accounts to develop aggressive business value added proposition.

Developed original approach to quality program resulting in a 10X improvement in customer quality performance in six months.

Developed comprehensive process for new product introduction utilizing APQP techniques as a baseline for planned, measurable and ensuring cost control.

Director, Engineering and Quality Super Steel Corp 2006-2008

Responsible for all design, development and quality activities in all facilities. Represented the business as business management representative for ISO compliance. Accomplishments were:

Developed CAD tools to eliminate manual layout of weld locations resulting in a savings of over 100 hours of direct labor per week.

Expanded engineering capabilities by developing third party technological alliance to augment engineering skill levels.

Reorganized quality group to focus on planned quality activities rather than an inspection based

quality approach.

Expanded welder training program to provide a tiered approach to training and developing welding personnel.

Experiences in leadership roles beyond the last 10 years include –

Factory / Operations Manager, Director of Engineering, Director of Quality & Advanced Engineering, and Project Management. Experienced working with union and nonunion shops. Began working career on shop floor in welding, weld inspection, weld engineering, tool and die design and manufacturing, painting and assembly. Served as trainer / educator during 10-year employment with General Electric at GE’s Crotonville Training Institute in areas of engineering, quality engineering, statistical analysis and modeling.

References available upon request.

EDUCATION

MBA, studies completed, thesis pending, Cardinal Stritch College, Milwaukee, WI

BS – Management Systems, Milwaukee School of Engineering, Milwaukee, WI

AD – Industrial Engineering, Waukesha County Technical College, Pewaukee, WI

Office Management, Sawyer College of Business, Milwaukee, WI

Certified ISO Lead Assessor, #16129311

Comprehensive Training in Lean/Six Sigma Manufacturing Methodologies

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