Thomas Decker
Saint Joseph, MI. *****
517-***-**** - 269-***-**** - ******@*****.***
Career Overview:
• 25+ years experience in Custom Plastic Injection Mold Manufacturing & Plastic Injection Mold Design.
• Owner and Operator of a Manufacturing Company for 13 years.
• Setup all Company Accounts – Bank loans, leases, lines of credit, Payroll, Accounts receivable, Accounts payable.
• Responsible for day-to-day Company operations from small to large.
• Consultant for Plastic Part Design & Manufacturing of Plastic Parts.
• Strong knowledge of Master Cam Version - 9.
• Excellent working with Microsoft XP operating system, - Excel, and Word.
• Excellent oral and written communication with Customers.
• Perishing Agent of Machinery, Production Tooling, Office Machinery and Supply’s.
• Project leader & Coordinator of outside Subcontractors.
Professional Experience:
Fourwinds Casino. Hartford, MI. August 10/2011 - Present
• Gaming License for working in Fourwinds Casino.
• Cook 1 – In Food & Beverage department.
Contract Labor. Saint Joseph & Stevensville, MI. 2007 - August 10/ 2011.
• Handyman - inside & outside home repair or maintenance.
• Home cleaning - basic inside cleaning.
• Design and built custom cabinets and shelves for home, garage, and barn’s.
• Contract snow plowing.
TAD Enterprises Inc. Portage, MI. 1993 - 2007 Owner / President.
• Funded the Company in 1993.
• Developed and Structured the Company’s Job Tracking software in Excel.
• We Specialized in Plastic Injection Molds, Aluminum Prototypes Molds, Steel Production Molds, Small Die Cast Molds, & Fixtures.
• Sales and Customer Service.
• Designed Quoting Program and Cost Management program in Excel.
• Involved in Computer Added Design ( CAD ) Product Development, Mold Design and Programming.
• On Time Delivers 98.7 % of the time.
• Worked on confidential special projects for ( Stryker ) in conjunction with there Research and Development Unit and with ( Upjohn – Pfizer ) Research & development division, making Test fixtures and Indexing Machines.
• Outsourcing work to Outside Subcontractors as needed.
• Implemented Inspection of ( Critical To Function Dimensions ) on all Molds and Quality Control Requirements for Tooling.
• Master Cam version - 9, 2-D Design, 2-D & 3-D Cutter paths for Computer Numerical Control ( CNC ) mills.
• Engineered and Implemented inventory reductions to lower overhead & company overall costs.
• Built Molds, Fixtures & helped with Product Development of Parts for the: Auto Industry, Defense Contractor, R-V Industry, Medial Industry, Pharmaceutical Industry, Computer Industry, Aircraft Industry, Boating Industry and the Racing Industry.
Satellite Mold Vicksburg, MI. 1989 - 1993 Tooling Supervisor.
• Builder of Plastic Injection Molds and Aluminum Prototypes Molds.
• Overseeing maintenance on prototype molds and production molds.
• Problem solving on mold tooling and repair of damaged molds.
• Overseeing and coordinating special mold tooling projects at Triple S Plastics and Satellite Mold.
• Mold design and mold tooling review.
• Customer meetings on new part review and mold construction with phone follow-ups.
Accu Mold Kalamazoo, MI. 1976 -1989 Apprentice to Mold Maker
• Built Plastic Injection Custom Molds, Fixtures, Dies and Tools.
• Ran Sinker electric discharge machines ( EDM’s )
• Operator of Computer Numerical Control ( CNC ) Mills.
• Automatic Surface Grinders and Manual Surface Grinders.
Education:
• High School Diploma
• Journeymen Certification.
• Chauffeurs License.
• Certificate of completion – Teach Me to Trade – Major: Stock Trading.
• Certificate of completion – Teach Me to Trade – Major: Option Trading.
• Certificate of completion – Premiere Trade AI – Major: FOREX Trading.