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Castleton-On-Hudson, Ny, Us

Castleton-On-Hudson, Ny, Us

Petersburgh, New York, Us

Directed all operations, with P&L responsibility, for high volume custom plastic cartridge manufacturing facility in the sealant and adhesive industry. Directly managed scheduling, customer service, maintenance and engineering, quality and production operations of 24/7facility. • Promoted a safety culture resulting in LTIR = 0 and RIR = 0 in 2018 • Cultivated continuous improvement through 5S/ Lean concepts for production operations resulting in the lowest cost facility • Developed and implemented capital plan to meet customer growth requirements• Established KPI’s for daily production and bonus systems• Focused quality procedures resulting in complaints of less than 0.05% of sales• Fostered customer relations resulting expanded product demand and increased sales > 20%• Oversaw maintenance and engineering responsibilities to reduce unscheduled downtime to < 3%• Knowledgeable in injection molding and high speed automated screen printing

Glens Falls, Ny, Us

· Accountable for daily processing of roll and sheet stock for a 700 ton per day paper operation· Successfully transitioned to self guided workforce structure reducing supervision by 65%· Produced 27% daily production improvement in cutsize paper production through focused process changes· Successfully guided the transition of digital paper conversion to outside converting facilities· Developed all packaging specifications, including custom solutions for individual customers· Accountable for budget control, capital planning and process improvements within the converting operations

Responsible for all operations within specialty paper converting facility· Successfully developed systems and procedure for a Greenfield specialty converting operation competing in the newly evolving digital printing arena· Managed installation and start up of two cut-size sheeting and packaging lines, one folio sheeter, roll to sheet laminator and all supportive equipment.· Expanded business to produce over 1,000 tons/month of specialty and private label paper products · Responsible for hiring and training operations personnel to insure a safe and highly skilled work force.· Developed systems to monitor and maintain high standards of safety, quality and production.· Accountable for P&L for all operations for both internal and contract work.· Responsible for all aspects of maintenance and repair; including specification, purchasing, scheduling and when necessary, assisting in the actual maintenance.· Received mill and vendor certification in sheeting cut-size C1S, C2S and uncoated specialty sheets for digital applications.

Cohoes, New York, Us

· Created safety culture that achieved greater than 1½ years of no lost time· Worked with Production Scheduling and Manufacturing to achieve 99.6% on-time shipping performance· Initiated quality control standards and monitoring methods resulting in a level of customer complaints at less then .05% of total production· Worked with the technical department and Xerox representatives to become Xerox qualified in less 6 months

Responsible for Finishing and Converting of premium specialty business and printing papers in a corporately held paper mill· Enhanced safety awareness recording no lost time incidents· Initiated the reduction of union classifications and the introductions of technical skill levels within individual classifications allowing more flexibility and incentive within the department· Member of the Company Lead Team; developed safety awareness and incentive programs, productivity programs and training programs· Member of the systems upgrade team which developed computer tracking and scheduling system for multiple facilities

Capital Project Engineer, Westfield, MA 1989-1991Responsible for electrical and control related capital improvements for a five facility paper company.· Successfully refurbished an 80 year old hydro power generator allowing for the elimination of full time operators and maintaining a $1.4 million dollar energy credit· Engineered automated standby power systems for a Waste Water Treatment plant eliminating the need for around the clock staffing· Engineered electrical controls for assorted projects throughout 5 manufacturing facilities· Developed database for project drawings and files enabling instantaneous retrieval of information based on keyword searches· Re-designed aging electrical systems in three paper mills increasing reliability and system coordination

Responsible for all electrical and controls design, development and installation for a multi-million dollar research facility.· Developed and installed controls for seven successful mill scale prototype installations· Designed and implemented real time data acquisition system utilizing personal computers and spreadsheet software· Specified and purchased AC and DC variable speed drives ranging in size from ¼ to 300 Hp· Installed and maintained all computer and network systems, generated spreadsheets and database programs for data analysis

Masters Of Engineering Management, Production And Process Control

Bachelor'S Degree, Electrical Engineering