John Klepzig Email & Phone Number

• Value stream mapping, OEE analysis, yield reports, time studies• Use SolidWorks to design custom tooling and products• Create standard part drawings for production use• Use GibbsCAM to create new and improve existing NC programs• Responsible for day to day production and quality issues• Drive projects to improve process yield and efficiency• Prototype and bring new products into production• Ensure all products machined on lathes meet ASME standards• Meet with customers to ensure deliverables and expectations are being met• Participated in 8 week leadership training program at Mueller Industries Corporate Headquarters

● Assist in training staff, ordering consumables, products, and PPE, handling potential customer claims, and completing various paperwork● Assisted in leading store to #1 in revenue in over 800 locations nationwide in 2022

Knoxville, Tn, Us

• Manufacture various composite prototypes through injection molding, compression molding, VARTM, additive manufacturing, and subtractive manufacturing• Designed and 3D printed a jig to CNC mill precision test blocks for mechanical shear testing• Designed and 3D printed a fixture to CNC mill composite samples for IZOD tests• Designed and manufactured an injection mold for research in new materials for pill bottles• Designed and built a wet compression molding machine• Program CAM in Fusion 360 to repair and refurbish various compression molds in a HAAS VM3 • Program CAM in Fusion 360 to research best speed, feeds, and depths of cut for various composite materials and produce coupons for mechanical testing• Help develop workforce development curriculum for CAD, CAM, and operating a HAAS vertical milling machine• Mentor college students through A.C.E. composites program• Designed a compression mold to manufacture existing aeroshell part for hypersonic research