Leading a management team during start-up installation of foundry casting, fluoroscopic x-ray, heat treat, CNC machine cells and powder/liquid paint system plus process flow. Working with contractors to provide facilities services, support tooling and equipment. Interfacing with customer quality functions for validation of product. Guiding product development with in-house Product Design engineering and customer product designers. Coordinating the hiring of the workforce with the Pasco County Workforce Board and Florida MEP/MOST training services. Start of production mid-June 2013.

Tian Cheng Wheel Company; OEM, Aftermarket Supplier plant, Jiangmen City, Guangdong Province, PR China 486 employees, $45.75 million USD in annual Sales Resp. for P&L, responsible for all business functions except Finance

Aug 2004 – Dec 2007VP Operations, Superior Industries Int., Inc.; $680mm annual sales 2007, 16 Direct, 3,200 Indirect employees, responsible for six foundry, machining, paint, package and ship to OEM Supplier plants in US: Provided corporate leadership to plant GM. Directed the execution of corporate process, product engineering. Administered the Corp Capital Budgets & Appropriation Approval system, implemented TPS and Lean methods where appropriateJul 1997 – Jul 2004VP Operations & Quality, Superior Industries Int., Inc.; $505 mm annual sales 1997, 21 Direct, 4,500 Indirect employees, 80% increase in sales volume in five years, responsible for eight foundry, machining, paint, package and ship OEM Supplier plants in North America, Provided corporate leadership to plant GM. Directed the execution of corporate process, product engineering. Managed the Corporate Quality activity; interfacing with up to 44 Automotive Assembly plants, plus customer corporate quality functions, interfaced with Product Design Engineering in support of the company Sales staff, Principle Corporate approval manager for 100% of the Process, Manufacturing, and Customer Quality Change Request Notice systemJul 1995 – Jun 1997Corporate Director Operations & Quality, Superior Industries International, Inc.; 60 Direct, 5 Indirect employees, also installation and start-up manager for Superior Industries’ Chrome Plating Plant in Fayetteville, Arkansas (a nine month assignment); responsible to direct Quality Systems and Operations of six manufacturing plants North America, handled all Customer Quality Initiatives with OEM Quality functions, led implementation of QS9000 (now TS16949)Jul 1993 – Jun 1995 Corporate Director Quality, Superior Industries; 60 Direct 5 Indirect employees, responsible for Quality of product and process for six OEM supplier plants in NA

Sales of the Dale Carnegie Training courses, Instructor for the Dale Carnegie Course

In the position of Plant Manager was rsponsible for all operaions of the plant - about 50% Aftermarket and 50% OEM manufacturing of Cast Aluminum wheels. (1,200 employees) Started as Director of Quality

Quality Manager, General Foreman, Manager Manufacturing Engineering, Inspwection Supervisor, Chief Inspector, Inspector, Loader/Unloader Paint Line.