Application Development and Reserch

Mark T. Hughes *******@*****.***

Laboratory Director

Advanced Packaging Technology Laboratories

Dates Employed: Jan 2014 – Jun 2020

Employment Duration: 6 years - 6 months

Wheeling, IL

Advanced Packaging Technology Laboratories is a full service, independent testing laboratory, providing solutions for the packaging industry.

• ISTA, UN/DOT, ASTM, FDA, Tappi, Military / Federal Specifications, Medical Package Validation, and Custom Testing

• Package, Pallet, IBC, Flexible Bags, Drums, Securement Products and Materials

• Random and Fixed Vibration, Environmental Chambers, Shock Testing, Compression Equipment, Corrugated and Material Testing

Signode Chain / Warehouse Operations Manager

Dates Employed: 2013 – 2014

Employment Duration: 1 year

Glenview, Illinois

Chosen to oversee the activities of procurement managers and shipping / receiving.

• Managed the consolidation / purchasing of 30 million in materials for 8 packaging equipment manufacturing units.

• Instrumental in leveraging purchasing power and utilizing ITW’s resources to maximize productivity and ensure the success of manufacturing initiatives.

• Intern Program; identified talent and hired industrial, mechanical and chemical engineering interns. This program was instrumental in reorganizing and consolidating the manufacturing businesses.

Project Manager

Dates Employed: 2012 – 2013

Employment Duration: 1 year

Glenview, Illinois

Selected to manage the project to consolidate decentralized ITW business units specializing in their own unique packaging machinery into the Glenview complex.

• Consolidated a total of eight companies onto the Glenview, Illinois campus; set up ergonomic systems to maximize production and minimize space/

• Analyzed key performance indicators (KPI), profit & loss, and total valuation in order to develop strategies for consolidation and increased revenue.

• ITW Components reduced floor space from 30,000 to 5,000 SF, and 550+ total products to 140 manufactured parts.

Mark T. Hughes *******@*****.***

Signode Manager, Application Development and Research Dates Employed: 2000 – 2012

Employment Duration: 12 years

Glenview, Illinois

Signode Application Development and Research (ADR) has supported domestic and international packaging product sales by providing value engineering services, quality analysis and laboratory testing.

• Redesigned the Signode ADR Laboratory with state-of-the-art random vibration, incline impact and temperature chamber test equipment.

• Packaging projects completed with ITW companies worldwide in Europe, China, Korea, Japan, India, Australia, South and North America; traveled to plant locations, visited key customers to build partnerships for shipping customer products worldwide.

• Created and implemented a global ADR website and active database to access information related to product packaging, customers and regions.

• Contributed significantly to the award of packaging patents for application engineers and managers.

• Directed two ITW acquisitions (ITW Centerload and ITW Lock n’ Pop) Signode Senior Packaging Research Engineer

Dates Employed: 1994 – 1999

Employment Duration: 5 yrs

Glenview, Illinois

Completed application engineering projects to support Signode packaging business, install new equipment and generate customer savings in packaging materials and labor.

• Managed and set up the Hazardous Materials Package Testing UN/DOT Laboratory

• Completed ISTA Package / Pallet Certification

• Completed Field Engineering Projects, Customer Application Reviews and Laboratory Packaging Projects to support Fortune 500 Companies. Manager, UN/DOT and ISTA Package Testing

Gaynes Labs Inc.

Dates Employed: 1983 – 1994

Employment Duration: 11 years

Chicago, Illinois

Directed package testing for Gaynes Testing Laboratory, the 2nd laboratory certified in the U.S. by the Department of Transportation. Guided the completion of 580 UN/DOT customer projects. Completed NSTA / ISTA customer certifications. Mark T. Hughes *******@*****.***

EDUCATION:

University of Minnesota

Degree Master of Science

Field of Forestry, Department of Forest Products

University of Massachusetts

Degree Bachelor of Science

Field of Forestry, Department of Wood Science and Technology

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