RUSSELL RICHEY
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Manager in Manufacturing
** ***** ** ************* ********** experience while mentoring CNC Programmers and machinists.
10 years of hands-on machining experience.
4 years of CNC Programming experience.
Unique combination machining skills; engineering; Quality; administrative experience, and advanced education.
Excel in problem solving, planning, process and quality improvement.
Extensive tooling applications experience.
Skilled in MS Office Suite; MS Project and other applications/systems.
Communicate well with all personnel levels, from top management to labor.
Lean Six Sigma Certified
Key Skills
Resource Management
Teambuilding & Supervision
Staff Development & Training
Capacity Planning
Situational/Functional Leadership
ISO 9001:AS9100 exposure Process Planning in Manufacturing
Continuous Process Improvement
Equipment/tooling procurement
Expense Reduction
Machining experience
NASA NHB-5300 exposure Fixture/tooling design
Lean Manufacturing/Six-sigma
CNC Programming
Report & Document Preparation
Spreadsheet & Database Creation
Exotic materials experience
Experience
PRECISION ROLL GRINDERS, Carrollton, GA. 10/2011 to 2/22/2012
General Manager
• Production management and resource allocation. Financial control and staffing. Oversee manufacturing; marketing personnel; planning; human resources, and facilities.
WARMELIN PRECISION PRODUCTS, Hawthorne, CA. 2/2011 to 10/2011
Program Manager/Chief Manufacturing Engineer
• Manage key programs; Develop process plans and process improvement; Review/correct production deficiencies; MRB action; Propagate outside suppliers for Quality and Production capability. Special projects.ISO 9001/AS9100C certified auditor.
VACCO INDUSTRIES, South El Monte, CA 9/11/1995 to 3/18/2010
Machine Shop Manager
• Machine Shop consisted of thirty machinists on two shifts with capabilities of conventional mills & lathes; CNC lathes; CNC vertical and horizontal machining centers; jig bore; vertical turret lathes; Sunnen hones; lapping; cylindrical and surface grinding; regular and micro deburring.
• Supported production requirements of engineered fluid controls for Satellites and Launch Vehicles in support of the Space, Aircraft and Defense industries. Normal activities included project and job scheduling, occasional trouble-shooting, job planning, tooling and equipment procurement, interfacing with Operations and Quality.
• Used performance metrics to track and initiate continuous improvement efforts. Performed Six-Sigma audits for shop organization, cleanliness, safety, and preventative maintenance. Exposure to Lean practices and Kaizen events.
• Customers included Boeing, Lockheed Martin, United Space Alliance (USA), Raytheon, G.E., U.S. Submarine (Electric Boat – Newport News), and most major satellite manufacturers, including the U.S. Army (Black Hawk helicopter anti-icing valve), and the U.S. Marines (V-22 Osprey fueling valve).
ACCURATE METALLURGICAL SERVICES, Santa Fe Springs, CA 1992 to 1995
Machine Shop Manager
• Machine shop logistics support for production, scheduling, training functional leadership, and CNC Programming.
REGENT MANUFACTURING INC., Downey, CA 1987 to 1992
CNC Programmer/ Assistant Shop Foreman
• CNC Programming for lathes and mills. (Numeridex 5000) Job scheduling and assignments. A CNC Mill machinist for the first two years.
EDRO ENGINEERING, Walnut, CA
1982-1983
CNC Mill Machinist and jig bore
• Setup and operated CNC mills and jig bores in the manufacture of mold bases for plastic injection dies.
STANDUN INC., Compton, CA 1981-1982
CNC Mill Machinist
• Learned and performed on all machines and controls in the machine shop.
B & W INC. (TRICO INDUSTRIES), TORRANCE, CA 1978-1981
CNC Lathe and 3rd.-Shift Leadman
• Started career in machining – operated drill presses, conventional lathes, CNC lathes, turret lathes. Became leadman on 3rd. Shift.
Education
Bachelors of Science Business Administration – University of Phoenix, AZ. October, 2010
Lean Six-Sigma Certified – Villanova University
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Certifications
CNC software, Inc. Mastercam Lathe v7.2
CNC software, Inc. Mastercam Mill v7.2
Valenite Machining Principles Technical Training Center, Detroit, MI.
SME High Speed Machining
Safety-Kleen Hazardous Waste Laws Monrovia, CA.
Global Leadership 2000 Achievement Award PTI
Padgett Thompson Basic Supervision Seminar