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Skokie, Il, Us

In addition to my Director of Operations responsibilities, I now:Develop and execute long term Strategic Marketing Plan and Sales Vision for companyResearching and reporting on new opportunities and sales channelsTrain, coach, and motivate all direct reports to maximize sales growth opportunities and customer satisfactionResponsible and full budget control for all trade and industry shows Radionic attendsResponsible for literature, press releases and sales documentation including writing copy and approving imagesHead of our national network of distributors for products. Point person for Grainger, Home Depot and McMaster CarrProvide technical support as engineering / manufacturing liaison to sales and marketing team

Have Dreams (www.havedreams.org) is a 501(c)3 organization serving 17 communities across Metropolitan Chicago that aspires to help children with autism improve their abilities to learn, function independently, and socialize so that they may realize their full potential and develop into contributing members of their communities.

Run a union (I.B.E.W. Local 1031), 110,000 S.F. electro-mechanical manufacturing and assembly facility and warehouse in Chicago, Illinois with P&L responsibility of near $20MM. Reorganized and optimized the factory layout; resulting in reduced raw material movement, more efficient flow of production. Lead times reduced from 3-4 weeks to 2-4 days.Introduced new lines of LED products: LED Exit Sign Retrofit Kits, LED Under cabinet fixtures, LED dimmable driver family.Launched in 2005 and manage a Satellite Inspection, Quality Control and Procurement DepartmentAdded an LED Product Manufacturing Facility in 2008. Both located in Zhongshan, Guangdong, China.Manage Procurement Department - Raw Materials, Components and Finished Goods Products, both Domestic and International (RFQ, Negotiations, Purchase Orders, Shipping and logistics, Tracking and Supplier Rating)All Engineering activities:Manage R & D and Design Engineering DepartmentQuality Control and Inspection Department with ISO/IEC 17025 compliant Engineering Laboratory in Chicago, IllinoisAdminister the production planning and inventory control system for entire companyFull maintenance responsibility for the Chicago, Illinois facility and propertyManage the Customer Service, Call Center and QC DepartmentsResponsible for all regulatory activities and compliance: UL, CSA, OSHA, FCC, Energy Star, City of Chicago…

Partner in forming a corporation for contract-engineering services and CNC equipped model shop, manufacturing prototype assemblies and parts and providing a "one-stop" source for developing products from conception, concept development, solid modeling, feasibility study, costing analysis, prototyping through production.Developed patented products for the Dental, Cosmetic / Beauty Supply, Printing, Automotive and Bar-coding industries.

Founding member of a new department dedicated to create and grow the contract manufacturing business (from zero to $7,000,000 in first year sales) of A. B. Dick Company. The goal was to convert the excess capacity in manufacturing, assembly and engineering into a new profit center for the company.Created the processes and SOPs in contract manufacturing with the focus on customer satisfaction, lead-time reduction, cost reduction, cycle-time reduction and quality.Established metrics for measuring the performance of the newly created contract manufacturing department with emphasis on continuous improvement.Evaluated, hired and trained staff for new department positions.

Major accomplishments: Vendor base reduction of 30%.WIP and finished goods inventory reduction.Lead-time improvement of purchased parts through strategic alliances with suppliers and outside operations. Expanded vendor audit and value (Cost reduction, On-time delivery, Quality) program

Managed four (4) model makers and six (6) techniciansFull budgetary and personnel responsibilities for department.Departments function was to turn engineering concepts and drawings into working physical prototypes quickly; machine the components, assemble and test them, document and report all data back to the product managers for either production development and/or additional refinement and enhancements.

Patented engineer of offset printing equipment. Key areas worked on are high speed registration and paper handling, copy quality and ink lay down improvement of offset presses.Trained European sales force on new equipment for introduction at DRUPA in Dusseldorf, GermanySix Sigma - Green Belt training from Motorola University

Mettawa, Il, Us

Designed to customer specifications and tested linear and rotary pneumatic linear and rotary actuators for private, municipal and government applications. Performed accelerated life testing on components.

Designed automated silk screening printing and drying equipment using AutoCAD.

Bs, Mechanical Engineering

Six Sigma Certification

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