David Klas Email & Phone Number

York, Pennsylvania Area

Responsible for Manufacturing, Planning, Engineering, Quality, and Safety for New Standard Corp.

Lake Forest, Il

Responsible for all Manufacturing and Logistics operations for Fram Filtration including 3 manufacturing sites and 2 major distribution sites. Retired from position in October of 2015.

York, Pennsylvania Area

Responsible for all Operations within the Specialty Beverage Business Unit for Graham Packaging. Successfully recovered customer confidence in supply capabilities at major manufacturing sites which were failing on service and quality. Introduced Tiered Daily Management systems and visual plant controls.

Lake Forest, Il

Responsible for all Manufacturing, Quality, and Continous Improvement Operations for Pactiv, LLC. This included 67 manufacturing plants. 10 Direct reports including 8 BU Operations Directors, Director of Quality, and Director of CI.

Lake Forest, Il

Responsible for all Manufacturing Operations within the OPS/MFPP Business Unit. Directly responsible for 6 manufacturing locations.

Lake Forest, Il

Responsible for all aspects of Project and Process engineering efforts for the company. Led effort to right size all of engineering after the company's acquisition by the Rank Group in 2010.

Bedford Park, Il

Oversaw integration of newly acquired Prairie Packaging, including major expansion of manufacturing capacity as well as acquisition and integration of competitor plant and customer base.

Canandaigua, Ny

Lake Forest, Il

Responsible for expansion, cost reduction, and maintenance of business capital for a 17 plant system covering 6 major business groups totaling $70-80 million annually. Includes forecasting and initiating all capital expansion

Lake Forest, Il

Responsible for multiple plant operations centered on specific businesses. Implemented major overhead restructuring at three plants reducing cost by $2.5MM annually. Developed and implemented system wide quality and productivity initiative to establish consistent product quality and reduce manufacturing costs by $10-15MM annually over three years. Serving on multiple project teams to improve logistics operations,

Canandaigua, Ny

Responsible for safety, quality, productivity and costs at two manufacturing facilities totaling over 1MM sq. ft., 1000 personnel, and operating budgets of $50MM. Completed implementation of a $15MM expansion project, managed negotiation of a utility contract cutting costs by 25%, and supervised the design and implementation of operational improvements which reduced costs by over $5MM on an annualized basis. Maintained both plants as participants in OSHA VPP. Plant received corporate award… Show more Responsible for safety, quality, productivity and costs at two manufacturing facilities totaling over 1MM sq. ft., 1000 personnel, and operating budgets of $50MM. Completed implementation of a $15MM expansion project, managed negotiation of a utility contract cutting costs by 25%, and supervised the design and implementation of operational improvements which reduced costs by over $5MM on an annualized basis. Maintained both plants as participants in OSHA VPP. Plant received corporate award for best performance in environmental, health, and safety (1997). Show less

Covington, Ga

Responsible for all engineering, including capital projects and process support, and maintenance functions at an 800,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility. Managed annual budgets worth over $10MM. Played key role in the development and implementation of a $25MM expansion project. Managed over 60 engineers, technicians and maintenance support personnel.

Covington, Ga

Responsible for operational management of 11 extruders with around the clock manning of 65 associates. Major priorities are maintenance of daily business requirements and redesigning the operation to meet cost targets.

Covington, Ga

Directed process maintenance and improvement activities of the three process engineers and eight technicians for a 60 million pound a year foam polystyrene manufacturing plant. Inclusion on divisional fitness for use team brought focus and direction, allowing successful completion of team's objectives.

Temple, Tx

Responsible for daily management and improvement of an 80 million pound a year foam polystyrene extrusion department of 75 personnel. Development of SPI methods, preventive maintenance schedules, and introduction of systematic troubleshooting produced a 75% reduction in scrap generation, a 60% reduction in customer quality rejects, 5% improvement in equipment uptime, and a 12% throughput increase. Reduced supervisory manning requirements from 5 to 2 supervisors.

Temple, Tx

Responsible for Quality Assurance inspections for all products in a 50 million pound per year Foam Polystyrene manufacturing Plant. Led effort to convert from an inspection based quality system to on line process control charting and audit system. Developed and implemented floor based cost report for improved decision making.

Temple, Tx

Managed inventory of maintenance and capital spare parts inventory for a dual plant site stockroom.

Charleston, Sc

Main Propulsion Assistant (Apr. 1987 - Jan. 1988): Responsible for the operation and maintenance of all primary, secondary and air conditioning mechanical systems on a nuclear powered submarine directly supervising 30 people.Refueling Officer (Sep. 1986 - Apr. 1987): Directly supervised 12 people during the refueling phase of a submarine overhaul. Completed an incident free fuel exchange on time and under budget.Reactor Controls Assistant (Jun. 1985 - Sep. 1986): Supervised… Show more Main Propulsion Assistant (Apr. 1987 - Jan. 1988): Responsible for the operation and maintenance of all primary, secondary and air conditioning mechanical systems on a nuclear powered submarine directly supervising 30 people.Refueling Officer (Sep. 1986 - Apr. 1987): Directly supervised 12 people during the refueling phase of a submarine overhaul. Completed an incident free fuel exchange on time and under budget.Reactor Controls Assistant (Jun. 1985 - Sep. 1986): Supervised 10 people in the operation and maintenance of all reactor protection and control, and primary plant monitoring equipment. Rated by the Commanding Officer as the best Engineering Watch Officer during a Reactor Safeguards Examination.Missile Technician Division Officer (Sept. 1984 - Jun. 1985): Responsible for all missile launching and maintenance gear. Supervised 15 people achieving zero missile downtime during two patrol cycles.Navy Schools (May 1982 - Sept 1984) Show less