Project Manager Customer Service

Patrick J. Barkdoll

***** *** ****** **** • Pecatonica, IL 61063 llox61@r.postjobfree.com

Cell 815-***-****

Objective: To obtain a challenging position that will utilize my design, management and manufacturing experience and problem-solving abilities

Project

Management

Skills:

• Oversee and take part in design and concept of projects

• Manage process and timeline for projects

• Estimate costing of project and tooling

• Maintain database and project information

Tooling related

Skills:

• Designing of tooling

• Quoting and cost estimating of tooling

• Oversee construction and quantifying of the tooling

Technical

Skills: • AutoCad 2002, 2 and 3-D Cad

• SolidWorks 3-D Cad

• Microsoft Office

• Microsoft Project manager

• At present I have 26 U.S. Patents listing me as the inventor

Experience: Durst Industries (through Aerotek). Shopiere, Wisconsin

Design Engineer February 2012 to Present

Design transmission assemblies for off road applications

Southern Imperial, Inc Rockford, Illinois

New Product Project Manager December 2004 to January 2012

• Head up the new product development program

• Created new product development database

• Develop new product from concept through the first turn of inventory

• Categorize and organize ideas and the priorities of their development

• Oversee the engineering and aid in the engineering of the products

• Track the performance of the new products over the first two years of their product life

• Created new international vendor sourcing program - China

• Manage products through the steps of concept, costing, design, tooling, production and shipping

• Manage information for intellectual property

Milescraft, Inc. Rockford, Illinois

Design Engineer January 2003 to December 2004

• Sole inventor and designer of a patented multiple angle drill attachment that adjusts from 0 to 90 degrees

• Worked with design team to develop full new product line in a one year time frame

• Managed technical customer service

Welliver & Sons, Inc. (purchased by Milescraft) Rockford, Illinois

Design Manager July 2001 to January 2003

• Effectively supervised machine product production and reduced lead times and lowered scrap rate

• Established a rapid prototype department for development of new product

• Responsible for entire plant operations as Interim Plant Manager when the Plant Manager took a six month unexpected leave of absence

• Developed an inspection program that reduced lost time of production from substandard products

Progressive Mold Freeport, Illinois

Journeyman Mold Maker November 1999 to July 2001

• Built plastic injection molds

• Repaired existing plastic injection molds

Armin Tool & Manufacturing Elgin, Illinois

Lead Mold Maker April 1999 to November 1999

• Managed a team of mold makers

• Built close tolerance plastic injections molds

Rockford Molded Products Rockford, Illinois

Tool Room Manager April 1993 to April 1999

• Established an injection mold maintenance program to reduce downtime on product runs and reduce set up time

• Created mold identification program to reduce set up time and avoid set up of incorrect tools

• Performed troubleshooting molding process

• Worked with customers from prototype stage to finished product

• Designed new tooling, including molds and fixtures

• Was responsible for quoting of new tooling and engineering changes

• Supervised tool room staff

Education: Rock Valley College Rockford, Illinois

Studied Quality, Accounting and Business Management 1993 to 2003

Apex Molded Products Loves Park, Illinois

Four-year Apprenticeship in Tool & Die 1981 to 1985

Harlem Community High School Loves Park, Illinois

High School Diploma

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