Brian Althoff Email & Phone Number

Arlington Heights, Illinois, United States

Semi-retired and continuing to work on some special projects at Star Hydraulics and Alkon Corp.

River Grove, Illinois, United States

Ran the company for 10 years and I am now retired

Carpentersville, Il

Spitfire provides control solutions to the appliance industry.

Director of multi-plant Operations including manufacturing, distribution, quality and supply chain management. At Dexter our mixed mode manufacturing processes provided products for aerospace, medical, oil/gas, semiconductor and a variety of industrial applications.• Directed manufacturing, quality and supply chain activities for multiple plants. Implemented continuous improvement, Operational Excellence and Lean Manufacturing techniques including process mapping, kaizen, 5S and… Show more Director of multi-plant Operations including manufacturing, distribution, quality and supply chain management. At Dexter our mixed mode manufacturing processes provided products for aerospace, medical, oil/gas, semiconductor and a variety of industrial applications.• Directed manufacturing, quality and supply chain activities for multiple plants. Implemented continuous improvement, Operational Excellence and Lean Manufacturing techniques including process mapping, kaizen, 5S and fool-proofing resulting in substantial cost savings and substantial reductions in lead-times.• Initiated supply chain management efforts to measure and improve the supply chain logistics. These efforts resulted in annual material cost reductions, a 23% reduction of raw and FG inventory, a 60% reduction in obsolete inventory, doubling of inventory turns, additional cash flow and reduced cycle time.• Improved use of ERP software and wrote database queries to extract and analyze information needed for metrics, reporting and process improvements. The focused data from these queries resulted in significant improvements to material management, production planning, costs-of-quality and manufacturing efficiency. Show less

While President of CGI, led the transition from a small repair shop to an award winning national electronics core collection and electronics remanufacturing provider. While at CGI, increased tripled sales revenue and established a foundation for continued growth in sales revenue. • ISO9001, Lean manufacturing, materials/core management, warehouse management, bar coding, computer access for every repair station and better identification of products to repair were all implemented or… Show more While President of CGI, led the transition from a small repair shop to an award winning national electronics core collection and electronics remanufacturing provider. While at CGI, increased tripled sales revenue and established a foundation for continued growth in sales revenue. • ISO9001, Lean manufacturing, materials/core management, warehouse management, bar coding, computer access for every repair station and better identification of products to repair were all implemented or improved. A “learning” database was implemented that allowed inclusion of the analysis and repair of each product into a real-time Pareto analysis that allowed technicians to quickly identify the most likely defect and solution to convert future core to saleable product.• Developed and coordinated the strategy to implement ISO9001, convince Sears to use higher quantities of re-manufactured parts, add customers, initiate “RFR” and add re-manufacturing of fitness products. As a result, revenues and profits increased threefold and CGI was well positioned for substantial future growth.• Organized “core” management processes to provide better estimates of revenue backlog and identification of core by part number and family. This provided a roadmap to re-manufacture parts and allow better use of engineering and direct labor resources -- resulting in higher margins.• Worked closely with Sears, Whirlpool, BSH and others to improve customer satisfaction. Achieved Sears’ Partners-in-Progress award in 3 of the 4 years eligible, and their 2003 Innovation Supplier of the Year award. • New Services including direct internet sales, e-Bay sales, and various collection center activities were successfully added to increase customer base and enter new markets to reduce dependence on one customer. Show less

• Designed and launched award-winning Smoke and CO Detectors using Lean/Six Sigma and DFM design techniques for Home Depot, generating an increase of more than $100M in annual sales. • Coordinated the facility/product integration/consolidation of Paragon, Enerstat, Robertshaw Grayson and Uniline facilities with those of Maple Chase. Cut costs by $5M annually, streamlined the organization, improved quality and customer satisfaction.• Led efforts to cost-reduce thermostats and… Show more • Designed and launched award-winning Smoke and CO Detectors using Lean/Six Sigma and DFM design techniques for Home Depot, generating an increase of more than $100M in annual sales. • Coordinated the facility/product integration/consolidation of Paragon, Enerstat, Robertshaw Grayson and Uniline facilities with those of Maple Chase. Cut costs by $5M annually, streamlined the organization, improved quality and customer satisfaction.• Led efforts to cost-reduce thermostats and smoke detectors while improving engineering development efficiency. Achieved annual engineering department cost savings of 40% (as a percentage of revenue) over 4 years.• Coordinated facility layout changes to improve teamwork and communication by locating sales, engineering, and manufacturing staffs in the same cubicle space -- close to quality and customer service personnel. Substantially reduced development and launch problems, and boosted customer satisfaction.• Uncovered, verified and eliminated causes of false alarming field issues with Ion and Photoelectric smoke detectors. The resulting design improvements allowed Maple Chase to increase its wholesale market leadership role and market share in both the U.S. and Europe. Show less

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Bs, Electrical Engineering Technology