James R. Clifford

***** ** * *** *. Johnson Street

Denton, TX 76207

Phone: 940-***-****

Cell: 479-***-****

Email: u821wi@r.postjobfree.com

Education

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Institute of Technology School of Business

University of Minnesota University of M innesota

Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering Bachelor of Science Business

Recent Experience

STAFF ENGINEER, Rheem Manufacturing, Fort Smith, AR

Qualification procedures were developed. A non-silver based solder was implemented that

produced approximately a million dollars a year in savings. A brand new outdoor unit testing

procedure was taken from ideation to production. I actively participated in the start-up of a

Greenfield manufacturing plant in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico.

STAFF ENGINEER, Fort Smith Division

Four months of “Black Belt” or Six Sigma Training was completed. Training included a

minimum of $300.00 savings on three projects. Responsible for the Manufacturing Engineering

input in a redesigned refrigerator control system and the next generation of ice dispensing.

MANAGER OF ADVANCED MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING,

Joint Venture, Beijing China

Responsibilities included process engineering, environmental engineering, maintenance, facility

engineering and safety. Worked with assistant managers, engineers, supervisors, swat team

members, capitol administrator, secretary, skilled trades personnel, and power house personnel.

MANAGER OF ENGINEERING SERVICES, Fort Smith Division

Responsibilities included quality-engineering support for all purchased material, receiving

inspection, warehouse rework, customer assurance laboratory, metrology labs, and engineering

approval labs. Direct reports included engineers, supervisors, technical coordinators, clerks and

salaried and hourly lab technicians.

Other Experience

MANAGER OF PLASTICS BUSINESS UNIT, MANAGER OF MAINTENANCE AND TOOL

ROOM, MANAGER OF QUALITY SERVICES, PRODUCT ENGINEER (Automatic Washer),

PROCESS ENGINEER (Free Standing and Built-in Ranges), SR. PROCESS ENGINEER

(Chest Freezers), MAINTENANCE FOREMAN, FACILITY PLANNING ENGINEER,

PROCESS ENGINEER (Plastics).

Activities and Interests

• High school band treasurer, 1994-1996

• Junior high band vice-president 1995-1996

• Active in Project Graduation for four years

• Boating, stamp collecting, and weightlifting are outside interests

• Woodworking

Computer Skills

Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Windows, Internet Mail, Lotus, JMP, and Harvard Graphics.

Accomplishments

I have been a process engineer or product engineer for chest freezers, vacuum cleaners, compact

chest freezers, free standing ranges, built-in ranges, compact clothes washers, clothes washers

and side by side refrigerators. I have been responsible for the maintenance of two entire plants,

the first plant as a maintenance foreman and the second plant as the maintenance manager. I

have managed the receiving inspection, quality engineering, and day to day quality

organizations. I have managed the maintenance and engineering organization of a joint venture

in Beijing, China and finally I have managed a production department. I have invented and

implemented a revolutionary test process for 1 to 5 ton outdoor air conditioning units. I found a

new silver less solder, developed an approval test program and implemented in manufacturing

for million plus dollar savings for no investment

Employers:

WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

St. Paul, MN Division

Findlay, OH Division

Laundry Product Engineering (Benton Harbor, MI)

Fort Smith, AR Division

Beijing, China Joint Venture

Fort Smith, AR Division

RHEEM MANUFACTURING COMPANY

Fort Smith, AR Division

James R. Clifford

Work History

Staff Engineer Rheem Manufacturing Corporation Fort Smith, Arkansas 72903

February 2002-December 2007 Developed qualification procedures for several critical purchased components.

Brought in and completed approval testing for a non-silver based solder that produced approximately a million dollars

a year in savings. I carried a brand new testing procedure that takes less than a minute for cooling and heat/cool

condensers up to 5 tons from ideation to production. I assisted in the start-up of a Greenfield manufacturing plant in

Nuevo Laredo, Mexico.

Staff Engineer Whirlpool Corporation Fort Smith, Arkansas 72903

January 1998-May 2001 Completed four months’ intensive training on 6 Sigma Techniques. Primary focus has been

the design and introduction of an in the door ice storage and dispensing system for 25 and 27 cubic foot Side by Side

refrigerators. Early project work included a series of design for manufacture and design for assembly reviews. Once

the first design pass was completed, prototype product were built and tested. The final design was completed and a

50-piece run was completed for design verification. Once tooling was in place, training was done across all three

shifts over a several month period. Volume for the year 2000 was projected to be 65,000 units and turned out to be

130,000. That design has been carried into the 22 cubic foot product line and being made ready for an April 2001

production date. Three new electronic models have also been made production ready.

Manager of Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Whirlpool/Snowflake Joint Venture, Beijing, China

October 1996 – December 1997: Lead a project team of local Chinese and engineers from Evansville, Indiana to

develop a plan to leverage the Global No Frost design for China at a cost that could be justified and implemented in a

short time frame. Cost to implement was reduced from $2.5 million to $.56 million and projected time from three

years to fourteen months. The factory layout was redone in conjunction with local Chinese to utilize Just-in-Time

manufacturing concepts. Kan Ban is in place for all major steel parts, plastic parts and foam doors. Plans call for a lot

size reduction from 1000 to 100 units and to run all SKU’s every day. Four all new base models were made ready for

production through pilot. Requirements for these included a new extrusion line and plastic regrind handling system,

four each vacuum form molds for freezer compartment, refrigerator compartment, freezer door liner, and refrigerator

door liner. A six station foam machine and miscellaneous on-line process equipment that included tube form and

aluminum to aluminum welding were also put into production. The PMP process was put in place with the Chinese for

the first time.

Manager of Engineering Services Whirlpool Corporation Fort Smith, Arkansas 72903

May 1995 – October 1996: Responsibilities include quality engineering support for all purchased material, receiving

inspection, warehouse rework, customer assurance laboratory, five metrology labs, and the engineering approval labs.

Department personnel include 11 engineers, three supervisors of hourly personnel, a technical coordinator, a clerk, 14

salaried lab technicians, and 37 hourly technicians. The1995 budget was $3,165,000. The department ensures the

quality of all 5,000 different part numbers, valued at 1.25 million dollars that are received daily. The Labs monitor all

part metrology and chemistry. On-line quality is continuously monitored. Component and product are tested and

approved in the engineering labs.

Manager of the Plastics Business Unit Whirlpool Corporation Fort Smith, Arkansas 72903

March 1994 – April 1995: Departmental equipment included three six inch extruders with the side arms, 11 inline

thermoformers and 10 pierce presses. Departmental personnel include six supervisors, eight engineers, one scheduler,

and 200 hourly personnel. Recently completed projects include a one million dollar project for the addition of three

pierce presses to increase daily SKU’s, a four million dollar project for the addition of two inline thermoformers to

increase capacity, and the conversion from ABS to HIPS in order to support CFC free products. Scrap levels in March

1994 were 25 % and as of April 1995 were at less than 5%. Direct labor costs were reduced 20%.

Manager of Maintenance and Tool Room Whirlpool Corporation Fort Smith, Arkansas 72903

April 1990 – February 1994: Implemented main frame based preventative maintenance and work order system.

Hourly workers complete work orders on system. A LOTUS notes program was designed to generate group work

sheets by employee and work order for payroll and tally overtime hours. Put formal planning, objective setting, and

review system into place. “Down time” reduction goals are taking emphasis from the “fire flight mode” to a

“preventative type”. Annual all employee meetings and “skip level” meetings were implemented. All employees

actively utilize a main frame electronic mail system. An on line system was added to allow all authorized to gain

access to obtaining purchase orders. The process to obtain and approve was paperless until the P.O. is printed.

Controls on seven inline thermoformers were replaced for a million dollars in scrap reduction. The non-

productive/maintenance stores crib was sold to an inventory management company. Fixed assets have been reduced

by $5,000.000 with five year-projected material and labor savings of $3,300,000. Divisions purchase orders have been

reduced by 75%. Bench marketing activities were started to drive further world class improvements. The 1992 budget

was $15,300.000 and the year ended 3.5% favorable. The 1993 budget was $12,820.000 with actual spending of

$16,966,322. The division produced additional volume that more than offset the additional costs. Department

included 26 monthly, 3 weekly, and 193 hourly employees. Budget for 1994 was $17,904.000.

Manager of Quality Services Department Whirlpool Corporation Fort Smith, Arkansas 72903

February 1989 – March 1990: Implemented computer controlled held material system to manage incoming rejects and

line returned defective material. Instituted a computer controlled follow-up system to insure true vendor corrective

action to eliminate defects. Initiated and continued a top five list of problem purchased part to drive corrective action

for individual problem parts. Diligent use of characteristic sheets improved the effectiveness of hourly inspectors.

Department staffing increased by adding two quality engineers and a packaging engineer making total staff nine

monthly salaried, four weekly salaried, and 16 hourly. A three coordinate measuring machine, a state-of-the-art

thermostat tester, five personal computers, and a light booth were added to the department equipment. New model

introduction was also supervised.

Project/Product Engineer, Laundry and Dishwasher Engineering Whirlpool Corporation Saint

Joseph, Michigan 49085

June 1986 – January 1989: Responsible for taking the compact automatic washer from the pre-production phase into

production. Several design changes were completed in time to begin production on schedule. Preliminary testing and

design was completed for an electric suds return model. Production was started mid 1988. The next 1.5 years was

spent as Whirlpool Automatic Washer Model Line Engineer. Responsibilities for the maintenance of the line of

approximately 45 base models were on going. During this time 55 new models were placed into production.

Promotion to Product Engineer occurred on June1, 1998. “Roper Line” of automatic washer placed into production in

of normal time requirements in order to meet aggressive marketing schedules. Job responsibilities included the

supervision of one monthly salaried product designer and on weekly salaried drafter.

Process Engineer Whirlpool Corporation Findlay, Ohio 45840

December 1983 – May 1986: As a project leader of a two million dollar relocation of built-in ranges from the Marion

Division to the Findlay Division, completion was on schedule, within the set budget, and the quality goals were met.

As process engineer, my portion of the project was the floor layout, design of the equipment, purchase, and installation

of a half million-dollar floor conveyor and test system. A $100,000 automated wool (insulation) wrapping and banding

machine was specified, designed, built, installed, and brought on-line. As project leader, coordination of the

equipment moved from Marion to Findlay, the installation of all new equipment, all layouts, coordination with material

control, and financial accountability was under the process engineer. Financial control and scheduling were

accomplished using the personal computer. Responsible for process, fixtures, and assembly equipment in the final

assembly area for free standing ranges. Close work with product engineering resulted in the on schedule start-up of

new models on each of the product lines in successive years. Routers were loaded to implement WMCS for the built-

in range product line.

Senior Process Engineer Whirlpool Corporation Saint Paul, Minnesota 55106

August 1982 – November 1983: Responsible for processes, fixtures, and equipment in the final assembly for chest

freezers. As part of a major re-design, 12 polyurethane foam fixtures were modified to run new models. The design

required the drilling of holes for which an automatic drill fixture was designed and installed including a machine

capability study to insure accuracy for quality goals. Responsibilities included metal preparation and electrostatic

painting equipment for two paint shops. A two-station automatic reciprocating bell paint system was installed and de-

bugged. Start-up of a two station electrostatic powder coating system was completed. Designed, installed, and placed

into production a system to load and unload two helium mass spectrometers. The fully automatic system replaced a

manual one with two operators.

Maintenance Foreman Whirlpool Corporation Saint Paul, Minnesota 55106April 1975 – July

1982:

Primary responsibility was the supervision of a crew of maintenance mechanics. A crew of eight to 12 mechanics was

supervised for two weeks then a rotation to second shift had a crew of 15 mechanics and six electricians. Spare parts

had to be provided for all projects. Equipment in the area of responsibility included: large and small draw presses,

blank presses, manual shears, gang punches, press breaks, metal finishing, roll form seam welder, high frequency

welders, five station expand and weld line, five station rolling seam, and spot weld line. Roll forming lines, bulk

foam, bulk paint, power house boilers, large and small air compressors, air drying systems, paint shops, propane air

mixing system, an electron beam welder, a sheet steel cut to length line, and seven final assembly lines. Special

projects included the initiation of a computerized preventative maintenance system that scheduled a crew of 12 men to

4,500 machines and projects. A computerized parts crib was set-up. Two helium mass spectrometers were made to

function at required production speeds with required reliability after engineering had given up on this project. During

this time an expertise was developed for high vacuum, and Freon charging systems.

Facility Planning Engineer Whirlpool Corporation Saint Paul, Minnesota 55106

October 1973 – March 1975: Responsible for short and long range financial plans for the floor care business. This

included the coordination of projects of capital tooling and expense. During this time a new site and facility was

searched for. A layout was done for each potential building. Final site turned out to be the facility constructed in

Cottage Grove, Minnesota. Daily duties included working with material control to solve floor space problems.

Layouts were done for all new equipment and rearrangement projects.

Process Engineer Whirlpool Corporation Saint Paul, Minnesota 55106

June 1970 – September 1973: Responsible for processes and equipment in the plastics department. A process for

injection molding a mixture of PVC pallets, PVC powder, and inch chopped fiber glass and glass spheres was taken

from development lab to the production floor. This included purchasing and installing two 650-ton injection-molding

machines, two mold chillers, a special mixer, and special material handling equipment to move the mixture without

destroying the fiberglass. Projects to justify, purchase, and install 225 ton injection molding machine, mold

temperature control unit, and grinder was completed. Most of the department (12 of 16) was re-arranged to make

room for four additional plastics machines. A research and development project was undertaken as a joint venture

including the Farrel Corporation, Whirlpool Corporation, Research and Engineering, and the St. Paul Division to

injection mold polyester premix. Development progressed to the point that a 600 ton injection molding machine was

installed first at Corporate Research in Benton Harbor and then at St. Paul. The project proved uneconomical and was

abandoned. A project was undertaken to color natural Dow ABS in the approximately 20 colors used in the

manufacture of vacuum cleaners. It took approximately one year to mold all parts in all colors. The project was

approved and equipment was ordered to color the plastic when purchasing negotiated a reduction in the price of

Marbon Cycolac pre-colored plastic material. The project had to be redesigned to receive 180,000-pound rail cars,

upload to eight silos, and distribute from any silo to any one of 16 plastic machines. Product re-design of the vacuum

cleaner bases required the molding of GE Noryl into this part. The equipment to do this included four silos, two 1,000

–ton injection molding machines, and all auxiliary equipment. A long standing problem of water splay marks in the

ABS parts on larger injection molding machines was solved by replacing old refrigeration type hot air dryers with new

desiccant type dryers. Other projects included the installation of both air and water cooled chilling systems, a

centralized noise reduction regrind area, hot transfer equipment, single and multiple station wood grain machines,

several hot stamp machines, and numerous cooling fixtures were placed into production.

EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS I am familiar with:

Metal Fabrication Cold Rolled Steel

Metal Finishing/Preparation Stainless Steel

Paint

Powder Paint

Porcelain

Powder Porcelain

E-Coat

Metal Stamping

Metal Forming

Metal Joining

Stitching

A/C Welding

D/C Welding

Spot/mash welding

Vacuum Systems

.001 micron sealed system levels

.00000001 micron ultra high vacuum

Polyurethane foam (high pressure)

Helium leak detection and helium recovery

Refrigeration charge systems for oil and fluorocarbon

Plastics PVC, ABS, HIPS

Injection molding

Extrusion – sheets and profile

Vacuum forming

Decorating

Hot stamp

Hot transfer

Wood grain application

Power house

Air compressors

Screw

Reciprocating

Electric

Steam Driven

Air Dryers

Mechanical

Desiccant

Inert gas generators

Propane-air gas supply systems

Multi fuel boilers

Condensate return systems

Compressed air systems

Factory air

Dry air

Sealed system quality dry air

Bulk handling systems

Refrigeration oil and fluorocarbon

Plastic pellets

Foam chemicals

Propane

Manual to automatic assembly equipment

Multi station, high automated

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