Engineer Manager

L. Todd Woods

**** ********* ***** ******** *******, CO 80923

719-***-****(res) 719-***-****(cell) **********@*****.***

Operations Executive successful at building high performance infrastructure focused on specific financial and operational metrics. Managed financial turnaround while continuing to maintain the vision and provided stability to minimize uncertainty in staff. Expert at executing Operational Excellence initiatives while enhancing performance, improving quality, reducing costs, and generating sustainable revenue/EBITDA gains. Expertise in new technologies, processes, markets and working with customers to understand crossover needs.

Strategic Planning and Vision Setting Communication to Investors International Operations Implementation of Metrics Management of Turnaround Plans Technology Management Budgeting and Costing Definition Customer Relationship Management

SELECTED ACHIEVEMENT HIGHLIGHTS

Complete industrialization of semiconductor packaging business, building completely new division of a $20B business including 3 acquisitions, facilities refit, personnel, capital budgeting and technology integration.

Integration of new technologies to create value and enable market penetration for medical and semiconductor customers who were at a technical impasse. Developed cross-over solutions that allowed them to be first to market with high reliability and cost-down paths.

Transformed poorly performing business with negative contribution in a highly commoditized market into the market leader with 45% GPM and 13% EBITDA in less than a year.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Iron Duke Investments, llc 2010 to Present

Managing Director

Providing consulting services and business operations planning development for emerging companies.

Photo Stencil, LLC Colorado Springs, CO 2007 to 2010

Vice President of Operations

Led the initiatives to take a sole-proprietorship to a strategic and objective driven operation. Took stand-alone foreign operations and built best practices and transfer protocols that created a global look and feel.

• In the first 60 days, implemented quality metrics and performance goals that increased yields and reduced overall labor costs.

• Implemented inventory measurement criteria and drove efforts that reduced on hand inventory to 40% of original while improving turns from .71 to 22 in less than 6 months.

• Implemented management level training on hiring, interviewing and retention that took the direct labor turnover from 100% in the previous 3 years to below 20% in the following 12 month period.

• Focused the entire US operation on cost control and efficiency to drive financial health while still driving to grow our foreign operations.

Plexus Corp Neenah, Wisconsin 2004 to 2007

Site Engineering Manager

Part of a team that took a satellite facility managed remotely to the highest performance site on a percentage basis in the company.

• Successfully implemented certifications for TL-9000, ISO-9002 and ITAR to support many different customer requirements.

• Managed technology requirements for the most diverse end-to-end process offering in the company including prototyping, medium volume PCB assembly, high-level mechanical assembly, Burn-In and configure to order.

• Led the operational segment for the implementation of one of the largest customers in the company’s history including capital budgeting, staffing, facilities planning and direct customer interaction.

• Worked on multiple continuous improvement projects including Time to Hire, New Facility Planning and New Product Introduction that led to acquiring Brown Belt status.

• Proficient with use of Kaizen, PDCA, PFMEA and other Lean/Sigma tools

Plexus Corp Neenah, Wisconsin 2001 to 2004

Global Process Owner – Assembly Equipment

Performed evaluations, specified, negotiated contracts for and provided implementation plans for all Class A capital equipment used in manufacturing operations globally

Lead user group for all subsets of manufacturing equipment at all sites to aide in troubleshooting and establishment of Best Practice through Kaizen events.

Created experimental plans (DOE) for certification requirements for FDA, ITAR, QS9000 and TL9000 customers.

Representative for team specifying and developing software platforms for production planning and execution, ERP, Agile, and data collection.

Early Positions Included:

SMTC Manufacturing, Appleton, Wisconsin 1999 to 2001

Manufacturing Engineering Manager

Vari-L Corporation, Inc., Denver Colorado 1998 to 1999

Director of Process Engineering

Johnson Matthey Electronics, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin 1996 to 1998

Assembly Products Group, Lead Engineer

EMD Associates, Inc., Winona, Minnesota 1991 to 1996

Manufacturing Engineer

EDUCATION

Indian Hills Community College 1985-1987 A.A.S Computer Programming

Iowa State University 1987-1989 B.S. Computer Engineering

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