James E. Lundstedt

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jelaluminumextrusion.com

Operations Management ~ Project & Process Management and Optimization 30+ years of cross-functional accomplishment managing manufacturing operations, engineering, maintenance, and technical sales, providing uncommonly broad and valuable insight and perspective to help metals companies seeking to:

Increase productivity, profitability, quality and on time performance through process evaluation, systems enhancements, training and personnel optimization.

Determine root cause. Develop and implement lasting solutions through process evaluation and constant input from employees and management.

Develop meaningful milestones and metrics to track progress, as well as train personnel at all levels what metrics are as well as how they personally contribute to the success of the organization.

Evaluate personnel, analyze training needs. Hands on mentoring and motivating team to achieve excellence.

Training all levels including owners, CEO, Presidents, plant managers to shop floor staff

Build organization capable of effectively handling new business while maintaining overall productivity and quality.

Improve facility safety, creating a safety-focused culture that emphasizes prevention Natural hands on talent for evaluating operations management and quickly pinpointing opportunities for improvement. Outside-the- box thinker with proven ability to dig deep into root cause, going far beyond topical causes to develop real, lasting solutions. Accomplished senior manager, particularly skilled at recognizing problems and then providing mentoring to develop and optimize individual leadership talents of personnel. Extensive background implementing Lean and continuous improvement initiatives. QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY

Cross functional communications with all employess supporting business objectives

Operations and Engineering Management

P&L Responsibilities

Hands on Personnel Development and Mentoring

Project and Process Management in fast paced environments

Systems Development and Implementation

Root Cause Analysis and Problem Solving

Equipment Optimization – CNC/CAD/CAM, ISO and Quality Systems

30 years metals experience in leadings teams to excellence

Establishing Equipment Specifications and Scope for Capex equipment and systems

Experience in governmental corporate guidance

Road Warrior, ability to support multiple locations currently

Lean and 6 Sigma (Green Belt Certified)

Project Engineering utilizing and

implementation of Best Practices

Safety and Environmental Excellence

Inventory Management

Technical Sales Management

Maintenance Management

Customer Relationship Building

Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering

Project Planning establishing long lasting

solutions to complex problems

Reviewing Projects and Establishing

programs then communicating Design to

employees

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

JEL Enterprises LLC, Consulting Firm 2009-present

Selected Results & Achievements:

Orchestrated training and startup of a greenfield extrusion operation - this included commissioning of equipment, training

"green" personnel and developing a full-fledged quality system including detailed SOP's and quality manual.

Working with management, shop floor personnel and suppliers, achieved 50% improvement in productivity, while improving safety, quality and delivery.

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Significant lead-time and waste reduction through improved scheduling and planning.

Evaluated personnel capabilities for alignment with organizational direction.

Developed training program to internally grow talent by evaluating innate attitude and aptitude.

Evaluated and developed process manuals including training of personnel and sustaining audit system.

Led 6-S effort to improve work environment and safety. Aluminum Shapes LLC, a division of Signature Aluminum – Delair, NJ 2002 – 2009

$400 million manufacturer of custom aluminum extrusion products for a national customer base. DIRECTOR OF DIE ENGINEERING AND DIE CORRECTION

Led team of 3 managers overseeing 24 union personnel and managed $3 million annual tooling budget. Evaluated “extrudability” and fit to equipment of all new business; selected, purchased, and inspected new tooling; evaluated die designs prior to manufacturing new tooling; and ensured production worthiness of tooling through maintenance and repair. Improved run performance to 95% from under 80%. For 18 months, simultaneously managed maintenance department. Contributions Snapshot: Hired to lead turnaround of a poorly performing die and tooling operation that was completely lacking performance tracking measures and was suffering from low levels of management and personnel accountability. Led the charge in rolling out improved systems and leveraged industry network to develop and integrate best practices. Exceeded expectations and goals, significantly strengthening performance of die families and extrusion runs, heightening both safety and uptime, improving communications, and increasing market share.

EXCO Extrusion Dies – Chesterfield, MI 2001 – 2002

$18 million supplier of extrusion dies and tooling to the metals extrusion industry worldwide. TECHNICAL SALES MANAGER

Managed a team of 2 technical sales reps in sale of aluminum extrusion dies throughout the U.S. Developed sales and business development strategies and rolled out new programs. Contributions Snapshot: Rejuvenated faltering sales and restarted growth, repairing damaged relationships with plant tooling personnel and improving die performance at customers’ sites by establishing value-add beyond dies, rolling out new die design program, and launching new customer training program for extrusion personnel. Alcoa Engineered Products/Alumax/Cressona Aluminum – Cressona, PA 1988 – 2001 Manufacturer of aluminum extruded products to the transportation, service center, and building and construction markets. Retained and promoted through several acquisitions and mergers. MANAGER OF DIE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT (1999 – 2001) Following merger, led the charge to evaluate technologies, operational procedures, and processes of 6 Alcoa die shops in worldwide locations and where appropriate, recommend incorporation and adoption of technologies and best practices in Cressona die shop. MANAGER OF DIE DESIGN AND DIE MANUFACTURING (1989 – 1999) Promoted to take over P&L leadership of a $10 million cost avoidance center that was underperforming primarily due to lack of accountability, internal controls, or clear standards. Managed $7 million budget and 60 hourly and union employees in supplying dies and tools to 10 facilities nationwide. Implemented standardization in die design, CNC programming, and manufacturing. Modernized outdated shop equipment with CNC, including Wire EDM, CNC Mill, CNC Lathes, CNC Ram EDM, and CAD/CAM. PRESALES/ESTIMATION MANAGER (1988 – 1989)

Supervised a 3-person team in preparing estimates and sales quotes. Eliminated 1 FTE and associated costs by developing spreadsheet solution for estimating costs. Improved recovery 10% by developing computerized billet planning and press optimization logic. Member of team that collaborated in efforts that reduced scrap and increased yield from 60% to 70%. EDUCATION & TRAINING

B.S., INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING

Pennsylvania State University (1986)

Additional training in Lean Manufacturing (Green Belt Certified), Six Sigma, ISO 9001, Steven Covey 7 Habits, Leading Change, and Management, NABCEP PV Certificate, Conergy 6 day design and marketing of PV Systems, CEET Building Analysis Course

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