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Ypsilanti, Mi

Provide in-die solutions for the metal-forming market.• In-Die Tapping, Bushing Insertion and Nut Insertion can eliminate the need for secondary operations, lowering part-piece price and allowing local markets to compete against global competition.• Marketing, Inside and Outside Sales, Mechanical Service, Fabtech Exhibition Management and Application Quotes - all to show how we can optimize our Customers' Resources and their Bottom Line!

Worked for several area companies in mechanical engineering, service engineering, sales and applications in order to:• Identify strategies/execute operational implementations that maximize engineering and manufacturing operations.• Develop and establish relationships with internal/external clients to maximize customer service.• Design and improve operating practices to ensure efficiencies.

Managed and supervised personnel involving budget, schedule, design, procurement, manufacturing, assembly, refinement and installation/final acceptance of • Pinion Preload Stands, Axle and Carrier NVH Stands, Oil Pump Test Stands, Research and Development Projects in NVH, Plant Software Control Systems and Customer Support Service and Spare Parts of Trio Tool Division Equipment. • Projects for Ford Sterling, Chrysler, American Axle Manufacturing, Magna Korea/USA, Caterpillar – Peoria, Champion Photochemistry. * Contributed and assisted Operating Committee with company planning and budgets.

Proprietary Assembly, Leak Test and Gauging Machines for Compressor valves, differential Axle Carriers, Axle Tube assemblies and off-road “smart” Torsion Bar assemblies. Projects for American Axle Manufacturing (Detroit and Mexico), Dana Dry Ridge and Longview, GM Powertrain Flint, Ford Rawsonville & Sterling, The Pasline Co. and Bruckner Supply.• Created and maintained MS Project schedules, Reliability & Maintainability Documentation, PFMEA, MFMEA and Recommended Spare Parts forms.• Conducted Project Status Meetings and Executive Reviews.• Wrote Quotes for Customer-Requests, Work-Scope Changes, Retools and Spare Parts Orders. • Performed Gauge Repeatability and Reproducibility (GR&R).• Maintained Customer Plant Layout and As-Built Drawings.• Bill of Material entry into Navision for Expediting procurement.• Managed the Customer Support Department for Service and Spare Parts.

• Duties involved engineering design and coordination of the manufacture, build and qualification of special Plastic Extrusion and Blow-Molding Machines. • Achieved fast-track deadline for design of two-story Rubbermaid blow-mold machine, including the design of structural steel and process piping in AutoCAD 2D and 3D. • Assisted with Made-to-Manage computer system order entries to expedite procurement. •Rubbermaid machine run-off was achieved on schedule, but Wal-Mart’s contract cancellation caused the refusal of the machine, resulting in R&B corporate layoffs.

Employee of a leading machine tool company recognized for the engineering, manufacturing and build of special automated metal processing machinery. • Account manager for US and Canadian Automotive and Compressor sales including Uni-Boring, the Linamar Corporation, Copeland and Bristol Compressor. Lead the sales department with $1.50 million personal sales in 2002 (the year the facility was closed). • I developed a quoting format giving a 24 hour response-time to budgetary requests from Customers. It included metal processing operations, quote documentation and AutoCAD floor plan concept drawings. • Managed/Lead in-house and Customer teams through machine design, construction, and installation/customer acceptance.

As Assistant Project Manager:I had direct accountability for the design, manufacturing and installation of major metal processing equipment. • I was assigned to projects that had short deliveries requiring that I come up with creative methods to minimize the normal operating procedures. I condensed the engineering plan, and scheduled advance releases of the long lead materials, resulting in early procurement. This gave the assembly phase one week of additional start up/debug and attained the customer’s confidence, creating additional contracts.As Lead Designer and Checker:• Designed automated machining stations and systems for the automotive/compressor industry. I started as a detailer/designer on a drawing board, advancing to design leader. • Also did Coal Processing design, retool field measurement and design, process steel, equipment and piping, site layouts and construction field commissioning support.

Bme, Education - Technical

Mm, Education - Technical