Rick Hart Email & Phone Number

United States

• Responsible for the design, engineering, development, testing, validation, documentation, and managing of packaging projects for medical devices and pharmaceuticals.
• Successfully upgraded the packaging for the Euro-Med line of OB/GYN surgical instruments resulting in 30% increase in sales.
• Developed and managed the introduction of a mobile medical display cart and packaging into hospitals, clinics and doctor’s offices.
• Resolved packaging issues using the Corrective and preventive CAPA processes.
• Established sealing process and capability of pouch materials using the Process Performance Qualification (IQ, OQ, PQ).
• Created artwork and bar codes for packaging, DFUs, IFUs, and labeling.

• Managed project to procure thermoforming and sealing packaging machinery, intergraded into manufacturing flow, resulting in improved cycle-time and reduced costs.
• Designed and managed new & innovative injection molded bottle and dispensing cap for chalk.
• Effectively led and supported packaging component suppliers, and global operations achieving 15% annual reduction in packaging costs.
• Key contributor to Kaizen cost-down projects resulting in $1M savings for Puebla, Mexico manufacturing plant in 2008. Re-designed pallet patterns to reduce shipping costs.
• Developed effective hands-on partnership with customers including, Wal-Mart, Target, Sam’s Warehouse Club Store, Costco, The Home Depot, and Lowe’s Home Improvement.
• Redesigned shipping cartons to increased container efficiency resulting in $1.5M savings.

• Designed packaging & graphics for Writing Instruments, Shavers, and Lighters product groups, including the products, packaging, and merchandisers.
• I developed every phase of a project, from initial concept to final production.
• Daily interaction with packaging operations and component suppliers to ensure quality and on-time delivery.
• Responsible for qualifying printing press approvals and established printing quality standards.
• Designed Wavelength Tribals, #1 selling fashion writing instruments according to A.C. Nielsen.
• Bic Wavelengths accounted for 30% in organic growth in 1992.

Directed photography, created illustrations, logos, and designed graphics for ads, packaging, and collateral materials.Accounts included Lake Compounce Theme Park, Waterbury Hospital, Job Shop Technology magazine.

• Designed graphics for packaging, advertising, and collateral projects. Accounts included Mott's Foods, Schweppes, and Heublein Importers.