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Anaheim, California, United States

Responsible for the day-to-day operations of Action Mold. This includes actualizing my vision for growth and profitability of the company, while balancing the expectations of both now-retired owners.

Anaheim, California, United States

Led company's successful ISO 13485 and 9001 certifications in 2016. Continue to manage all aspects of certification.

Anaheim, California, United States

Researched, purchased, and integrated new inspection systems and processes into the QA department that increased speed and accuracy of department employees. Highlights included installation and programming of Brown & Sharpe CMM and Keyence IMM systems. Challenges included shifting the company's mindset to focus on quality first, while accommodating our customer's ever changing price-conscious quality expectations.

Anaheim, California, United States

Brought on board to modernize the company's various computer systems. Projects included purchasing and installation of modern computers and requisite network infrastructure. Challenges included the support of older specialized equipment used in tooling manufacturing, production molding, and shipping & receiving.Continue to support the company's technology needs. Build workstations, deploy desktops and servers, integrate manufacturing/inspection systems, and monitor network security and on-site/off-site back-ups.

Anaheim, California, United States

Worked with customers to find optimal solutions for their project proposals. Liaison between customers and our mold making and production departments to verify customer requirements were met.Responsible for all off-shore mold making activities. Kept projects on schedule from initial quoting, through trail sampling, tooling transportation back to the United States, and successful part production incorporating requested quality inspection levels.Responsible for all material and equipment purchasing used in mold making activities. Aggressively sought and found new suppliers with better pricing that improved our bottom line.

Anaheim, California, United States

Managed daily tool room activities including customer quoting, vendor quotes (both US and international), managed software packages for design and machine programming, and maintained inventories of specialized support tooling.Worked with customers to bring their ideas into a digital form that is both quotable and ultimately constructible. Guided customers through the acceptable balance between good/fast/cheap. This included the generation of solid models in both GibbsCAM and Solidworks. Generated part prints with realistic levels of dimension tolerancing.

Anaheim, California, United States

CNC programming using Solidworks and GibbsCAM to support mold making activities in the tool room. Machined various tool steels and compacted graphite on a daily basis.Highlights included sourcing and integrating new technologies (software, end mill coatings, machining styles, etc.) into the shop to drastically reduce time required to complete projects.