James (Tank) Williams Email & Phone Number

United States

Akron, Ohio

20+ years leadership experience • Operational oversight of the R&D, Engineering, Manufacturing, Customer Support, Procurement, Quality Assurance, Facility Maintenance, and Field Support departments. • Direct oversight of sales strategy; exceed $600M in annual sales. • Directs the production of aircraft wheels, brakes, and antiskid products • Increased the annual profit margin from 16% to 46.8% EBITDA. • Oversee budgets, forecasting, purchasing, distribution, and inventory management.• Saved $50M+ annual run rate through integration of two acquisitions; enhanced internal communications, improved product delivery performance and reduced inventory. • Cut manufacturing footprint from 1.4M sq ft to 900K sq ft; raised facility utilization & efficiency. • Directed expansion & relocation of carbon operations from Akron, OH to Danville, KY. • Managed site selection and occupation process of a Greenfield location facility. • Oversee the review and site selection of alternative manufacturing locations. • Managed relocation of manufacturing operations to international sites, i.e. China and Mexico. • Established low cost product sources; international sourcing strategies included maquiladora operations in Mexico and sources throughout SE Asia. • Ensure cost effective use of capital, material, and manpower for on-time product delivery.• Oversee planning and execution of purchasing strategies to meet supply and cost needs. • Oversee planning, engineering, and implementation of all production, laboratory, and office facility expansions and improvements. • Managed transition from conventional to cellular manufacturing; cut production time.

Kennedy Space Center

• Managed refurbishment process of the Solid Rocket Boosters on the NASA Shuttle Program; i.e. launch recovery, damage evaluation and disassembly. • Supervised personnel from Operations, Engineering, Logistics, and Production Control.• Received recognition in support of Presidential Commission investigating the space shuttle Challenger accident.

• Planned and implemented the manufacturing processes for the B-1B Forward Intermediate Fuselage Section and Engine Nacelles - 32 major and 950 subassemblies.• Developed a manufacturing plan to enable the construction of one (1) aircraft per week to support USAF schedule requirements

Hagerstown Md

Started as an assembler of aircraft components and progress to superintendent. Responsible for producing A10A aircraft components parts at an rate of over 12 airplanes a month. Learned how to develop and execute ramp production rates. Built aircraft components parts on several aircraft doing tenure. 757, F14, 747 and Saab 340. Giving great opportunities to learn full scale aircraft manufacturer technology.

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States

Trained on the T38, qualified on T33,A7D and A10A as hydraulic specialist and crew chief on A10’s

Mba/A, Master Business Admin./Aviation

Bachelor Of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Business Administration And Management, General