John Staub Email & Phone Number

Covington, Oh, Us

As CEO of a startup, individual roles and tasks are expectedly difficult to pin down, greatly overlap, and change constantly. I am extremely fortunate to have co-founders who are business and technology experts at the top of their game. My primary roles are hands on, including customer champion, strategy, product vision, brand management, and sales. Leading a tech company delivering innovative tools in the areas of AI, IIOT, Industry 4.0, Digital Transformation, and predictive analytics requires constant learning, so would also have to include both student and mentor.

▫ Entrepreneurial venture devoted to helping companies free up key technical talent ▫ Interim manufacturing leadership: Engineering, Quality, Maintenance, Plant Management▫ Consulting and contract services: Process Improvement  Lean implementation and training Continuous Improvement, Six Sigma Automation & Controls design, IOT Manufacturing Engineering Project Management

▫ P&L responsibility for $120 million, 485 employee, 24/7 oil filter manufacturing facility ▫ Accountable for strategic plan, safety, quality, delivery, inventory and cost. ▫ Increased production volume from 68 to 93 million/yr. Increased head count from 340 to 485. ▫ Received Honda supplier award 2014,15,16 for perfect delivery and quality throughout 25 million pcs/yr service supply.

▫ Led the Engineers and Maintenance personnel in support of 24 hr high volume state of the art oil filtration manufacturing. ▫ Responsible for maximizing plant effectiveness, continuously improving uptime, developing balanced production lines, equipment design, upgrades and replacement, and developing the annual capital operating plan. ▫ Assumed additional Quality Manager role 2007-2011. Combined department headcount was reduced by 66% while maintaining all key metrics, ISO and OE certifications, and customer satisfaction. Excelled through this reduction by driving lean culture and automating administrative activities. ▫ External returns reduced from 77 to 1.8 PPM. Recognized Honeywell CPG ‘top 3 Quality sites US’ 2009 & 2010.▫ Led Engineering and Quality portions of the Honeywell Operating System lean journey from baseline through recognition as first Honeywell U.S. ‘Bronze’ certified site. ▫ Leader for Lean activities Built in Quality, 4M change management , A3 accountability, Total Preventive Maintenance (TPM), kaizen events, and SMED changeover reduction. ▫ Achievements included reducing internal defects from 53K to 19K PPM and increased OEE 75% to 82%▫ Achieved overall $14.15M savings from $6.6M capital spend Senior Automation Engineer (2002 to 2006)▫ Project manager, designer, and integrator for capital projects. ▫ Responsible for identifying chronic production issues and investigating, justifying and implementing solutions. ▫ Projects included energy consumption, ergonomics reduction, increasing throughput, enhanced inspection, error proofing, and new equipment design. ▫ Highlights include the installation of robot cells to eliminate hand racking of parts, saving $650K/yr and an automated cartridge storage system which saved $425k/yr.

▫ Lead Engineer for hardware and software design of laser and material handling automation systems. ▫ Controls design included power distribution, PLC, main and station panel layouts, console layouts, pneumatics, hydraulics, lubrication, and instrumentation.▫ Project leader on standardization effort to improve the timeliness, accuracy, and repeatability of controls design. Automation experience includes PLC: Allen Bradley PLC-5, SLC, Control Logix, Modicon 984 compact, Siemens S7-300/400Drives: Allen Bradley 1394, 1395, 1336, Siemens 6ES7 AC Master, Modicon QMOT & LexiumDevice level buses: Profibus, Device Net, RIO, Data Highway Plus, Interbus-S, Pamux, Modbus PlusHMI: Siemens Coros, CH Panelmate; Modicon Monitor Pro, TCP

Senior Project Engineer▫ Responsible for all electrical content of magazine bindery systems. ▫ Leader of the Pacesetter 1000 redesign team which generated $2.5 million per year in savings. Increased functionality and customer satisfaction through use of innovative standardized modules, creating the template for Heidelberg’s next generation of machinery. ▫ Represented company as CE (Conformity European) Coordinator. Researched and interpreted directives and standards for European Conformity. ▫ Coordinated design activities between Dayton, England, and third party equipment suppliers. Provided training and guidance to US design and assembly teams. ▫ Achieved 100% conformance for CE regulatory issues on internationally shipped machinery during this period.

Quality EngineerResponsible for quality and reliability of products from conception through production. Experience implementing JIT Systems. Implemented Computer automation of QA system. Facilitator of ISO Steering Committee and eight cross-functional teams chartered to achieve ISO 9001. TQM training certified. Achieved ASQC Certified Quality Engineer. Examiner for Dayton Area Quality Excellence Award.

Quality SupervisorManaged eight members of the Quality Assurance Department. Facilitator for SPC and Design of Experiments teams. Leader of numerous Process Improvement Teams. Test EngineerPerformed programming, fixturing, software designs & modifications, and training activities related to the GenRad In-circuit Test Equipment. Reduced program setup time 85%. Automated fixture assembly process through Computer Integrated Manufacturing, saving $56k/yr.

Masters, Engineering Management

Bsee, Electrical Engineering