Plant/production/engineering/Manager

LOUIS DIAZ

============================== ***** Cardinal Court ============================

Los Fresnos TX 78566

Mobile (956) 266 - 0936

E-mail *****.*******@*****.***

EXECUTIVE SUMMURY

Hands-on, fluently bilingual Manufacturing Executive with 30 plus years of progressive experience in Puerto Rico Mexican operation and US. Well rounded background that features tremendous expertise in Metal Stamping, Blow and Injection Molding, CNC Sheet Metal Fabrication, Tool & die Making/ Mold Making, Shelter operations, Lean Manufacturing, Plant Manager, Consultant, General Manager, Plant Superintendent, Tooling Engineering Manager, Manufacturing Engineer, Plant Engineer, Facility and Maintenance Manager, Production Manager, Team oriented approach has delivered a consistent track record of excellence.

EDUCATION

Bilingual – speaks fluent Spanish

Certified Tool and Die Maker, Tool Engineering,

AS. Degree Tool and Die Training School, Bayamon, Puerto Rico, 1971 – 1975

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

4/06 – 9/5/08 Plant Manager Carling Technologies Brownsville Texas.

Manage the Brownsville Production, Inventory control, delivers a quality part on time, Manufactures switches, breakers, and assembly of power supply for commercial, automotive & boating Industry. Supply metal stamping components to China, Mexico, and Connecticut plants 32 punch presses, Participates in planed maintenance, Tool manage repair all of dies (503) in house, support Mexican operation 78 injection molding presses 480 molds, coordinate mold repairs in Texas plant and outsourced, Spearheaded the successful transition of our Plainville Connecticut operation to Texas, P&L responsibilities.

10/04 – 4/06 Plant Manager Simclar of Mexico Matamoros Tamps. Mexico.

Spearhead the transfer of two US operation, installation and startup of CNC Sheet metal fabricating equipment, Powder coat Painting, Plastic injection molding, insert and over molding, Pad printing, Hire and train Personnel, P&L responsibilities $30 million in sales.

1/04 – 7/04 Consulting Parkveiw Metal Product Las Cruces New Mexico.

Metal stamping manufactures for commercial and the automotive industry, In charge of coordinating interdepartmental project activities, 5s Training plant wide, assist in new tool build compliance with costumer engineering principals, customer visits to the Juarez and Chihuahua Mexico area.

11/00 - 11/03 General Manager Methode Electronics, Inc. Reynosa Tamp. Mexico. Manufactures switches, clocksprings, cable and harnesses, ignition sw, air bag control bladder, stalk and wash wipe sw. for the automotive industry, full P&L responsibility for $30 million in sales, 320 employees, ISO 9000, QS 9000 QS14001, Q1 compliant, This operation produces close tolerance parts, both insert and injection Molding, Participate in daily Production Programming, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Black Belts for aggressive cost saving Participate in new tool design, New cell startup, Spearheaded the successful transition of our Carthage Illinois Stamping and Molding Operation to our Mexican Automotive Operation, Principal Accomplishment, Efficiencies increased by over 45%, b y motivating a teamwork attitude between maintenance and production ( .6% down time), Introduced and trained for the implementation of 5s plus one plant wide, Completed ISO 9000 ISO 14001 certification QS 9000 compliance and the Ford Motor Q1 Flag,

MANUFACTURING MANAGER Methode Electronics, Inc. Reynosa Tamp. Mexico.

Hire and startup operation.

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4/01 – 7/01 Consulting Federal Mogul Automotive Matamoros Tamps. Mexico.

Startup new Mold repair shop, Spec. Out new Machines and molds.

1/01 – 4/01 Consulting Summit Componentes Automotive Matamoros Tamps. Mexico.

Evaluate new Mold shop and start procurement of new molds.

11/99 – 10/00 Plant Superintendent Magnetek Corp. Matamoros Tamps. Mexico.

Increased production efficiencies by facilitating teamwork of maintenance and floor personnel. This generated $1.2 million of bottom line year over year improvement. Led successful production and facility maintenance ISO 9002 efforts. Attained ISO certification within 6 months from the documentation of initial floor procedure. Slashed inventory by over $4.0 million by utilizing in process kan-bans to increase the material velocity in all of our production cells. Eliminated customer backlogs by increasing schedule

Adherence from 40% to over 95%. Drove this improvement by creating dedicated, floor responsive support teams. Participated in daily scheduling meeting to ensure that production schedule met customer elements. Coordinated Six-Sigma improvement efforts that resulted in the identification of over $1.0million in Black Belt projects, and the successful implementation of $750K of the identified projects. Led successful transition of all product cells from Reynosa to Matamoros. Ensured that customer orders on all production cells were below 2 days, expedited all cell equipment transfers, and ensured successful start-up in the new facility.

2/95 – 11/99 TOOLING ENGINEERING MANAGER EATON CORP. /CONDURA

Matamoros, Mexico. Manage the activities of Manufacturing Engineers, All Molding and Tool Room activities, high volume Stamping and machining, Plant Preventive Maintenance, Procurement of new Tools RFQ’s, Review and approve new Tool Designs, Analyze and determinate root causes of premature tooling failure, Identify tooling improvements and coordinate necessary changes, (Both in-house and outsourced), Coordinate Plant’s pilot runs of new and rebuilt fabrication tooling (Dies and Molds), PPAP, Startup Metal Stamping, Injection Molding, Industrialization of new cells, Pad Printing. Principal Accomplishment, $2.8 MIL. Cost saving in one year, sister plant transferred from Indiana, Relocate engineering from Chicago to Matamoros. Installation and startup of Metal Stamping, Installation and startup 22 molding presses.

2/94 – 2/95 PLANT ENGINEER THERMA – TRU CORP. / PUERTAS Y VIDRIO Matamoros Mexico. Manufactures of Entry Doors Molded Plastic, Head of Engineering, Injection Molding, Maintenance of plant facilities, In house Machine shop, Coordinate new mold design, fixtures, Repairs with outside machine shop, RFQ’s , Accountable for Capital Projects, Procuring of all production Equipment

1990 - 1994 MANUFACTURING ENGINEER UNIQUE ELECTRONICS, INC. Orlando, Florida

Implementation of new techniques on the assembly line, supervisory duties, prototype stamping for Review and approve new Die Design, molding with all types of epoxies and compounds, production

scheduling and inventory control expediter, NASA Shuttle program in-house representative, molding of cables, high volume machining of production parts, new tooling design FRS’s and coordination with vendors.

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1988 –1990 MANUFACTURING ENGINEER TRI-TECH ELECTRONICS, INC. Orlando, Florida

Stamping/Molding troubleshooting, assembly line support, writing process procedures, prototype molding

With all type of epoxies, compounds and silicones, new tooling design, prototype wire harness, cable assemblies, and super flex flat ribbons. Mil specs, all types of repairs.

1985 – 1987 PLANT ENGINEER OCHOA POULTRY AND FINCA INDUSTRIES, Catano, Puerto

Rico Plant Maintenance, environmental and safety of the poultry and egg processing plant, coordination through team efforts of equipment and machine shop maintenance and repairs, in order to ensure continuity of processing operations and plant efficient

1981 – 1985 PLANT ENGINEER CENTRAL SOYA FOOD PLANT, Cataño, Puerto Rico

Maintenance of plant facilities, machines, boilers, air-conditioning, machine shop, unloading of ships and

barges, conveying equipment, accountable for union negotiations and compliance of EQB, EPA, and FDA regulations, and Safety.

1975 – 1981 PRODUCTION MANAGER OWENS ILLINIOS GLASS PLANT, Vaga Alta, Puerto

Rico. Plant startup, Bottle production, began as Blow Molding and machine repair foreman, Production Shift Foreman, Production supervisor, achieved weight reduction and increase in speed resulting in cost reduction and productivity increase.

1970 – 1975 TOOL & Die MAKER GENERAL ELECTRIC CONTROL PLANT, Vega Alta, Puerto Rico. Maintenance of molds and progressive dies, fixture, and jigs.

COURSES / SEMINARS

• ISO 9000 –QS 9002. ISO 14001 TS 16949 Lean Manufacturing

• MBO - Management by Objective Inventory and Production Control

• Kaizen Training (Ford Motors Corp.) Budgeting

• Six Sigma (problem solving). Electrical Technicians program

• Continuous Flow Manufacturing Human Relations and Motivational Skills

• Poka Yoke (Saturn) Auto Cad 2000

• Microsoft Office

HOBBIES / ACTIVITIES

Fishing, Racket ball, home remolding, and Sunday school teacher.

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