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Skokie, IL

• Tenneco Automotive (fka Federal-Mogul)MLS Future State Project: Oversaw $4,000,000 project to establish manufacturing capability for latest head gasket designs.
• Launched project in 2014 and fully implemented by 2017.
• Enabled $1,600,000 per year in added margin and $170,000 per year in productivity savings.
• MLS Partial Coat Project: Managed full financial analysis for proposal to convert MLS (multi-layer steel) head gasket designs.
• Supported project implementation.
• Generated $300,000 per year in savings.

Skokie, IL

• Led eight-person group responsible for engineering and implementation of projects aimed at improving productivity, quality, and safety within manufacturing.
• Special Project Management: Led development of the Fully Cured Felcoply project.
• Manufacturing Engineering: Implemented process improvements, troubleshooting (quality & safety issues), and Lean manufacturing projects.
• Industrial Engineering: Performed equipment design, procurement, and installation.
• Process Engineering: Created manufacturing instructions and FMEA/control plans, and implemented new item introductions, engineering changes, quotes, and prototypes (customer sample parts).
• Led audits for compliance to ISO/TS 16949 standard.

Skokie, IL

Assigned special high-priority projects and corrective action projects targeting improved quality, safety, and customer satisfaction (over 30 projects per year). Used Six Sigma technique for identifying key process variables and targeting efforts to eliminate issues for echo quality test issue. Consolidated major high-volume oven systems (including.

Skokie, IL

Directed 25-person professional group dedicated to bringing new business into Skokie facility. Determined manufacturing processes and quoted costs for new part designs and tooling. Coordinated and fabricated prototype parts. Introduced new parts into production (creating shop floor routing, bill of materials, and control plans), and executed design changes.

Skokie, IL

Led 140-person manufacturing unit, including three multi-shift teams and support group. Oversaw processes, including metal blanking and forming, screen printing, and roll coating, with significant improvements demonstrated in areas of safety, quality, timeliness, and waste elimination, using various tools including constraint management (Toyota Lean.

Skokie, IL

Managed group of 25 engineers, technicians, and training facilitators responsible for supporting company’s metallic/paper units. Improved manufacturing processes in blanking, embossing, steel coil slitting, roll coating, and screen printing. Maintained bill of materials and routing. Implemented corporate quality programs, including QS9000; supported.

Skokie, IL

Planned and implemented CAP (continuous improvement, waste elimination, and employee involvement program). Saved $28,000,000 in three years (6% of total costs). Served as consultant on improvement efforts in areas throughout company, including tooling process improvement (reduced lead time 50% and reduced outside processing $800,000 per year) and Kaizen.

Skokie, IL

Assembled and led manufacturing team of 30 people in start-up and full-scale production of new EMMP gasket products. Selected and hired team personnel. Created development plans, executed start-up, and led transition to full-scale production. Facilitated team improvement in all critical areas, including scrap reduction (from 14% to 3%), quality, delivery.

Skokie, IL

Made entire EMMP manufacturing process operational, including layout of plant space, procurement/installation of equipment, and development of operating procedures. Produced detailed financial operating cost estimates for EMMP gasket (accurate within $0.05 per gasket). Developed manufacturing processes for blanking, adhesive dipping, deburring, waterjet.

Skokie, IL

Participated in corrective action with major product line. Managed Oven Control project; met delivery schedule, performance requirements, and cost objectives.

Skokie, IL

Managed POS-Paper Cell project, including cell layout, equipment selection and procurement, and team member selection. Supported operations in coating, curing, and screen printing departments.

Skokie, IL

Designed and coordinated building of equipment for blanking, coating, printing, and rubber molding processes.

Schaumburg, Illinois

Designed all control systems, including PLC program ladder logic, AC wiring design, proximity sensor location, diagnostics and safety measures, machine start-up, and troubleshooting. Programmed Square D Model 300 and 500 programmable controllers, and Cutler-Hammer D120 System. Designed pneumatic circuits.

Designed machine mechanisms for automated foundry equipment, including layout, stress and motion analyses, selection and design of hydraulic and pneumatic components, and R&D for new materials and designs.

Streamwood, Illinois

Designed coatings and processes for applying coatings to various substrates. Interfaced with customers and prospects as applications engineer. Designed fixtures for coating processes. Maintained production equipment, including pumps, vacuum chambers, and electronic beam systems.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology/Technician

Activities and Societies: Mechanical Engineering Club

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Finance, General